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Holland on drafting Reuben Foster: “That’s a dream come true for a linebacker coach.”

The San Francisco 49ers have gone from Jason Tarver and Hardy Nickerson to Johnny Holland. Now this transition, especially from two guys (Tarver was outside linebackers and Nickerson was inside) may be a bit awkward to a couple of the veterans.

But for one rookie, this is going to be the standard. None other than Reuben Foster —he’s (hopefully) not going to have to worry about this two-coach, one-coach shuffle. He’s already got the eye of his coach too. Despite not being able to participate in contact drills and be a full part of the other team activities on the field, Foster is certainly impressing people off it with his football I.