49ers to wear throwback jerseys for two games

Obviously, the NFL wants to make it clear that coaches and staff need to be wearing face coverings on sidelines during games to protect themselves and others from COVID-19. The league has fined several head coaches, including Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers, $100,000 each for not wearing face coverings on Sunday, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The NFL also fined each of their teams an additional $250,000. The other coaches who were fined are Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks and Vic Fangio of the Denver Broncos. NFL fined three head coaches - - Denver's Vic Fangio, Seattle's Pete

The San Francisco 49ers have announced that the team has placed Deebo Samuel on injured reserve. The move will force the second-year wide receiver to miss at least three games under the NFL's new injured-reserve rules, meaning the earliest he would be available is for Week 4 against the Philadelphia Eagles. Samuel has not practiced with the team since suffering a Jones fracture in June. Head coach Kyle Shanahan had hoped that the receiver would be available for the team's Week 1 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, but the 49ers never cleared Samuel to practice this week. Shanahan was asked on Friday why San Francisco had not yet placed Samuel on injured reserve. "Because we believed he had a good chance to play this week," Shanahan

Peter Schrager, Kyle Brandt, and Nate Burleson of Good Morning Football each made their NFC playoff predictions on Tuesday. Only one of them — Schrager — had the San Francisco 49ers making the playoffs. You read that right. I'm not talking about winning the NFC West. Two of the three didn't even have Kyle Shanahan's squad playing in the postseason. Now, there's your hot take for the day. The 49ers are the defending NFC champions and are coming off of a Super Bowl appearance. Schrager recently called San Francisco one of the most disrespected conference champions in recent memory. Schrager has two NFC