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There is no prouder moment for a father than when a son follows in his footsteps. Kyle Shanahan gained his love for football from his father, Mike. That love propelled Kyle to want to be a coach, like Mike, and now Kyle is one of the great football minds in the NFL. Kyle has an […]

The Kansas City Chiefs have Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Taylor Swift to fill up their newsfeeds heading into Super Bowl 58. But what do the San Francisco 49ers have? Well, they have the so-called Mr. Irrelevant in their starting quarterback, Brock Purdy. Purdy has been a major talking point leading up to Super Bowl […]

Like with any game, Super Bowl 58 has a lot of intriguing storylines to it, starting on the field and extending well beyond it. Firstly, you obviously have two of the NFL’s best teams this season in the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, both among the most successful teams over the last several […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are underdogs to the San Francisco 49ers at Super Bowl LVIII but Head Coach Andy Reid is not sweating the details. He responded to a question about being the underdog recently with a ferocity that hasn’t been seen in the NFL in a long time. Meanwhile, Reid’s star tight end Travis […]

The NFL season will conclude this Sunday in Super Bowl 58 when the San Francisco 49ers will clash with the Kansas City Chiefs for the Lombardi Trophy and a chance to live in history. Neither one of these teams is void of past or present history, although it is the Chiefs that have had more […]

Before the San Francisco 49ers prepare to compete in the Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs, the team should be in good position for the big game with a loaded roster. Especially since their lineup has two players in quarterback Brock Purdy and running back Christian McCaffrey who are finalists for league MVP as […]

Christian McCaffrey and the 49ers sliced and diced their way through the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game in the Bay Area and now the onus is on the 49ers’ backfield to turn in a repeat performance against the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Recently 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw compared himself to one of […]

On Sunday evening, head coach Kyle Shanahan and his San Francisco 49ers will take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 58 from Las Vegas, with the right to hoist this year’s Lombardi Trophy on the line. Shanahan helped his team get to this point by engineering a 17-point comeback against the Detroit Lions […]

It’s well known that the San Francisco 49ers selected quarterback Brock Purdy with the very last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. What’s not as well known is that 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan thought that Purdy was the best quarterback on the roster entering last season. Purdy was told that Shanahan had said such […]

The Washington Commanders have their head coach and general manager duo with Dan Quinn and Adam Peters, and San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke on the duo, pulling from his experience that he has had with both of them. “I’m so pumped for Dan, I’m so pumped for Washington,” Kyle Shanahan said, via […]

The biggest game in the NFL calendar, the Super Bowl, is always played in a neutral location; the home and away team distinctions then alternate every year, and it just so happened that the San Francisco 49ers, being the representative of the NFC, will be entering that contest as the nominal away team after the […]

Brock Purdy has done an admirable job as the starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers in the 2023 NFL season. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be in the middle of preparation for Super Bowl 58. The Niners’ success with Purdy has also made rumors that San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan thought about bringing in Tom […]

On the eve of the Super Bowl, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan reflected on how Brock Purdy became the team’s quarterback with the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft. “I was sure Brock was worthy of the fourth round, and we put a fourth-round grade on him,” Shanahan told Peter King ahead of […]

The San Francisco 49ers have had a successful 2023 NFL season with a 12-5 record and making it to Super Bowl 58. However, they have a fatal flaw that will doom them in the Super Bowl. Let’s take a closer look at the 49ers’ season, their potential weak link, and how it will impact their […]

The San Francisco 49ers are gunning for their sixth Super Bowl title as a franchise with preparation this week leading up to the game on February 11 in Las Vegas. The 49ers got great news this week in the form of a marketing deal from the NFL for a spouse of one of the team’s […]

The San Francisco 49ers completed a comeback for the ages against Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions this past weekend, punching their ticket to the Super Bowl in Nevada. Predictions for the big game were revealed recently. San Francisco fullback Kyle Juszczyk revealed the surprising mood of 49ers players in the locker room while trailing […]

The Kansas City Chiefs will be heading to Super Bowl 58 to take on the San Francisco 49ers. It will be a Super Bowl rematch between the two teams from the 2019 season where the Chiefs dynasty initially started. Little did anyone know that back in 2019, that would be just the beginning of this […]

The NFC Championship was slipping away from the San Francisco 49ers. Jared Goff and Amon-Ra St. Brown were connecting while all Dre Greenlaw, Fred Warner, and Nick Bosa could do was wait for their own offense to do something. There also was not much Kyle Shanahan’s offense would do despite Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle, and […]

After being down 17 points to the Detroit Lions, the San Francisco 49ers completed the comeback and are heading back to the Super Bowl in a rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs from 2020. There are some players that were on that team that are looking to seek revenge and win hardware of their own, […]

In arguably the most surprising coaching hire of the 2024 offseason, the Atlanta Falcons, who were rumored to be closing in on Bill Belichick, instead hired Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris. San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan loved the move and has nothing but positive things to say about Morris, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN: “49ers’ […]

The San Francisco 49ers have the best odds to win the 2025 Super Bowl, according to the latest odds from FanDuel Sportsbook. Head coach Kyle Shanahan and the Niners are comfortable favorites at +450, with the next closest team being the Baltimore Ravens at +700. The 49ers are still looking to punch in a Super […]

The Carolina Panthers hired Dave Canales to be their new head coach on Thursday, a move that surprised some people. Perhaps even more surprising is the fact that the Panthers handed Canales a six-year contract, which is rare for a first-time NFL head coach to get. Canales joins three other active head coaches who signed […]

Kyle Shanahan is busy preparing his San Francisco 49ers for the team’s third consecutive trip to the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. But he still has time to shade the NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks when the opportunity arises. On Thursday, Shanahan was asked how important the “12th man” is going to be this weekend. […]

The San Francisco 49ers are headed to their third consecutive NFC Championship Game this weekend when they face the Detroit Lions. It’s also their fourth in five years, with only in 2019 did they come out with a ticket punched to the Super Bowl. The 49ers, of course, hope to avenge their latest conference tragedies […]

The Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers are two of the most storied franchises in the history of the NFL. However, despite both playing in the NFC and the Lions being founded in the 1920s and 49ers in the 1940s, they’ve met just once in the playoffs. The reason why is actually pretty simple: Neither […]

The San Francisco 49ers edged out a victory over the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round of the playoffs. 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy played a substandard game, but the Niners were able to work through that. Tight end George Kittle spoke on Purdy’s performance, giving credit to his poise throughout the game. “Brock played […]

During an interview with Nick Wagoner of ESPN, Brock Purdy revealed that he was told the San Francisco 49ers wanted Tom Brady in 2023. Wagoner’s article was published on January 16th and the quote surprisingly did not receive much attention. However, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk recently shared it once again. So what exactly […]

Squeaking by with a win over the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional Round thanks to a fourth quarter Christian McCaffrey touchdown, the San Francisco 49ers will now be playing host to the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game. The season almost ended way too soon for the 49ers last weekend, losing to the […]

With the San Francisco 49ers scheduled to take on the Detroit Lions at home this weekend, the prevailing thought among many is that quarterback Brock Purdy is the x-factor. After all, Purdy was absent for Coach Kyle Shanahan’s team vs. the Philadelphia Eagles in their devastating NFC Title Game loss last season in the City […]

Heading into the 2023 NFL season, very few doubted that at least on paper, the San Francisco 49ers had the best roster in the NFL. The NFL All-Pro teams, announced early last week, proved just that. The Niners had four 1st-team All-Pros, tied for the most in the league in the league with the Kansas […]

The San Francisco 49ers NFL playoffs return left many in Santa Clara, CA on Saturday night, perhaps ridden with anxiety after watching their team just squeak by with a win over the Green Bay Packers, 24-21. In the NFC Divisional Round matchup, the 49ers hadn’t led the game since about five minutes remaining in the […]

Kyle Shanahan is a great coach, arguably the best in the NFL today. The San Francisco 49ers are a perennial Super Bowl threat thanks to his offensive schemes. However, there’s been one aspect of Shanahan’s coaching that has come under fire recently: his inability to lead a comeback. Prior to the 49ers’ playoff game against […]

The San Francisco 49ers prepare to play their first NFL playoff game this season as they will face the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round. The 49ers obtained the No. 1 seed, so they will be well-rested coming into this game where on the other hand, the Packers are coming off of a beat-down […]

As the San Francisco 49ers gear up for the 2024 NFL Playoffs Divisional Round clash against the Green Bay Packers, the focal point extends beyond MVP candidates Brock Purdy and of course, Christian McCaffrey. While both Purdy and McCaffrey have undoubtedly played pivotal roles for the team, it is Deebo Samuel who can emerge as […]

Being an alternate in the Pro Bowl is not ideal. This is why Brandon Aiyuk felt bad about the decision to keep him out. San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan knew how frustrating this was for the wide receiver. But, news broke about his All-Pro nod and the mastermind behind Brock Purdy’s insane schematics […]

After earning a bye week last week in the first round of the NFL Playoffs, the San Francisco 49ers will be hosting the Green Bay Packers in an NFC Divisional Round matchup on Saturday. If you’re the 49ers, you may be a bit surprised by the opponent, given that the Packers weren’t given much of […]

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke on the team’s preparation for the Green Bay Packers ahead of their matchup in the playoffs. The Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys on the road in the first round of the playoffs, set to face the No. 1 49ers at Levis Stadium. Shanahan mentioned his focus on […]

The San Francisco 49ers will have to wait another week, bypassing Super Wild Card Weekend since they attained the No. 1 seed in the NFC and earned a first-round bye. They earned that right by being arguably the most talented team in the entire NFL, not to mention a favorite to win the Super Bowl. […]

A little less than a decade ago, Jim Harbaugh and the San Francisco 49ers ended their partnership. Now current 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan is singing Harbaugh’s praises after the latter just won the College Football National Championship at Michigan. Here’s what Shanahan said about Harbaugh on a conference call on Tuesday, according to Grant Cohn […]