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1 month, 4 weeks ago

AFL draft 2024 club by club preview: Your team's picks and potential targets

ABC

With the AFL draft only a week away, clubs are putting the finishing touches on their plans and circling some names on their whiteboards. Essendon Picks 28, 31, 40, 46, 53, 54, 65 The Bombers originally had pick nine in this year's draft, but traded out of that spot anticipating an early bid for their academy prospect Isaac Kako. North …

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2 months ago

49ers hope return of injured players makes up for lack of big deadline addition

Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers have been aggressive at the trade deadline under coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch, often adding big-name players to fuel late-season runs. San Francisco sent a 2026 seventh-round pick to Houston for backup defensive tackle Khalil Davis, as well as adding two veterans to the practice squad in safety Tashaun …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Brandon Aiyuk and the 49ers need each other for a Super Bowl: Analysis

Associated Press

On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. The only thing holding up a deal is the fact general manager John Lynch, coach Kyle Shanahan and everyone else in San Francisco know the 49ers are a better team right now with Aiyuk. “Brandon is a great player, so it’s real hard to be better when …

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5 months ago

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan says ‘nothing has changed’ regarding a trade or a new contract for Aiyuk

Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — With San Francisco unable to reach a long-term deal with Brandon Aiyuk, the 49ers have given the star receiver permission to talk to other potential suitors. “A lot was out yesterday and stuff, but from the situation that we’re in with Brandon, nothing’s changed.” NBC Sports Bay Area reported Monday night that the Niners have agreed …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Backup QB Joshua Dobbs seeks stability with the 49ers after whirlwind 2023 season with 3 teams

Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Joshua Dobbs spent the 2023 season learning different NFL offenses on the fly. He hopes that experience helps him master coach Kyle Shanahan’s complex offense with the San Francisco 49ers enough to win the backup job behind Brock Purdy. “It seemed like every time you kind of got settled, it was like, ‘OK, let’s go learn …

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7 months ago

49ers reward Christian McCaffrey with a 2-year contract extension

Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers rewarded All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey with a contract extension after he won the AP Offensive Player of the Year award in his first full season with the team. Just proud and happy that we got something like this done.” McCaffrey was on hand at the start of San Francisco’s mandatory minicamp …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

The 49ers are slated to pick in the 1st round for the 1st time since 2021

Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers will no longer be spectators on the opening night of the NFL draft. San Francisco holds the 31st overall selection in the draft, as well as nine additional picks the final two days, making the opening night far more entertaining for the Niners than the past two years. That moved backfired with …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Grading the good, bad and ugly of every major NFL free agency 2024 deal

New York Times

The 2024 NFL year officially started on March 13, and thanks to the “legal tampering window” for free agency that opened two days earlier, it was a frenzied opening stretch. He agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal with $10.5 million guaranteed Giants add OT Jermaine Eluemunor Grade: A Randy Mueller’s Top 150 ranking: No. Panthers add DT A’Shawn Robinson …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Kawakami: The 49ers’ trade for Chase Young is a triple-down on everything they already are

New York Times

Having a bad day? Let’s say this about the 49ers’ decision-makers in the wake of their acquisition of defensive end Chase Young from Washington at Tuesday’s deadline for a compensatory third-round pick: Shanahan and Lynch are consistent, they are committed, they are intently and very specifically focused and, yes, you can say that they’re more than a bit predictable. He …

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1 year, 3 months ago

McCaffrey trade paying big dividends for the 49ers a year later

Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When the San Francisco 49ers dealt a bevy of draft picks to Carolina last October for Christian McCaffrey, some skeptics asked whether they overpaid for a running back in a passing league. Nearly 12 months later, coach Kyle Shanahan can’t even imagine what life would be like without McCaffrey driving the Niners offense. “Christian’s so awesome, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How Trey Lance, Nick Bosa impact 49ers’ focus on salary-cap sustainability

New York Times

Roster sustainability within the context of the salary cap. “We had six-year contracts, and that gave us a little leeway to do what we thought was right as opposed to a short, quick fix,” Lynch said of constructing the 49ers’ roster alongside Shanahan. Shanahan abandoned package-play plans for the rookie shortly after that injury, which scuttled the first phase of …

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1 year, 4 months ago

49ers’ 53-man roster projection: Trey Lance trade settles one of the biggest questions

New York Times

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers finished the preseason Friday with a 23-12 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on a wildly eventful afternoon. Multiple teams did pursue Colletto when he was an undrafted free agent, but he should clear waivers to re-sign with the 49ers’ practice squad. But even if the 49ers do place McCloud on IR, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Kawakami: The 49ers’ Trey Lance era comes to an awkward and necessary end

New York Times

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The 49ers had their Night of Reckoning on Friday, and Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch did not and could not experience it merrily. Finally, Shanahan and Lynch — two days after the news broke that Lance could be moved — the 49ers’ leaders had to face the media in full and take the hit. “And when …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Kawakami: Trent Williams on Brock Purdy’s fire, the 49ers’ culture, the 2020 trade and much more

New York Times

When Trent Williams blocks, several defensive players at a time can get spiked, ploughed or pummeled. “And then you get Brock Purdy, which has been kind of, I wouldn’t say elephant in the room, but he’s been a pleasant surprise to everybody in the building when you think about getting the last pick of the draft, a quarterback who’s somewhat …

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2 years, 4 months ago

49ers feel fortunate Garoppolo stayed as backup

Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — General manager John Lynch broached the idea a few weeks ago with coach Kyle Shanahan about keeping Jimmy Garoppolo in place as the backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. So Garoppolo agreed to stay in San Francisco on a reduced contract that makes the starter who helped the Niners reach two NFC title games in …

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5 years, 7 months ago

South China Sea: US military strategy in spotlight at Shangri-La Dialogue

CNN

Hong Kong CNN — With China-US relations already strained amid an escalating trade war, attention is about to turn to a familiar arena – the South China Sea. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/AFP/Getty Images William Choong, senior fellow at the Shangri-La Dialogue, said in a tweet Tuesday that the presence of both Wei and Shanahan would set up “a clash of two visions …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Trump – unbridled yet uneasy – faces Iran test of his own making

CNN

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump stared down a united front as he huddled with his top national security advisers in July 2017 to decide whether to certify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal. Bolton is doing a great job.” It was a cheery view, and one that officials say hasn’t always prevailed as Trump confronts new intelligence showing Iran …

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5 years, 9 months ago

‘The city had finally gotten a franchise quarterback’: 10 years ago, the Bears traded for Jay Cutler

New York Times

Do you remember where you were when the Bears traded for Jay Cutler? On Nov. 25, 2007, Broncos QB Jay Cutler played well enough in an overtime loss to the Bears at Soldier Field that he piqued some interest in Chicago’s front office. He said he met with the quarterback “several times” and was “confident in what I can do …

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AFL draft 2024 club by club preview: Your team's picks and potential targets

49ers hope return of injured players makes up for lack of big deadline addition

Brandon Aiyuk and the 49ers need each other for a Super Bowl: Analysis

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan says ‘nothing has changed’ regarding a trade or a new contract for Aiyuk

Backup QB Joshua Dobbs seeks stability with the 49ers after whirlwind 2023 season with 3 teams

49ers reward Christian McCaffrey with a 2-year contract extension

The 49ers are slated to pick in the 1st round for the 1st time since 2021

Grading the good, bad and ugly of every major NFL free agency 2024 deal

Kawakami: The 49ers’ trade for Chase Young is a triple-down on everything they already are

McCaffrey trade paying big dividends for the 49ers a year later

How Trey Lance, Nick Bosa impact 49ers’ focus on salary-cap sustainability

49ers’ 53-man roster projection: Trey Lance trade settles one of the biggest questions

Kawakami: The 49ers’ Trey Lance era comes to an awkward and necessary end

Kawakami: Trent Williams on Brock Purdy’s fire, the 49ers’ culture, the 2020 trade and much more

49ers feel fortunate Garoppolo stayed as backup

South China Sea: US military strategy in spotlight at Shangri-La Dialogue

Trump – unbridled yet uneasy – faces Iran test of his own making

‘The city had finally gotten a franchise quarterback’: 10 years ago, the Bears traded for Jay Cutler