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The San Francisco 49ers spent most of the season as dominant front-runners, racing out to early leads and putting teams away with relative ease. The Niners overcame a off night with a late-game touchdown drive that gave them a 24-21 comeback win over the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round on Saturday. Brock Purdy went from shaky to clutch late in the fourth quarter, completing six of seven passes for 47 yards on the game-winning drive that was capped by Christian McCaffrey's 6-yard...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy’s throws were off-target all night. The San Francisco defense kept giving up big plays. There were even a couple of special teams blunders. Just when it seemed like the top-seeded 49ers might be sent home in their first playoff game, they did something they hadn’t managed to do […]

The pain from crushing playoff losses never fully goes away for the San Francisco 49ers. Then a NFC title game when the Niners never really had a chance thanks to an elbow injury on the first drive to quarterback Brock Purdy.

It was the last regular season game for the San Francisco 49ers. Fans turned out to cheer on the home team, with lots of red and gold fashion, flags and face painting in the parking lot of Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

When the San Francisco 49ers arrived at training camp back in July, the bitter taste of last season's postseason disappointment still lingered over the team. Now that they have finished the regular season as the No. 1 seed in the NFC following a mostly meaningless 21-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, they can really start turning their attention to changing their playoff disappointments. “We’re right where we want to be,” left tackle Trent Williams said.

Figuring out how many players he can rest for the playoffs while still fielding a team in a meaningless Week 18 game is a new challenge for San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan. The NFC West rivalry between the 49ers (12-4) and Los Angeles Rams (9-7) will have a decidedly different feel when they meet on Sunday with both playoff-bound teams approaching the game almost like an exhibition. “This is just stuff that’s a little annoying to think about but once you kind of do, which...

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Brock Purdy bounced back from the worst game of his NFL career to throw two touchdown passes, and the San Francisco 49ers clinched the top seed in the NFC by beating the Washington Commanders 27-10 Sunday. Philadelphia’s stunning home loss to Arizona, combined with Detroit’s defeat at Dallas on Saturday, allowed the 49ers […]

Minutes after rolling to a 27-10 victory at Washington, the San Francisco 49ers watched the final minute of Philadelphia's game at Arizona together in the visiting locker room. A loud cheer erupted when the Eagles lost to Arizona in stunning fashion. After Brock Purdy threw two touchdown passes to bounce back from the worst game of his NFL career and results elsewhere fell their way, the Niners clinched the top seed in the NFC and the first-round bye and home-field advantage that comes wi...

RAVENS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Lamar Jackson has thrown for 3,105 yards this season, 22 shy of his career high set in his MVP season of 2019. He's already set a career high with 266 completions and equaled one with 401 pass attempts. His completion rate of 66.3 percent is also a career best.

Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey each promoted the other player's candidacy for MVP after another dominating performance for the San Francisco 49ers. Both have worthy cases as they keep piling up yards and touchdowns at a staggering pace that has positioned the Niners as the league's most dangerous offense following a 45-29 victory Sunday over the Arizona Cardinals. “It means the offense is playing really well,” left tackle Trent Williams said.