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Examining 49ers’ potential DC candidates after Wilks firing originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers-Steve Wilks pairing didn’t work, resulting in the team parting ways with the defensive coordinator after just one season. Now, after falling just short in Super Bowl LVIII, San Francisco’s focus is on returning to the big stage in 2024 with a new guy …

Some of the most exciting plays from Super Bowl LVIII involved the foot. San Francisco kicker Jake Moody set a Super Bowl record with a 55-yard field goal that lasted until the next quarter when Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker nailed a 57-yarder. And the game turned on a muffed punt in the third quarter that hit off the foot of …

USATSI Less than a month after helping the Detroit Lions prepare for the NFC Championship as a member of the team’s practice squad, quarterback David Blough is now an NFL coach, joining the Washington Commanders on Thursday as a newly hired assistant. Blough, 28, will officially serve as the assistant QBs coach in Washington. He’ll work under new head coach …

One person is dead and 22 others were injured after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade on Wednesday, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said in a press conference.  Graves said that the 22 people injured in the shooting ranged between the ages of 8 and 47 years old, half of whom were under the …

Atlanta hosted Super Bowl LIII, a year after the new stadium opened. The Falcons are trying to host another game there. Owner Arthur Blank recently told Daniel Kaplan of FrontOfficeSports.com that Atlanta is back in the mix for another Super Bowl game. “We have our hat in for another Super Bowl [for the 2028 or ’29 game],” Blank said. That …

Bad luck would be better than the luck Steve Wilks has had in recent years. The 49ers’ decision to part ways with him after just one season was the latest in a series of bad breaks for the longtime coach.  Wilks arrived in San Francisco last year after a successful stint as the Carolina Panthers’ interim head coach. He was …

While they’ve already set their sights on a three-peat, the Kansas City Chiefs made history this season by joining an elite group of teams who successfully defended their Super Bowl title. The Chiefs are only the ninth team to do so in the 58-year history of the Super Bowl.  How does this Chiefs team stack up with the previous eight …

The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, who battled in Super Bowl LVIII, are the early favorites to win their respective conference championships once again this upcoming season. Even though San Francisco lost the big game, the 49ers have the lowest odds entering the offseason at +225 to win the NFC. The Chiefs are +330 to win the AFC. …

It was clear from watching the New England Patriots offense last season that things were not going well with the quarterback position, but the situation may have been worse than it originally seemed. Former No. 15 overall pick Mac Jones struggled in his third season, and those struggles came with drama. Jones went from the starter, to being benched at …

The 49ers are adding an assistant offensive line coach. Per Jeremy Fowler of EPSN, San Francisco is hiring Cameron Clemmons to be the club’s assistant offensive line coach. Clemmons spent the last four seasons with the Raiders, the last three as the team’s assistant offensive line coach. He replaces James Cregg, who coincidentally departed San Francisco to join Las Vegas …

The NFL Draft is one of the next major milestones of the offseason and quarterbacks will certainly be a main topic of conversation. Once the likes of Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, and Jayden Daniels have been selected and are slotted into their new homes throughout the league, the next question will center around how quickly they take the field.  Historically, …

In his first year as defensive coordinator with the 49ers, Steve Wilks’s reward for helping the team get to the Super Bowl and to force overtime by holding the Chiefs to 19 points was to get fired. It felt weird. It seemed unfair. The issues with Wilks and a defensive system different from his usual system weren’t a surprise to …

All signs indicate USC quarterback Caleb Williams will be the first pick in April’s NFL Draft, either by the Chicago Bears or another team that trades up to the top spot. North Carolina’s Drake Maye and LSU’s Jayden Daniels are two other quarterbacks who are candidates to get their names called early in the draft. So where does that leave …

As Bears eye Caleb Williams, chasing Patrick Mahomes isn’t only Chiefs lesson to follow originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Caleb Williams has become synonymous with several phrases early in the pre-draft evaluation process. Generational. Franchise-changer. Special. Rare. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner has also been compared to one player repeatedly. That comp has rankled some feathers as the Bears …

Gunfire erupted at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration Wednesday, leaving one woman dead and more than 20 people injured, including children. Shots rang out at the end of the celebration outside the city’s historic Union Station. Fans had lined the parade route and some even climbed trees and street poles or stood on rooftops to watch as players …