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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 […]

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The all-playoff era team: The best players of the past decade

It’s a simple premise and yet a near-impossible challenge. The story of the past decade of college football is littered with superstars — from Lamar Jackson‘s mystifying talent to Baker Mayfield planting the Oklahoma flag at Ohio State to Tua Tagovailoa rescuing Alabama from the brink of defeat to a former walk-on in Stetson Bennett […]

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49ers still processing Super Bowl loss, falling short again

More Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith wonders if 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan has the fortitude to win a Super Bowl after blowing another lead in the big game. (2:27) SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As various San Francisco 49ers filed through the locker room at their facility, less than 48 hours removed from losing Super […]

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49ers-Chiefs Super Bowl overtime decision: Did Kyle Shanahan blow it?

I thought I was done with Super Bowl LVIII, but one conversation that keeps happening has pulled me back in. I touched on San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan’s decision to take the ball first in overtime in my recap column last Monday, but after stories broke that some 49ers players didn’t know the rules and […]

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49ers’ 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 […]

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Super Bowl LVIII sets TV ratings record with 123.4M viewers

More Teams. More Games. Patrick Mahomes leads the Kansas City charge in overtime with several key plays, including a touchdown pass to win the Super Bowl. (1:18) The longest Super Bowl game also will go down as the most-watched program in television history. According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, the Kansas City Chiefs’ 25-22 overtime […]

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49ers players say they didn’t know Super Bowl overtime rules

More Teams. More Games. Dan Orlovsky discusses Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers’ decision to take the ball first in overtime. (1:26) Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs capitalized on the NFL’s postseason overtime rules to once again beat the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl. While several Chiefs players and coaches said they […]

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How Mahomes and the Chiefs beat the 49ers in Super Bowl 2024

Is the twist ending better than the one you can see coming from a mile away? For most of Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII between the 49ers and Chiefs, it felt like the game we were watching was entirely different from what we would have expected to see from these teams. A matchup of the NFL’s […]

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49ers’ title window shrinks after Super Bowl loss vs. Chiefs

More Teams. More Games. Kyle Shanahan describes the locker room after the 49ers’ loss to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII. (0:30) LAS VEGAS — Given a chance to put the narrative that has surrounded them for most of the past five years to rest, the San Francisco 49ers instead funneled all of it into […]

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‘Hurting’ 49ers lament another lost Super Bowl opportunity

Much like after his team coughed up a 10-point fourth-quarter lead to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV, Shanahan came to the same conclusion following Sunday night’s 25-22 overtime loss to those same Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII. “There’s nothing different to say,” Shanahan said. “I don’t care how you lose, when you […]

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