"It was one of the most intense recruitment processes of an undrafted free agent I've ever been a part of, Kocurek said. Because we really wanted him bad, and we had a lot of competition."
"The 49ers, however, never let him off the line. Kocurek and two members of the scouting department worked the phones... negotiating with the agent and urging Anderson to come to San Francisco."
"They increased their contract guarantee to $280,000, more than double what their top free-agent target got last year. And when the trio finally showed up at the party nearly two hours later, it had good news: It had landed its big fish."
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