ESPN's Ryan Clark gave huge props to Jimmy Garoppolo, saying the quarterback was a big reason why the San Francisco 49ers clinched a playoff berth with a thrilling 27-24 overtime road win against the Los Angeles Rams. Garoppolo was playing hurt but still delivered a gutsy performance in what might have been his last regular-season outing with the 49ers.
Get Up co-host Dan Orlovsky is already looking toward the 49ers' first playoff opponent, the Dallas Cowboys, and feels the NFC East champions should be worried about facing a red-hot San Francisco squad.
"It's a bad matchup for the Dallas Cowboys," Orlovsky declared to Clark and Mike Greenberg. "It's a bad matchup for anybody in the NFC. I think it's mostly a bad matchup for the Cowboys because the Cowboys' strength is their pass rush. Well, that run game is going to minimize that a little bit.
"A brilliant coach in Kyle Shanahan is going to do everything he can to try to minimize the impact of No. 11, [LB] Micah Parsons. How many different things can he get him to look at to play a little slower? The screen game. Maybe you try to get him running sideline to sideline and the counter-action.
"I also think he's really good at finding weaknesses of a defense, people-wise, and attacking those guys. [CB] Anthony Brown has been attacked on that coverage, [No.] 30, for a long time. So, I just think it's a really bad matchup for the Dallas Cowboys. Again, I think it's a bad matchup for everybody in the NFC."
49ers backup QB Nate Sudfeld opens up on mentoring Trey Lance, says he can be a 'really great' NFL quarterback
By Kirk Larrabee
Jul 28
Even though he didn't see any playing time as a third-string quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers last season, Nate Sudfeld wound up playing a more significant role than many realized when it came to the present and future fortunes of the franchise.
The 28-year-old Sudfeld signed with the 49ers last spring after spending the previous four seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, but the odds of him seeing playing time were always long due to the fact he was behind Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance in the quarterback pecking order. But Sudfeld turned out to be a valuable addition to the 49ers' quarterback room because he became an important mentor to Trey Lance.
Becoming a friend and mentor to the 49ers' future franchise quarterback isn't necessarily what Sudfeld
John Lynch: Trey Lance 'really just asserted himself' this offseason, seizing 49ers' starting job
By David Bonilla
Aug 7
Trey Lance spent last season as the backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, sitting and learning behind veteran Jimmy Garoppolo. However, things are different this year. Lance has taken the reins from Garoppolo as the team's starting quarterback. While there was media speculation that Garoppolo might eventually work his way into a quarterback competition, for the 49ers, Lance has been the guy for a while now.
"We got into the offseason, and the thought really was this is going to become Trey's team," general manager John Lynch recently told The Athletic. "We go through OTAs and all of that, and he really just asserted himself. Those decisions are Kyle's. We obviously
49ers-Packers: How to watch, stream, and listen to the Week 1 preseason matchup
By Site Staff
23 hrs
The 49ers open the 2022 preseason with a home game at Levi's Stadium against the Green Bay Packers. It marks the sixth time the two clubs have met in the preseason and the first meeting since 2016. The 49ers lead the all-time preseason series 3-2.
San Francisco returns multiple key players from last season's team that reached the NFC Championship, including All-Pros WR Deebo Samuel and T Trent Williams, along with Pro Bowlers DL Nick Bosa, FB Kyle Juszczyk, and TE George Kittle. DL Arik Armstead and LB Fred Warner look to lead a defense that added CB Charvarius Ward, DL Kemoko Turay, DL Kerry Hyder Jr., LB Oren Burks, and S George Odum, as the team also brought in WR Ray-Ray McCloud III on offense, among others. Through the 2022 NFL Draft, the Niners brought in DL Drake
What Kyle Shanahan said as 49ers prepare for Packers preseason matchup
By Site Staff
22 hrs
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke with reporters before Tuesday's practice. The team will cap the week off with its first preseason game, a matchup against the Green Bay Packers at Levi's Stadium. Here is everything Shanahan had to say.
Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff.
Have you set the schedule for what you're going to do in the preseason game? Is the first team offense going to get any snaps?
"Yeah, some of them, we have a pretty good idea. I definitely want to see how these practices go these first two days. I'd like to get guys to play in this game. Mainly because I don't want them to play in the second game, going to scrimmage a team, I'm more into the scrimmage than
