The 2026 season has not even begun and the San Francisco 49ers just took a major gut punch. They play in the demanding NFC West with the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks and the dynamic Los Angeles Rams.

It’s always a major challenge when 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has to compete with Rams head coach Sean McVay, but that assignment just got tougher as the Rams made a huge trade with the Cleveland Browns for Myles Garrett. That gives the Rams the best defensive player in the NFL. The Rams are serious about a Super Bowl run.

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With the No. 9 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft after selecting quarterback Caleb Williams with the first overall pick, the Chicago Bears took Washington Huskies wide receiver Rome Odunze, and he went on to haul in 54 receptions for 734 receiving yards and three touchdowns in his rookie campaign.

But his effectiveness was limited in his sophomore season because of a foot injury, which he recently explained was his new normal because of the sheer physics of how the injury affected his foot.

“This is my new normal,” Odunze said via Dan Wiederer on X, formerly known as Twitter....

49ers left tackle Trent Williams signed a new two-year, $50MM contract this offseason, one that he said will “probably” be his last, per ESPN’s Nick Wagoner.

Williams, who will turn 38 years old in July, is entering his 16th season in the NFL with 12 Pro Bowls and five All-Pro selections (three first-team, two second-team) to his name. Retirement has been a topic of discussion for a few years, but his latest deal with San Francisco seems designed for him to hang up his cleats after the 2027 season.

That decision may still be dependent on his performance level as...

The San Francisco 49ers plan on wrapping up their OTAs on Thursday after cancelling next week’s mandatory minicamp, but backup quarterback Mac Jones has not thrown last week or this week owing to shoulder soreness.

Jones, who went 5-3 as a starter last season for the 49ers in place of the injured Brock Purdy, is once again behind Purdy on the club’s depth chart. And while he would prefer the job of a starter, Jones said that he isn’t upset about his current situation and believes that he’s part of a good organization that he’s not looking to depart from....

The two-man race has a third entrant. With Darnell Savage – finally – signing this week, he’s thrown his hat into the ring for one of the final spots on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 53-man roster. His competition? Two youngsters, Sebastian Castro and Robert Spears-Jennings. Savage couldn’t be more different. The veteran and former first-round pick […]

Last year, the Dallas Cowboys traded All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers, and the trade was expected to elevate Green Bay to the top of the NFC North Division. However, Parsons suffered a torn ACL in late December and was unavailable for the rest of the season, and was unable to participate in their postseason loss to the rival Chicago Bears.

In the 14 games he played in his first season with the Packers, he amassed 41 total tackles (19 solo), 12.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles.

Parsons, who will not be able to play until...

The Las Vegas Raiders have had a very eventful offseason, one that started with a failed Maxx Crosby trade and ended with them selecting Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft.

Crosby was headed to the Baltimore Ravens in early March before a failed physical got the trade called off. Now, Crosby is back in Las Vegas and is ready to keep leading the defense for the Silver and Black.

Some fans may think that getting traded and then un-traded would lead to an interesting dynamic in the locker room, especially after Crosby seemed to...

After seven consecutive NFL seasons without a victory in the playoffs, longtime Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin stepped down from the position that he’d held for 19 seasons, starting in 2007. He departed with an NFL-record streak of 19 consecutive seasons without a losing record, and also won Super Bowl XLIII.

Another former Super Bowl-winning head coach took his position when Mike McCarthy was officially announced as just the fourth new coach of the franchise since 1969.

While there are always going to be new perspectives and philosophies when a new coach takes over, star Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt...

Brendan Sorsby has not given up on playing college football for Texas Tech this year, but barring an unlikely injunction to preserve his NCAA eligibility, the 22-year-old quarterback seems headed for the NFL’s supplemental draft.

If Sorsby elects to go pro this year, he will have to first apply for the supplemental draft by June 22. The NFL will review his situation – extensive sports betting during his college career and subsequent treatment for a gambling addiction – and decide if he can enter. The league has rarely rejected players in this process, though the extent of Sorsby’s infractions will...

Veteran NFL quarterback Tyrod Taylor joined the Green Bay Packers for the 2025 NFL season, and he brings championship experience, having been part of the Baltimore Ravens squad that defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.

For Taylor, experiencing the ultimate high for an NFL player came early in his career, as he was only in his second season. But as time has gone on, he’s developed an appreciation for just how difficult the journey is to get back to the mountaintop.

Speaking with media members on Wednesday, Taylor explained the importance of not only putting in the...

The San Francisco 49ers have battled injuries for a number of years now, and their 2025 season ended with a heartbreaking one. During San Francisco’s win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card Round, star tight end George Kittle went down with a torn Achilles and was carted off the field.

The injury was suffered in January, and most torn Achilles injuries take almost a year to recover from, if not longer. That would take Kittle out for at least the start of the regular season, if not deep into November or December.

However, Kittle is one of the...

The Seattle Seahawks and linebacker Derick Hall on Tuesday agreed to a three-year extension that keeps him with the team through the 2029 season.

Hall’s extension is worth up to $42 million, with $21 million guaranteed, and can reach a maximum of $46 million through performance-based incentives. Once the deal activates next season, it carries an average annual value of $14 million, which places him as the 33rd-highest paid EDGE rusher in the NFL, per Over The Cap. Hall was previously set to enter the final year of his rookie contract in 2026, during which he had been earning an...