On paper, the San Francisco 49ers have had enjoyed perfect start to 2026 as they're 6-0 for the season so far. However, the game is played on grass, and San Francisco is dealing with a temporarily depleted offense, including injury concerns for key veterans Mike Evans and Nick Bosa.
49ers DE Romello Height had three tackles, a half-sack, and a season-high of five quarterback pressures in Monday Night’s win over the Commanders. Height credits his performance to wearing new cleats in Week 6. “I just felt like I was slipping a lot with the old (cleats),” Height said, via Matt Barrows of The Athletic.
The San Francisco 49ers have taken a different approach to offensive personnel than most NFL teams, and their production shows just how effective that strategy has been.
As the San Francisco 49ers get ready for a key Week 7 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons, there are plenty of questions surrounding the roster. What do the 49ers need to answer?
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The San Francisco 49ers will be without defensive end Nick Bosa when they face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Bosa is one of six 49ers players ruled out for the Week 7 matchup, joining wide receiver Mike Evans.
The move, announced by the team, appears timed to create an opening for wide receiver Christian Kirk, who has been working his way back from injured reserve after a calf injury that kept him sidelined since training camp.
It seems likely that the San Francisco 49ers will be without wide receiver Mike Evans and defensive end Nick Bosa in Sunday's matchup against the Atlanta Falcons.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
The San Francisco 49ers announced they officially released DL Ogbo Okoronkwo on Friday. Matt Barrows notes that this could be to make room for WR Christian Kirk to be activated from injured reserve. Okoronkwo, 31, was taken with the No.
The San Francisco 49ers made a roster move ahead of Sunday's Week 7 road game against the Atlanta Falcons, releasing defensive lineman Ogbo Okoronkwo. The move frees a roster spot for the potential activation of wide receiver Christian Kirk (calf) from injured reserve.
We'll learn more about San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Mike Evans' status for Sunday's Week 7 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons when head coach Kyle Shanahan speaks to reporters after Friday's practice.
The San Francisco 49ers are likely to be buyers at the trade deadline. However, one player on their roster that they could trade or use in a package to add a better player is cornerback Jack Jones.
The San Francisco 49ers are hoping to get a few of their key injured players back relatively soon. Wide receivers Christian Kirk and Deebo Samuel Sr. could return to game action if not this Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons then during their following contest versus the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov.
The San Francisco 49ers enter Week 7 preparing for an Atlanta Falcons team with two explosive offensive weapons and an interior defender capable of disrupting the game from the middle.
The San Francisco 49ers are 6-0, hold a three-game lead in the NFC West, and have their bye week coming up after Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Three years ago, the San Francisco 49ers enjoyed what seemed like a dream season during which running back Christian McCaffrey won the Offensive Player of the Year award, quarterback Brock Purdy was a leading MVP candidate and the team got within inches of winning the Super Bowl championship.
The San Francisco 49ers had to start planning their pass rush for the future without Nick Bosa, and they may have found the exact foundational player they needed.
"We look at the Australia game as a tremendous success on really every level," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell recently said, as Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk shared on Thursday.
The San Francisco 49ers' biggest need is quietly a big run-stuffing interior defensive lineman. While a reunion with Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, the smarter move for the 49ers to make at the trade deadline would be to add his teammate, Grover Stewart.
There’s a “high level of optimism” in San Francisco’s building that DE Nick Bosa will be able to return against the Raiders following the team’s bye week, according to Matt Zenitz.
There’s something about an undefeated football team that makes people start wondering just how far it can go. The San Francisco 49ers are 6–0 after beating Washington 23–17, and Tom Brady isn’t waiting for the perfect moment to give them some credit.
While the San Francisco 49ers earned a 23-17 home win over the Washington Commanders that improved the 49ers to 6-0 on Monday night, the 49ers suffered a significant scare when wide receiver Mike Evans aggravated a lingering Achilles injury late in the game's second quarter.