New OL coach Mike Solari has brought back a former 49er great as his assistant - Ray Brown. Brown, who played in the NFL for 20 years, was with the 49ers from 1996 to 2001 as the mainstay left guard. Often underappreciated by evidence of only one Pro Bowl appearance despite annually being one of the elite guards in the NFL, he was one of the anchors of a dominating offensive line that was top 10 in rushing every season but one while he was there, including one #2 ranking and two #1 rankings. The 47 year old Brown was previously an OL assistant with Buffalo for the past two seasons until Dick Jauron was fired.