With the NFL’s new league year set to begin Wednesday and the early free agent negotiating window opening Monday, the Niners aren’t flush with cap space — they have $1,096,806 in space, according to ESPN’s Roster Management System — and almost certainly won’t be spending money in bulk this offseason. That doesn’t mean the 49ers […]
Continue readingASHBURN, Va. — Washington sat in this same scenario four years ago: a new coach, armed with the second pick in the draft. But what the Commanders didn’t have then that they appear to have now are options. In 2020, Washington had a quarterback the owner favored in Dwayne Haskins, whom they used the 15th […]
Continue readingSANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers’ loss in Super Bowl LVIII offered a sobering reminder to every NFL team: if you want to win the Lombardi Trophy, you’re probably going to have to go through the Kansas City Chiefs. For the Chiefs, the 25-22 overtime victory earned them their third Super Bowl title […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith says he will fly himself to Dallas to debate Micah Parsons and his Cowboys teammates over how tough Dak Prescott‘s job is. (2:09) INDIANAPOLIS — The end result for the Dallas Cowboys is for Dak Prescott to be their quarterback of the present and future. How they get […]
Continue readingMore 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 […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Pat McAfee and crew react to the news that the 49ers have fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks after one season. (2:20) SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After just one season as the San Francisco 49ers’ defensive coordinator, Steve Wilks is out. “This morning I relieved Steve Wilks of his duties,” Niners coach […]
Continue readingIs 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 […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw suffers a lower leg injury in the first half while running onto the field. (0:16) LAS VEGAS — After a difficult season — one in which his teammates said most players wouldn’t have even been able to stay on the field as much as he had — […]
Continue readingMore 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 […]
Continue readingMuch 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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