FTN Fantasy released its chapters for each team. As you might expect, the topic of injuries dominated the San Francisco 49ers.

The Niners were once again in the top five in adjusted games lost in 2025. The 115 games lost were an improvement from the 141.2 in 2024. FTN admitted their metrics couldn’t explain what happened to San Francisco last season:

Adjusted games lost is weighted toward injuries to starters and key reserves, and even accounts for games when such players are not 100% (listed as “questionable” on the final injury report, for example). It is more accurate than...

The San Francisco 49ers received “additional votes” for cornerback (Deommodore Lenoir) and defensive tackle (Osa Odighizuwa), but neither cracked the top 10 in ESPN’s positional rankings.

On Friday, tight end was the position of choice. So it was a matter of how high George Kittle would be ranked, not where. For the second year in a row, Brock Bowers was ranked No. 1. There was a new No. 2, which was the spot Kittle was ranked last year. That now belongs to Trey McBride of the Cardinals. Kittle, who still received a No. 1 ranking, came in at No. 3....

When the San Francisco 49ers didn’t have Trent Williams in the lineup, they defaulted to Austen Pleasants. The same Pleasants who appeared in a pair of meaningless games for the Niners at the end of the 2024 season, once they were eliminated from the playoffs, would be tasked with starting against a pair of playoff teams to end the season.

Pleasants was serviceable for a start against the Chicago Bears, but they were one of the luckiest teams in the league, which offered little to no pass rush. The task was much more difficult against one of the best defensive...

Where there’s smoke, there is fire. And for as much as the San Francisco 49ers brass wants to tell us they would like to keep Mac Jones around as Brock Purdy’s backup, the NFL landscape will likely dictate whether that happens.

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk discussed when the potential window for a trade would take place recently:

“I think he’s a guy who potentially could be traded to a team that develops a need at the quarterback position between Week 1 and the Tuesday after Week 9, because who knows who’s going to get injured. There was...

The 2025 season had everything for the San Francisco 49ers: injuries, thrilling victories, and a playoff win. With injuries to cornerstone players like Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, and George Kittle, the path to victories was made difficult, but the team still finished with 13 wins. It’s safe to say there were plenty of surprises in 2025.

Looking back on last season’s statistics has unearthed three surprising stats for the 49ers.

Mac Jones and Brock Purdy finished second and third in Adj. Completion %

First, adjusted completion percentage excludes drops, throwaways, spikes, and instances of the quarterback being hit as he...

Over the past few offseasons, the San Francisco 49ers have looked to rely more on younger players, as they’ve let a number of veterans walk in free agency while making 19 selections in the NFL Draft the last two years.

Now, the 49ers are still quite an older team, rostering several starters who will be at least 30 years old this year: Trent Williams, Kyle Juszczyk, Jake Brendel, George Kittle, Mike Evans, Christian McCaffrey, Colton McKivitz, and Christian Kirk.

A part of the reliance on older players has also stressed the importance of developing draft picks, and the 49ers are...

ESPN’s Benjamin Solak went through breakout candidates for each team. For the San Francisco 49ers, he chose second-year cornerback Upton Stout:

The 49ers’ defense was young, raw and outmatched for much of last season, so it can be tough to find the diamond in the rough. But that diamond is Stout, a third-rounder who started in the slot — a taxing position to master mentally — and kept his head above water.

Stout got burned plenty as a risk taker, but he didn’t make the same mistakes over and over again. He’ll never dominate with pass breakups...

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The San Francisco 49ers’ best seasons under Kyle Shanahan have come behind dominant defenses, with 2023 the outlier when the offense put up video game numbers. But in 2019 and 2022, the Niners had one of the best defenses in the NFL since Shanahan took over as a head coach.

If we use DVOA by year, which is schedule-adjusted efficiency, here’s...

Nick Bosa endured familiar injury frustration in 2025 that prevented from adding to his already comprehensive resume as one of the best pass rushers of his era.

Understandably, a campaign in which he suffered a torn ACL in Week 3 dropped 49ers defensive end Bosa down the pecking order in the annual rankings of the NFL’s top edge rushers, compiled by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler through a poll of league executives, coaches and scouts.

But Bosa still makes the list, dropping from fifth before the 2025 season to eighth this year.

In his write-up on Bosa, Fowler said that several voters...

One day after signing edge rusher Romello Height, the San Francisco 49ers have signed fourth-round pick Gracen Halton to his four-year rookie deal on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Halton, 22, stands 6’2, 293 pounds, and was taken with the No. 107 pick of the 2026 NFL Draft earlier this offseason. He had 84 tackles and 8.5 sacks over his four-year career at Oklahoma before entering the draft.

Halton is now the last 49ers rookie to sign his rookie deal, joining second-round wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling, Height, third-round running back Kaelon Black, fourth-round offensive lineman Carver Willis, fourth-round cornerback...

Look, I promise I’m not trying to pick at an old wound or wounds. Under Kyle Shanahan, the San Francisco 49ers have won plenty of regular-season games and big playoff games. Unfortunately, the ultimate prize has eluded them. Many factors contribute to a Super Bowl win, including luck, believe it or not. The NFL playoff format isn’t like other sports. Losing one game doesn’t mean you’re on to game two with a chance to even the series. One loss and the dream is over.

The 49ers have had several formidable teams and chances to finish the job, but which 49ers...

There’s always excitement around rookie wide receivers. That’s true for De’Zhaun Stribling this season, and it was true for Jordan Watkins last year.

There’s a running joke about young wideouts on the San Francisco 49ers falling into Kyle Shanahan’s doghouse early in their careers. Shanahan explained why we didn’t see much of Watkins as a rookie back in January:

Jordan got hurt in his first preseason game with a high ankle sprain, and he needed, he wasn’t ready yet, like 95-percent of guys who come into training camp aren’t. And then you take them through a few preseason games,...