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All three of the San Francisco 49ers starting linebackers are dealing with injuries, and Tatum Bethune has been ruled out for the playoff run with a groin injury. Their starting WILL, Dee Winters, has an ankle injury, and their starting SAM, Luke Gifford, has a quad injury. There’s still a chance that Winters and Gifford […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan announced linebacker Tatum Bethune will miss the postseason after suffering a significant groin injury in Week 18 against the Seattle Seahawks. Shanahan said Bethune might need surgery for the tear. Linebacker Dee Winters, who appeared to have gotten his calf stepped on, has an ankle injury, and Luke […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Finding three standouts from Saturday night might be a challenging task, but we’re going to give it the old college try. The San Francisco 49ers picked an unfortunate time to have their worst team performance of the season, dropping their Week 18 clash with the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 13-3, and quite frankly, […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Oh how sweet it is to win a division title and the number one seed. It’s even sweeter when it happens on the road against a team that’s had the upper hands for years. The Seattle Seahawks are NFC West champions and the top team in the conference after what had to be the most […]
From Field Gulls | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
We are in a cycle in which teams request coaching and general manager interviews. For years, the San Francisco 49ers were consistently losing key personnel from their front office and coaching staff. That slowed down last season after a 6-win stint, but it should pick up this offseason. Sure enough, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The San Francisco 49ers’ 2025 season continues into the playoffs. Now that the regular season has concluded, we know the Niners will have a third-place schedule in 2026. We won’t know the times and specific dates until May, but we know who the opponents will be. The 49ers will have their typical home and away […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 1 read
On Saturday night, two candidates for the NFL’s Coach of the Year award entered Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with the NFC’s No. 1 seed on the line. The San Francisco 49ers headman, Kyle Shanahan, stood on one sideline after somehow propelling an injury-riddled 49ers team to a 12-4 season. On the other was […]
From Field Gulls | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The Eagles secured the No. 3 seed in the NFC, and will play the No. 6 seeded San Francisco 49ers on Wild Card Weekend. The NFL announced the schedule for the first round of the playoffs, and the Eagles-49ers will kick-off on Sunday at 4:30 PM ET at Lincoln Financial Field on FOX. They may […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The regular season is over, and the San Francisco 49ers will be the No. 6 seed in the NFC after losing a tough game to the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday, with the NFC West title and the No. 1 seed on the line. After an improbable run, which included a six-game win streak and some […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
It was the biggest regular season game in franchise history, and the Seattle Seahawks delivered one of the most impressive defensive statements in franchise history. It was all Seahawks in a 13-3 pummeling that doesn’t accurately show how much Seattle dominated the San Francisco 49ers. After beating big brother number one in the Los Angeles […]
From Field Gulls | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
In Today’s Links: Coach Macdonald and the teams that scorned him, numbers and notes from the big Seattle Seahawks victory Saturday night over the San Francisco 49ers, Charles Cross signs an extension, statistics from our squad’s tremendous 2025 season, thoughts and analysis pertaining to the ‘Hawks run game, why our team is now the favorite […]
From Field Gulls | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
We don’t yet know when each of the Rams’ 2026 games will be, but we do know which teams they’ll play at home and on the road. The Rams will obviously face the rest of the NFC West — the Cardinals, 49ers and Seahawks — in home and away matchups next season. They’ve also got […]
From Turf Show Times | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
49ers game review: The back-breaking play that left John Lynch screaming (paywall) “The big play was part of a game in which the 49ers missed a season-high 18 tackles, according to Pro Football Focus, a reason they missed out on a chance to win the NFC West title and claim the conference’s No. 1 seed. […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Now that the NFC playoff bracket is official, the San Francisco 49ers have their Wild Card weekend opponent set. Philadelphia losing to Washington means they are the 3-seed, and will host the Niners. The last time these two teams faced each other, Deebo Samuel had a day to remember in Philadelphia, and the 49ers won […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
The Philadelphia Eagles are three-point home favorites in their Wild Card playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers next weekend, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. For the uninitiated, the home team being favored by three points is standard in a game with two teams that are viewed to be relatively even. UPDATE: As I was writing […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The NFC playoff picture is officially set as the Philadelphia Eagles have clinched the No. 3 seed in the conference.. There was still a chance that Nick Sirianni’s team could earn the No. 2 seed, but they needed to beat the Washington Commanders in Week 18, and also needed the Chicago Bears to lose to […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The San Francisco 49ers host the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday evening. The winner will earn a coveted bye week as the No. 1 seed in the playoff picture. The loser travels to Tampa Bay. Or Carolina. Perhaps Chicago. Maybe even Philadelphia. Despite what happens Saturday night, it would not be a surprise to see the […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The San Francisco 49ers anxiously await their Wild Card opponent. On Sunday afternoon, a Los Angeles Rams win over the Arizona Cardinals would mean the Niners are the sixth seed. If the Rams lose, the 49ers will travel to the NFC South winner, which turned out to be the Carolina Panthers. The Rams are 14.5-point […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The San Francisco 49ers will find out who their Wild Card opponent will be next week before Sunday night football kicks off. One of their potential matchups, the Philadelphia Eagles, will rest several starters on Sunday. Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, and the entire starting offensive line are not listed among the […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The Seattle Seahawks’ season is not over. Yet it is already a success. Seattle hired Mike Macdonald to re-establish the franchise back on its rightful perch atop the NFC West, by way of a full defensive makeover. His job was clear: tame the offenses of football’s two pre-eminent masterminds, out-genius the other two geniuses in […]
From Field Gulls | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
This is not a bunch of woulda, coulda, shoulda. The 49ers were scheduled to play on Saturday, and they lost 13-3 to the Seattle Seahawks that night. Lost is not the right word: they got suffocated Saturday. It doesn’t help matters when offensive tackle Trent Williams and wide receiver Ricky Pearsall are both out for […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Earlier this week I wrote a pregame article about the Seahawks season coming full circle in this Week 18 game between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. That couldn’t have been more true with how this contest turned out, a thoroughly dominant 13-3 road victory riddled with missed opportunities that would’ve saved all Seahawks […]
From Field Gulls | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Once again, the Seattle Seahawks came into another stadium held the NFL’s number one offense to single-digit points. The San Francisco 49ers got to stay home and prepare for an entire week, with home-field advantage all the way through the Super Bowl on the line. They scored three points. But take heart! You’re not alone […]
From Field Gulls | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Fooch has the strutting pony that we all have for when the San Francisco 49ers win. When things don’t go our way, I give you angry John Lynch: If anything sums up the 49ers fans’ thoughts on their 13-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, it’s that emotion right there. That reaction happened on a third […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
What Kyle Shanahan and others said after 49ers’ 13-3 loss vs. Seahawks“You talked a lot about wanting to stay here and not go back on the road, and now you know that you have to. What’s the feeling and what have you said to the team? “Oh, we’re ready for it. I mean, yeah, it […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 1 read