49ers drop out of the Nnamdi Asomugha race

The San Francisco 49ers made a call to former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during the 2022 season after Jimmy Garoppolo went down with a broken foot. Despite rookie Brock Purdy stepping in and leading the team to a December 4 win over the Miami Dolphins, the 49ers understandably opted to look into all their options, including finding out if Roethlisberger might be interested in temporarily pausing his retirement. "Last year, there were some truths to the Niners thing," Roethlisberger told Mark Madden at 105.9 The X,

Rohan Chakravarthi and Grant Cohn discuss whether the 49ers are favorites in the NFC after free agency. The audio for the show is embedded above, while the video is available below. ?feature=share You can listen to "The Rohan Chakravarthi Show" from our

Mike McGlinchey received a life-changing payday, signing a five-year, $87.5 million deal with the Denver Broncos. The offensive tackle has known for a while that he would not return to the San Francisco 49ers, the only NFL team he has played for and the one that made him the No. 9 overall pick in 2018. General manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan made it clear to McGlinchey that he was likely playing his final months for the team. There was too much money invested in other spots, and the 49ers knew they couldn't compete with other interested teams. Behind the scenes, Lynch and Shanahan kept McGlinchey in the loop of what the team was thinking, and everything pointed to the tackle playing elsewhere in 2023 … maybe even

According to Brad Stainbrook of 247Sports.com, the Cleveland Browns plan to sign former San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Maurice Hurst Jr. to a one-year deal. He is an unrestricted free agent. It's a one year deal, per source. https://t.co/lxTjSgu53G— Brad Stainbrook (@StainbrookNFL) March 16, 2023 The then-Oakland Raiders made Hurst (6-2, 291)