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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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NFL All-Pro team 2023: Best players at every position

More Teams. More Games. Bill Barnwell pivots from Lamar Jackson to praise the impact of linebacker Roquan Smith with the Ravens this season. (1:50) Happy New Year! To start off 2024, I’m taking a look at the best players from the 2023 NFL season, revealing my first- and second-team All-Pro selections. After working through a […]

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49ers unsure of kicking situation after multiple injuries

That’s because, in the span of three days, both of the team’s kickers –rookie Jake Moody (right quadriceps) and veteran Zane Gonzalez (right calf) — suffered injuries to their kicking legs that cast doubt on their availability for Week 1. Those injuries come three days before the Niners and the rest of the league must […]

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NFL Week 12 Power Rankings 2022: 1-32 poll, underachievers

Welcome to Week 12 of the NFL regular season. We have updated our Power Rankings! Our power panel — a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities — have evaluated how teams are stacking up through 11 weeks. After suffering losses this weekend, where do the Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants and […]

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49ers CB Emmanuel Moseley feared to have torn left ACL

The Niners had just dispatched the Panthers 37-15 to get to 3-2 but headed to the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, for a week of practice with mixed emotions. That’s because they had just watched four key players limp away from the Bank of America Stadium artificial turf with myriad injuries. Cornerback […]

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San Francisco 49ers punter Mitch Wishnowsky gets 4-year extension

The Niners announced Friday that they signed punter Mitch Wishnowsky to a four-year contract extension that will keep him in San Francisco through the 2026 season. The extension is worth up to $13 million, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Wishnowsky was originally a fourth-round selection (No. 110 overall) in the 2019 NFL draft. In three-plus […]

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Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers select punters in fourth round of NFL draft

Some NFL punter history was made on Saturday, and it didn’t include the “punt god.” For the first time since 2007, two punters were selected in the first four rounds of the NFL draft. The Baltimore Ravens selected Penn State’s Jordan Stout with the No. 130 overall pick, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers chose Georgia’s […]

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Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers hopeful Nick Bosa (concussion), Fred Warner (right ankle) can play in divisional round

Now, as they turn their attention to the Green Bay Packers and the NFC divisional round, the biggest questions looming over the team center on the availability of defensive end Nick Bosa and linebacker Fred Warner. Bosa (concussion) and Warner (right ankle) should have a chance to play against the Packers on Saturday, but it’s […]

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San Francisco 49ers rookie QB Trey Lance replaces Jimmy Garoppolo, who’s set to have MRI on calf

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Through a barrage of seemingly endless questions about his quarterback situation, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan has remained adamant that the plan was to ride with incumbent Jimmy Garoppolo while rookie Trey Lance develops. But if the right calf injury Garoppolo suffered in Sunday’s 28-21 loss to the Seattle Seahawks […]

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San Francisco 49ers sign kicker Robbie Gould to 2-year extension; deal worth $7.25 million, source says

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — On the same day he signed a reworked, two-year contract extension with the San Francisco 49ers, kicker Robbie Gould landed on the reserve/COVID-19 list, which means he will miss Sunday’s season finale against the Seattle Seahawks. The 49ers announced Wednesday that Gould signed a two-year contract extension through the 2022 season. […]

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