49ers sign Wright to 1-year contract
Cornerback Eric Wright has joined the San Francisco 49ers after all. The free agent defensive back signed a one-year contract Thursday and was placed on the non-football injury/illness list. San Francisco released cornerback Lowell Rose to clear room on the roster.
Wright had been traded to the reigning NFC champions last month for a conditional draft pick in 2014, but he failed his physical, nullifying the deal. Tampa Bay then released Wright.
San Francisco needed depth in the secondary after cornerback Chris Culliver was lost to a season-ending knee injury Aug. 1.
Shortly after the trade, reports surfaced that Wright had been arrested a week earlier in Los Angeles on an unspecified misdemeanor charge.
General manager Trent Baalke said the team was aware of the situation.
Cardinals sign Steelers castoff: The Arizona Cardinals have obtained defensive end Cordian Hagans off waivers from the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Hagans, 6-4 and 299 pounds, is a rookie free agent from Louisiana-Lafayette. He had 41 tackles, five sacks, 8 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries in his senior season for the Ragin’ Cajuns.
He was an offensive lineman his first two collegiate seasons.
Petition drive called off for Falcons: The organizer of a petition that sought to block public financing for a new Atlanta Falcons stadium says the effort has failed to gather enough signatures.
William Perry of Common Cause Georgia said Thursday the group knew it was a longshot to gather 35,000 signatures in 60 days to qualify for the November ballot, but it was worth the effort.
Perry says the effort failed because of a lack of time and resources, and not from a lack of people who wanted the issue on the ballot.
State and city officials have signed off on the $1 billion stadium project that includes an estimated $200 million in public bonds.