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Steve Wilks has had a roller coaster ride in his first season as defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers. Faced with a tricky task of taking over a successful defense that still had the same position coaches and system of his predecessor DeMeco Ryans, Wilks tried to add his own twists without ruining what had worked so well in the past. There were good moments such as a dominating five-game start to the season and bad ones such as a three-game losing streak in October that led to Wil...

The San Francisco 49ers made the kind of decision that could set a franchise back for years when they traded three first-round picks to draft Trey Lance third overall in 2021. The big investment in a potential franchise quarterback turned into a dud with Lance making just four starts his first two seasons and then being dealt away last summer for a fourth-round pick when he couldn't even earn the No. 2 job on the 49ers. The impact on the field from one of the worst draft moves in recent h...

San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York has always appreciated coach Kyle Shanahan's honesty starting from the time of his first interview when he called the team's roster the worst in the NFL. “He’s like, ‘I think our third-string quarterback is our best quarterback,’” York recalled Thursday as his team prepares for the Super Bowl. It meant a lot considering the 49ers had traded three first-round picks to draft Trey Lance third overall a little more than ...

Kyle Shanahan's offense is mimicked throughout the NFL as his innovative schemes are utilized by teams throughout the league. In seven years in charge in San Francisco, Shanahan has turned overlooked quarterbacks into productive ones, has led the 49ers to four NFC championship trips and now has the Niners in the Super Bowl for the second time in the past five seasons. All that's missing for Shanahan is the championship that painfully eluded him as a coordinator in Atlanta and then ag...

The San Francisco 49ers have turned into the comeback kids this postseason. The only team that didn't pull off a second-half rally in the regular season has done it in back-to-back weeks in the playoffs, capped by one of the biggest comebacks in conference championship game history. The Niners (14-5) became the fourth team ever to overcome a deficit of least 17 points in a conference title game, beating the Detroit Lions 34-31 in the NFC championship game Sunday to silence the doubters wh...

The Lions ended a historic postseason Sunday night with a loss to the 49ers in the NFC championship game.

Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers were on the brink, needing a spark to overcome a big deficit and avoid a third straight loss in the conference title game. Brandon Aiyuk delivered with an improbable catch that helped save San Francisco's season. Purdy's 51-yard pass that deflected off a defender's facemask into Aiyuk's hands helped the Niners rally from 17 points down at halftime to beat the Detroit Lions 34-31 on Sunday and reach the Super Bowl.

The Detroit Lions are just one win away from the first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. To get there, they'll have to beat the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers in the NFC title game on Sunday. The Niners also have some unfinished business — they've lost in the NFC title round the past two seasons.

Detroit Lions-San Francisco 49ers matchup in NFC championship game features a deep, tested team against one that has nothing to lose.

The most taxing part of getting to the precipice of the Super Bowl only to fall short might be the long journey just to return to that stage for another shot. The San Francisco 49ers once again got through all that and earned another chance at winning the NFC championship game after losing in frustrating fashion the previous two seasons.