According to multiple national reporters, San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh is headed to the AFC. Saleh finalized a deal with the Tennessee Titans to become their next head coach.

Saleh was scheduled to interview with the Arizona Cardinals in-person on Tuesday. The Cardinals will have to pivot to another option.

This will be Saleh’s third stint in the AFC South. His first NFL job was with the Houston Texans from 2005 to 2010. He was also the Jacksonville Jaguars’ linebackers coach from 2014 to 2016. Now, he follows DeMeco Ryans to the AFC South and will get a...

The San Francisco 49ers’ season came to a screeching halt after a 41-6 loss to Seattle in the NFC Divisional round. The opening kickoff was returned for a touchdown, and it felt like the 49ers couldn’t climb out of the early hole all game. It only got worse as the 49ers’ offense doubled their scoring output from their Week 18 matchup with Seattle and scored six points.

The offseason is now filled with questions about the roster and how the 49ers can keep up in the NFC West arms race with Los Angeles and Seattle, who will face off in...

The San Francisco 49ers’ 35-point defeat was the second-largest margin in a playoff game in franchise history. After the game, head coach Kyle Shanahan said, “It’s a loss, but definitely don’t make more of it than it was. It was a loss.”

That’s an impressive perspective to have after walking off the field to a 41-6 score. Today, we’ll discuss what we learned about the 49ers after their playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

There’s a need for speed on the roster

During the game preview, I mentioned the team speed on the roster in the Week 14 rematch...

We will talk a lot about the San Francisco 49ers coordinators on both sides of the ball. It feels inevitable that Robert Saleh will be a head coach again. But Klay Kubiak is garnering more and more interest.

During the weekend, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said, “There are some wild cards, like Klay Kubiak, the 49ers’ offensive coordinator. Kyle Shanahan absolutely loves him. He is the other Kubiak in this cycle because Klint Kubiak did a whole bunch of interviews during Seattle’s bye week, but don’t overlook the possibility of Klay Kubiak potentially emerging if these Steelers, for the first...

As the 49ers clear out their lockers this week following a Divisional Round exit at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks, they can reflect on a memorable season for which they deserve great credit. San Francisco showed outstanding resilience throughout the campaign to go 12-5 and claim a playoff win in a season in which its roster was continually affected by injuries. Given the level of adversity the Niners faced, it is fair to say they surpassed expectations.

Yet for a regime that is desperate to deliver a championship, there is a difficult reality to face as they look to...

The San Francisco 49ers season is over after their disappointing loss to the Seattle Seahawks over the weekend in the NFC Divisional Round. For the players, it ends quite a memorable season as the team fought through adversity with a strong late-season push to make the playoffs and ultimately win 13 games.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan arguably had the best coaching season of his career with how the 49ers continued to pull out wins in tough situations. And defensive coordinator Robert Saleh had a great first year, finding a way to win games without the personnel on defense.

With the...

The San Francisco 49ers suffered a tough 41-6 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday, ending their season prematurely in the NFC Divisional Round as they couldn’t get anything going on either side of the ball.

It was a game that the 49ers needed a fast start in, and that just didn’t happen. San Francisco gave up a touchdown on the opening kickoff and quickly fell behind 17-0 after one quarter before things got ugly by halftime.

Offensively, the 49ers were hoping for a much better day than the one they had two weeks prior against the Seahawks in Week...

49ers’ 2026 NFL Draft position finalized after Rams beat Bears in playoffs
“Following Sunday night’s Divisional Round playoff game—when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Chicago Bears—the 49ers officially secured the 27th overall pick in the first round.”

49ers’ improbable season ends with defiance, pride despite thumping from Seahawks (paywall)
“Nobody thought we’d be here, let alone thought we would win this game,” said offensive tackle Trent Williams, who had a similar message when he spoke to teammates in the locker room minutes after the final whistle. “At the end of the day, we’re playing with house money when we...

The Chicago Bears are never out of a game. Caleb Williams may be inconsistent to start the game, but he has done a fabulous job of bringing his team back in the second half.

But if he gets down 21-3 to Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams, Williams can forget about an NFC Championship berth in his second year.

Stafford won’t have to win this one. We saw Christian McCaffrey rush for 140 yards against the Bears. I’d expect both Kyren Williams and Blake Corum to run all over Chicago, draining the energy at Soldier Field. You can’t score...

The San Francisco 49ers saw their season come to a disappointing end on Saturday, falling 41-6 in one of the biggest losses in postseason history for the franchise. It capped what had been a memorable season for the injury-riddled team that found a way to rack off a six-game win streak late in the year and battle for the No. 1 seed in the NFC.

Ultimately, after one playoff win, their season was cut short in disappointing fashion, sending the 49ers home with much to think about for 2026.

While there were quite a few major injuries for the 49ers,...

The Houston Texans have the quietest 10-game winning streaks in the NFL. Maybe that’s a sign of how good Drake Maye has been with the New England Patriots. This game will feature two of the best head coaches in the NFL.

DeMeco Ryans will have his hands full against Maye, who has done nothing but raise the level of talent around him. Maye is impossibly good at knowing when and where to attack a specific defense. The challenge for him today is the second-year pro is going up against a defense that rolls the ball out and says, “Our players...

The San Francisco 49ers’ season ended in a massive crash and burn at the hands of a SCORE rout by the Seattle Seahawks.

Rashid Shaheed took the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, and the next 59 minutes and 47 seconds of game time felt like torture. By the time the 49ers took the field for their third possession, they were already facing a 17-point deficit, and it would only get uglier from there.

For the final time, let’s look at the three stars from Saturday’s season-ending loss:

Third star: K Eddy Pineiro

For the second time in three...