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49ers are back in first round of NFL draft after two years off
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the first round of the NFL draft unfolded in each of the past two years, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan spent those nights sharing the same feeling: boredom. The malaise was the product of a trade the Niners made in 2021, dealing their first-round […]
Continue reading49ers staying patient in search for new defensive coordinator
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the fourth time in his tenure as San Francisco 49ers coach, Kyle Shanahan is looking for a defensive coordinator. Unlike the previous three searches, this one is a result of a job vacancy that Shanahan himself created. On Feb. 14, he announced that the team was parting ways with coordinator […]
Continue reading49ers’ Kyle Shanahan asked staff to review OT rules with players
More Teams. More Games. Kyle Shanahan explains and backs up his decision to receive the kick in overtime. (0:55) SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Before the San Francisco 49ers started their latest postseason run, coach Kyle Shanahan sat down with the team’s analytics staff and went through the potential scenarios for a game that might reach […]
Continue readingWR Brandon Aiyuk finds a way to stand out on 49ers offense
More Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith and Marcus Spears discuss the pressure on Brock Purdy to prove himself against Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LVIII. (2:39) WHEN BRANDON AIYUK runs — arms pumping, hair flying — everything in his 6-foot, 200-pound body says get out of the way. With 6:30 left in the third […]
Continue readingHow Packers’ Jordan Love is staying ‘level’ for playoff debut
That comes as no surprise to those who have watched Love all season. “I feel like he’s always on the same level,” Packers receiver Christian Watson said. “I think I’ve said this since the moment he got the job, that he has like a weird poise about him, even though he’s being thrown into a […]
Continue readingNFL Week 8 Power Rankings 2023: How all 32 teams stack up
Welcome to Week 8 of the 2023 NFL season. A couple of unexpected losses this past weekend — the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers all registering losses — shook up the top 10 in our weekly Power Rankings. And the separation between the top half and bottom half of the league is […]
Continue readingSurprise offseason standouts for 32 NFL teams: Players to watch
Throughout the NFL, there are rookies from the 2023 draft class looking to stake claims. There also are veterans who haven’t had their taste of success and are looking to ascend, or maybe they have but appear ready for more than ever before. Every team needs its players to make progress. Even the good ones. […]
Continue reading49ers CB Jason Verrett suffers season-ending Achilles injury
A lively post-bye practice for the Niners came to a crushing halt as players and coaches looked on, fearing that Verrett, who had gone down without any contact to his leg, had again suffered another devastating long-term injury. “There hasn’t been a quietness over a football field I’ve been around like that in a long […]
Continue reading49ers activate CB Jason Verrett after more than year away
The Niners activated Verrett from the reserve/physically unable to perform list on Wednesday, the final day the team could do so after opening his practice window three weeks ago. Verrett had been working his way back from a torn ACL in his right knee suffered in a victory against the Detroit Lions on Sept. 12, […]
Continue reading49ers CB Moseley has torn ACL in left knee, done for season
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The San Francisco 49ers got the news they expected but didn’t want Monday afternoon when coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed that cornerback Emmanuel Moseley suffered a torn ACL in his left knee. Moseley’s injury will require surgery that ends his season, which isn’t a surprise to the Niners, who feared that […]
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