49ers no longer considered a contender for Stallworth

ESPN asked its own panel of experts to project the next three years and determine the best NFL teams over that timeframe. Jeremy Fowler, Louis Riddick, Seth Walder, and Field Yates rated each franchise's roster, draft, front office, and coaching staff to determine their ranking. They weighted each category using a standard grading system (100 is an A+, 90 is an A, 80 is a B, etc.) and averaged them. The San Francisco 49ers came in third with an overall score of 86.4. Just two teams, the Baltimore Ravens at No. 1 (an 89.4 score) and the Kansas City Chiefs at No. 2 (89.0), ranked higher than the

Add Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young to the list of those who want to see the San Francisco 49ers lock up All-Pro tight end George Kittle at any cost, even if it means playing him like a wide receiver. Kittle isn't a wide receiver, but he is the team's best receiver, having gained over 1,000 yards in each of the past two seasons. That includes a 2018 campaign during which he hauled in 88 passes for 1,377 yards, which set an NFL single-season record for receiving yards by a tight end. Those are elite wide receiver numbers, and Young, who joined KNBR last week, believes it is enough to blow the roof off the tight end market. "I don't really care what position, I don't really care what tight ends make or wide receivers make," Young said on the

The NFL is comfortable with holding just two weeks' worth of preseason games while the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) would like to see the exhibition schedule eliminated this year. The union feels that the risks of COVID-19 outweigh any benefits of playing those games. The two sides may meet somewhere in the middle. Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio is reporting that the league is now proposing a one-week preseason for each team as a lead-up to the regular season. "I was told last week that, very likely, the end result will be one preseason game (per team) featuring teams that are in some geographic proximity," Florio said on Monday. "Giants, Jets in the same stadium. Chargers, Rams, for example. "When you start looking around the