<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-donald-trump-interesting-brock-purdy-admission');   ga('set', 'title', 'Donald Trump drops ‘interesting’ Brock Purdy admission');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Donald-Trump-drops-interesting-Brock-Purdy-admission.jpg"></figure><h1>Donald Trump drops ‘interesting’ Brock Purdy admission</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T15:55:01-07:00">October 15th, 3:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T15:55:28-07:00">October 15th, 3:55pm</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Entertainment</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Nobody could have predicted this political endorsement! Former President Donald J. Trump, a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/donald-trump-looking-to-attend-georgia-alabama-football-clash-sept-28">well-known sports fan</a>, appeared on Bussin With The Boys with Taylor Lewan and Will Compton in a wide-ranging, silly, not-so-serious, puzzling, meandering, but <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SsmPh8gCxU" rel="noopener">entertaining interview</a>. Oh, did you know Trump is <a href="https://x.com/_MLFootball/status/1846278492318556479" rel="noopener">a fan</a> of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy? The man knows ball.</p><p>“Mr. Irrelevant. Well, not anymore. (Purdy’s) not irrelevant any longer. He’s just a great quarterback. It shows there’s a little luck in sports. And actually, he wouldn’t have played except that everyone got hurt in front of him. They put him in and they moved the ball, right? That was the end of that. That’s happened before, happened with Tom Brady.</p><p>“The San Francisco QB I have found to be very interesting, how he’s been so good.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨TRENDING: Former President Donald Trump is a HUGE FAN of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/49ers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#49ers</a> QB Brock Purdy.  <a href="https://t.co/DgPBIpvUR1">pic.twitter.com/DgPBIpvUR1</a></p><p>“You take the best player that anyone's ever seen out of college and he turns out to be not so good.”</p><p>“The San Francisco QB I have found to be very interesting, how he's…</p><p>— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/_MLFootball/status/1846278492318556479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Trump was at the Georgia-Alabama game last month. He also appeared in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bryson-dechambeau-reveals-250000-reason-donald-trump-video">YouTube video with golfer Bryson DeChambeau</a> where the duo played in a series called “Break 50” and raised $250,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ufc-news-dana-white-get-targeted-for-donald-trump-support">Trump has also appeared at many UFC events</a> with Dana White over the years.</p><p>Trump even has his own Wikipedia page <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_American_football" rel="noopener">outlining his relationship</a> with American Football. It’s a long and certainly colorful read.</p><h2><b>Brock Purdy, no longer Mr. Irrelevant for 49ers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/49ers-Brock-Purdy-celebrating-after-a-touchdown-pass.jpg"><figcaption>© Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Purdy seems to be a relevant topic in relation to Trump. The 49ers signal-caller remains a lightning rod for polarizing conversations in the sport. Many fans view him strictly as a product of the 49ers’ coaching, scheme and supporting cast. Just last week, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/broncos-news-colin-cowherd-bonkers-pick-brock-purdy-bo-nix">Colin Cowherd picked Bo Nix over Purdy</a> straight up in a rapid-fire hot-take segment on his show The Herd.</p><p>“[Nix is] slightly [better than Purdy]. [Nix is] the more accurate thrower collegiately. He’s starting to settle in. He didn’t inherit Kittle and Deebo and Aiyuk and all these wonderful toys to play with. He’s basically got Courtland Sutton and cross your fingers. Bo Nix is on a heater. And like C.J. Stroud. He and Bo Nix have a responsibility to rebuild a team. They don’t get the luxury seeding on Day 1.”</p><p>Yet, the expectations placed on the 49ers are Super Bowl or bust. Just ask Purdy, as he explained <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-brock-purdy-exclusive-2024-nfl-season">during a partnership interview</a> for Applebee’s.</p><p>“The big picture obviously is the Super Bowl, to win it all,” says Purdy during an interview on behalf of his partnership with Applebee’s. “That’s every team. But for me, I just want to take it one day at a time and enjoy the process of the season. I feel like everybody wants to get to the end so quickly and win a championship. But for me, If I can just focus on enjoying the practices, the meetings, the grind of it and making every Sunday like it’s the biggest game ever, then I feel like everything will fall into place how it needs to.”</p><p>The 49ers will look to break .500 with a win in Week 7 at home against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, October 20 at 4:25 p.m. EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Donald Trump drops ‘interesting’ Brock Purdy admission

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-sign-ex-packer-kicker-botched-nfc-divisional-game-field-goal');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers sign ex-Packers kicker who botched NFC Divisional Game field goal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/San-Francisco-signs-ex-Packers-kicker-who-botched-NFC-Championship-Game-field-goal.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers sign ex-Packers kicker who botched NFC Divisional Game field goal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T15:34:00-07:00">October 15th, 3:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T15:41:23-07:00">October 15th, 3:41pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Injuries are piling up for the San Francisco 49ers. Superstar running back Christian McCaffrey deservedly gets the lion’s share of attention. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-troubling-christian-mccaffrey-week-6-update">McCaffrey has missed the first six weeks</a> of the season with Achilles tendonitis and still has no set date for a return. Jordan Mason has filled in admirably for McCaffrey but he got banged up in Week 6. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-jordan-mason-sprained-ac-joint-catch">Mason sprained his AC joint</a> against the Seattle Seahawks, putting his availability for Week 7 in jeopardy.</p><p>While running back remains a major question mark for the 49ers, the team is also dealing with a string of injuries to its kickers. Second-year kicker <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-jake-moody-important-injury-update-hurting-ankle-vs-cardinals">Jake Moody hurt his ankle</a> in San Francisco’s Week 5 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. With Moody expected to miss multiple games, the team <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-sign-ex-steelers-panthers-kicker-jake-moody-injury">signed journeyman Matthew Wright</a> to replace him. But Wright was injured in his 49ers debut in Week 6, prompting the team to add yet another kicker.</p><p>San Francisco <a href="https://x.com/TomSilverstein/status/1846200940740620432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1846200940740620432%7Ctwgr%5Ebda97fc1c66885713b0b97c450e9d27968c0706d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcsportsbayarea.com%2Fnfl%2Fsan-francisco-49ers%2Fnfl-rumors-anders-carlson-practice-squad%2F1793703%2F%3Fpartner%3Dyahoo" rel="noopener">has signed</a> former Green Bay Packers kicker Anders Carlson, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Tom Silverstein on X. Carlson was added to the practice squad as the 49ers hold out hope that Wright is able to take the field in Week 7.</p><h2><b>The 49ers add yet another kicker due to injury</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Anders-Carlson.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Rempel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Both Moody and Wright were injured while attempting to make a tackle on a kickoff. But while Moody injured his ankle, Wright dislocated his shoulder. Both sound unpleasant but a kicker is more reliant on his ankles than his shoulders. So, for the time being, Carlson is just insurance. He will be elevated to the team’s active roster if Wright is unable to suit up.</p><p>The 49ers would prefer to have Wright available for a huge matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. The sixth-year veteran was 3/3 on field goal attempts with a long of 41 in San Francisco’s Week 6 win over the Seahawks. Wright also converted all three of his extra point tries.</p><p>The 49ers are familiar with their newest kicker as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-matt-lafleur-assessment-kicker-anders-carlson-fail-49ers">Carlson missed a 41-yard field goal</a> in the Divisional Round of the playoffs between San Francisco and the Packers last year. The kick would have extended Green Bay’s lead to seven late in the fourth quarter. However, after the miss, the 49ers went on to score the game-winning touchdown, knocking the Packers out of the playoffs. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-green-bay-cuts-kicker-anders-carlson-after-playoff-disaster">Green Bay cut Carlson</a> prior to the 2024 season.</p><p>In addition to Carlson, the 49ers are also expected to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-san-francisco-expected-ex-packers-safety-amid-injuries">sign ex-Packer safety Adrian Amos</a>. The team needed reinforcements in the secondary after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-injury-bug-bites-again-brutal-update-all-pro">All-Pro safety Talanoa Hufanga suffered torn ligaments</a> in his wrist and is expected to miss significant time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers sign ex-Packers kicker who botched NFC Divisional Game field goal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-san-francisco-expected-ex-packers-safety-amid-injuries');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers expected to sign ex-Packers safety amid injuries');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/San-Francisco-expected-to-sign-ex-Packers-safety-amid-injuries.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers expected to sign ex-Packers safety amid injuries</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T14:00:30-07:00">October 15th, 2:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T14:00:30-07:00">October 15th, 2:00pm</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-injury-bug-bites-again-brutal-update-all-pro">injuries continue to pile up on the San Francisco 49ers</a> through six weeks, the team is getting desperate to fill its many holes. In an effort to salvage their hobbled defense, the team is expected to scout free agency for veteran replacements.</p><p>Ahead of their Week 7 clash with the Kansas City Chiefs, the 49ers are <a href="https://x.com/Schultz_Report/status/1846281931253497941" rel="noopener">expected to sign nine-year safety</a> Adrian Amos to its active roster, per Jordan Schultz. Amos most recently was with the Jacksonville Jaguars in the offseason but did not make the final cut after ending 2023 with the Houston Texans.</p><p>Amos, who will begin his 10th year in the league once he officially takes the field, started his career as a fifth-round pick by the Chicago Bears in 2015. In the summer of 2019, Amos signed with the Green Bay Packers in free agency, where he would spend the next four seasons before joining the New York Jets in the 2023 offseason. He would be released from the team midseason and sign an in-season deal with the Texans.</p><p>In his lengthy career, Amos has never made a Pro Bowl but has consistently been a reliable safety with a penchant for finding the ball carrier. Amos recorded over 80 tackles in every year with the Packers, including a career-high 102 tackles in 2022.</p><p>It is unclear if the 49ers intend to start Amos right away but are currently dealing with only two healthy safeties. Former All-Pro Talanoa Hufanga remains on injured reserve while strong safety Malik Mustapha deals with an ankle injury that has him questionable for Week 7.</p><h2>49ers look to build momentum against Chiefs in Week 7</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kyle-Shanahan_afe37d.jpg"><figcaption>Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>If their in-house health struggles were not problematic enough, the 49ers will attempt to begin their first win streak of the year in Week 7 against the undefeated Chiefs. San Francisco will get to play at home in Levi’s Stadium after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/three-49ers-overreactions-from-important-win-over-seahawks">beating the Seahawks on the road in Week 6</a>.</p><p>The 49ers will likely begin the game with seven players still on injured reserve including five on defense. Aside from Hufanga, the team also has Ambry Thomas, Yetur Gross-Matos, Javon Hargrave and Curtis Robinson on the dreaded list from their defense. Christian McCaffrey headlines the offensive injuries with Jon Feliciano also on injured reserve.</p><p>Ricky Pearsall, Drake Jackson and Dre Greenlaw join them as key players out with long-term injuries but have not been placed on injured reserve.</p><p>As one of two undefeated teams remaining in the league, the Chiefs are dealing with injury issues of their own on offense. The defending Super Bowl champions are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chiefs-isiah-pacheco-diagnosed-with-fractured-fibula-after-win-over-bengals">without running back Isiah Pacheco</a> and leading receiver Rashee Rice, the latter of whom is out for the year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers expected to sign ex-Packers safety amid injuries

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-jordan-mason-practice-chiefs-battle');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers’ Jordan Mason returns to practice before Chiefs battle, but there’s a catch');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/49ers-news-Jordan-Mason-returns-to-practice-before-Chiefs-battle-but-theres-a-catch.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers’ Jordan Mason returns to practice before Chiefs battle, but there’s a catch</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T14:55:25-07:00">October 14th, 2:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T14:55:25-07:00">October 14th, 2:55pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Just when it looked like the laundry list of injuries to the San Francisco 49ers’ skill position groups had finally gone away for the most part, they picked up another. Running back <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-jordan-mason-sprained-ac-joint-catch">Jordan Mason went down with a shoulder injury</a> during the 49ers’ win over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. Mason tried to return to the game in the second half, but played just one snap before leaving for good.</p><p>On Monday, Mason was <a href="https://x.com/MaioccoNBCS/status/1845929057239826485" rel="noopener">back at practice</a> with a blue non-contact jersey on, according to Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports. Safety Malik Mustapha was not present at practice after his big night on Thursday.</p><p>“S Malik Mustapha (ankle), DT Jordan Elliott (knee), K Matthew Wright (shoulder) and K Jake Moody (ankle) were not on the field at 49ers practice,” Maiocco reported on X, formerly Twitter. “RB Jordan Mason (shoulder) was in a blue jersey, I’m told.”</p><p>Mason has been a revelation for the 49ers in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-san-francisco-crucial-christian-mccaffrey-ricky-pearsall-updates">absence of Christian McCaffrey</a>, who hasn’t played this season while dealing with bilateral Achilles tendinitis. In six games, Mason has rushed for 609 yards on 114 carries and has found the end zone three times. San Francisco will be hoping that he can make it back for their blockbuster matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.</p><h2><b>49ers back on track after win against Seattle</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kittle-spike.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>For all of the panic button smashing and freaking out about the 49ers after their 2-3 start, they’re in a great spot just one week later.</p><p>The worry was understandable. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-nick-bosa-reveals-blessing-in-disguise-after-choke-vs-cardinals">Two of the 49ers’ three losses included fourth quarter collapses</a> against two of their division rivals, but it was always a bit overblown considering their injury situation. After beating the Seahawks in Seattle on Thursday night, the 49ers are back atop the NFC West through six weeks.</p><p>The division has been kind of a mess so far this season, as the 49ers, Seahawks and Rams have all dealt with injuries up and down their respective rosters. The Rams have lost almost everyone on offense around Matthew Stafford and Kyren Williams and the Seahawks’ defense has been ravaged, especially up front. The 49ers’ skill players have been circling each other on the injury report, and they lost a few key pieces on defense as well.</p><p>However, with the exception of McCaffrey, Kyle Shanahan and company are healthy on the rest of their offense now while their division rivals still struggle to fill in the gaps. Deebo Samuel and George Kittle are both back on the field, and both found the end zone on Thursday night to help the 49ers get a big win.</p><p>Jordan Mason’s injury is concerning, but the 49ers have shown time and time again that they can fill in a backup running back for a week or two and still get good production on the ground. Their passing game is more limited with McCaffrey out, but assuming he’s on the way back at some point, the preseason favorites in the NFC are still sitting pretty through six games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers’ Jordan Mason returns to practice before Chiefs battle, but there’s a catch

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/three-49ers-overreactions-from-important-win-over-seahawks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Three 49ers overreactions from important win over Seahawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/X-49ers-overreactions-from-important-win-over-Seahawks.jpg"></figure><h1>Three 49ers overreactions from important win over Seahawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T00:15:46-07:00">October 13th, 12:15am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T00:17:08-07:00">October 13th, 12:17am</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. A die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic, Brayden further channels his baseball enthusiasm through his podcast, where he delves into the latest in sports with engaging commentary. He also serves as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School. His commitment to sports journalism is evident in his diverse experiences with ContraCosta.news and his dedication to delivering compelling and insightful content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Following a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-kyle-juszczyk-speaks-out-important-win-seahawks">pivotal win over the Seattle Seahawks, the San Francisco 49ers</a> and the 49er Faithful have been buzzing with reactions. While the victory is worth celebrating, it’s wise to approach the outcome with a nuanced perspective, distinguishing between short-term highlights and sustainable trends. As a die-hard fan of the team, it’s crucial to realize that while the win was huge for the NFC West standings, much work must be done.</p><p>While the team looked fantastic in the first three-quarters of the game, that quickly ended after a 20-point lead was wiped away in nine minutes, as the Seahawks seemed to hover around the game. The same issue happened in consecutive weeks to the Niners, in which a 13-point 4th quarter lead was blown against the Los Angeles Rams and 14 unanswered points to the Arizona Cardinals.</p><p>While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-kyle-shanahan-officiating-blunder-seahawks-game">the referees didn’t help the 49ers in their prime-time win</a>, they rallied after a blown call, gained momentum back from the Seahawks, and secured the Week 5 victory.</p><h2><b>Overreaction #1: </b></h2><h2><b>The offensive line is completely fixed</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brock-Purdy.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-george-kittle-kyle-jusczcyk-celebrate-wives-touchdown-vs-seahawks">Thursday Night matchup between the Seahawks</a>, the 49ers’ offensive line performed outstandingly. They offered quarterback Brock Purdy solid protection and opened up substantial running lanes, prompting claims that previous problems with the line have been completely resolved. Although this performance signals potential, it’s crucial to acknowledge that consistent play over several games against different defensive schemes is needed to completely substantiate these assertions.</p><p>Historically, offensive lines that maintain high-performance levels possess not only skill but also cohesion and adaptability. The 49ers’ line showed what they could achieve at their best, but repeating this against the league’s top defenses—especially those that adapt and plan specifically to challenge their strengths—will be the real test. Colton McKivitz is still an issue on the right side, and it seems to be another version of Mike McGlinchey; no protection and an endless habit to hold defensive lineman.</p><p>Sustainable success for the offensive line will depend on their ability to replicate this level of protection and run blocking throughout the season, including adjustments to counter strategic defensive shifts.</p><h2><b>Overreaction #2: </b></h2><h2><b>The secondary can handle any offense</b></h2><p>The 49ers’ secondary performed much better against the Seahawks than they did against the Cardinals and Rams, exhibiting tight coverage and strategic acumen that contributed significantly to the win. This has sparked a sentiment that the secondary is well-equipped to manage any passing offense they face. While this is an encouraging sign, it’s a stretch to declare them ready to neutralize the league’s most dynamic aerial attacks based on one game.</p><p>Effective pass defense requires ongoing adaptability and depth, particularly as teams encounter a wide array of offensive styles. While the return of key players like Daron Bland from injury will undoubtedly strengthen the secondary, they must continue to demonstrate their capabilities against elite quarterbacks and sophisticated passing games.</p><p>The true measure of this group’s prowess will be their performance against top-tier competition and their ability to adjust to different offensive game plans throughout the season.</p><h2><b>Overreaction #3: </b></h2><h2><b>The team will easily overcome its injuries</b></h2><p>Optimism is high regarding the team’s injury situation, with recent updates suggesting positive progress for several key players. This has led to a belief that the 49ers will smoothly transition past their injury hurdles. However, the impact of injuries in the NFL is profound, affecting not just physical capabilities but also team chemistry and game plan execution.</p><p>While the 49ers have demonstrated resilience and depth, managing the reintegration of injured players into the lineup poses its own challenges. The process involves more than just physical recovery; it also requires recalibrating strategies and reestablishing in-game synchronicity. Overcoming injuries will not only depend on players’ health but also on how effectively the team can assimilate returning players without disrupting existing dynamics.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-jordan-mason-sprained-ac-joint-catch">Jordan Mason went down on Thursday night</a>, leaving another question mark in the backfield for the Niners. However, the team will have 10 days of <a href="https://www.49ers.com/team/injury-report/" rel="noopener">rest to get healthy</a>. This includes players like Talanoa Hufanga, Jake Moody, and Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles.</p><p>The improvements in the offensive line and secondary are promising, yet they require further validation in upcoming games against diverse and challenging opponents. Similarly, while the team’s approach to handling injuries appears effective, the actual integration of returning players and their impact on gameplay will be critical.</p><p>While the victory over the Seahawks offers numerous positives, the 49ers’ true test will be their ability to sustain these performances. By maintaining a balanced view and managing expectations, the team can focus on addressing these areas with the aim of building a robust and competitive squad capable of contending deep into the season. As they progress, careful management and strategic foresight will be key to turning promising overreactions into enduring strengths.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Three 49ers overreactions from important win over Seahawks

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He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In a rapid-fire segment during The Herd, Colin Cowherd compared San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy to many other quarterbacks around the league. After a few hit-or-miss hot takes, Cowherd chose Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix over Purdy for the <a href="https://x.com/TheHerd/status/1844804362381807782" rel="noopener">flimsiest reasons</a>.</p><p>“[Nix is] slightly [better than Purdy]. [Nix is] the more accurate thrower collegiately. He’s starting to settle in. He didn’t inherit Kittle and Deebo and Aiyuk and all these wonderful toys to play with. He’s basically got Courtland Sutton and cross your fingers. Bo Nix is on a heater. And like C.J. Stroud. He and Bo Nix have a responsibility to rebuild a team. They don’t get the luxury seeding on Day 1.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"He's a more accurate thrower collegiately… He didn't inherit all these Kittle, Deebo, Aiyuk and all these wonderful toys to play with."</p><p>— <a href="https://twitter.com/colincowherd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ColinCowherd</a> picks Bo Nix over Brock Purdy <a href="https://t.co/qRblvbPGOi">pic.twitter.com/qRblvbPGOi</a></p><p>— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHerd/status/1844804362381807782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Through five games, Bo Nix has 866 yards (173.2 ypg), three touchdowns, four interceptions, 119 rushing yards and three downs. His passer rating is 71.4, and his QB rating is 42.2. Through six games, Brock Purdy has 1,629 yards (271.5 ypg), nine touchdowns, four interceptions, and 127 rushing yards. His passer rating is 100.5, and his QB rating is 70.9.</p><h2><b>Broncos rookie Bo Nix still learning to be great</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Broncos-Bo-Nix-delivering-a-short-pass.jpg"><figcaption>© Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The media’s insistence on comparing players and teams only diminishes one at the expense of another. Nix has played well, considering the hand he was dealt. The Broncos entered the season with extremely low expectations and have exceeded them as a team. The 49ers began the season with big expectations and haven’t met them as a team. Assigning blame in a team sport is an inexact science, and the inverse is true as well.</p><p>Did Bo Nix directly contribute to the Broncos’ defense forcing New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers to throw three interceptions? Probably not. Or how about the Broncos 19 sacks (third-most)? Or Denver only allowing 271.2 yards per game (third-best)? The Broncos are also tied for second in points allowed per game (14.6).</p><p>To lessen Brock Purdy doesn’t make Bo Nix a better player.</p><p>Head coach Sean Payton is still ironing out the rough edges of Nix, according to his own <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/broncos-news-sean-paytons-hilarious-ferris-bueller-viral-bo-nix">comparison to Ferris Bueller</a> when discussing their sideline tiff in last week’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders.</p><p>“Listen, there’s just a little ‘Ferris Bueller’ in this player that we gotta get rid of. I’m talking about Bo (Nix) and I love him to death. Sometimes, it’s my love language.”</p><p>When asked about the fight, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/broncos-news-sean-paytons-hilarious-ferris-bueller-viral-bo-nix">Nix had his own version</a> of the story.</p><p>“He told me he loved me. I told him I loved him back.”</p><p>The Broncos host the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 6 on Sunday, October 13 at 4:05 p.m. EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Colin Cowherd makes bonkers pick between Brock Purdy, Bo Nix

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-san-francisco-crucial-christian-mccaffrey-ricky-pearsall-updates');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers get crucial Christian McCaffrey, Ricky Pearsall updates');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/San-Francisco-gets-crucial-Christian-McCaffrey-Ricky-Pearsall-updates.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers get crucial Christian McCaffrey, Ricky Pearsall updates</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-11T13:09:49-07:00">October 11th, 1:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-11T13:09:49-07:00">October 11th, 1:09pm</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Six weeks into the 2024 NFL season, the 49ers have still yet to play with either star running back Christian McCaffrey or rookie Ricky Pearsall. That will not change any time soon, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-troubling-christian-mccaffrey-week-6-update">a return for both</a> players could be on the horizon.</p><p>For McCaffrey, a return will have to wait a little while longer as the team <a href="https://x.com/nwagoner/status/1844816391888863516" rel="noopener">will not open his practice window</a> ahead of Week 7, according to 49ers reporter Nick Wagoner. However, head coach Kyle Shanahan does plan to <a href="https://x.com/hutchdiesel/status/1844816347408249276" rel="noopener">open the window for Pearsall</a>, per Jake Hutchinson of Audacy.</p><p>Both players are currently out due to injury but for vastly different reasons. McCaffrey was questionable ahead of Week 1 with an Achilles injury but was later put on injured reserve, where he currently remains. Pearsall, the team’s first-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, was the victim of an armed robbery in the offseason that resulted in him getting shot by the suspect and rushed to the hospital.</p><h2>49ers thriving despite Christian McCaffrey, Ricky Pearsall absences</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Christian-McCaffrey_36d59e.jpg"><figcaption>Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While there is a clear desire for both players to return to the field, the team is understandably slowly bringing both along with no urgent need for either to compromise their long-term health. In McCaffrey’s absence, third-year former backup Jordan Mason has excelled as the starter to lead the league in rushing yards through six games. When he went down with his own injury in Week 6, rookie Isaac Guerendo stepped up with 99 rushing yards on 10 carries.</p><p>Pearsall was expected to push fourth-year wideout Jauan Jennings for his starting spot alongside Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk before his injury but may face an uphill battle to do so once he returns. In his absence, Jennings has burst out of the gate with a surprising career year to lead the team in receiving yards through Week 6.</p><p>Jennings, a former seventh-round pick, received a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-jauan-jennings-san-francisco-agree-contract">two-year contract extension</a> in the offseason and has already surpassed his 2023 season production and is 12 receiving yards short of his career-best season total.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers get crucial Christian McCaffrey, Ricky Pearsall updates

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-kyle-juszczyk-speaks-out-important-win-seahawks');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers’ Kyle Juszczyk speaks out after important win vs. Seahawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kyle-Juszczyk-speaks-out-after-important-win-vs.-Seahawks.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers’ Kyle Juszczyk speaks out after important win vs. Seahawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-11T08:59:05-07:00">October 11th, 8:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-11T08:59:05-07:00">October 11th, 8:59am</time><address><a>Preston Byers</a>Preston Byers is an experienced writer and journalist who currently serves as an associate editor for ClutchPoints and as a staff writer at The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, where he covers sports in the Mahoning Valley. Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco 49ers really needed a win Thursday night against the Seattle Seahawks, and fortunately, they got one. And everyone, from Trent Williams to Kyle Juszczyk understands the importance of the Niners’ 36-24 road victory.</p><p>After the game, Williams agreed that San Francisco’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ NFC West clash with the Seahawks was a “must-win,” and Juszczyk, who scored the final touchdown of the night before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-george-kittle-kyle-jusczcyk-celebrate-wives-touchdown-vs-seahawks">celebrating with his wife</a>, <a href="https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/185009-juszczyk-49ers-seahawks-goals-front/" rel="noopener">shared similar sentiments</a>.</p><p>“We knew we needed to get this one,” Juszczyk said, via 49ers Webzone. “We had to put a stop to the losing. And to put us in first place in our division, that’s everything. All our goals are in front of us.”</p><p>With the win, the Niners improved to 3-3 on the season, which at the very least will keep them in a tie for first in their division following this weekend. Seattle is also 3-3 now, and with a win Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, the Cardinals could also be .500 heading into Week 7.</p><p>Not only did the 49ers need the win to maintain pace in the NFC West, but looking ahead, San Francisco very well could have been 2-6 going into its bye week. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-nick-bosa-honest-outlook-looming-chiefs-game">Niners play the Kansas City Chiefs</a> next Sunday before hosting the Dallas Cowboys on ‘Sunday Night Football’ the following week.</p><p>“This is something we can build from, get healthy with this little extra week, get two [more] wins before the bye, and go on our run,” Juszczyk said.</p><h2><b>49ers’ offense clicks, defense forces turnovers in big win vs. Seahawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Deebo-Samuel-Catch-49ers.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After three losses in their last four games, the 49ers’ offense caught fire in Seattle on Thursday. Brock Purdy, who had thrown 3 interceptions in the last two weeks and been sacked 13 times in the first five weeks, played a strong, clean game — the Niners’ quarterback went 18-for-28 and threw for 255 yards and 3 touchdowns.</p><p>Additionally, the 49ers had their best rushing game of the season so far, as the team earned a season-high 228 yards on the ground on just 33 carries, averaging out to a season-high 6.9 yards per attempt.</p><p>The defense, which bent but did not break much Thursday, proved to be opportunistic, picking off Geno Smith twice and recovering a fumble as well. While Smith threw for 306 yard on 52 attempts, the 49ers defense allowed just one passing touchdown and completely shut down the Seahawks’ run game — Seattle recorded just 52 rushing yards on 20 carries in the loss.</p><p>Next week, the 49ers will have an opportunity to be the first team to hand Kansas City a loss this season. The Chiefs (5-0) have won each of the last four meetings with San Francisco, including in Super Bowls LIV in 2020 and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-most-to-blame-for-overtime-loss-against-chiefs-in-super-bowl-58">Super Bowl LVIII eight months ago</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers’ Kyle Juszczyk speaks out after important win vs. Seahawks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-jordan-mason-sprained-ac-joint-catch');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers’ Jordan Mason suffers sprained AC joint, but there’s a catch');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jordan-Mason-suffers-sprained-AC-joint-but-theres-a-catch.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers’ Jordan Mason suffers sprained AC joint, but there’s a catch</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-11T08:58:12-07:00">October 11th, 8:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-11T09:30:06-07:00">October 11th, 9:30am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-george-kittle-kyle-jusczcyk-celebrate-wives-touchdown-vs-seahawks">49ers came out with a win</a> against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday Night Football, but not without <a href="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1844764745993183543" rel="noopener">an injury</a> to one of their key offensive players.</p><p>“The NFL’s leading rusher, 49ers RB Jordan Mason, is believed to have suffered a sprained AC joint during Thursday night’s win at Seattle that is not considered serious, but he will undergo further testing today, per sources,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Mason returned for one play in the second half but then missed the rest of the game. Mason had been doing a solid job replacing <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-troubling-christian-mccaffrey-week-6-update">Christian McCaffrey while he’s out</a>, and hopefully, his injury isn’t serious.</p><h2>49ers dealing with injuries in the backfield</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jordan-Mason.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jordan Mason has stepped up in a big way for the 49ers while Christian McCaffrey was out, as he’s been the leading rusher in the NFL through six weeks. With Mason’s future availability in question and no timetable for McCaffrey, Issac Guerendo will have to take over in the backfield.</p><p>There is no set date for McCaffrey’s return, but he’s been feeling good and ramping up his activity over the past few weeks. There have been no flare-ups for the running back, which means that a more realistic time for him to return would be around Week 9.</p><p>The 49ers have been up and down this season with injuries and inconsistent play, but hopefully, they can get into a rhythm soon. Their next test will be against the Kansas City Chiefs, who defeated them in the Super Bowl last season. The Chiefs are trying to manage their own injuries on offense as well, so the game may come down to who’s the healthiest.</p><p>For now, the 49ers are trying to figure out if Mason will have to miss any time, but they have the backup if needed.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers’ Jordan Mason suffers sprained AC joint, but there’s a catch

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-nick-bosa-honest-outlook-looming-chiefs-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nick Bosa shares honest outlook on 49ers looming Chiefs game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0Nick-Bosa-shares-honest-outlook-on-looming-Chiefs-game0.jpg"></figure><h1>Nick Bosa shares honest outlook on 49ers looming Chiefs game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-11T07:27:38-07:00">October 11th, 7:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-11T07:27:38-07:00">October 11th, 7:27am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco 49ers bounced back after a shocking upset loss in Week 5 against the Arizona Cardinals with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-deebo-samuel-george-kittle-postgame-moment-james-harden">36-24 victory</a> over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday Night Football to kick off Week 6 of the season. And while the team certainly wanted to savor the win a bit, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-nick-bosa-eye-opening-must-win-stance-week-6-matchup-seahawks">star pass rusher Nick Bosa</a> was already looking ahead to their Week 7 contest against the Kansas City Chiefs in the immediate aftermath of this victory.</p><p>With the win, the Niners pushed their record back to .500 on the season at 3-3, but they have an incredibly tall task in Week 7 with the Chiefs coming to town. Not only is Kansas City currently 5-0, but they also beat San Fran in Super Bowl 58 last February. It’s safe to say that this is a big game for the 49ers, and Bosa is already <a href="https://x.com/BridgetCondon_/status/1844590360044998738" rel="noopener">looking forward to potentially picking up a huge victory</a> over KC.</p><p>Via Bridget Condon:</p><p>“‘Definitely trying to get the monkey off our back with that one.’ Nick Bosa on facing the Chiefs next weekend.”</p><h2><b>Nick Bosa, 49ers looking for revenge against Chiefs</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nick-Bosa-of-the-49ers.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>During Bosa’s time in the league with the 49ers, the Chiefs have managed to have his number. Bosa has lost each of the three games he’s played against Kansas City in his career, with two of those losses coming in the Super Bowl. Even though he’s generally played well in these contests, it hasn’t been enough for the Niners to come away with a victory.</p><p>San Francisco will have a chance to finally exorcize some of their demons against Kansas City when they square off in Week 7, and it’s something that Bosa personally is looking forward to. There’s no doubt that with a 3-3 record, the 49ers need all the wins they can get, and picking up a victory over the Chiefs could help prove that they are once again one of the top Super Bowl contenders in the league.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nick Bosa shares honest outlook on 49ers looming Chiefs game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-deebo-samuel-george-kittle-postgame-moment-james-harden');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers’ Deebo Samuel, George Kittle share postgame moment with James Harden');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0Deebo-Samuel-George-Kittle-share-postgame-moment-with-James-Harden0.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers’ Deebo Samuel, George Kittle share postgame moment with James Harden</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-11T06:58:39-07:00">October 11th, 6:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-11T06:58:39-07:00">October 11th, 6:58am</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Clippers superstar and California native James Harden is a diehard San Francisco 49ers fan. So much so that Harden <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1844483845799936482" rel="noopener">was in a rush to fly</a> to Seattle to watch his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/san-francisco-49ers-bold-predictions-for-week-6-thursday-night-football-vs-seahawks">49ers take on</a> the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday Night Football. After the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-george-kittle-kyle-jusczcyk-celebrate-wives-touchdown-vs-seahawks">49ers trounced the Seahawks</a>, Harden waited for 49ers players in the tunnel <a href="https://twitter.com/KNBR/status/1844582099866783909" rel="noopener">after the game and celebrated with</a> wide receiver Deebo Samuel, tight end George Kittle, and safety George Odum.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Deebo Samuel and 49ers fan James Harden share an embrace and Samuel signs a jersey for Harden. Then George Kittle joins the fun after a big 49ers win in Seattle <a href="https://t.co/hROSilu6st">pic.twitter.com/hROSilu6st</a></p><p>— KNBR (@KNBR) <a href="https://twitter.com/KNBR/status/1844582099866783909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Samuel gave Harden a parting gift as the wide receiver signed his game-worn jersey for the Clippers superstar. Harden’s 49ers <a href="https://www.49ers.com/photos/james-harden-visits-candlestick-park-11113481?os=io....dbr5yxkr&amp;ref=app#002b9996-f2fd-4643-8c7d-25b9504194cb">ties date back to</a> Jim Harbaugh’s tenure as coach. The two met at Candlestick Park in 2014, and Harden also met star linebacker NaVorro Bowman during that visit. Although he was in a rush, the timing of the 49ers’ visit to Seattle worked out perfectly for Harden. The Clippers are scheduled to play a preseason game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.</p><h2><b>What’s next for the 49ers?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Deebo-Samuel-Catch-49ers.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Next on San Francisco’s schedule is a rematch of last year’s Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs. Thankfully, this matchup won’t be in Las Vegas but in Santa Clara on the 49ers’ home turf. San Francisco will have their shot at revenge and ending their four-game losing streak versus Kansas City. While the rematch isn’t taking place on the grandest stage of football, all eyes will still be on that contest, especially given that San Francisco has a chance to become the first team this season to defeat Patrick Mahomes and company. The Chiefs entered their Week 6 bye with an immaculate 5-0 record.</p><p>It’ll also be a chance for San Francisco head coach Kyle Shannahan to turn things around against Kansas City. The Chiefs have two Super Bowl wins over the 49ers in the Shanahan era, the most recent coming in last year’s Super Bowl in a 25-22 overtime heartbreaker. Kansas City also has won their only two regular-season meetings against Shanahan — a 38-27 win at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City in 2018, in which the 49ers lost quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to a season-ending injury, and a 43-22 blowout victory against the 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in 2022.</p><p>The Chiefs are just one team on a schedule that includes games against the Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But a win would give the 49ers a head start as they head toward November while also taking down a team that has had their number.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers’ Deebo Samuel, George Kittle share postgame moment with James Harden

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-kyle-shanahan-officiating-blunder-seahawks-game');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers’ Kyle Shanahan sounds off on officiating blunder in Seahawks game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kyle-Shanahan-sounds-off-on-officiating-blunder-in-Seahawks-game.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers’ Kyle Shanahan sounds off on officiating blunder in Seahawks game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-11T06:44:47-07:00">October 11th, 6:44am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-11T06:44:47-07:00">October 11th, 6:44am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco 49ers came out of Thursday Night Football with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/seahawks-news-mike-macdonald-slaps-seattle-with-reality-check-after-loss-49ers">win against their division rival Seattle Seahawks</a>, but there were a few calls the referees missed in their favor. Head coach Kyle Shanahan <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/nfl-refs-miss-seahawks-fumble-49ers-replay-19830729.php" rel="noopener">had a few words</a> after the game, letting the refs know that they missed the call.</p><p>“It was awesome by Ham, because he said you could tell by how the guy’s hand moved that the ball hit him, and that’s all he saw,” Shanahan said. “He couldn’t 100% see the ball, but he could tell how the hand moved, and with it being Thursday Night Football, I thought for sure they’d have a bunch of camera angles.”</p><p>In the fourth quarter 49ers special teams player Chris Conley was pushed into Seahawks returner Dee Williams before the punt came down as the refs threw a flag as the ball bounced away from Williams, and the 49ers appeared to down it.</p><p>The referees came together and said Conley was shoved into Williams by Seahawks special teamer Devon Witherspoon, taking the penalty away. Head coach Kyle Shanahan challenged the call, saying that he believed the ball touched Williams, which would have given the 49ers the ball. The broadcast showed Williams touching the ball, and after the refs reviewed, they still did not overturn the call.</p><p>Amazon’s rules analyst Terry McAulay said he thought the referees got the call wrong, and broadcaster Kirk Herbstreit and Al Michaels agreed.</p><p>“We’ve seen two different angles where it’s pretty clear it hits the finger of the receiving team player, and then there’s a clear recovery,” McAulay said. “I believe this should have been reversed to San Francisco’s football.”</p><h2>Refs miss call in fourth quarter of 49ers, Seahawks game</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kyle-Shanahan.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>If the call was reversed, the 49ers would have gotten the ball, and there was a good chance that they would’ve scored again. Instead, their defense forced a three-and-out and they had to punt. The 49ers still came out victorious at the end of the day, defeating the Seahawks 36-24.</p><p>Brock Purdy finished with 255 passing yards and three touchdowns, as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-george-kittle-kyle-jusczcyk-celebrate-wives-touchdown-vs-seahawks">George Kittle was the recipient of two of those</a>, while Deebo Samuel had the other one. Both teams were coming off of disappointing losses the week before, and the 49ers finally looked like the team that many people expected this season.</p><p>The Seahawks have now lost three games in a row, and in Week 7, they’ll have to go up against the Atlanta Falcons.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers’ Kyle Shanahan sounds off on officiating blunder in Seahawks game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-george-kittle-kyle-jusczcyk-celebrate-wives-touchdown-vs-seahawks');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers’ George Kittle, Kyle Jusczcyk celebrate with wives after touchdown vs. Seahawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/George-Kittle-Kyle-Jusczcyk-celebrate-with-wives-after-touchdown-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers’ George Kittle, Kyle Jusczcyk celebrate with wives after touchdown vs. Seahawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-10T21:03:11-07:00">October 10th, 9:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-10T21:03:11-07:00">October 10th, 9:03pm</time><address><a>Christopher Smith</a>Christopher Smith is an associate editor covering a variety of sports with a beat focus on the Chicago Sky for ClutchPoints. The Aurora, Illinois native earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco 49ers entered <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/seahawks-news-laviska-shenault-wild-97-yard-td-vs-49ers-fans-going-bonkers">Thursday night’s Seattle Seahawks matchup</a> in need of momentum. The 49ers came off a tough 24-23 loss to the Arizona Cardinals in Week 5. SF pulled through and beat the Seahawks 36-24, which was partially thanks to the efforts of George Kittle and Kyle Jusczcyk. The two offensive veterans had an exciting celebration with their wives after a late-game touchdown.</p><p>The 49ers led the Seahawks 23-17 with less than six minutes to go in the fourth quarter. San Francisco found themselves in a third-and-four situation in the red zone. Brock Purdy took the snap and fired a pass through the middle to George Kittle, who caught the ball for a touchdown to increase SF’s lead.</p><p>A few moments later, Kittle rallied with Kyle Jusczcyk, and the two ran toward seating not far from the end zone, where their wives, Claire Kittle and Kristin Jusczcyk were sitting. The two players jumped onto the barriers and <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1844574365435953325" rel="noopener">hugged their respective wives</a> after the play:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Most wholesome celly ever: celebrating with your wives 😅<a href="https://t.co/jGNTVqbxMZ">pic.twitter.com/jGNTVqbxMZ</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1844574365435953325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The energy displayed during the interaction captured how happy the 49ers were to get the win on Thursday night. The Seahawks entered the matchup on a two-game losing streak, but before that, they started the season 3-0. San Francisco knew they had to take care of business, given <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-george-kittle-to-play-thursday-amid-lengthy-injury-report">their lengthy injury report</a>.</p><p>Thankfully, George Kittle was one of the players who was able to suit up for the matchup. Kittle has been nursing a rib injury but was able to practice in the week leading up to Thursday’s contest. He finished the game with 58 yards and two TDs on five receptions.</p><p>Meanwhile, Kyle Jusczcyk amassed 10 receiving yards on three receptions and six rushing yards on one carry.</p><p>The 49ers got back to the .500 mark on Thursday, improving to 3-3. Their next matchup will be against the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 20.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers’ George Kittle, Kyle Jusczcyk celebrate with wives after touchdown vs. Seahawks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/seahawks-news-laviska-shenault-wild-97-yard-td-vs-49ers-fans-going-bonkers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Laviska Shenault’s wild 97-yard TD vs. 49ers has Seahawks fans going bonkers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Laviska-Shenaults-wild-97-yard-TD-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Laviska Shenault’s wild 97-yard TD vs. 49ers has Seahawks fans going bonkers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-10T20:10:11-07:00">October 10th, 8:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-10T20:10:11-07:00">October 10th, 8:10pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle Seahawks have made their Week 6 matchup versus the San Francisco 49ers into a game to watch, as Laviska Shenault’s wild 97-yard touchdown sparked a rally that has cut the 49ers’ 23-3 lead to just 23-17 in the third quarter. Moreover, Shenault’s touchdown was wild enough, but he also did it while returning a kickoff.</p><p>Check out the <a href="https://x.com/NFL/status/1844558579027898599" rel="noopener">incredible highlight play</a> on <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1844559037154607372" rel="noopener">these videos</a> via ClutchPoints and NFL.com. As expected, this play turned up the fans online, who must have thought this Thursday Night Football matchup was already over.</p><h2><b>Week 6: Seahawks vs. 49ers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Laviska-Shenault-during-warmups.jpg"><figcaption>© Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>These are just some of the fan reactions after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/5-seahawks-roster-hopefuls-improved-stock-win-chargers">Laviska Shenault</a>‘s unbelievable highlight play during the Week 6 Seahawks-49ers game on TNF.</p><p>Sports betting account @PrizePicks <a href="https://x.com/PrizePicks/status/1844558811442675927" rel="noopener">opened up the comment section</a> with a note of excitement.</p><p>“WE MAY HAVE A GAME,” the account posted.</p><p>Next, @Stunna999_ challenged the Seahawks to <a href="https://x.com/Stunna999_/status/1844558862717686246" rel="noopener">make the game even more interesting</a>. Before this play, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-seahawks-in-trouble-surprising-loss-giants">Seahawks</a> had already given up 23 points to the 49ers.</p><p>“NOW PLAY DEFENSE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY WATCH AN INTERESTING GAME,” they demanded.</p><p>Then, the user @MyCreativeOwls <a href="https://x.com/MyCreativeOwls/status/1844558722971885834" rel="noopener">praised the wide receiver</a> for sparking his team.</p><p>“DUDE TURNED ON THE BURNERS 🔥🔥🔥” he said.</p><p>Meanwhile, @BrandonPack0 worried about what this play might <a href="https://x.com/BrandonPack0/status/1844559077617066389" rel="noopener">do to his parlays</a>, while @AntwonTX <a href="https://x.com/AntwonTX/status/1844558703216767350" rel="noopener">uploaded the popular meme</a> of Chris Paul in Game 7 of the 2022 Western Conference Semifinals, when the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/luka-doncic-destruction-of-suns-in-game-7-leaves-phoenixs-future-in-doubt">Dallas Mavericks routed the Phoenix Suns.</a></p><p>Finally, the official Wingstop account on X, formerly Twitter, <a href="https://x.com/wingstop/status/1844564748190302296" rel="noopener">kept it simple</a>.</p><p>“Big player making big plays,” they said.</p><h2><b>New formats</b></h2><p>This is only the second kickoff return for a touchdown this season, which adopted the new “dynamic kickoff rules” as approved by NFL owners earlier this year.</p><p>Moreover, these new rules prioritized player safety while still generating excitement by increasing the possibilities of returns, which also works rather similarly to the system used in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dwayne-johnson-announces-xfl-usfl-merger">XFL, which merged with the USFL</a> to form the UFL.</p><p>These “dynamic kickoff rules” involve bringing the two teams closer together at the start of the game and limiting their movements. Hence, they’ll have less space and fewer chances to run into high-speed collisions that lead to severe injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Laviska Shenault’s wild 97-yard TD vs. 49ers has Seahawks fans going bonkers

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He started as a reporter for the student newspaper at East Tennessee State University, worked his way up to Editor-In-Chief, and began his sports writing career at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper while still in college. During 30-plus years at the Press, he covered University of Tennessee football, men's and women's basketball, ETSU athletics, and high school athletics. Among the people he has interviewed are Dale Murphy, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, and Bruce Smith. He is also a Christian-based screenwriter (five feature-length and one short), book writer (three completed manuscripts and one novel), and songwriter.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>San Francisco 49ers standout <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-nick-bosa-eye-opening-must-win-stance-week-6-matchup-seahawks">Joey Bosa popped off about the importance</a> of Thursday’s game against the Seahawks, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-george-kittle-to-play-thursday-amid-lengthy-injury-report" rel="noopener">George Kittle suited up</a> despite an injury. And then 49ers rookie Malik Mustapha got his first career interception on the <a href="https://x.com/TheSFNiners/status/1844533853970739419" rel="noopener">first drive of the game</a>, according to a post on X by TheSFNiners.</p><p>“#49ers Malik Mustapha first career INT came EARLY vs Seattle”</p><p>Mustapha came to the 49ers via the 2024 NFL Draft. They grabbed him in the fourth round. In his first five games of the season, he totaled two passes defended and 11 tackles.</p><h2><b>49ers are high on DB Malik Mustapha</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/San-Francisco-49ers-safety-Malik-Mustapha.jpg"><figcaption>Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>San Francisco <a href="https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/184942-49ers-compares-mustapha-nfl-defenders/" rel="noopener">likes what they’ve seen</a> out of Mustapha so far, according to comments by general manager John Lynch to 49erswebzone.com. Lynch compared Mustapha to an NFL star.</p><p>“You’re going to see him play full speed all the time,” Lynch said of Mustapha. “Reminds me a lot of (Cardinals S) Budda Baker, who we saw play, in terms of his just 100 percent effort all the time. There’s some things he can clean up in terms of his eyes. I think you only do that through playing. Particularly at that position, there’s a lot going on.</p><p>“And there’s an old saying my old coach, Monte Kiffin, used to (say)— ‘See a little, see a lot. See a lot, see nothing.’ And so, I think just focusing and honing his eyes, and you only do that through the experience of playing.”</p><p>It’s not just one or two things, Lynch said he sees the full package from the young player.</p><p>“He brings a lot to the table,” Lynch said. “He’s a very studious guy. He’s very Fred Warner-like, one of the first guys in here, one of the last to leave. His body, he’s just sculpted because he works all day long. He does everything the right way. He’s going to eat the right way. I’m really excited for Malik and the contributions.”</p><p>It’s important for Mustapha to develop quickly after an Talanoa Hufanga suffered an injury against the Cardinals on Sunday. Hufanga will be out at least a month, the 49ers said.</p><p>The 49ers entered Thursday’s game with four interceptions on the season. 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49ers’ Malik Mustapha reaches career milestone early vs. 49ers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-seahawks-fantasy-football-week-6-start-em-sit-em');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers-Seahawks Fantasy Football Week 6 Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PUB-10-8-49ers-Seahawks-Fantasy-Football-Week-6-Start-Em-Sit-Em.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers-Seahawks Fantasy Football Week 6 Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-10T11:29:34-07:00">October 10th, 11:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-10T11:29:34-07:00">October 10th, 11:29am</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Fantasy Sports</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks will <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-vs-seahawks-how-to-watch-thursday-night-football-on-tv-stream-date-time">kick off Week 6 on Thursday Night Football</a>. That means many fantasy football stars will take the field on short rest. With the short week and solid defenses on both sides, deciding who to start and sit in fantasy is a tough decision.</p><p>The 49ers have dealt with injuries to their star players all season long. They are almost put back together, with the notable exception of Christian McCaffery. Fantasy managers are happy to see Brandon Aiyuk finally breaking out of his shell and are looking for Deebo Samuel to do the same.</p><p>The entire tone of your fantasy football matchup is determined on Thursday night. Make sure it starts on the right foot by checking out our Week 6 Thursday night start ’em sit ’em.</p><h2><b>Fantasy football Start ‘Em for Thursday night</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jordan-Mason-with-San-Francisco-49ers.jpg"><figcaption>Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><b>Jordan Mason, San Francisco running back</b></p><p>The 49ers have been able to run the ball well despite the Christian McCaffery injury. Jordan Mason has been the reason, with three 100-yard games and three touchdowns. He had a costly fumble in Week 5 but the 49ers do not have any other options at running back. Expect him to take advantage of the injured Seahawks defense in this game.</p><p><b>Brock Purdy, San Francisco quarterback</b></p><p>Even though the 49ers have a 2-3 record, their quarterback has been spectacular. Brock Purdy played great games in losses against the Rams and Cardinals and has been a solid fantasy football option. Expect him to dominate against this Seahawks defense that was torn up by Daniel Jones last week.</p><p><b>Kenneth Walker, Seattle running back</b></p><p>Kenneth Walker missed two games and has come back with a vengeance for the Seahawks and fantasy managers. The Seahawks’ running game has been strong all year, no matter who the back is, and the 49ers’ run defense has been okay. Expect him to score a touchdown in this game and make a difference in your fantasy matchup.</p><p><i>Start ‘Em: Brandon Aiyuk, SF WR, Geno Smith, SEA QB, Jason Myers, SEA K</i></p><h2>Sit ‘Em for Thursday night</h2><p><b>Jauan Jennings, San Francisco wide receiver</b></p><p>Jauan Jennings <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401671772/49ers-rams" rel="noopener">was huge</a> for the 49ers and fantasy managers in Week 3. He scored three touchdowns against the Rams when George Kittle and Deebo Samuel were out and almost got San Francisco the win. He has not played to that level since and it is time to bench him in this matchup. The Seahawks have a solid secondary and do not pose a good matchup for Jennings.</p><p><b>Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle wide receiver</b></p><p>Another third-receiver who is popular in fantasy football, this is not the matchup for Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He had a big drop in the final moments of Week 5’s loss to the Giants and is not going to be a big part of the offense this week. The 49ers have bottled up wide receivers all season long and with DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett as better options, this is not the spot for the second-year receiver.</p><p><b>Zach Charbonnet, Seattle running back</b></p><p>While Walker is a great option for fantasy football, it might be time to move on from Zach Charbonnet. The Seahawks proved that they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/seahawks-news-seattle-coach-kenneth-walker-iii-touches">will not run a two-back system with Walker back</a>, as Charbonnet had only 11 yards last week. Managers who hit the waiver wire benefitted in a big way while Walker was out but that run is over now. Don’t lock Charbonnet into your lineup in this game or any time soon.</p><p><i>Sit ‘Em: 49ers D/ST, Matthew Wright, SF K, Noah Fant, SEA TE</i></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers-Seahawks Fantasy Football Week 6 Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-vs-seahawks-how-to-watch-thursday-night-football-on-tv-stream-date-time');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers vs. Seahawks: How to watch Thursday Night Football on TV, stream, date, time');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/49ers-vs.-Seahawks-How-to-watch-Thursday-Night-Football-on-TV-stream-date-time.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers vs. Seahawks: How to watch Thursday Night Football on TV, stream, date, time</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-10T04:13:03-07:00">October 10th, 4:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-10T04:13:03-07:00">October 10th, 4:13am</time><address><a>Bailey Bassett</a>Bailey Bassett is a sports writer from Denver, Colorado, covering major sports events and athlete backgrounds at ClutchPoints. He has experience covering and writing on high school, collegiate, and professional sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Thursday Night Football kicks off the weekly football schedule, and there is no better way to get underway with the NFL’s Week 6 of action than a division rivalry. This week, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/san-francisco-49ers-bold-predictions-for-week-6-thursday-night-football-vs-seahawks">San Francisco 49ers will take on the Seattle Seahawks</a>, and we will detail everything you need to know about the game.</p><h2><b>When and where is the 49ers vs. Seahawks game?</b></h2><p>Thursday Night Football on Oct. 10 is at 8:15 p.m. ET. The Seahawks will be hosting the game, meaning the venue is Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. Seahawks fans will bring the energy, as the crowd known as the 12th Man is some of the loudest in sports.</p><h2><b>How to watch Thursday Night Football</b></h2><p>As is the case with all Thursday Night Football games, the 49ers vs. Seahawks showdown won’t be available on cable television. Instead, you must stream the game with Amazon Prime Video. You can also stream it with NFL+.</p><p><b>Date:</b> Thursday, Oct. 10 | <b>Time:</b> 8:15 p.m. ET</p><p><b>Location:</b> Lumen Field — Seattle, Washington</p><p><b>TV channel:</b> N/A | <b>Live stream:</b> Prime Video</p><p><a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/football/nfl/san-francisco-49ers-@-seattle-seahawks-33649368" rel="noopener"><b>Odds:</b></a> 49ers -3.5 | O/U 49.5</p><h2><b>49ers vs. Seahawks preview</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Fred-Warner-Week-5.jpeg"><figcaption>Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The 49ers were viewed by many as championship contenders coming into this season. After all, they returned most of their core from the team that made the Super Bowl last year. Then the injury bug hit them. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-troubling-christian-mccaffrey-week-6-update">Christian McCaffrey has yet to play</a> this season, and Deebo Samuel and George Kittle have missed significant time so far. It has all led to San Francisco losing three of their first five games, which, prior to this season, that much losing was a rarity with Brock Purdy leading the way.</p><p>While their stars have been out, some unheralded players have stepped up. In replacement of McCaffrey is Jordan Mason. The running back actually leads the NFL in carries (105), and he is second in rushing yards (536). Jauan Jennings has impressed at receiver, too. Jennings hauled in 11 catches for 175 yards and three touchdowns in Week 3 alone.</p><p>The defense is loaded with talent as well. Nick Bosa and Fred Warner are both among the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ranking-50-best-nfl-players-2024-season"> best players in the NFL</a>, and Maliek Collins and Jordan Elliot have done a fine job of replacing <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-take-another-blow-with-javon-hargrave-season-ending-injury">Javon Hargrave, who was likely lost for the season</a>.</p><p>With all of this talent, the 49ers seem destined to get back on track. They can’t afford to lose this game, as a 2-4 start would force them to play catch up all season long. The 49ers defense will be put to the test against the Seahawks, as Seattle has one of the highest-powered offensive units in football.</p><p>The Seahawks’ high-octane offense is led by Geno Smith. The long-time backup quarterback’s late-career resurgence has continued this year, as his <a href="https://www.nfl.com/stats/player-stats/" rel="noopener">1,466 passing yards</a> currently lead the league. Smith has one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ranking-all-32-nfl-teams-receiving-corps-2024-season">best receiving corps</a> in the league. DK Metcalf is a freak of nature, Tyler Lockett is still a deep threat, and Jaxson Smith-Njigba has taken that next step forward.</p><p>The passing game is balanced by a great running attack. After missing a few weeks with injury, Kenneth Walker has returned and proven that he is one of the best running backs in the NFL.</p><p>This talented offense led the way to three straight victories to start the season, but Seattle has since dropped two in a row. A three-game losing streak would be devastating to the Seahawks playoff hopes, especially since Thursday Night Football is a divisional game. These two teams are sure to go at it in a very important Week 6 game. So, who do you think will win in this 49ers vs. Seahawks clash?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers vs. Seahawks: How to watch Thursday Night Football on TV, stream, date, time

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-george-kittle-to-play-thursday-amid-lengthy-injury-report');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers’ George Kittle set to play Thursday amid lengthy injury report');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/George-Kittle-set-to-play-Thursday-amid-lengthy-injury-report.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers’ George Kittle set to play Thursday amid lengthy injury report</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T14:07:08-07:00">October 9th, 2:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T14:41:43-07:00">October 9th, 2:41pm</time><address><a>Christopher Smith</a>Christopher Smith is an associate editor covering a variety of sports with a beat focus on the Chicago Sky for ClutchPoints. The Aurora, Illinois native earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco 49ers will aim to get back to the .500 mark in their Thursday Night Football matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/injuries">49ers have dealt with a heavy injury repor</a>t since starting the 2024 season. However, San Francisco received good news on the status of veteran wide receiver George Kittle ahead of their next matchup.</p><p>Kittle, who has been maintaining a rib injury since Week 4’s New England Patriots win, <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1844117937407524979" rel="noopener">will be good to good</a> for the 49ers’ contest against the Seahawks on Thursday, per Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.</p><p>Before George Kittle’s rib injury, he experienced hamstring tightness that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-george-kittle-status-in-doubt-after-missing-practice-with-injury">held him out of the 49ers’ Week 3 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams</a>. San Francisco ended up losing the game 27-24. Yet, Kittle was able to suit back up for the team’s following contest against the Patriots. He hauled in 45 receiving yards on four receptions and helped SF win 30-13.</p><p>Kittle took the field again for the 49ers’ Week 5 game against the Arizona Cardinals, amassing 64 yards on eight catches in the tough 24-23 loss. His rib ailment did not seem to pose much of a problem and he has been able to have some participation in practice. It is great to see that Kittle will be able to continue contributing to the struggling San Francisco squad.</p><p>The 2-3 49ers will need to bring a stellar effort against the Seahawks, who will enter the game at 3-2 and first in the NFC West. Seattle started the 2024 season 3-0 but has been on a two-game losing streak. They look to break out of their slump at home on Thursday.</p><p>Meanwhile, the 49ers will enter the game still missing prized running back Christian McCaffrey in addition to a handful of other contributors. Nevertheless, Brock Purdy and company will do all they can to maintain and help the team get back on track.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

49ers’ George Kittle set to play Thursday amid lengthy injury report

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/49ers-news-nick-bosa-eye-opening-must-win-stance-week-6-matchup-seahawks');   ga('set', 'title', '49ers star Nick Bosa’s eye-opening ‘must-win’ stance on Week 6 matchup vs. Seahawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nick-Bosas-eye-opening-must-win-stance-on-Week-6-matchup-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>49ers star Nick Bosa’s eye-opening ‘must-win’ stance on Week 6 matchup vs. Seahawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T06:25:46-07:00">October 9th, 6:25am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T06:25:46-07:00">October 9th, 6:25am</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Coming off of a narrow loss to the Arizona Cardinals, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/reasons-49ers-must-not-panic-after-upset-loss-to-cardinals">San Francisco 49ers are preparing for</a> a Thursday Night Football matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. Heading into the matchup, Nick Bosa understands the gravity of the moment.</p><p>Their 24-23 loss dropped San Francisco to 2-3 on the season. Facing another NFC West rival, Bosa knows it’s a game the 49ers <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41687295/49ers-feeling-pressure-amid-2-3-start-treating-seahawks-game-win" rel="noopener">can’t afford to lose</a>, via Nick Wagoner of ESPN.</p><p>“It’s a lot of pressure,” Bosa said. “It’s not a must-win because technically your season’s over if it’s a must-win, but it definitely feels like it. We’re treating it that way.”</p><p>Over their past two seasons, the 49ers haven’t lost more than five games during the regular season. The 2024 season hasn’t resulted in the same San Francisco pace. Already halfway to that number entering Week 6, the 49ers know they need to turn things around in a hurry.</p><p>Nick Bosa and company are attempting to do everything in their part. The 49ers’ defense ranks 10th in the NFL by allowing 307.8 yards per game. Bosa has racked up 18 tackles, six quarterback hits and three sacks. Furthermore, the edge rusher has earned a sterling 91.6 grade from Pro Football Focus.</p><p>On Thursday night, San Francisco <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-nick-bosa-honest-week-6-prediction-seahawks-offense">will be facing off</a> against a Seattle offense that ranks seventh in the league, averaging 376.2 YPG. With the Seahawks currently atop the NFC West with their 3-2 record, the 49ers would make a major move up the standings if they can earn a victory.</p><p>Normally, standings watching wouldn’t be taking place in Week 6. But Bosa certainly is. He understands that with each loss the 49ers get further and further from reaching their ultimate goals. Their loss to the Cardinals was a devastating blow to their grand plans. The four-time Pro Bowler is looking to ensure that doesn’t happen again on Thursday night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While the San Francisco 49ers clearly aren’t where they want to be at the moment, as a string of injuries have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-most-to-blame-for-week-5-loss-to-cardinals" rel="noopener">limited their ceiling</a>, one bright spot of the 2024 NFL season so far has been the ability to evaluate young players against live action, with some shining and others looking not quite ready for prime time.</p><p>One such player who falls into the former category is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2-49ers-first-stringers-in-danger-of-losing-starting-jobs-ahead-of-2024-nfl-season" rel="noopener">Malik Mustapha, the pride of Wake Forrest</a>, who has been thrust into action due to injuries to Talanoa Hufunga. Ranking second on the team in defensive snaps behind Ji’Ayir Brown at the safety spot, Mustapha has been on the field for <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/2024-snap-counts.htm" rel="noopener">51 percent of the 49ers defensive snaps</a> – plus 61 special teams snaps – and has caught the attention of the coaching staff, including Kyle Shanahan, his head coach.</p><p>Asked about Mustapha’s performances so far this season during his Tuesday media session,<a href="https://49ers.1rmg.com/transcripts/head-coach-kyle-shanahan-press-conference-10-8-24/" rel="noopener"> Shanahan celebrated his performances</a>, noting that he’s proud of his communication most of all.</p><p>“I think communication is one of the hardest things, especially for a young guy coming in. I think he’s been getting better at that the more he’s been out there. I think, just his lack of not hesitating,” Shanahan noted. “I think you guys saw that a little in preseason, just with some of the hits he had. Especially, you saw a couple in that Tennessee game, from what I remember. And when he’s come in, he’s done the same stuff. I think he gets faster each week, just recognizing things and not breaking down and trying to run through his tackles.”</p><p>While Shanahan’s comments certainly hold weight with Mustapha, he wasn’t the only 49ers coach who had some nice things to say about the fourth-round pick out of Wake Forrest, as his defensive coordinator, Nick Sorensen, has had some nice things to say about his on-field play.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Malik-Mustapha-on-the-field-for-the-49ers.jpg"><figcaption>Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>The 49ers’ DC likes what he’s seen from Malik Mustapha too</b></h2><p>Using some of his own media time to<a href="https://49ers.1rmg.com/transcripts/defensive-coordinator-nick-sorensen-press-conference-10-8-24/" rel="noopener"> celebrate Mustapha’s play</a>, Sorensen highlighted the positives he’s seen from his free safety and why he will likely continue to play when the 49ers are back to full strength.</p><p>“I think his strides have come just because he has played a lot. I mean, we’ve had a lot of guys play and I think it’s good that guys gain knowledge through getting their snaps. And for him, it’s just being comfortable being out there. I think I’ve mentioned before, like with safeties, it’s that comfort to communicate and the feel of the game and the flow of the game and how it moves and how you have to be a leader back there behind our backers that you can communicate across the board and be tied in. And I think he’s done a good job with that.”</p><p>Currently slotted in as the 49ers’ safety number three, Mustapha has played well enough against both the pass and the run to justify playing time moving forward in defensive sub-packages. While the 49ers may eventually have to pick who they plan to start moving forward, if they have three starting-caliber performers at the position, that is a good problem to have.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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