If you haven’t had a chance to check Matt Maiocco’s podcast with former 49ers general manager Scot McCloughan, it’s definitely worth a listen. As you probably know, McCloughan was arguably the most prominent person in making the 49ers team Jim Harbaugh would take over in 2011.
One of the more important draft picks of that team was none other than Frank Gore. Leading up to the draft, Gore had a couple question marks, namely his knee injuries that brought his durability to doubt at the NFL level and his ability to read, learn, and understand an NFL playbook.