The San Francisco 49ers' position in the 2026 NFL Draft is now set. Following Sunday night's Divisional Round playoff game—when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Chicago Bears—the 49ers officially secured the 27th overall pick in the first round.
Sad. Ugly. Maddening. But perhaps most depressing of all, it seemed inevitable. Head coach Kyle Shanahan did everything he could to get the San Francisco 49ers ready, and the players played their hearts out, but on Saturday night, they were just overmatched.
In an alternate reality, the San Francisco 49ers may have entered the playoffs at full strength against the Seattle Seahawks. Instead, the version that took the field Saturday night at Lumen Field was one battered by injuries and missing several cornerstone players.
Not enough players from the San Francisco 49ers showed up to play the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional playoff game. They were physically present, but nonexistent in their performance.
The San Francisco 49ers wouldn’t have reached the Divisional Round of the playoffs without their running back Christian McCaffrey. Injuries defined nearly every position on the field this season, but at running back, McCaffrey managed to complete a full season without any major setbacks, following the most difficult year of his career in 2024.
Thanks to pro-football-reference.com's addition of unofficial sack totals to players' resumes, more clarity has emerged about the best pass-rushing years from previous eras.
The 49ers face a talent gap with several roster holes. Let’s start with an inventory of the roster and look at options. Brock Purdy has some development issues, I’ll have a player evaluation column later this week.
Countless plays went wrong for the San Francisco 49ers in their 41-6 divisional playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks. They needed at least half of the errant plays to have gone their way to give them a chance to win.
The Ravens announced that they have completed their interview with 49ers DC Robert Saleh for their head coaching job. Here is a look at the team’s candidates:
Ian Rapoport reports that the Titans have moved their interview with 49ers DC Robert Saleh to Monday and that he is considered a serious candidate. Saleh is viewed as a finalist for the job along with Chiefs HC Matt Nagy, who will interview with the team before Saleh, and Packers DC Jeff Hafley, who will interview for the team on Tuesday.
The San Francisco 49ers will turn the page to 2026 for another crack at a Super Bowl run. Seattle ended S.F’s season in disruptive fashion on Saturday — forcing the Niners to start thinking about the NFL Draft.
San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh was scheduled to interview with both the Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans on Sunday regarding their head coaching vacancies.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
49ers LT Trent Williams says that he plans to play for the team next season despite turning 38 years old in July. Williams says the team has a bright future and that he feels good physically after missing Week 18 due to a hamstring injury.
The 2025 has come to an end for the San Francisco 49ers. They were dealt swiftly and harshly by the Seattle Seahawks, losing 41-6. A few things stood out that were revealing about the 49ers in their divisional playoff loss.
After a disappointing loss to a fun season, the San Francisco 49ers are left looking at what their roster is and could be moving forward. They have some notable free agency decisions to come up and even some potential cap casualties.
The San Francisco 49ers' season came to a disappointing end Saturday night with a 41-6 loss to the division-rival Seattle Seahawks in the Divisional Round of the playoffs.
Former San Francisco 49ers safety Chet Brooks has passed away at the age of 60 following a battle with cancer. The 49ers selected Brooks out of Texas A&M in the 11th round (303rd overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft.
Heading into the NFC Divisional Round playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks, one of the biggest questions around the San Francisco 49ers was whether star wide receiver Ricky Pearsall would be available.
What do you tell a team after a blowout playoff loss to a division rival? San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan faced that question following his team's humbling Divisional Round defeat against the Seattle Seahawks.
The San Francisco 49ers saw their Super Bowl hopes absolutely crushed on Saturday night. San Francisco got destroyed by Seattle, losing 41-6 in an incredibly one-sided game.
The San Francisco 49ers couldn’t survive as long as they would’ve liked, as the Seattle Seahawks steamrolled them 41-6 in the NFC Divisional Round on Saturday.
The 49ers suffered a disappointing blowout loss to the Seahawks to end their season, but Purdy remains optimistic that the team has the pieces to win a Super Bowl.
Deommodore Lenoir was out there crashing out during Saturday’s season-ending loss. Lenoir and the San Francisco 49ers got absolutely trounced by the Seattle Seahawks during their divisional round playoff game at Lumen Field in Seattle, Wash.
The Seattle Seahawks completely dominated the San Francisco 49ers defensively the last time the NFC West rivals squared off in Week 18. That did not change on Saturday night as Seattle prevailed in a 41-6 rout to get within one win of returning to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2014.
Per Nick Wagoner, the 49ers elevated DT Sebastian Valdez and OT Brandon Parker for their Division Round matchup. Parker, 30, is a former third-round pick of the Raiders back in 2018.
As of Thursday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook had the San Francisco 49ers as seven-point underdogs for their divisional-round playoff game at the rival Seattle Seahawks on Saturday night.