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Postgame Quotes: Foster, Tartt, Bowman, others react to 49ers’ loss to Panthers

Kyle Shanahan explains why he will pick new team captains each week

Kyle Shanahan gives updates on Ward, Kittle; Slips up on air again

49ers-Panthers Injury Report: Kittle, Ward, Lynch limited during Wednesday practice

The 49ers list George Kittle as their starting tight end, but coach Kyle Shanahan admits which tight end is in the game depends on matchups. Kittle is expected to get the snaps of a starter, with blocking specialist Logan Paulsen and Garrett Celek also getting playing time at the position. However, Kittle

SANTA CLARA — Having bounced around other parts of the country for eight NFL seasons, Brian Hoyer quickly recognized one of the perks of playing in the Bay Area: The avocados here are fantastic. “In Ohio, they’re either hard as a rock or it’s like they’re mushy already,” the 49ers quarterback

The 49ers signed defensive lineman Quinton Dial to a three-year contract extension before the start of the 2016 season, but he won’t be playing out the final two years of it. According to multiple reports, Dial is one of the players being let go as the 49ers make their way to 53 players by Saturday

The San Francisco 49ers wrap up their 2017 preseason schedule on Thursday at home against the Los Angeles Chargers. This is your first quarter open thread. I’ve included a few helpful links, and also embedded the 49ers media Twitter list if you want to see what the media has to say during the game

When the 49ers let veteran linebacker Ahmad Brooks go, they said they wanted to give him a better chance to find a new home. It may not take long. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Brooks is visiting the Packers, and also has interest from the Broncos. The Packers have had issues keeping

Beathard will be the No. 2 QB against Vikings while Ward will not play

John Lynch says Eric Reid is a better athlete than Kam Chancellor

After 49ers linebacker Malcolm Smith was lost for the season with a torn pectoral muscle, the 49ers began giving first-team reps on the weak side of their defense to both rookie Reuben Foster and Ray-Ray Armstrong. Foster began to get more of those reps after a short time and he got the nod to start

The 49ers and Marquise Goodwin say there’s no cause for concern after Goodwin, a former Olympic long jumper, found himself in trouble with track and field’s performance enhancing drug testing authority. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency requires all active Olympic athletes to keep it apprised of their whereabouts

SANTA CLARA – After getting Sunday off and recalibrating from a couple significant injuries, the 49ers will practice three more days before flying to Kansas City for their exhibition debut Friday night. Here are three things to look for Monday at training camp: 1. Linebackers new look. Malcolm Smith&

(Reuters) – San Francisco 49ers linebacker Malcolm Smith is out for the season with a torn pectoral muscle, the NFL reported on Saturday. The 28-year-old, Most Valuable Player in the 2014 Super Bowl when he was with the Seattle Seahawks, was injured in team practice on Saturday and an MRI scan later

Carlos Hyde is one the 49ers most talented offensive players. He also may not be on the team by Week 1. Such is life when you have a new coach who wants his guys.  The 49ers spent much of the summer publicly debating whether Hyde could fit in their system. Hyde must have thought they were talked about

Former 49ers running back Derek Loville was sentenced to 15 months prison for his role in an international drug trafficking operation, according to Kristina Davis of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Loville, 48, was reportedly a low-level middle-man in a drug distribution network that he later learned extended

San Francisco General Manager John Lynch says he’s sure Colin Kaepernick is committed to being an NFL quarterback. But he thinks some of his colleagues around the league are less convinced of that, and Lynch has urged Kaepernick to let the world know how much he wants to play. Lynch said on KNBR that

The San Francisco 49ers third-overall pick continues to spend his offseason by enlisting the guidance from a pair of legendary NFL defenders. Last month, Thomas got some work in with future Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware that led to changing his jersey to Ware’s No. 94. This time around, he’s rubbing

Brian Hoyer parlayed a pretty solid stint as the Bears quarterback into a potential starting gig for the 49ers. Hoyer will reunite with Kyle Shanahan, working in an offense he was pretty good in back with the Browns. We’ve seen the veteran go spells with some nice numbers, only to fall on his face

The San Francisco 49ers hosted Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium, and they are getting ready to jump back in the ring. The 49ers announced on Wednesday that they will put in bids for Super Bowl 57 (2023) and 58 (2024). The NFL has announced Super Bowl locations through 56. Super Bowl 52 will take place

The San Francisco 49ers are holding a unique event on Wednesday — well, unique for them. The organization is hosting season ticket holders for what they are billing as the “2017 State of the Franchise” event. Jed York, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, and team president Al Guido are among the members of the

Bruce Arians saw how Blaine Gabbert’s career had played out and wouldn’t have been surprised to find a player worn down by his struggles and criticism. Instead, Arians saw confidence. For Gabbert, who enters his seventh season now trying to win a backup job with the Cardinals after failing to

Days after the completion of the 2017 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers have parted ways with two front office personnel. According to Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News, director of pro personnel Mike Williams and assistant director of pro personnel Quentus Cumby are no longer with the team. The news comes after a report from the Scouting Academy’s Dan Hatman indicating the 49ers have parted ways with southern regional scout Bob Morris earlier in the week. Moreover, it continues the shakeup in the front office after assistant general manager Tom Gamble and director of college scouting Matt Malaspina parted ways with the 49ers one month into the hiring of general manager John Lynch and

After discussing Reuben Foster’s cloudy future this morning, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan talked about another inside linebacker’s sunny present. On KNBR, Shanahan said he “couldn’t be more excited” about All-Pro NaVorro Bowman, who was a full participant last week in the first offseason minicamp after he sustained a torn Achilles tendon on Oct. 2. “He does not look like a guy coming off an Achilles,” Shanahan said. “I thought it would take him some time. I did not think he’d be looking (like) himself until training camp. He looks a lot better than I was expecting early.” It’s conceivable Bowman’s impressive recovery, coupled with the free-agent signing of six-year veteran Malcolm Smith in

The San Francisco 49ers hosted MMQB author Peter King in their draft room all last week, and it resulted in a fantastic article about the team’s process. If you have not read the article yet, I highly recommend giving it a read. It’s the best piece you’ll read about the 49ers draft. While out there, 49ers CEO Jed York made an appearance on Peter King’s podcast. They talked about John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan, but at the 50:30 mark, they got into the team’s recent failures and the view that he is responsible for those failures. York had the usual song and dance about how he can’t take the applause if he isn’t willing to take the blame when things go bad. It goes back to his past comments about

There is every reason, you would think, for Jed York to remain deep in the background, send atta-boys to John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan for their draft savvy, give everybody some time to forget the last two seasons, and more than anything, just avoid the name, likeness, reputation and concept of Jim Harbaugh. Make money. Watch Lynch and Shanahan reshape the 49ers. Accept the praise. Be quiet. It’s going well! And sure as heck don’t stir up all the old wounds by publicly inviting Harbaugh to dinner. Not that. Just don’t do that, Jed. That’s awkward. That’s over-bearing. That’s reminiscent of all the dumb, transparent stuff that used to drive Harbaugh crazy from 2011-2014. Don’t do it, Jed. Oops,

The Chicago Bears shocked a lot of people by moving up to No. 2 to draft North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. The MMQB’s Peter King was embedded in the San Francisco 49ers’ draft room, and that turned out well when the 49ers had an eventful first round. When the 49ers traded the second overall pick to the Bears, they figured it was for Stanford defensive lineman Solomon Thomas.