Owens campaigns for 49ers job through ex-Buffalo teammate

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All indications are that the 49ers plan to stay within the building to replace waived wide receiver Braylon Edwards on their 53-man roster.

That didn't stop Terrell Owens from volunteering his services via Twitter. Owens has 153 career touchdowns and six Pro Bowl appearances but has been out of the NFL in 2011 after spending last season in Cincinnati.

The 37-year-old Owens has been rehabilitating a left knee injury that required surgery. He had 72 receptions and nine touchdowns in 14 games for the Bengals in 2010.

The 49ers did not contact such veteran players as Owens and Jason Hill, who have histories with the franchise.
Ted Ginn and Kyle Williams are iffy for Sunday's regular-season finale against the St. Louis Rams. Ginn is improving after missing a game with a left ankle sprain. And Williams will likely be limited early in the week due to a concussion he sustained Saturday against the Seattle Seahawks.Both Ginn and Williams are expected to 100 percent for the playoffs, so that would place the 49ers' wide-receiver position back at where it was for most of the season.All 49ers might need is a short-term solution that could be best-filled with the promotion of either Joe Hastings or John Matthews from the practice squad.If the 49ers were to look outside the building, the top candidate would likely be veteran Brian Finneran, who impressed the team during a workout in October when Brett Swain was signed.Owens went to Twitter to campaign for a job with the 49ers through his former teammate Donte Whitner.
And Whitner responded by publicly vouching for Owens:embedly_twitter_40740408background:url(http:a0.twimg.comprofile_background_images217650294to_twitter_nox360_lau...) 000000; padding:20px; embedly_twitter_40740408 pbackground:fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px embedly_twitter_40740408 .embedly_tweet_contentbackground:fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px embedly_twitter_40740408 p span.metadatadisplay:block;width:100;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px; padding-bottom: 12px; embedly_twitter_40740408 p span.metadata span.authorline-height:15px;color:999;font-size:14px embedly_twitter_40740408 p span.metadata span.author aline-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle embedly_twitter_40740408 p span.metadata span.author imgfloat:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px embedly_twitter_40740408 p a color: ff6c03; text-decoration:none; embedly_twitter_40740408 p a:hovertext-decoration:underline embedly_twitter_40740408 .embedly_timestampfont-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top: 5px; embedly_twitter_40740408 .components-above span.embedly_timestampfont-size:10px;margin-top: 1px;line-height:12px embedly_twitter_40740408 a color: ff6c03; text-decoration:none; embedly_twitter_40740408 a:hovertext-decoration:underline embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-screen-name font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-full-name padding-left: 4px; color: 999; font-size: 12px; embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-actionsmargin-left: 10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px embedly_twitter_40740408 .components-above span.tweet-actionsfont-size:10px embedly_twitter_40740408 .controlsline-height:12px!important embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-actions a margin-left:5px embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-actions a bfont-weight:normal embedly_twitter_40740408 .components-above span.tweet-actions a bvertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px embedly_twitter_40740408 .components-above .tweet-textfont-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-image float: left; width: 40px; embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-user-block-image float: left; width: 48px; height: 48px embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-row margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 3px;line-height: 17px; embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-user-block margin-left: -40px; embedly_twitter_40740408 .stream-item padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; embedly_twitter_40740408 .simple-tweet-image img margin-top: 4px; embedly_twitter_40740408 .simple-tweet-content margin: 0 0 13px 0px; font-size: 14px; min-height:48px; embedly_twitter_40740408 .in-reply-to-border border-color: EBEBEB; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0 0; embedly_twitter_40740408 .in-reply-to-text margin-left: 4px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 10px; color: 999; font-size: 12px; embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-actions i background: transparent url(http:a2.twimg.coma1306889658phoeniximgsprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px -3px 3px;outline: none; text-indent:-99999px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;position:relative; embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i background-position:-192px 0; embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i background-position:0 0; embedly_twitter_40740408 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i background-position:-32px 0; CEOTUFFLUVJohnniMarie@DonteWhitner Congrats!Dec 28FavoriteRetweetReplyDonteWhitnerTWHITNER @CEOTUFFLUV thanks trice...best decision I ever made coming here hun...Dec 28FavoriteRetweetReply in reply to@DonteWhitner @terrellowens
Terrell Owens@DonteWhitner Let em kno if they need me, I'm ready homie!! I'm ready 2 take em deep!!
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TWHITNER @terrellowens I know u are! And I'm ready to Vouch for...and let everyone kno how GREAT of a teamate u were in buffalo!
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