... Glen Coffee stunned the NFL with his retirement, the San Francisco 49ers still had three running backs on their roster. This was the number of running backs they carried through the regular season on their 2009 roster.

Nevertheless, they immediately hit the free agent market and brought in former Philadelphia Eagles star Brian Westbrook.

Westbrook, although presumably injury prone, is one of the best third down backs active on an NFL roster when he's healthy, but why did the 49ers do it?

Surely they don't think rookie sixth round draft pick Anthony Dixon isn't good enough to be a third string running back, much less a second. In my opinion, the man in question is Michael Robinson.

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