SANTA CLARA – If Bruce Miller’s new position sticks, gone are the days of the down-to-down bone-jarring collisions as a lead-blocker from the fullback position.
And that’s quite all right with Miller, who turns 29 in August. He is hoping a dramatic change to his role with the 49ers will lead to a sixth season with the club that selected him in the seventh round of the 2011 draft and promptly converted him from defensive end to the other side of the ball.
Chip Kelly never had a listing for a fullback on his depth charts during three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles – a fact Miller said he realized on the first day the 49ers hired the coach.