49ers Rumors & News

Pro Football Talk "The timing was hardly coincidental that the NFL and NFLPA issued a joint statement pressing pause on the league’s new anthem policy only hours after word emerged regarding 2018 work rules from the Dolphins that vaguely connected violations of the anthem policy to potential..." July 20

Uproxx "In May, the NFL unilaterally instituted a new policy surrounding the national anthem that would punish players and teams for kneeling as away to protest police brutality against people of color. On the heels of that one-sided decision, the NFLPA filed a grievance, citing the..." July 20

247 Sports "When the Seattle Seahawks decided to release cornerback Richard Sherman, they didn't just break up a brotherhood in the Legion of Boom but they also broke up the closest thing the organization had to brothers before they actually literally started employing twin brothers (Shaquill..." July 19

12 Up "?Move over, Joe Montana, it appears there's a new legendary quarterback residing in San Francisco.  ?Jimmy Garoppolo is having quite the offseason, highlighted by his five-year, $137.5 million contract signed months ago. While the 49ers signal caller is expected to take..." July 19

TMZ "Terrell Owens says if he was voted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, he would have had his ceremony in Canton with the rest of the class ... but since he wasn't, he won't. Simple as that. We got T.O. out at Century City Mall when he revealed to us the..." July 19

Pro Football Talk "The play of quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo over the final weeks of the 2017 season has created a lot of optimism about the 49ers’s hopes for this season, but neither a quarterback nor an offense alone can carry a team to success. One thing that would help on the defensive side of..." July 16

12 Up "?The rivalry is officially on in the NFC West, as ?Richard Sherman is ready to reignite the fire between the 49ers and Seahawks.  It's a new era in Seattle, as the All-Pro cornerback is going to the Bay to compete in San Francisco. While he cherished all the..." July 16

Total Pro Sports "ohn Schnatter clearly has a wish to end everything he has worded for up to this point, and it’s taken just under a year for him to completely destroy his image. The Papa Johns founder is already at rock bottom, but he decided to dig an even bigger hole on Friday during a recent..." July 15

USA Today "Somewhat reluctantly, at first, Tony Romo gave his thoughts on Colin Kaepernick. Romo is playing golf at the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at  Edgewood-Tahoe and doing well. Romo sits in third place with 44 points after two..." July 15

The Score "NFLPA vice president of business and legal affairs Casey Schwab stated that legalized sports betting could have immense ramifications concerning player privacy. The U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 in May that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is unconstitutional,..." July 15

Sportsnaut "San Francisco 49ers legend Jerry Rice isn’t one that lacks confidence in himself. He knows where he stands among the best receivers of all-time. He is legitimately the greatest to ever play that position. Apparently, Rice has now decided to take that to the next level and throw..." July 13

247 Sports "Richard Sherman has shown plenty of determination this offseason to work his way back to All-Pro form after suffering a torn Achilles last November, but television analyst and former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer, who suffered the injury twice during his career, says not to expect Sherman to be..." July 13

Pro Football Rumors "The players’ union is filing a grievance against the NFL’s new anthem policy, the NFLPA announced on Tuesday. The union argues that the new policy violates the rights of players.  “Our union filed its non-injury grievance today on behalf of all players..." July 10

Pro Football Talk "Just before Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri lined up for a game-tying extra point on a snowy day last season in Buffalo, the Colts sent some sideline personnel onto the field to attempt to remove snow from the area where the kick would be lined up, and help Vinatieri get better footing...." July 06

Bleacher Report "There's never been a player who quietly inspired more love, and potentially more hate, among NFL wide receivers than the Patriots' Julian Edelman. For years, there have been two differing opinions about Edelman. Some believed he was special—a..." July 06

New York Post "President Donald Trump is not done with the NFL yet, saying the league’s new national anthem policy is “worse” than the original one. During a campaign rally in Great Falls, Mont., Trump took aim at the NFL’s new policy again, which was passed in May and..." July 06

Houston Chronicle "NFL teams are preparing for training camp and the 2018 season. There are coaches who seem to be on the proverbial hot seat. Three divisions – AFC South, NFC North and NFC West – don't have coaches who have trouble sitting as they enter crucial seasons. It'll be..." July 06

NFL Trade Rumors "Jordan Schultz of Yahoo Sports reports that undrafted rookie CB Devron Davis is nearing a one-year contract with the 49ers. Schultz adds that the deal doesn’t include a signing bonus. Kevin Boilard reported a few days ago that Davis was in talks with the..." July 06

Sportsnaut "As training camps inch closer, the status of free agent wide receiver Dez Bryant will be the topic of conversation around the NFL. Released by the Dallas Cowboys during the spring, Bryant has not necessarily drawn a ton of interest on the open market. A three-time 1,000-yard..." July 05

Pro Football Talk "It’s the annual NBA free-agency frenzy, featuring B-level players getting more money than A-list NFL stars. Among other things, the money handed out to basketball players renews calls for fully-guaranteed NFL contracts. This year, Chargers left tackle and NFLPA executive..." July 04

NFL Trade Rumors "The San Francisco 49ers announced Tuesday that LB Reuben Foster has been suspended two games without pay for the first two games of the 2018 regular season for violating the NFL’s Conduct and Substances of Abuse policies. Statement from Foster: “I..." July 03

ESPN "Terrell Owens announced on his Twitter account Tuesday that he will make his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech at his alma mater, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, on Aug. 4. The former wide receiver had previously announced that he would not attend the..." July 03

Pro Football Talk "The National Football League is attempting to bring Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case to an immediate conclusion, according to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports. The NFL is asking arbitrator Stephen Burbank to provide a summary judgment in the case as allowed via the..." July 03

Santa Rosa Press Democrat "Jalen Ramsey, the All Pro cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars, appeared on NFL Network this week and said Jimmy Garoppolo doesn’t deserve to rank in the NFL’s top 100 players. Ramsey should have kept his mouth shut, but he was right. Every year, the NFL..." July 02

Pro Football Talk "When training camps open around the league next month, the NFL wants teams to be mindful of the spike in preseason concussions last year. The NFL found that preseason concussions were up 73 percent from 2016 and that most of them occurred in 11-on-11 drills conducted in practices..." June 29

NBC Sports Bay Area "Jimmie Ward, the 49ers’ first-round draft pick of 2014 and highest-paid defensive player this season, has sat out 32 games in four years due to injuries and has never started more than 10 games in a season. But defensive backs coach Jeff Hafley wishes 49ers fans who are..." June 27

Pro Football Talk "The lawyer representing former 49ers Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid in their collusion case against the NFL is continuing to promise big developments. Attorney Mark Geragos said on his Reasonable Doubtpodcast that big news is coming. “I will just say..." June 26

NFL.com "Sixteen quarterbacks made the NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2018, a list voted on annually by players around the league. Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey, however, doesn't believe Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who..." June 26

Yardbarker "Earlier this month, the 49ers thought they had a deal with free agent J.J. Wilcox. However, the safety backed out of the agreement at the last minute in order to sign with the Jets. Ultimately, Wilcox says it was an easy call for him to make. “It was a three-way decision...." June 26

USA Today "Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice thinks he's in pretty good shape for a 55-year-old. In fact, he's convinced that he could still play professional football. "I still feel like today, if I wanted to come back to football and play football, I could do it, at..." June 26

Sacramento Bee "When Tarvarius Moore ran a 4.32-second 40-yard dash — blistering for a 200-pound safety — at Southern Mississippi's pro day on March 29, there was jubilation from Moore's camp. At 49ers headquarters, the reaction was a bit different. "I remember..." June 23

Clutch Points "Throughout the last few months, All-Pro San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman has progressed in his recovery from a torn Achilles tendon suffered last November. Sherman has taken some major strides forward over the last several weeks, finally getting to the point where he was..." June 22

NFL.com "The San Francisco 49ers have made it clear how they feel about Laken Tomlinson. The team on Friday inked their starting left guard to a three-year extension, a source told NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. The deal is worth up to $18 million and comes packed with $10..." June 22

NBC Sports Bay Area "When the 49ers selected inside linebacker Fred Warner of BYU in the third round of the draft, it was easy to see how he fit into the team's plan with the degree of uncertainty surrounding Reuben Foster. While Foster remained away from the team’s offseason program for five..." June 21

CBS Sports "Richard Sherman has been Jimmy Garoppolo's teammate in San(Francisco)ta Clara for just over three months and he's already identified Garoppolo's tell -- a potentially hazardous flaw that opposing defenses might be able to use stop the unstoppable quarterback. It's either..." June 21

NFL Trade Rumors "Mike Freeman of B/R continues to hear that the 49ers are a potential landing spot for free agent WR Dez Bryant. However, Freeman adds that Bryant signing with the 49ers is “far from certain” at this point in time and the truth is that no seems to have a concrete..." June 20

Pro Football Talk "The 49ers liked guard Joshua Garnett so much in the 2016 NFL draft that they traded up to get a second first-round pick and acquire him. They don’t like him so much anymore. Garnett was drafted by former G.M. Trent Baalke and coach Chip Kelly, and now that new G.M...." June 20

Pro Football Rumors "In March, Broncos GM John Elway reached agreement on a deal to send Aqib Talib to the 49ers for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 draft. Or, so he thought. Talib blocked the deal, forcing Elway to instead send the cornerback to the Rams for a 2018 fifth-round choice. In an..." June 20

The Big Lead "The Golden State’s golden boy, Jimmy Garoppolo hasn’t looked like the unbeatable quarterback he was during the 2017 season. In fact, he had a really bad minicamp. The San Francisco 49ers quarterback struggled mightily during the team’s two-day mandatory practice..." June 19

San Jose Mercury News "I don’t specifically recall the first time I walked into a pro football locker room. But I’m fairly certain I made a beeline to the quarterback’s stall. It’s highly likely I dropped in on a running back or two, possibly a receiver and/or tight end. Obvious,..." June 17

San Francisco Gate "For a long time, football was going well for pass rusher Jeremiah Attaochu, who left Georgia Tech with the most sacks in school history, became a second-round pick of the Chargers and emerged as a productive starter by his second NFL season in 2015. Then, in 2016, he was sidelined by..." June 16

CBS Sports "Jimmy Garoppolo was a beacon of hope for the 49ers in 2017, finishing 5-1 as the team's starting quarterback after being traded from the Patriots for a second-round pick. The 49ers, who won just one game leading up to the trade, finished 6-10, and although that was last in the NFC West,..." June 15

Pro Football Talk "The NFL’s new rules designed to reduce the impacts on kickoffs represent a last-gasp effort to keep the play in the sport. That’s the word from former head of officiating Mike Pereira, who believes that if this year’s rule changes don’t result in the desired..." June 15

Sportsnaut "For a large part of his 14-year career with the San Francisco 49ers, offensive tackle Keith Fahnhorst was tasked with protecting future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana. Fahnhorst might not have been among the most well-known members of the 49ers’ dynasty of the 1980s,..." June 15

Santa Rosa Press Democrat "It’s hard to explain why Jimmy Garoppolo played so poorly this week during the 49ers’ minicamp. He was terrific last season for the brief time he played. Garoppolo started the final five weeks of 2017, and averaged a whopping 260 passing yards per game, even though he..." June 15

The Score "It appears the NFLPA is preparing for a legal battle with the NFL over its new anthem policy. The NFLPA has hired multiple law firms to begin researching potential avenues to fight the league's policy, a source told Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio. Florio..." June 14

NBC Sports Bay Area "In Jimmy Garoppolo’s first three starts last season, the 49ers’ won games in spite of a lousy red-zone offense. The 49ers were 0-for-5 in converting possessions inside the Chicago Bears’ 20-yards line into touchdowns. They were 2-for-4 against the Houston..." June 14

Pro Football Talk "In 2012, when now-49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was the offensive coordinator in Washington, Robert Griffin III had one of the best rookie seasons a quarterback has ever had. That same year, Colin Kaepernick led San Francisco to the Super Bowl, and the two of them appeared to be ushering in a..." June 14

Pro Football Talk "The 49ers announced they have signed linebacker Fred Warner to a four-year deal Wednesday. Warner was the first of two third-round draft picks selected by the 49ers in this year’s draft. The BYU product was the 70th overall pick. He played 49 games, with 42 starts, in..." June 13

Pro Football Talk "Cornerback Richard Sherman has changed teams since tearing his Achilles while with the Seahawks last season and was not cleared to practice with his new club this offseason. That has changed. Sherman and 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan each said on Tuesday that Sherman has been given the..." June 12