49ers like the look of early practice times under Chip Kelly

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In a refreshingly honest moment on the day he and his San Francisco 49ers teammates reported for training camp, wide receiver Torrey Smith made it abundantly clear what he’s most looking forward to during the preseason.

“Camp being over,” Smith said, a grin creeping across his face. “Yeah, easily camp being over.”

It’s going to be awhile before Smith will get to celebrate the end of camp (and the beginning of games that count). In the meantime, Smith and his teammates are taking solace in the fact that though the end of camp is a ways away, the end of each day of camp will come much sooner under new coach Chip Kelly’s schedule.

While the Niners have only unveiled the schedule for the first two weeks of camp, the common thread among those workouts is that they all start at 10:25 a.m. PST. Kelly’s practices, which are known for being fast-paced and rep-heavy, will last no longer than two hours and some will clock in at an hour or 90 minutes.

When the 49ers aren’t practicing, they’ll be in …

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