Dre' Bly

Dre' Bly took Mike Singletary's usual spot at the podium in a team meeting room and apologized. Profusely. His coach watched the whole thing. Bly embarrassed himself and the 49ers during Sunday's 45-10 home loss to the Atlanta Falcons when he intercepted a pass by Matt Ryan in the third quarter and struck a Deion Sanders-like pose with his right hand to his helmet and the ball unprotected in his left. Problem was, Roddy White knocked the ball loose and Atlanta, leading 35-10 at the time, recovered. The Falcons marched downfield and quickly scored again. Bly said he approached Singletary on Monday morning to ... Read Full Story

Dre' Bly joined the San Francisco 49ers to fill some serious shoes. The Niners' secondary took a big blow before training camp when it lost veteran Walt Harris for the season as he recovers from knee surgery, which put the former Pro Bowl player's career in jeopardy. Yet suddenly, the secondary is setting up to be one of the bright spots for an experienced defense that's on the rise. Coach Mike Singletary has plenty of capable choices on the depth chart, and the competition for starting spots may go down to the wire at right cornerback before the team opens the season Sept. 13 ... Read Full Story

The Niners moved quickly to replace injured cornerback Walt Harris, as Thursday the team inked veteran corner Dre’ Bly. He signed a one-year deal with the 49ers, making sure that the team would not be shorthanded after Harris went down with a knee injury. The Broncos released Bly in a salary cap dump back in February after he spent two of his 10 NFL seasons with the team. He started all 32 games and intercepting seven passes. Bly was chosen for two Pro Bowls during his four years with the Lions, and he won a title during his first four pro seasons with the ... Read Full Story

The Niners moved quickly to replace injured cornerback Walt Harris, as Thursday the team inked veteran corner Dre’ Bly. He signed a one-year deal with the 49ers, making sure that the team would not be shorthanded after Harris went down with a knee injury. The Broncos released Bly in a salary cap dump back in February after he spent two of his 10 NFL seasons with the team. He started all 32 games and intercepting seven passes. Bly was chosen for two Pro Bowls during his four years with the Lions, and he won a title during his first four pro seasons with the ... Read Full Story

The cuts just keep coming for the Broncos, as on Tuesday the team dumped 11-year veteran cornerback Dre’ Bly. He came to the Broncos from the Lions back in March of 2007 after Darrent Williams had been killed in a drive-by shooting two months earlier. In his two years in Denver, Bly recorded 134 tackles, a sack and seven interceptions, including 77 stops and two interceptions last year. The Broncos have been on a tear with getting rid of players over the last two days. Bly becomes the fourth defensive starter dumped this week by the new regime of general manager Brian Xanders and ... Read Full Story