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The San Francisco 49ers made one of the more surprising moves in the 2026 NFL Draft when taking running back Kaelon Black with the No. 90 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Black was expected to go on Day 3, but the 49ers pulled the trigger at the end of the third round. What was […]
The San Francisco 49ers are well-equipped with cap space, holding over $70 million currently, according to OverTheCap, easily the most of any team in the NFL. That’s a good sign because the 49ers can now be players in the final wave of free agency, with teams no longer being penalized by the compensatory formula for […]
Last week, the Minnesota Vikings hosted former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings for a free agent visit that lasted a couple of days and appeared to be a good fit for both parties involved. Jennings left Minnesota without a deal, and everything has been fairly quiet since then. There may be a reason […]
Ever since Travis Hunter’s rookie season ended due to a non-contact knee injury during the bye week, there have been some wild assumptions made about his future on-field usage. He wasn’t lighting the league on fire on offense or defense, and since he’s already missed half of a season, he should just play on one […]
The 49ers see something special in De’Zhaun Stribling. So does this little-known test (paywall)“Smithmier, 71, has been administering something called a Judgment Index to Ole Miss players for the past three years. It’s not a personality test like Myers-Briggs or an intelligence test like the Wonderlic. Instead, it seeks to get inside a person’s head […]
The 49ers unsurprisingly placed an emphasis on revamping their wide receiver room this offseason. While the selection of De’Zhaun Stribling with their top pick in the draft may have raised some eyebrows, it is a position group where the Niners look to be set up well for the present and the future. But the crowded […]
The San Francisco 49ers’ opponents for the 2026 regular season have been set for some time. While fans wait for the NFL to release the official schedule and make travel plans, what are the three most anticipated games in 2026? For this exercise, I’ll leave out the matchups with division rivals. The season opener in […]
The San Francisco 49ers have been the beneficiaries of compensatory picks in the NFL Draft for the previous handful of seasons. You have to go back to 2020, when the last time the Niners didn’t have a comp pick. According to Over the Cap, the 49ers aren’t expected to receive a comp pick in the […]
Even some San Francisco 49ers players said that last year, the biggest offseason addition was defensive coordinator Robert Saleh. He flexed his muscles early in the season when the team was healthy, but couldn’t do much when most of the tools inside the toolbox weren’t there anymore. Saleh is once again a head coach. The […]
For as much talk about the San Francisco 49ers reaching, there wasn’t enough about which players they should have taken instead of the ones they did. We’ll do that today. The NFL Draft has come and gone. Sometimes, it’s not about who you drafted, but who you passed up. It’s the beauty of hindsight. Everybody […]
2-time Super Bowl champion eyes 49ers as desired landing spot“I’d really like to play with my little brother, Fred Warner, with the 49ers,” Van Noy told Kay Adams. “I think they got something cooking over there. I know they love Joey Bosa because of Nick and all that—I get that. But I would love to […]
Next on the San Francisco 49ers’ schedule are the rookie minicamp and mandatory minicamp on June 9. The team has a handful of workouts sandwiched in between those dates. The 49ers are heading into the next phase of the offseason with their two best edge rushers recovering from ACL injuries. The 49ers told us they […]
Over the Cap has the contract details for San Francisco 49ers left tackle Trent Williams, who signed a two-year, $50 million deal a couple of weeks ago. Trent Williams contract details The contract Williams signed replaces his prior deal. Williams gets $48.5 million guaranteed, including a $22.2 million signing bonus and his 2026 salary. Per-game […]
For a third straight season, the San Francisco 49ers selected a running back. Isaac Guerendo from Louisville was selected in the third round of the 2024 NFL draft, Jordan James of Oregon was selected in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft, and Kaelon Black of Indiana was taken with a third-round pick in […]
The San Francisco 49ers haven’t been shy about drafting players from the same school under the current regime. They’ve drafted a pair of Notre Dame offensive linemen in the top 50 in Aaron Banks and Mike McGlinchey. Deebo Samuel and Javon Kinlaw both came out of the University of South Carolina. There are examples of […]
The 2026 NFL Draft has come and gone, and the San Francisco 49ers are off to the next phase of their offseason program, with rookie minicamp coming up soon. Heading into the offseason, the 49ers had a plan to address quite a few of their needs, becoming much more active in free agency with additions […]
The San Francisco 49ers have been catching quite a bit of flak for their 2026 draft class, especially their choices to deviate from the consensus board with a couple of perceived reaches throughout the draft. The most notable selections being scrutinized so far have been taking wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling, considered a late-second round or […]
Why the Seahawks expected 49ers to pick a RB and what it means for Christian McCaffrey (paywall)“In a story breaking down Seattle’s eight-man draft class, which began with the selection of Notre Dame running back Jadarian Price with the No. 32 pick, ESPN’s Brady Henderson reported the Seahawks had “concern” that the 49ers might grab Price […]
The last time the Ravens held the 14th overall pick in the draft, the first round did not go to plan. In 2022, the team had interest in wideouts Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave, as well as defensive tackle Jordan Davis, but all three were snapped up before Baltimore was on the clock. The Jets […]
Nobody loves drafting running backs early like the Seattle Seahawks. After losing Kenneth Walker to the Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle selected Notre Dame’s backup Jadarian Price in the first round. The San Francisco 49ers received heat from the media for trading down twice before selecting Ole Miss wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling. The pick was perceived […]
The San Francisco 49ers benefited from a last-place schedule in the 2025 regular season. A soft landing in the second half aided the Niners to a 12-win season. Despite winning double digits last year, Kyle Shanahan’s squad is projected to once again have a relatively easy path in 2026 after finishing third in the division, […]
The focus last week was on the first few picks the San Francisco 49ers made in the NFL Draft. Most of the discussion centered around those picks was about whether they would’ve been available the next time the Niners were on the clock. The analysis about the players themselves was few and far between. Let’s […]
The last time former San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke was in the NFL, he served as the Jacksonville Jaguars general manager from 2021 to 2024. The Jaguars made the playoffs once in four seasons. Baalke got it right at quarterback with Trevor Lawrence in a forgettable 2021 QB class. Jacksonville won three games […]
Expert links former 49ers star to NFC West rival as best fit“Jaxon Smith-Njigba was incredible for the reigning Super Bowl champion Seahawks, but he shouldered a hefty 36 percent of Seattle’s targets and 37 percent of its receptions, both figures counting as the highest by any player on any team in a season over the last […]
You didn’t really think he’d be out of the league forever, did you? According to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, the Cleveland Browns have hired Trent Baalke, the former general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars (2021-24) and San Francisco 49ers (2011-16), in a “consultant-like capacity.” Some reactions from Elon’s hellscape: Under Baalke, the Niners had […]