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In last year’s season opener against the Packers, left defensive end Ray McDonald played 100 percent of the 49ers’ defensive snaps – 68 plays total.
McDonald again played extensively in Sunday’s rematch. But perhaps signaling that there will be more …
Anquan Boldin said this week the Ravens’ 49-27 blowout loss to the Broncos Thursday merely reinforces a theme in the 49ers locker room that everyone will be gunning for last season’s Super Bowl participants this year.
“That message always has …
If Nnamdi Asomugha is the 49ers’ most prominent mystery heading into the 2013 season, the Packers passing attack ought to provide a quick answer.
In last year’s Week 1 meeting against the San Francisco, quarterback Aaron Rodgers attempted a season-high …
Colin Kaepernick not only took over Alex Smith’s starting job. Now he takes over Smith’s team captaincy.
On the 49ers, team captain is a two-year term. Smith was elected captain last year along with Justin Smith. Smith, of course, is …
Here are the 49ers’ eight practice-squad players and how they fit into the team’s current and future plans. The practice squad always is in a state of flux, but…
The 49ers reached an injury settlement with one of the defensive linemen they waived a week ago, Lamar Divens, but not with the other, rookie Lawrence Okoye. That means…
The 49ers are looking at Chris Harper not as a wide receiver, the spot he played at Kansas State, but as a tight end/H back in the mold of former…
The 49ers’ wide-receiving corps is taking shape after the 49ers said goodbye today to a host of pass catchers, including the Sacramento Area’s Austin Collie and preseason favorite Lavelle…
Running back LaMichael James sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in Thursday night’s preseason finale against the Chargers, according to a league source. James went to…
If the NFL preseason is largely a farce, the fourth preseason game is the absurd crescendo. A case in point: the Tolzien-Johnson Affair of 2012. If you’ll go back…
Jim Harbaugh always has been fond of – we might even be able to use the “l” word – Owen Marecic, who played for him at Stanford. Marecic was…
Scott Tolzien, who served as the 49ers’ No. 3 quarterback the last two years, was one of five players waived today as the 49ers try to reach the 75-player…
Here’s an analysis of the 49ers’ 34-14 win over the Vikings: I was most impressed with Quinton Patton, mainly because it was the first time I’ve ever seen him…
In June, it seemed like Colt McCoy was comfortably the No. 2 quarterback behind Colin Kaepernick. “He has been in that role since he got here,” Jim Harbaugh said…
Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday solved the Mystery of the Black Jersey. For the last two days, quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been wearing a black jersey in practice, which typically…
A week ago, I wrote an item on where things stood for the 11 wide receivers on the 49ers roster. There’s been a bit of news since then, so…
Jon Baldwin stands over 6-4, weighs 230 pounds, has a 42-inch vertical leap and ran the 40-yard dash in 4.49 seconds in 2011. You can see why the Chiefs…
The 49ers won’t see receiver Mario Manningham in the lineup until mid October at the earliest. Jim Harbaugh today said that Manningham will remain on the physically unable to…
There’s no overstating how well the 49ers reserve defense did against the Chiefs starters Friday night in Kansas City. Ok, that performance is mitigated somewhat by the fact that…
Receiver A.J. Jenkins played into the third quarter in Friday’s exhibition win over the Chiefs but did not have a catch. He was targeted twice, and like last week…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The 49ers gave Alex Smith warm handshakes before and after Friday’s game and a barrage of big hits during it. Along with the rest of…
****UPDATE**** Wide receivers Quinton Patton and Kyle Williams changed into street clothes after warmups and will not play in the game. Fourth-round draft pick Quinton Patton, who missed the 49ers…
Training-camp fights are commonplace in the NFL, but they’ve been rare in Santa Clara since Jim Harbaugh took over. The 49ers had their first of the 2013 session today,…
It looked like it had the potential to change the script for A.J. Jenkins, who is badly in need of some positive momentum and confidence. The speedy wide receiver…
When Vernon Davis was asked two weeks ago which wide receivers have caught his eye in practice, he had a list of nominees. “I really like Chad (Hall),” he…
Here are some thoughts and observations after re-watching last night’s 49ers-Broncos game: There’s been a lot of chatter about how Vernon Davis will be used more as a wideout…
Both Ricardo Lockette and Austin Collie caught deep passes in Tuesday’s evening practice. The session was the first non-padded practice since the third day of training camp, and there…
Rookie running back D.J. Harper is wearing a badge of honor across the bridge of his nose — a gash he acquired early in training camp when he tangled…
If you’re curious how Lawrence Okoye will fare in his first-ever NFL game Thursday, you’ve got company. Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio today said he had no idea how the…
Linebacker Patrick Willis recently had surgery on his fractured right hand, the third time the 49ers’ inside linebacker has had a procedure on the hand since 2010. Willis suffered…
The 49ers went from threadbare to cupboard-is-full regarding their wide receiving corps. Four wideouts who missed Friday’s practice – A.J. Jenkins, Ricardo Lockette, Kassim Osgood and Kyle Williams –…
When will second-round draft pick Tank Carradine start practicing? Vic Fangio says he doesn’t know, but that it won’t be soon. “I’m sure I’ll be alerted when he’s close…
The 49ers released their first unofficial depth chart of the offseason on Friday. They open the preseason against the Broncos on Thursday starting at 6 p.m. Offense WR: 81-Anquan…
The reinforcements arrived in time for Friday’s late-afternoon practice. Receivers Austin Collie and Lavelle Hawkins each signed one-year contracts around 3 p.m. and then quickly were fitted for helmets and…
Add former Cal receiver Lavelle Hawkins, who once starred opposite DeSean Jackson in the Bears offense, to a growing list of veteran wide receivers working out for the 49ers.…
Chris Culliver’s knee injury looked serious when it occurred around 12:30 p.m. this afternoon. And it is. Both ESPN and NFL.com are reporting that Culliver, the team’s No. 3…
The 49ers went through training-camp practice No. 7 without some major members of their defense – Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman, Aldon Smith and Chris Culliver, who appeared to suffer…
Free-agent receiver Laurent Robinson isn’t the only free-agent wideout working out for the 49ers this week. Austin Collie, who had a workout with the team in June, also will…
What would happen if both of the 49ers’ Pro-Bowl inside linebackers went out with injuries? The team got a glimpse of that scenario during Wednesday’s practice after Patrick Willis…
Ray McDonald today said the 49ers intend to do more rotating along the defensive line than they have in the previous two seasons when he’s played as many as…
Chad Hall is winning the war of attrition at the 49ers receiver position. And it’s not entirely due to luck. “It’s something I prepare for,” the diminutive but quick…
Darius Fleming, who missed his rookie season last year with a torn, left ACL, suffered the same injury this year and was waived/injured this morning. He’ll have surgery this week…
Linebacker Darius Fleming, who sat out his rookie season last year with a torn ACL, appeared to injure the same knee today while covering a kickoff late in practice.…
It wasn’t exactly a complaint. Or a lament. It probably is best classified as a notation. But during last year’s regular season, tight end Vernon Davis pointed out that…
Before practices began this week, Jim Harbaugh made sure Marlon Moore was added to the informal list of receivers competing for the No. 2 role opposite Anquan Boldin this…
Donte Whitner today said that Ahmad Brooks is “tremendously sorry” for the June 8 beer bottle incident that left teammate Lamar Divens with a cut on his head and…
So long shells, touch tackles and voluntary practices. Training camp begins this week for the 49ers, who for the second straight summer will look to build on a season…
The 49ers today agreed to trade a conditional, late-round draft pick in 2014 to Tampa Bay for cornerback Eric Wright, a player they briefly had pursued when Wright was…
Ahmad Brooks will not face criminal charges in relation to an altercation with teammate Lamar Divens on June 8, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he will escape punishment altogether.…
The 49ers have a deep and experienced group of cornerbacks heading into the 2013 season. You have to wonder, however, how much that pool will have evaporated at this…
