The San Francisco 49ers getting George Kittle back in the lineup is a win in itself. However, the ten-year veteran looked rusty and a bit slow in his first game back from an Achilles injury.
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle played 30 snaps last week against the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia. The All-Pro recorded two receptions for 12 yards on five targets in his return from an Achilles injury suffered in January.
Are there reasons to be concerned about the San Francisco 49ers right now? Absolutely. They have several starters and rotation players out due to injury right now, including defensive ends Mykel Williams and Sam Okuayinonu, defensive tackle Alfred Collins and wide receivers Christian Kirk and De’Zhaun Stribling.
While the San Francisco 49ers did their job by overwhelming the jet-lagged Los Angeles Rams in Australia, the team did not come out unscathed after the victory.
32 quarterbacks in NFL history have throw for more than 6,000 yards in the first two seasons of their career. How many of those QBs can you name in five minutes?
Would the San Francisco 49ers be interested in playing in Australia again? That's a question reporters asked select 49ers personnel considering their dominant 27-7 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 1.
All 32 teams have hope for a perfect 17-0 regular season as another year begins, but the odds aren't in their favor. As the season opens, we predict the first loss for each team in 2026.
The San Francisco 49ers’ defense looked very impressive throughout Thursday’s 27-7 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Australia. But there are still some questions about how well the 49ers’ secondary will hold up over the next four months or so.
One of the big storylines emerging from the San Francisco 49ers' 27-7 Week 1 win over the Los Angeles Rams was how much rookie running back Kaelon Black ate into the workload of All-Pro Christian McCaffrey. Black had 14 rushes to McCaffrey’s 10, so the early thought is that this could be more of a split than many realized.
Few, if any, teams in the NFL have been hit as hard as the San Francisco 49ers by the injury bug over the last two calendar years. In 2024, a number of serious injuries to key players resulted in the Niners going 6-11, and last year, while they went 12-5, players continued to drop like flies due to injury.
The 49ers need to seriously consider firing their training staff. It's no secret that the 49ers have an injury issue that goes back more than 10 years, and people don't know exactly why this issue persists.
The San Francisco 49ers certainly silenced plenty of doubters with their dominant 27-7 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 1. The polar opposite travel plans certainly played a small hand, but the 49ers still executed the game plan far better than Sean McVay's Rams.
A non-contact left ankle injury in San Francisco's season-opening victory will keep 49ers rookie wide receiver De'Zhaun Stribling sidelined for at least a month, NFL Network reported Sunday.
Be it stars returning from late-season injuries to starter-level players who missed most or all of last season, the NFL features a host of rehab odysseys to follow as training camps near.
Ji'Ayir Brown might not be the first name that comes to mind when thinking about the San Francisco 49ers' most important impending free agents. But according to Bleacher Report's Kristopher Knox, he's the right choice.
Stribling was expected to be a focal point of the 49ers offense after they lost Christian Kirk and Ricky Pearsall.
49ers rookie wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling has been diagnosed with a deltoid ligament sprain in his left ankle that is expect to sideline him for at least a month, per ESPN’s Ian Rapoport.
The San Francisco 49ers will be without rookie wide receiver De'Zhaun Stribling for at least the next month. According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Stribling suffered a deltoid sprain in his ankle during San Francisco's season opener and is expected to miss at least four weeks.
San Francisco 49ers legend Steve Young issued a blunt warning to the rest of the NFL during a recent appearance on The Rich Eisen Show. "Anyone who sleeps on the Niners is an idiot," the Hall of Fame quarterback said.
Kyle Shanahan is already tied with Sean McVay as the NFL's second longest-tenured head coach, and the San Francisco 49ers seem happy to keep him around for a lot longer.
The San Francisco 49ers quietly moved to secure coach Kyle Shanahan’s future during the offseason. Shanahan quietly signed a new contract during the offseason, according to Tom Pelissero of The Ringer.
Following the Los Angeles Rams' 27-7 loss to the rival San Francisco 49ers, Rams pass-rusher Myles Garrett admitted that he "was the worst version of myself that I’ve put out there" during the game.
As one of the few head coaches in the league who calls his own plays, it was clear from the first play of the game that he had no interest in letting Garrett get near quarterback Brock Purdy.
In the first major upset of the 2026 season, it was the San Francisco 49ers, not the Los Angeles Rams, who put on a show on Thursday night.
San Francisco suffered not one, but two more injuries on the offensive side of the ball in its Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Rams.
The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers are in Melbourne, Australia for a Week 1 showdown, And commissioner Roger Goodell got right in the swing — or should we say hop — of things.
The organization spent much of the offseason making headlines for reasons that have little to do with football.
After months of anticipation, the NFL season is in full swing. So, if you're wondering, "Is there a 'Thursday Night Football' game on tonight?" the answer is finally, "Yes."
San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Alfred Collins tore his patellar tendon at a practice.
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