San Francisco 49ers News

Bill Walsh used to put rookie Joe Montana into the game in certain situations. Could Kyle Shanahan do the same thing with Jimmy Garoppolo?

Kyle Shanahan has a fail safe when he’s called away on urgent head-coaching business for creating his offensive game plan

The 49ers have had a winless and injury-marred season thus far, but Bay Area News Group columnist Dieter Kurtenbach believes the team still needs to compete going forward.

The losing season is definitely weighing on 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan. Here are the things he has done well, and what he needs to work on.

The San Francisco 49ers have bolstered their depth in the defensive backfield.

With the 49ers’ stretch of three consecutive playoff appearances from 2011-2013 a distant memory, John Middlekauff said on the Haberman and Middlekauff Podcast that C.J. Beathard is paying the price for former general manager Trent Baalke’s mistakes.

The 49ers will have to sign players just to have enough to field a team on Sunday.

The 49ers may have signed their silver lining, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, last week, but reports that he may not even play season ensured another questionable turnout at Levi’s on Sunday. 49ers beat writer Matt Barrows joined Gary & Larry on Monday, and agreed with Gary’s take that if Garoppolo continues to sit on the bench, the fans are going to become less and less interested in this team.

Some are calling for Cal rookie Davis Webb to start in place of Eli Manning

To bolster their depleted receiving corps, the 49ers signed speedster Louis Murphy