NFL free agency officially begins on Wednesday, March 11, with impending free agents permitted to negotiate with other teams during the legal tampering period, which begins two days earlier.
Two teams will face off in the Super Bowl at Levi's Stadium in a couple weeks, and as we know, the 49ers won't be one of them. Instead, the teams will be the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
The San Francisco 49ers have some big decisions to make on the roster before the 2026 season. One position that could have a lot of personnel movement is the linebacker room.
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan indicated last week that he expects backup quarterback Mac Jones to remain with the team during the 2026 season.
Robert Saleh has left the 49ers, again. Are we surprised? Not really. After Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch rolled through another end-of-season press conference heavy on the calm light on the conviction, this feels right on schedule.
The best teams do not always win the Super Bowl. Sometimes, great NFL squads have failed to win a playoff game. Here are the best ones since the AFL-NFL merger to fall short of advancing in a postseason bracket.
The NFL has issued fines stemming from the Divisional Round matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, and two 49ers defenders were among those penalized.
The San Francisco 49ers have some tough roster decisions to make in free agency. Jason Pinnock started for the team at the beginning of the season and finished the season as a role player in dime situations.
The San Francisco 49ers appeared poised to lose assistant defensive line coach Greg Scruggs to newly hired Tennessee Titans head coach Robert Saleh, the team's former defensive coordinator.
The San Francisco 49ers have said that they hope for Mac Jones to be on the roster next season, and they would be surprised if he were anywhere else. In the same answer, they said that they would be open to listening to trade calls on any players.
The San Francisco 49ers are already in offseason mode for 2026 following their 41-6 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the Divisional Round, but starting cornerback Deommodore Lenoir had some business to resolve with the NFL.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy’s five-year, $265 million contract was one of the biggest storylines of last offseason. Purdy went from being the league’s cheapest quarterback to one of its most expensive once his rookie contract expired.
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.
The early prelims of the UFC 324 card provided some serious entertainment for the fans who had already made their way into the arena in Las Vegas. Josh Hokit delivered a last-second first-round KO on Denzel Freeman.
2025 was Christian McCaffrey's best regular-season campaign for the San Francisco 49ers. Without McCaffrey, the 49ers wouldn’t have made the playoffs. He was that valuable.
49ers HC Kyle Shanahan said he would be “very surprised” if QB Mac Jones wasn’t on the roster to begin next season. “You always listen to people with trade offers, but we’re also not into getting rid of good players,” Shanahan said, via The Athletic.
Four or five. Or maybe six. Another out or held in. There are three things every quarterback needs: time, good pass catchers, and a good running game. That first set of numbers above refers to how many players a team must use to get pressure on the quarterback.
The offseason is in full swing for the San Francisco 49ers. Right now, they’re looking at who will be Robert Saleh’s replacement as the defensive coordinator.
Robert Saleh's second stint with the San Francisco 49ers lasted only one season, and now the team is looking for a new defensive coordinator after their former DC departed for Nashville to coach the Tennessee Titans.
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle continues his rehab after suffering a season-ending Achilles injury against the Philadelphia Eagles in the wild-card round of the 2025 NFL playoffs.
The San Francisco 49ers are currently in a state of transition after the 2025 season, specifically seeking a new defensive coordinator following Robert Saleh’s departure to become the head coach of the Tennessee Titans.
The San Francisco 49ers have already lost one of their coordinators to a head coaching position when Defensive Coordinator Robert Saleh left for the Tennessee Titans.
Then in the market for a capable backup to starting quarterback Brock Purdy, the 49ers brought in Mac Jones on a two-year, $7MM contract last March. The move paid off in 2025 for San Francisco, which earned a playoff berth despite turning to Jones as its starter for almost half the season.
The San Francisco 49ers are expected to pursue a significant defensive reset this offseason, with ESPN analysts predicting an aggressive approach in free agency and possibly a blockbuster trade.
San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Mac Jones recently made it known he believes he is "a starter in this league." He may have to wait another year to get an opportunity to prove that.
The San Francisco 49ers admitted Wednesday that they are at least looking into an online conspiracy theory that is meant to explain their slew of injuries.