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2020 NFL season in review: What went wrong, what’s next for non-playoff teams

The 2020 NFL regular season came to a close Sunday. To say it was an unusual year is an understatement. The league worked through a season disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, holding games on every day of the week for the first time in history. The Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens both experienced COVID-19 outbreaks […]

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Cowboys, 49ers flexed out of prime time in Week 15: How did it come to this?

The Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers’ rivalry is among the most storied in NFL history. Roger Staubach’s Captain Comeback moniker can be linked to the 1972 playoff win against San Francisco. Then there was “The Catch,” Dwight Clark’s touchdown in the 1980 NFC Championship Game at Candlestick Park. In the 1990s, there wasn’t a […]

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San Francisco 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan says Arizona ‘best scenario for us’

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers have found their home for the holidays. Days after they were blindsided by the announcement from Santa Clara County that contact sports are banned for the next three weeks, the 49ers have officially decided to move their entire football operation to Arizona for at least the duration […]

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Could the 49ers move on from Jimmy Garoppolo? Options to replace him in 2021, plus San Francisco’s other issues

You’d forgive the San Francisco 49ers for thinking 2020 just wasn’t meant to be their year. After losing to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV in February, the 4-4 Niners have dealt with a catastrophic flurry of injuries that have served to compromise their chances of competing in the NFC this season. They were preseason […]

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2020 NFL cuts for all 32 teams: Who’s in and who’s out

Teams in the NFL were required to cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Saturday. Given the irregular offseason, with OTAs and minicamps occurring virtually for the first time, teams have had only training camp, which included 14 padded practices, to see their players in person. The biggest names let go […]

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Five teams that could be the 49ers of 2020, and all the similarities

If you’re a fan of a team that struggled in 2019, chances are the 49ers are giving you hope for 2020. I mentioned last week that the 49ers ranked among the most unlikely Super Bowl teams in league history, and while there were plenty of reasons to think they would improve, no one at this […]

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Does George Kittle ever have a bad day?

Editor’s note: This story originally ran on Aug. 19, 2019. It takes George Kittle a full 14 seconds to answer what seems like an easy question. Two days before the 49ers would end their offseason program this spring, the tight end is lounging in a sleeveless hoodie and athletic shorts, his feet propped on the […]

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2020 NFL Pro Bowl rosters for AFC, NFC: Lamar Jackson leads the picks

The game will be held at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, at 3 p.m. ET on Jan. 26. Here is every selection for the 2020 game along with analysis from NFL Nation reporters. Players’ career Pro Bowls are denoted in parentheses. Pro Bowlers: Tre’Davious White (1) Stephon Gilmore is widely thought of as the […]

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49ers C Weston Richburg out for year; Richard Sherman, Dee Ford also hurt

Starting center Weston Richburg suffered a torn right patellar tendon early in the third quarter of the Niners’ 48-46 win in New Orleans, coach Kyle Shanahan announced Monday afternoon. The injury ends a strong season for Richburg, who will miss the final three games and postseason and have to undergo surgery and the accompanying rehab. […]

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