Peterson visits with Dolphins today

Cornerback Richard Sherman has been sidelined with a calf injury since Week 1. He had to watch last Sunday as his team, the San Francisco 49ers, were shockingly routed at home by the Miami Dolphins. One of the criticisms this week against the 49ers coaching staff is the decision to start Brian Allen, who was activated from the practice squad a day before taking the field. "It was just a perfect storm of things going bad," Sherman said on The Cris Collinsworth Podcast, which he co-hosts. "It's unfortunate. Brian Allen was kind of put in a tough position, didn't get enough days (of) practice, didn't get enough reps to be adequately prepared, unfortunately. That's no fault of his own. There were some situations going on that prevented

It may seem like there was nothing good to take away from last weekend's embarrassing 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins, but that's not how head coach Kyle Shanahan sees it. "There was so much stuff that we did bad that is fixable," Shanahan told NBC Sports Bay Area this week. "And surprisingly, there was a number of encouraging things. (I know) that would be hard to believe, and I know people don't totally want to hear that." An embarrassing defeat like that is challenging for any fan to overlook. This week has seemingly been about placing blame via social media. The 49ers, however, are moving forward. Shanahan didn't review much of that loss with his team this week. He left that to his assistant coaches. But there were encouraging things upon which the team can

It was very easy -- and understandable -- for fans to have all sorts of negative thoughts about this year's San Francisco 49ers team following its 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 5. After all, the 49ers looked so bad in that game that it wasn't a stretch to wonder if the team might be in for a losing season, even though it finished 13-3 and went to the Super Bowl the year before. But the 49ers themselves weren't thinking that way. And since then, they've been able to make that loss to the Dolphins into a turning point that put their season back on the right track. The 49ers didn't sulk after their loss to the Dolphins, electing instead to keep their heads up and focus on turning things around. The results have spoken for themselves -- a