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Brock Purdy, swagger intact, begins #49ers' beatdown of Browns by barking at Myles Garrett

“I guess you’ve got to really be feeling yourself if you’re doing that."

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December 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Was it something he said? #49ers’ Jauan Jennings draws Browns’ ire

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December 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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#Browns DC Jim Schwartz owns Kyle Shanahan.

Have they ever discussed this?

“Oh, yeah, definitely. He knows it. He lets me know, too."

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November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Near the end of a 3-day binge, Kendrick Bourne's new life began.

“I didn’t know how to not club. I had to learn how to not do drugs. You know, ‘Now how do I celebrate after a win?’ I didn’t know how to not hang out with a different woman every day."

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November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Jim Schwartz owns Kyle Shanahan. Have they ever discussed this?

“Oh, yeah, definitely. He knows it. He lets me know, too."

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November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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#49ers at Browns preview:
* Myles Garrett and sleepless nights
* Brock Purdy: Shaky when wet
* Shedeur scouting report: "We’re not expecting him to be one of the best in the league right now."
* Here comes Quinshon

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November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Asked Kyle Shanahan: Has he ever told Jim Schwartz he's a pain in the butt?

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November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Scary spot for Kyle Shanahan? Here comes Cleveland and antagonist Jim Schwartz

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November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Kendrick Bourne spent his first five NFL seasons living like a one-man rock band: Booze. Drugs. Women.

Then he changed his life. It began at a Miami nightclub near the end of a three-day binge.

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November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#49ers game review:
* How Ji’Ayir Brown took the long way round but came up big
* Upton Stour's recognition
* Why no Hail Mary for Shanahan?
* Brock Purdy and 1, 5, 3, 5, 7, 3, 5, -2 and 6
* Bosa now a beer guy?

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November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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In the far corner of the locker room Monday night, Brock Purdy stood bare-chested with a towel around his waist and spent about 90 seconds mostly listening to a visitor who had interrupted his postgame routine.

The guy who had dropped by: Kyle Shanahan.

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November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Spoke with Matt Gay before tonight's #49ers debut about his improbable football journey that he's suddenly fighting to extend.

"It does make you question, ‘Man, what’s going on here?’”

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November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Kyle Juszczyk will play in his 201st career game tonight, tying Mack Strong for the third-most by a fullback in NFL history.

How did he get here? It required changing course.

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November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Last week, Christian McCaffrey was ho-hum about playing the team that traded him.

In 2022, a week after the Panthers dealt him to the #49ers? He was hot.

"Just more wood on the fire."

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November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#49ers vs.Panthers preview:

Christian McCaffrey didn't say much this week when asked about playing his ex-team that traded him.

But do you remember what he said after the Panthers traded him?

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November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Kyle Shanahan maintained Saturday that Brandon Aiyuk could still play this season, but most of the rest of what he said made it abundantly clear such a scenario is wildly unlikely.

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November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Amid acrimony, Kyle Shanahan "holding out hope" Brandon Aiyuk plays for #49ers again

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November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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How #49ers FB Kyle Juszczyk had to change course on his path to 200 games

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November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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It appears $120 million didn’t repair the rift between Brandon Aiyuk and the #49ers.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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#49ers and star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk preparing to part ways, report says

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November 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Spoke with Matt Gay about his improbable football journey that he's suddenly fighting to extend.

"It does make you question, ‘Man, what’s going on here?’”

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November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Spoke with Matt Gay, the accidental kicker, who joins the #49ers at a career crossroads: "What’s going on here?"

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November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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#49ers give their temp job to Matt Gay, who has been a disaster from long distance after signing big deals.

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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The #49ers opened 2025 lacking confidence in their kicker, a feeling that vanished once they swapped erratic Jake Moody for almost-automatic Eddy Piñeiro.

Now, however, for at least the next week or two, they might be back to experiencing that old angst.

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November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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#49ers commit to Matt Gay as their kicker during injured Eddy Pineiro’s absence

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November 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM