Kwon Alexander

Halloween provided a pair of scares for the 49ers in the form of a near blown lead to the Arizona Cardinals and significant injury worries.

Perfection does not exist in the National Football League—the sport is far too complex, and the world-class athletes playing it are doing so with a level of speed and dynamism which creates unpredictability on every snap.

It’s a tried and true approach that’s resulted in winning football since the inception of the sport, and for the 2019 San Francisco 49ers, it’s the formula that’s been the foundation of the team’s first 4-0 start since 1990.

When teams line up against the 49ers’ front six of Nick Bosa, DeForest Buckner, Arik Armstead, Dee Ford, Kwon Alexander and Fred Warner, they’re in for an extraordinarily bad time.

If the San Francisco 49ers win on Sunday, they’ll be 3-0 for the first time since 1998 and a guaranteed 3-1 for the first time since 2012.

Jimmy Garoppolo didn’t have a great game on Sunday, but it was enough to get a win.

In the past few years, the preseason feels like it has extended its domain to the start of the regular season. That certainly felt like the case on the 49ers’ first regular season Sunday.

There was a healthy level of optimism in Santa Clara on Friday, as the 49ers packed their suitcases and headed to their flight to Tampa, Florida.

The 49ers only had a pair of practices to prepare for a rapid turnaround week in which they play the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday.

A successful year on the free-agent mill looks even better because it has positioned the team for the future.