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The San Francisco 49ers take the field this week for Phase 3 of the offseason program. The closer we get to summer, the closer we get to real football. It’s spring, which means we’ll need to settle for OTAs There’s generally a 10-practice schedule over a three-week period, which kicked off on Wednesday. Practice is […]
Mac Jones wasn’t the only contract the San Francisco 49ers toyed with. The team converted $3.02 million of center Jake Brendel’s 2026 compensation into a signing bonus, per Spotrac. That cleared $2.265 million of cap space. This may be the last season we see Brendel in a 49ers uniform. His contract is void after the […]
San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey was inspired by Conor McGregor's movement coach in his preparation for his 10th NFL season, he told The Athletic's Vic Tafur.
49ers backup QB Mac Jones would have preferred a trade. He got a raise instead (paywall)“The 49ers have rewarded Mac Jones for last season’s stellar fill-in work by giving him a $300,000 roster bonus, according to multiple reports. Jones, 27, who signed a two-year, $7 million contract in 2025, will now earn $3.55 million this […]
The San Francisco 49ers’ defense sat at the bottom of the league in pressure rate and sack totals in 2025. Losing Nick Bosa and others throughout the season didn’t help. Try as they may, the 49ers’ defense tried to keep the team in games, but the bottom fell out against Seattle in the divisional round. […]
Injuries to Nick Bosa and Fred Warner gutted a star-driven San Francisco 49ers defense in 2025. They’ve been the driving force in what’s been one of the best defenses in the league dating back to 2019. Losing Mykel Williams for the season didn’t help. Neither did fielding multiple rookies and journeymen along the way. Despite […]
The San Francisco 49ers have more experience than they’d like when it comes to valuing backup quarterbacks. They made it clear that they weren’t bluffing when it came to wanting premium draft capital in return for Mac Jones. Mac Jones showed that he could operate almost as well as the starter in Kyle Shanahan’s offense […]
The 49ers’ on-field preparations for the 2026 season start to take shape this week with the opening of OTAs. In relation to what actually happens in the regular season, OTAs don’t carry much importance, though they provide a look at rookies and free agent additions and a potential insight into the situation with position battles. […]
The San Francisco 49ers reportedly revised backup quarterback Mac Jones' contract heading into the 2026 campaign.
49ers’ Fred Warner wanted a quick rehab from a devastating injury. So he learned how to swim (paywall)“If you’d asked Fred Warner six months ago whether he knew how to swim, the answer would have been: sort of. The San Francisco 49ers’ middle linebacker moved through the water like a lot of people who have […]
The San Francisco 49ers selected Alfred Collins 43rd overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. That round had multiple impact rookies. Nick Emmanwori, Quinshon Judkins for a bit, TreVeyon Henderson, Luther Burden, and Tyler Shough to an extent. Those players were selected ahead of Collins. After the Collins pick, there isn’t a clear-cut “The 49ers should’ve […]
Current narratives and money aside, one of the biggest draft hits in recent memory in the NFL was the San Francisco 49ers taking Brock Purdy with the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft. From being the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft and competing for the No. 3 spot on the depth chart […]
Every year is a big year under the current regime. The San Francisco 49ers are often projected to be among the best teams in the NFL, and 2026 is no different. The team is a top-heavy roster that hopes some of its younger players develop to help balance it out. There are a few critical […]
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner explained this week how swimming helped accelerate his recovery from a broken and dislocated right ankle last season.
Few things remain in memory when you have years upon years of San Francisco 49ers seasons chiseled into your brain. Brock Purdy’s emergence is one of those things. 49ers general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan met with Tom Tolbert, in Tolbert’s backyard of all places, for the Tom Tolbert show. The entire […]
49ers rookie lost scholarship offers, then his grandmother. How he picked up the pieces (paywall)“Every day for half a decade Black saw Carolyn. She was there for him, and him for her. Before her retirement Carolyn often vacationed in Virginia Beach. She would occasionally book weekend stays at oceanfront hotels for her and the boys. […]
NFL Insider hints at the 49ers needing to make a decision about Nick Bosa after this year“Bosa has a big cap hit in 2027, at nearly $55 million. And yes, he’s coming off a torn ACL and will turn 30 that November. Next year is also the first year of the deal done in the […]
Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers lost to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2020 Super Bowl. Just months later they traded multiple first round picks to take a shot at a physically talented and ultra-toolsy quarterback in Trey Lance. Shanahan was chasing the next Mahomes. Lance was traded to the […]
So, some good news about the 2026 San Francisco 49ers schedule is that most of their last wins against each of their opponents don’t go further back than a year. Well, except for one team that the 49ers beat over a decade ago. We’ll get to that. Regardless, even though they have beaten most of […]
Kyle Juszczyk breaks down the 49ers’ 2026 offensive draft class“Wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling, who was taken with the first pick of the second round out of Ole Miss, immediately stood out to Juszczyk for reasons that go beyond football. “Just the conversation that we had and getting to know one another,” Juszczyk said. “He grew […]
It seems like we’re talking about former San Francisco 49ers safety Donte Whitner more than a few of the current San Francisco 49ers players. Whitner once again called out another 49ers defensive back, this time cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, and issued a challenge: cover Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jauan Jennings. “Deommodore Lenoir talked a lot of […]
If there’s anything we’ve learned about being a fan of NFL teams, it’s that watching all the games is expensive. And it gets worse every year with subscription fees increasing. The 49ers have a new schedule, and it’s all over the place with prime-time. Free trials are definitely not as prominent as they once were, either. We […]
As 49ers eye Super Bowl, there are questions they must start answering next week (paywall)“Quarterback Brock Purdy thought he recognized a red zone concept when he sat down to watch Tampa Bay Buccaneers film with new receiver Mike Evans. But he was quickly corrected. “I’m so excited because (Evans) sees the game, I feel, like […]
Peak offseason content is ranking each starting QB, and sometimes backup QB’s, from 32 to one. Fan bases line up to defend their guy, and it makes for interesting debates and conversations. Then there is Brock Purdy. The 49ers quarterback is such an interesting case study. In many ways, Purdy and Kyle Shanahan are the […]
The San Francisco 49ers took a wide receiver with their first pick for the second time in three years, as they selected Ole Miss wideout De’Zhaun Stribling with the No. 33 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. San Francisco initially held the No. 27 pick, but was able to facilitate two trade downs to move […]