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In Today’s Links: multiple previews, punditry, prognosis, and proclamations regarding the Seattle Seahawks’ match-up Saturday with the San Francisco 49ers, stats upon stats on Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s season, and some early 2026 NFL Draft talk with Rob Staton. Enjoy! Seahawks News Kyle see you again – Seaside JoeThe Seahawks were actually built specifically to beat the […]
From Field Gulls | 6 days ago | 2 reads
The San Francisco 49ers have floated around the NFC Championship as a potential game for linebacker Fred Warner to return. Warner has not appeared in a game since October 12, when he dislocated his ankle in Week 6. After Sunday’s game, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said the chances are “Not very high” of Warner […]
From Niners Nation | 6 days ago | 0 reads
Somehow, the San Francisco 49ers found a way to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 23-19 over the weekend, giving them the opportunity to move on to the divisional round of the playoffs. It’s been quite the year for the 49ers, whose injury luck got even worse on Sunday as star tight end George Kittle suffered a […]
From Niners Nation | 7 days ago | 0 reads
The San Francisco 49ers pulled off one of the more impressive wins of the season, beating the Philadelphia Eagles on the road 23-19 despite continuing to deal with the injury bug that has hit them all year. Playing without Ricky Pearsall and losing George Kittle to a torn Achilles early in the game, it seemed […]
From Niners Nation | 7 days ago | 0 reads
The Seattle Seahawks are making a significant effort to get as many invested 12s in the seats as possible. Per Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times, the Seahawks are actively discouraging fans from reselling season tickets prior to the start of the team’s playoff run. This continues a campaign that was initially started last spring, […]
From Field Gulls | 7 days ago | 0 reads
Inside the giddy 49ers locker room, a Grateful tribute from a team that won’t die (paywall)“Typically, enough Niners fans infiltrate those buildings to create a resounding roar when things go well for the visitors. That wasn’t the case Sunday night as the depleted 49ers completed an almost unfathomable first-round playoff upset of the defending Super […]
From Niners Nation | 7 days ago | 0 reads
The San Francisco 49ers pulled off what felt like an improbable win on Sunday by beating the Philadelphia Eagles 23-19. The season lives on for another week, where the Niners are likely to be shorthanded after losing George Kittle to an Achilles injury. Updated 2026 NFC playoff bracket That won’t be easy, going against the […]
From Niners Nation | 7 days ago | 0 reads
The Seattle Seahawks had to wait until the final NFC Wild Card game to know which team they’ll be hosting in the NFC Divisional Round, and now they know they’ll be facing the San Francisco 49ers for the third and final time of the season. Week 1 saw the Seahawks lose 17-13 at home to […]
From Field Gulls | 7 days ago | 1 read
If the San Francisco 49ers have taught you anything over the years, it’s never to say never. We wondered whether defensive coordinator Robert Saleh could muck the game up enough to keep the offense in it. Jalen Hurts was only pressured on 16.2 percent of his dropbacks, yet he only completed 57.1 percent of his […]
From Niners Nation | 7 days ago | 0 reads
The Divisional Round date is set, and for Mike Macdonald’s Seattle Seahawks squad, it’s the next game. For his opponent… the NFL is unfair. Kyle Shanahan, great coach but known complainer about scheduling issues, said in the post-game conference following the San Francisco 49ers’ win over the Philadelphia Eagles that it would be “cool” if […]
From Field Gulls | 7 days ago | 1 read
We’ve seen Jauan Jennings throw a touchdown pass before. It was in the Super Bowl for Christian McCaffrey. Unfortunately, the San Francisco 49ers lost that game. But that doesn’t mean if something works, you shouldn’t do it again: This play is from the 49ers’ 23-19 win over the Philadelphia Eagles — a play that will […]
From Niners Nation | 7 days ago | 0 reads
The Seattle Seahawks have had their bye week (with a couple of practices mixed in), and now it’s time to prepare for Saturday’s NFC Divisional Round showdown with the San Francisco 49ers. It’s not often that a team plays the same opponent twice in a row, but that’ll be the case for the Seahawks, whose […]
From Field Gulls | 7 days ago | 0 reads
The Houston Texans released Darrell Taylor on Monday morning. Taylor, a pass rusher, was placed on the Injured Reserve in Week 9 after suffering an ankle injury. He was limited to four games and only 31 snaps this season. Taylor was activated from the Injured Reserve last week, but his release a week later might […]
From Niners Nation | 7 days ago | 1 read
Somehow, some way, the San Francisco 49ers are moving on to the divisional round of the NFC playoffs. Despite key mistakes, another devastating injury, and the second-half incompetence of the Philadelphia Eagles’ offense, the 49ers held on for a 23-19 victory to survive and advance and take on the Seattle Seahawks next week. There were […]
From Niners Nation | 7 days ago | 0 reads
Eagles vs 49ers: Roster Breakdown Here is how I view the two rosters heading into Sunday’s playoff game ** Note: Injuries and current form taken into consideration ** pic.twitter.com/0sFIW9H5Bp — Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) January 8, 2026 49ers talked that talk~ then walked that walk pic.twitter.com/0vFtQLBxgb — MadHatter LJ 🎩🐷 (@MadHatter_LJ) January 12, 2026 . @49ers @eagles . the game winning drive…Purdy didn't get touched; even on a 7 step drop…It was li...
From Hogs Haven | 8 days ago | 0 reads
Eric Kendricks hasn’t even been on the 49ers roster for two months, but he has already secured a place in franchise folklore with his telling contribution to one of the most memorable playoff wins of the Kyle Shanahan era on Sunday. Kendricks, starting alongside Garret Wallow at linebacker as the 49ers deal with an astonishing […]
From Niners Nation | 8 days ago | 0 reads
One of the most gut-wrenching moments of the San Francisco 49ers’ 23-19 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL Wild Card round was the loss of George Kittle. Many of you who watched the video closely already knew Kittle ruptured his Achilles tendon. Turns out the 49ers’ training staff knew it as well and […]
From Niners Nation | 8 days ago | 0 reads
In Today’s Links: three teams from the NFC West yet remain and the match-ups for next weekend are set. All we need now are the dates and times. Our Seattle Seahawks will face-off one more time against the San Francisco 49ers and I believe them to be salivating. Injured again last night, the 49ers will […]
From Field Gulls | 8 days ago | 1 read
Kawakami: Inside the 49ers’ ‘Bang’ play that shook the Eagles (paywall)“I’m just thinking get the ball, execute, tuck the ball away, make the defense think I’m running it,” Jennings said. “And I saw Christian get open.” McCaffrey slow-rolled past the line of scrimmage, then burst past Eagles safety Reed Blankenship, who was caught in the […]
From Niners Nation | 8 days ago | 0 reads
And the new … Super Bowl champions will not be the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles were Super Bowl champions. The San Francisco 49ers ended the Eagles’ hopes of repeating on Sunday with masterclass coaching by Kyle Shanahan in a 23-19 victory over the Eagles in the Wild Card round silencing the stunned denizens at Lincoln […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | 8 days ago | 1 read
A.J. Brown finished the Eagles Wild Card game against the 49ers with three catches on seven targets for 25 total yards, and it was the misses that had the biggest impact. Earlier in the season when the wide receiver voiced his displeasure with a lack of a passing game, he was emphatic that it wasn’t […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | 8 days ago | 1 read
The Seattle Seahawks got to enjoy another stress-free weekend in the Wild Card round after locking up the No. 1 seed in the NFC by handling the San Francisco 49ers in Week 18. Guess what? They’ll get back to action against those same 49ers in the Divisional Round! Seattle and San Francisco face off for […]
From Field Gulls | 8 days ago | 1 read
The San Francisco 49ers pulled off the improbable, beating the Philadelphia Eagles on the road 23-19 despite being six-point underdogs and losing star tight end George Kittle early in the game. It was a game filled with mistakes on both sides, but the 49ers managed to keep it to a three-point game at the half […]
From Niners Nation | 8 days ago | 0 reads
The San Francisco 49ers targeted George Kittle on a six-yard pass with just over six minutes remaining in the second quarter. After Kittle was tackled, he immediately grabbed the back of his right ankle. It was a non-contact injury, which is genuinely the worst-case scenario. Unsurprisingly, Kittle is not expected to return to the game. […]
From Niners Nation | 8 days ago | 0 reads
The Philadelphia Eagles are no longer in the hunt to repeat as Super Bowl Champions after losing to the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card round, 23-19. As has been the case for most of the season, the Eagles offense had an uneven performance and did next to nothing in the second half, and […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | 8 days ago | 0 reads