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Niners NT Aubrayo Franklin ends holdout by signing $7 million franchise tag tender

San Francisco 49ers nose tackle Aubrayo Franklin ended his lengthy holdout Saturday by signing a $7.003 million franchise tag tender.Franklin passed a physical and officially signed the deal before the Niners played the Oakland Raiders in an exhibition game Saturday night. Franklin was going to watch that game before rejoining his teammates for practice next week.He has a little more than two weeks to get ready for the season opener Sept. 12 against Seattle.Defensive coordinator Greg Manusky said this week that while Franklin had fallen behind his teammates by missing camp, he believed the nose tackle could get up to speed for the opener by playing in the exhibition finale next Thursday against San Diego. Manusky said the biggest issue for Franklin will be "getting his wind back.""Even though some of the starters are only playing 15 plays or 16 plays, at least they're back in the rhythm and get their groove back," Manusky said. "You can't really replicate that out here. But, he'll be f...

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