CB Dontae Johnson injured on punt coverage against Bengals

If you were planning to travel for the San Francisco 49ers' road game against the Cincinnati Bengals on December 12, you might want to note that the kickoff time for the Week 14 matchup has changed. On Tuesday, the NFL announced a few schedule changes, including moving 49ers-Bengals from its original 10:00 a.m. PT (1:00 p.m. ET) kickoff to 1:25 p.m. PT (4:25 p.m. ET). However, nothing else about the game has changed. It will still take place on Sunday, December 12, and CBS will still broadcast the game. The two other announced schedule changes are the Week 14 New Orleans Saints at New York Jets game moving to CBS and the Week 15 Green Bay at Baltimore Ravens game moving its kickoff time from 10:00 a.m. PT (1:00 p.m. ET) to 1:25 p.m. PT (4:25 p.m. ET) on

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said his star wide receiver, Deebo Samuel, is expected to miss one to two weeks with a groin strain. Don't tell Samuel it could take him two weeks, though. The team's leading receiver is betting on the lower end of his coach's estimate. On Wednesday, Samuel joined CBS Sports HQ and was asked if he expects to return for Week 14's contest against the Cincinnati Bengals after missing this weekend's battle against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field. "Of course," Samuel responded. "It's only going to take a week, so [I'll] be back next week." That's good news for the 49ers, who are surging right now, having won three straight games and four of their last five. After starting 3-5, Samuel's squad is now 6-5 and

A loss like Sunday's to the Seattle Seahawks may have sat with Joe Staley for a while during his playing days. But now, the retired San Francisco 49ers tackle turned NBC Sports Bay Area analyst, like the less-obsessive fans, just gets to go on with his week. There is no doubt that he still loves his former team, but he gets to be more objective about the losses. And it's helpful that he doesn't have to go into the facilities on Monday morning to review the film of his team's mistakes. While fans lament what went wrong, Staley's objectivity affords him the ability to look at the positives. He saw many. Most were on the defensive side of the football. "I think the defense, being put in the positions that they were consistently in that game with the three turnovers

The San Francisco 49ers have placed newly signed practice squad wide receiver Devin Funchess on injured reserve, per the NFL transaction wire and first reported by NFL Network's Tom Pelissero. The 49ers announced Funchess' signing on November 24. The Carolina Panthers made Funchess a second-round draft pick in 2015. Throughout his six-year career with the Panthers (2015-18), Indianapolis Colts (2019), and Green Bay Packers (2020), he has appeared in 62 games with 41 starts and registered 164 receptions for 2,265 yards and 21 touchdowns. Funchess has not appeared in an NFL game since breaking his collarbone in Week 1 of the 2019 season while