With the Bears, Falcons and Dolphins making the big free agent signing splashes of the weekend 49ers general manager Scot McCloughan got right into the action by signing a former number one draft pick.  Normally that would be huge headlines but in this case the player is a number one draft pick, bust.  Quarterback David

It’s “business as usual” for 49ers quarterback Shaun Hill, who plans to return to the Bay Area on Sunday to take part in the opening of the team’s offseason conditioning program, said Bob Lattinville, his agent. ]]> Hill’s future with the 49ers is clearly in question after the team added free-agent David Carr with a reported two-year, $6.25 million contract . The deal includes a $2 million signing bonus.

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Monday, the Steelers signed 3 players, Arnaz Battle, Jonathan Scott, and Will Allen. Battle, Formerly of the 49ers, has 178 catches for 2,150 yards and 11 TDs in seven seasons.

So the NFL Network has reported that Arnaz Battle has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Also the finical terms of the David Carr deal has been announced, Two years for $6.25 million and $1.87 million in incentives. Tony Pashos signed with the Cleveland Browns.

If you’re a NinersCentral fan you know that I think that the David Carr signing makes sense, but Ninjames on NinersNation said it best,” we don’t have to be happy about it”. I mean, how could we be? We did get marginally better, but at what cost?

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports via twitter that the 49ers have signed free agent quarterback to a two-year, $6.25 Million contract. Schefter also reports that Carr will earn $1.87 Million in incentives. Carr, a former No.

The Trib reports that the Steelers will talk with a couple players today, one of which is Niners free agent wide receiver Arnaz Battle, and the other is Bucs free agent CB Will Allen, who could be an interesting sign to help out the secondary: A fourth-round pick by the Buccaneers in 2004, Allen had 20 tackles and one pass broken up in eight games for Tampa Bay last season. Battle caught just five passes for 40 yards last season for the San Francisco 49ers.

No player on the 49ers’ roster was more responsible for the team’s second-half 2008 surge that resulted in the “interim” title removed from Mike Singletary’s job description. Shaun Hill helped steady the 49ers after Singletary would not tolerate J.T. O’Sullivan’s stream of turnovers.

New San Francisco 49ers quarterback David Carr is only 30 years. Save that he’s five years older than Alex Smith and, really, they’re almost the same guy.