The Atlanta Falcons defeated the Buffalo Bills, 24-14, on Monday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in front of more than 70,000 fans. Atlanta last hosted Buffalo on October 1, 2017, and the Falcons lost that game. After Monday’s game, Falcons head coach Raheem Morris called the victory “a big-time team win” and was “well-fought by the guys.”
Currently on a two-game win streak, the Falcons will have to travel to the West Coast in order to extend that streak of success. Up next: the San Francisco 49ers.
The 49ers are tied at the top spot in the NFC West at 4-2, tied with the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks, who each have the same overall record. The Falcons and 49ers have something in common: they both have lost to Tampa Bay. The 49ers are coming into the Sunday Night Football matchup with the Falcons following a 30-19 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. To ref
During the first half of the victory over Buffalo, the Falcons’ defense sacked Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen twice. The Falcons’ front four kept pressure on Allen the entire game, and several of his pass attempts were thrown under duress. Falcons defensive back Dee Alford intercepted an Allen pass, one of the quarterback’s two interceptions.
The Falcons’ defensive front line gets all the praise a day after the smoke has cleared. Still, the secondary’s play allowed Ruke Orhorhoro, David Onyemata, and James Pearce, Jr. to help hold Allen to just 42 rushing yards to go along with his underwhelming passing night (15-26 for 180 yards and two touchdowns). According to Morris, the return of veteran corner A.J. Terrell, Jr. was also an assist.
“AJ coming back this week was awesome,” Morris said after the game. “He’s one of our leaders in the back end. “We had a couple of penalties down the field, but those things will happen when you’re fighting throughout the play.”
Morris said, along with Terrell and Alford, veteran corner Mike Hughes was among the players who made “big plays” during the game.
“I really like how those guys went out there and fought. I think they all made big plays at different times throughout the game against one of the best quarterbacks in the National Football League, if not the best,” Morris said.
Falcons quarterback Michael Penix, Jr., now nine starts into his NFL career, said he wanted to credit the defense for securing the victory. When asked about the play of the secondary, Penix, Jr. said the play was “really good!”
“Midway through the week, I heard [coach] say the defense was going to play a lot of man, and they did that, and those guys were up for the challenge,” said Penix (20-32 for 250 yards and a touchdown). “They played great football and allowed our defensive line to get sacks and stuff like that because Josh [Allen] had to hold the ball whenever people weren’t open down the field.”
“We definitely couldn’t have won that game without what they did on that side of the ball,” Penix said.
49ers quarterback Mac Jones was intercepted twice during his team’s loss to Tampa last week. The Falcons’ secondary has intercepted passes during all of their victories this season.
Atlanta will need Penix, Robinson, the defensive line, and smart coaching decisions to win the game at San Francisco on Sunday night. They will also need the secondary to be as stellar, if not better, than it was on Monday night against the Bills.
You’d think the Eagles would’ve taken things personally after coming up short to the Denver Broncos at home. Losing 21-17 in Week 5. A short week that would see their second NFC East match of the season, against a 1-4 Giants squad that just struggled to keep a close game against the New Orleans Saints. The opportunity to go 5-1 was right in front of them.
And then disaster struck.
Injuries On Injuries On Injuries
Jalen Carter was held out of Thursdays game as a precaution. An unfortunate pre-game loss but it shouldn’t have been as detrimental to the team as it was. Hopefully the Week 7 injury report comes with good news for his availability against Minnesota.
Add on top of that a Quinyon Mitchell hamstring injury held him out for the remainder of the game (we’re still waiting on an update for Week 7).
With Landon Dickerson finally being given much needed time off to recover from a plethora of injuries. The Eagles aren’t looking as healthy as they did for last seasons run.
Another Week Of Sloppy Offense
The Eagles can’t seem to pick which quarter they struggle the most in. From 3 points in the 2nd half of week 1. 7 points in the first half against the Rams, and only 7 points in the 2nd half against the Buccaneers and Broncos. The Eagles were shutout against the Giants and were picked off the first time in the 4th quarter of Week 6.
If the Eagles plan on winning more games, they’ll need to get the offense in a more consistent rhythm that is able to score more than 17 points against some of the best (and worst) defenses.
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While the Eagles dropped an important division game against a bottom feeder Giants team. That didn’t stop more teams in the NFC from also having very unfortunate ends to their Week 6 matches.
The Cowboys fell to 2-3-1 as Rico Dowdle stacked up 239 total yards against his former team.
The 49ers(4-2)lost their 2nd game to the Buccaneers(5-1), but both teams racked up more injuries, including Fred Warner & Emeka Egbuka.
The unstoppable Lions were held to only 17 points to a Chiefs team that started the year 0-2.
The Bears struggled to take down the Commanders, but a late 4th Quarter fumble gave the Bears the opportunity to come out on top.
After a very long week being disappointed in an Eagles loss. They still finish Week 6 atop the NFC East with a 1 game lead on the Commanders.
The San Francisco 49ers took home a crucial 26-23 NFC West victory on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams in overtime.
The 49ers defense came up huge to stop the Rams on fourth down in a pivotal moment in overtime to win the game. San Francisco also received an incredible performance from Mac Jones and the rest of the bruised and battered roster.
Jones came in for Brock Purdy once again. He finished 33-of-49 with 342 passing yards and two touchdown passes as his resurgence continued. He started the game with a touchdown pass to Jake Tonges and followed it up with a touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey.
Mac Jones of the San Francisco 49ers reacts prior to a game against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on October 02, 2025 in Inglewood, California.(Harry How/Getty Images)
Los Angeles fought back from a 20-7 deficit in the third quarter. But were only able to tie the game thanks to a Matthew Stafford touchdown pass to Kyren Williams.
The 49ers brought on kicker Eddy Pineiro for a 59-yard field goal attempt with 2:57 left in the game and he nailed it to take the lead.
San Francisco got the ball back on a costly Rams fumble by Williams. The 49ers barely had any room to breathe and failed to get another first down to ice the game. Instead, the 49ers punted the ball away and gave the Rams decent field position.
Williams was able to redeem himself to get the team into scoring position and allowed Joshua Karty to hit a game-tying 48-yard field goal to send the game into overtime.
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams (17) makes a catch against San Francisco 49ers cornerback Renardo Green (0) during the first half at SoFi Stadium. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
The 49ers moved up the field in the overtime period and got close enough for Pineiro to attempt a field goal. He hit the 41-yarder off the post and through the uprights with 5:51 to go in overtime.
Then, it was Stafford’s time. On the second play, Stafford took the snap, spun around and launched the ball to Tutu Atwell for a 38-yard completion. The Rams got a fresh set of downs, but the 49ers defense locked in and forced a fourth-down attempt.
Stafford handed the ball to Williams, but he was stopped short of the first down. The 49ers sealed the win.
The veteran quarterback was 30-of-47 with 389 passing yards, and three touchdown passes. Puka Nacua had 10 catches for 85 yards and a touchdown. Williams had two touchdown caches on the night.
Los Angeles Rams tight end Davis Allen (87) makes a catch against San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dee Winters (53) during the second half at SoFi Stadium on Oct. 2, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
The game is set to take place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, where 49ers QB Mac Jones will face off against Rams QB Matthew Stafford.
Both teams are 3-1 this season as they continue their road to the playoffs in 2026 and Super Bowl LX.
Going into this week’s match, several 49ers players were injured, like QB Brock Purdy, who has been ruled out due to a toe injury. Other teammates out for the game include Jauan Jennings, Rick Pearsall, and George Kittle, who remains on the injury reserve list due to a hamstring.
The injury-ravaged San Francisco 49ers will again be missing multiple starters with injuries for the Thursday night game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Quarterback Brock Purdy will miss his third game of the season because of an injury to his toe. The Niners (3-1) also ruled out starting receivers Ricky Pearsall and Jauan Jennings for the division showdown, with Pearsall out because of a knee injury and Jennings with injuries to his ankle and ribs.
(L-R) Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall, Jauan Jennings
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Purdy missed games in Week 2 and 3 with the injured toe before returning this past Sunday against Jacksonville. He came out of that game with more soreness and will be unable to play on a short week.
Mac Jones will start in Purdy’s place. Jones won both starts in Purdy’s absence earlier this season, throwing for 563 yards with four TDs and one interception in wins over New Orleans and Arizona.
San Francisco is already without tight end George Kittle, who went on injured reserve with a hamstring injury following the season opener, and star defensive end Nick Bosa, who had a season-ending knee injury. Kittle’s earliest possible return would be Week 6, when the 49ers play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Oct. 12, but there have been no updates on his return.
Purdy struggled at times against the Jaguars, missing several throws high. He went 22 for 38 for 309 yards and two touchdowns, but also had two interceptions and lost a fumble on a potential game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter. Purdy said he wasn’t sure what impact the injury had on his performance.
Purdy now will have missed five of San Francisco’s last 12 games with injuries dating to last season.
Jones said Tuesday he had been preparing as the starter and knows he will have a tough test against the Rams’ defense.
“They’re, in my opinion, the No. 1 defense in the NFL after watching them,” he said. “I know statistically they’re pretty high, but I’ve really been impressed with them. So, it’s going to be a huge challenge. They do a lot of good stuff.”
Receiver Jordan Watkins (calf) and defensive end Robert Beal (ankle) also will be out for San Francisco, while rookie defensive tackle C.J. West is questionable with a broken thumb.
The Rams are much healthier, listing only tackle Rob Havenstein (ankle) and tight end Tyler Higbee (hip) as doubtful.
Now the 49ers are 3-1 and headed to Los Angeles on a short week for Thursday night’s showdown against the Rams, who also are 3-1 after rallying past the Colts on Sunday.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) runs with the ball while looking for an open receiver in the second quarter of their NFL game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Purdy passed for 309 yards and two touchdowns, but completed 22 of 38 attempts and was intercepted twice. He also fumbled once. Christian McCaffrey caught six passes for 92 yards and rushed 17 times for 49 yards. Rickey Pearsall had four catches for 46 yards before leaving the game after aggravating a knee injury.
Here’s what the Niners had to say about the loss:
Kyle Shanahan
On the team’s energy level:
I thought our energy was fine. I think rhythm was tough, probably with the four turnovers, and I think we had one punt in each half. It’s tough to overcome those four turnovers, and then you give up a punt return for a touchdown, and then we didn’t get any. (But) still had a chance to win that, had the ball with two and a half minutes left, down five, I believe, around the 50 yard-line. But then had another turnover.
On Purdy’s play:
We’ve all got to do better. He had some good plays today, but we all got to do better today.
On Purdy being rusty after missing two weeks:
I saw some inconsistency with our whole offense. We moved the ball, but really killed ourself on four different turnovers. Two were fumbles and two were picks. One was off a tip. One was just out of reach of Christian (McCaffrey), is what it looked like.
On challenging a 3rd and 15 call in the first half:
I thought it had a chance to be reversible. So we took our shot on it. It was a huge momentum change there. And thought it was worth taking it.
On 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh and Jags head coach Liam Coen exchanging words after the game, presumably about Saleh suggesting Jacksonville steals signs:
(Saleh) tried it up, but I don’t see what happened, so I’m not sure. Don’t think you should be that sensitive about it. But is what it is . I’m not to worry about it.
On the severity of Rickey Pearsall’s knee injury:
We’re not sure yet.
On if there is anything the special teams can do better:
Yeah, tackle the guy.
On Upton Stout’s interception, which was wiped out when he was called for defensive pass interference:
It looked like a hell of a play.
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan talks to NFL referee Clete Blakeman (34) in the second quarter of their NFL game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
On the defense’s first game without injured Nick Bosa:
I have to watch the tape, and I know we didn’t get any sacks and stuff, but, you know, I thought their main thing was they ran the ball. They got some explosives in the run game, especially, I think they got a 50 yard or something like that. So I think that is tough to generate pass rush whey (they) are depending on the run like that. And it looked like they had way too many quick throws that that we need to be more competitive on. The quarterback got the ball out of his hands fast, and when you do that, there’s not many opportunities for sacks.
On the Jaguars being a trap game with the game against the Rams on Thursday:
We didn’t think it was a trap game at all. We knew they were a good team, and we knew we’d have to play really well, and regardless of what we did playing-wise, when you have four turnovers and get zero, that’s kind of obsolete, but you can’t let one become two. We got a game here in four days. Guys got to get home, get to sleep, start recovering right away, and we’ll get the players in on Tuesday.
On 11 games without an interception dating to last season:
We got to catch one. We’ve had our hands on, to me, at least one each game. When we get an opportunity to do it, we got to make sure to come down with it.
On the not scoring in the red zone:
We had two chances in the red zone that I believe we should have scored on. We didn’t get it done, but I believe it was there.
On Purdy’s five turnovers in two games:
It’s two games, so there’s no absolute to what the problem is. Turnovers happen.
On if it was a strategy to suggest the Jaguars steal signs and get their coaching staff angry:
Yeah, really, we don’t totally care if coaches are pissed off. I mean, that’s has no effect on a game. So I think Saleh was paying him a big compliment what they’re good at doing. It’s not illegal. Said nothing is illegal about it. I think when you use the word sign stealing and what headlines get with those type of words, I think then the perception of that becomes wrong and I don’t think that was the goal.
On any updates to try and trade or sign another defensive lineman to replace Bosa:
Yeah, you don’t replace Bosa.
Brock Purdy
On the four offensive turnovers:
I mean, we can’t do it, it’s the NFL, and it starts with me. Throwing better balls and being smart with the ball … and I just got to be better. But outside of that, like, as an offense, like, it’s something that we harp on every single day, and our team knows it: offense needs to protect the ball, defense needs to go take it. That’s our thing. And so today, the offense we just, we didn’t succeed in that area. It hurts. It’s the NFL man. If you give the ball away like that, teams are going to capitalize on it, and Jaguars did so.
On how he felt physically:
I felt good. Thought I was able to go out and play quarterback and give our team a chance. So that’s that.
On his mechanics possibly being a little off because of his toe injury:
I’m not really sure. I think just getting back out there and throwing and getting into a rhythm, you know, being down two weeks, coming back and feeling out my body and everything, obviously, how my toe feels. And so honestly, I don’t know the answer to that, but I’m gonna watch this film, look at my mechanics and be real with myself and try to fix that.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) walks off the field after fumbling the ball in the fourth quarter of their NFL game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. The Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the San Francisco 49ers 26-21. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
On pounding the grass in frustration after his fourth quarter fumble:
(It was) just the whole thing, you know, for us to turn the ball over like that throughout the game, and then have a chance to win the game at the end, our defense just played their butt off and gave us a chance. And then, you know, we get the ball rolling, and then we had an (opportunity) to possibly take a shot and go deep and and then obviously, the ball goes on the ground. And I just, I was mad over everything, the opportunity we had right there to get back in the game, what we had done all day, for myself with the ball. Just frustrated in the moment, for sure
On not scoring touchdowns in red zone situations:
It’s tight windows. And, you know, you’ve got to capitalize when there’s an opportunity down there in the red zone. Those are crucial plays and drives. And, you know, obviously we can settle for a field goal and be smart with the ball, but at the same time, like, if there’s an opportunity to score, we’ve got to do that. Especially pull away and to put pressure on the other team, so that’s the stuff that we have to be better at as an offense, and start with quarterback, with myself. We’ve got to be better.
Speaker 5 3:14 So voting question, when it comes to how you felt getting back out there, did you feel that you were kind of settling back into being in game time action, and maybe that contributed at all to, like, the mistakes that were made, and then you had some new faces out there that have become what you know that are now wide receivers with you guys that weren’t out there when you were healthy. Did that at all? I know Kendrick talked about the fact that he kind of blamed himself for dropping the ball. Do you think either of those things kind of contributed
On chemistry with a largely new group of receivers:
We’re in the NFL, you can go out, practice, get our reps in and go out in the game and get ready to roll. There’s no other excuse. We’ve just got to keep moving together, and, you know, making sure the operation, the plays, we’re playing together, those are things that we’re just going to have to continue to grow together with. It’s nothing really more than that, but we’ll be just fine. I know it’s early in the season, and this one sucks, but we’re going to learn from our mistakes. We got a quick turnaround, and we’ll be ready to roll.
On a short week to prepare for the Rams:
Any Thursday night game is always a little tough when you only have, you know, three days, really, to get ready and let your body get back into it and try to heal up quick and then go out and perform and win an NFL game. It’s not easy, but I know we can do it. We’ve done before, and we’re all hungry. The vibe in that locker room is we just want to get out and play again and clean clean things up. So we’re gonna take it one day at a time.
Fred Warner
On the play of the defense:
We took too long to get going. That first half was, was not good enough. You know, the explosive runs, leaky yardage. I think in the second half it was, it was better, but still not up to our standard. You know, guys need to know where they’re fitting, getting on and off, blocks, making tackles, wrapping (up). We obviously need to be better on that going into this week.
On the potential of it being a trap game:
No, not at all. I think, you know, that’s a great football team right there. And we didn’t play good enough to win that game at all. You know, the fact that we were even still in that game, you know, down five, with an opportunity to win it. Having been down 4-0 at that point in the turnover battle (and allowing) the special teams touchdown, you would have thought that we’d be getting blown out by 20 to 30 at that point, right?
On bouncing back:
We gotta find ways on defense to take the ball away. We gotta play way better run defense. And luckily, it’s a short week, so we get to correct that right away.
On playing without Bosa:
Obviously we knew the challenges without having Nick out there. But I wouldn’t say there was a certain feel out there that was noticeable. I mean, of course you want one of your best players to be out there, but, I don’t know if they game planned us any different. … If we play together, all 11 on the field, we’ll get exactly what we need.
Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Travis Hunter (12) leaps to catch a pass against the San Francisco 49ers in the second quarter of their NFL game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group
On how the team should react to the loss:
Short term memory. You’ve got to put it behind you, but you need to learn from ‘why did we lose this game?’ … We’ve got to clean things up on all three phases, and we’ll give ourselves plenty of chances to win going forward.
This is the first game The team played without Nick. How do you feel like the team came from generating pressure without him?
Christian McCaffrey
On what’s next for the offense:
I think just move on, you know? We lost today. We didn’t play good enough. We made a bunch of mistakes all over the field and still had a chance to win, you know? With an early (week) game coming up, you just correct the mistakes. And a lot of these mistakes are super uncharacteristic, and we gotta, just look ourselves in the mirror and move on, because it’s a quick turnaround. It was just a bad game all around and exited to move on from it.
On red zone struggles:
I think overall, we’re close. We got to gel a little bit better together, but we are close. This is a tight, tight league, and the room for error is very slim. All the mistakes are correctable. There’s little things here and there that once we start rolling, we can start getting going again. I’m excited for that.
On how the team will handle its first loss of the season:
I’ve never been a part of an undefeated team. I think one team has. You lose in this league, and when you lose, it’s about how you respond. Everybody in that locker room has lost before. Everyone in the locker room’s maybe not played their best, and as a team, we’ve not played our best, but the beauty is we play in four days. With quick turnarounds, you just flush it and move on and get better. … You can’t hang your head. You got to just learn from the tape. Whether you’re young or old, you learn from the tape and keep moving and get better and come out ready to roll on Thursday.
San Francisco 49ers fans cheer for their team in the first quarter of their NFL game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
On the struggles of the run game:
We’re close. It’s not good on paper, and I put a lot of that on me. It takes all 11 to run the ball. But we are close, and I feel really confident in our guys, and we just got to keep truckin’.
On the turnovers:
It happens. At the end of the day, we turned the ball over four times and still had a chance to win at the end there. So you can’t harp on anything that’s happened in the past, whether it’s good or bad. From a player’s mindset, it’s next play. You’re fight or flight in a game and so your emotions can’t get too high and can’t get too down, because you never know what play could be the one that changes it. You’ve just got to keep your head in.
On if Purdy was still not fully healthy
I didn’t get the sense at all. We, myself included, had a lot of drops for him too. You know, when you have those kind of plays it can get put on the quarterback. But I thought he did a great job out there.
The San Francisco 49ers began the year with one of the more intimidating defensive fronts in the NFL.
But that unit got a little less threatening after the season-ending ACL injury to former Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa in Sunday’s 16-15 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
It’s the second time in the last six seasons that Bosa’s year was ended before Week 4 due to an ACL injury. He missed 14 games during the 2020 season after tearing his other ACL in Week 2 against the Chicago Bears.
But the 49ers are in a precarious position.
They’re 3-0 and sit atop the NFC West, and despite injuries to quarterback Brock Purdy, tight end George Kittle, and wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, they still have a good shot of making some noise in the playoffs.
But they acquired edge-rusher Bryce Huff in the offseason to work opposite Bosa along the defensive line, not replace him.
The 28-year-old Huff likely isn’t ready to step into Bosa’s shoes, which is why Tim Kawakami of the San Francisco Standard believes they should turn their attention toward the trade market — more specifically the Cincinnati Bengals.
“There’s one trade scenario that stands out far above other possibilities,” Kawakami wrote. “What about checking with the Cincinnati Bengals about Trey Hendrickson?
“… Hendrickson isn’t likely to cost the multiple first-round picks it took for the Packers to get Parsons from Dallas this month…I’ll put it this way: I don’t think that’s what it’d cost if Cincinnati is ready to trade Hendrickson.”
Kawakami posed a trade package that could pique the Bengals interest with several tiers that only sweeten the deal for Cincinnati provided Hendrickson hits certain thresholds.
His proposal would send first- and third-round picks in 2026 and a second-rounder in 2027 if Hendrickson plays at least 60% of the team’s remaining defensive snaps, the 49ers make it to the playoffs, and they sign him to a contract extension.
He then poses a scenario where San Francisco parts with just its 2026 first-rounder if Hendrickson plays at least 60% of the snaps and the team reached the postseason but he doesn’t sign an extension, and another one where the 49ers surrender a 2026 second-rounder if Hendrickson plays less than 60% of the snaps or the team misses the playoffs.
“If the 49ers and Bengals can find a way to do something like this, it would get the Bengals the shot at quality compensation in a lost season for a player they’re likely losing anyway,” Kawakami reasoned.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan did tell reporters earlier this week that filling Bosa’s spot via trade is something the team is exploring.
San Francisco 49ers star defensive lineman Nick Bosa will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, the team confirmed Monday.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters at a conference call that Bosa will undergo season-ending surgery on his right knee.
“I talked to Nick last night. You know, it wasn’t confirmed until this morning,” Shanahan said. “I haven’t been able to see him yet today, but talked to him last night, he had a pretty good idea of what we were going to find out today.”
Bosa injured himself in the 1st half of the 49ers’ victory against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Television coverage of the game showed Bosa on the ground on the sideline after his injury, and later gesturing toward the stands after a visit to the medical tent with a “thumbs down” as he limped toward the locker room.
Nick Bosa #97 of the San Francisco 49ers walks to the locker room during the second quarter against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi’s Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Santa Clara, California.
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Shanahan originally voiced optimism about the severity of Bosa’s injury in remarks to reporters after the game, but said more tests were needed to confirm the extent of the injury.
It’s the second time Bosa has suffered a season-ending knee injury. In the 2020 season, Bosa suffered a torn ACL in Week 2 and was placed on injured reserve.
Bosa, who won multiple honors at Ohio State before forgoing his senior year to enter the 2019 NFL Draft, is a five-time Pro Bowler and the 2022 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. He was also voted First-team All-Pro in 2022 and was the 2019 Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Bosa had a quarterback sack in each of the 49ers’ first two games, including a strip sack and fumble recovery during the season opener against the Seattle Seahawks that sealed the win in the final seconds.
“You don’t just replace a guy like Nick,” Shanahan said. “Everyone has to get better.”
The Niners have been missing several of their biggest stars with tight end George Kittle on injured reserve after hurting his hamstring in the season opener, No. 1 receiver Brandon Aiyuk on the physically unable to perform list recovering from knee surgery, and quarterback Brock Purdy missing two games with a toe injury.
The San Francisco 49ers battle the Arizona Cardinals in their home opener at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 1:25 p.m. PDT.
The Niners are coming off consecutive road victories to open the season, including a 26-21 win in New Orleans with backup quarterback Mac Jones directing the offense.
Arizona comes in at 2-0 on the season, as well, after beating the Saints and Panthers.
Brock Purdy just may make his return for the 49ers as he returned to practice this week.
How to watch on local TV
FOX is broadcasting the game in California; in the Bay Area, tune in to KTVU-TV (channel 2) with an antenna or a cable TV provider. You can also log in to the FOX Sports app or website with your cable TV subscription credentials.
How to stream
DirecTV Stream includes Fox in its local channel lineup. Subscriptions currently start at $49.99 for the first month.
FuboTV offers a free trial and $10 off the first month; after that, it is $55.99 per month.
Hulu+Live TV is a premium service with all the local channels and starts at $82.99 per month.
NFL+ is a mobile app that streams all local and primetime games. Plans start at $6.99 per month or $39.99 a year.
YouTube TV costs $82.99 per month, but it’s currently on sale for $49.99 per month for the first two months.
How to watch outside the Bay Area
If you are outside the local coverage area, you have some options.
NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV broadcasts all the games on Sunday afternoon outside of the matchups showing in the local market. If you are a Niners fan living in another state, this is a good option. New users can get the service at the starting price of $34.50 a month for eight months or $85 a month, cancellable anytime.
NFL+ Premium carries live audio of all regular-season NFL games, and video only after the game has concluded. You have the choice of full or condensed replays on a computer, phone or tablet only for $14.99 per month.
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Quarterback Brock Purdy and tight end George Kittle have already been ruled out of Week 2. The good news is that Purdy might return in Week 3 after reports that he is suffering from a version of turf toe.
Kittle is out for the next four games due to a hamstring injury. The other bit of good news is that receiver Jauan Jennings is expected to suit up. and reports indicated that he was on the field and preparing to do so against the New Orleans Saints.
While there is some good news regarding injuries on the team, the 49ers were just dealt some bad news regarding the status of All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams.
#49ers OT Trent Williams just finished testing his knee out and then a long conversation with OL coach Chris Foerster and members of the training/medical staff. He’s headed back to the locker room now.
According to 49ers reporter Nick Wagoner, Williams was out on the field and attempting to test out his knee. However, he had a long conversation with offensive line coach Chris Foerster, and went back into the locker room.
Though the 49ers have yet to release their inactives list just yet, signs point to Williams not being able to suit up.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers looks on prior to a game of the NFL Preseason 2025 game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on August 16, 2025 in Las… Head coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers looks on prior to a game of the NFL Preseason 2025 game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on August 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Williams is just another in the long list of offensive injuries the 49ers are being dealt with at the start of this season.
For Mac Jones, losing Williams will make things far more dangerous in terms of stopping the Saints’ pass rush. At least he will have the chance to dish the ball out to Jennings.
The 49ers were able to pick up a big win against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 1, even with their mounting injuries. They look to do the same against the Saints in Week 2.
Jones will lead the offense, which still has Christian McCaffrey, Ricky Pearsall, and Jennings. However, they will do so without Williams and Kittle.
For more on the 49ers and NFL, head to Newsweek Sports.
The NFL is a small world — a high school reunion with shoulder pads.
Guys are shuffled around the deck of 32 teams year in, year out. And all too often, they end up staring across the field at someone they used to game plan with.
That’s what’s happening this Sunday in New Orleans. Kyle Shanahan and his San Francisco 49ers will be in town, and on the other sideline, waiting for them, will be Saints defensive coordinator Brandon Staley.
And Staley, who was an assistant with vague assignments for the Niners last season (he was certainly not the team’s shadow defensive coordinator), has a defense that’s an absolute nightmare for Shanahan’s wide-zone run game.
Yes, this game will be anything but Big Easy for San Francisco.
Staley’s defensive scheme was, ironically, popularized by Shanahan’s predecessor in Santa Clara, Chip Kelly. It’s called the Tite Front, and it’s a real nasty look to face if you’re a team whose entire identity is based on the wide zone run.
It’s a 4-0-4 front, which means you’ve got two big defensive linemen lined up in the “4i technique” — smack dab between the offensive guards and tackles in the B gap — and an even bigger nose guard staring the center eye-to-eye. It’s a front designed to gum up the works for a team that wants to stretch the field horizontally.
And that’s exactly what the 49ers want to do. Particularly with a backup quarterback at the helm, likely down the team’s top two pass catchers from 2024.
Kelly, the offensive mad scientist, cooked this scheme up back in his Oregon days. He made it to stop his own offense. Seriously. His run-pass-option scheme became so dominant, he had to invent a defense to counter all the teams that were ripping it off. It turns out that defense is just as good at making life miserable for the wide-zone mafia that dominates the league.
The basic idea is that those defensive ends at the 4i force the offensive tackles to occupy them. The whole thing creates a traffic jam that makes it near-impossible for offensive linemen (typically the guards and center) to do their two main jobs on zone runs: double-teaming along the line and then getting to the second level to block linebackers.
While most guys on defense these days want to get into the backfield as fast as possible, Staley preaches a different kind of gospel. His linemen are supposed to fill one gap off the snap and then, depending on where the ball carrier moves, fall into another. It’s called a “gap-and-a-half” defense, and when it works, it frees up the linebackers to clean house and stop the run before it even gets started. It also lets Staley keep two safeties deep in the pass game, but because those second-level blocks rarely arrive on time (if at all), they can crash down in the run game, too.
In short, the Tite Front allows defenses to receive all the benefits of stacking the box without actually doing so.
This is the kind of defense that once made Staley a hot commodity on the coaching market. Both Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan saw his work and decided they’d rather hire the guy than have to face him. McVay brought him to the Rams in 2020 after seeing his work with the Bears, where he helped devise a late-season defensive plan against McVay that later became the basis for the Patriots’ Super Bowl game plan. You know, the one that left the Rams with three points. As the Rams’ DC in 2020, Staley’s defense was the best in the NFL. That got him the head coaching job with the Chargers.
After three years with the Chargers, he came back to the Niners last season as an assistant. No one can quite tell you what he actually did for the team. For whatever reason, the Niners didn’t see fit to put him in charge of the defense either before or after last season. Perhaps it was the other coaches and the way they wanted to do things — the Niners run a very different defense.
So now, Staley’s with the Saints. And he’s inherited a roster that’s better suited for his defense and a head coach and front office that’s all-in on his plan to blow up the Shanahan offense, league-wide.
The first thing Staley did as Saints DC was trade for 330-pound nose guard Davon Godchaux, an absolute beast who is a nightmare to handle at the 0 technique. Thoughts and prayers to Niners center Jake Brendel this week.
Last week, the Saints held the Cardinals to just 80 yards on outside-zone runs, and most of that came on one play where two Saints defenders ran into each other, leading to a 52-yard scamper. You take that away, and the Cardinals’ running backs averaged 2.5 yards per carry.
Compare that to the Niners’ Week 1, when San Francisco, with Brock Purdy at quarterback, averaged just three yards on 21 outside-zone carries against a five-man front from the Seahawks.
What’s going to happen when Mac Jones — who defenses don’t ever have to consider as a runner — is running this show?
“It goes back to when Kyle’s dad was calling plays back in Denver,” Staley said this week. “They’re going to run their offense… It really forces the defense to declare itself.”
Unless Shanahan has some new tricks up his sleeve and the guys up front who can execute those tricks, that declaration isn’t a problem for the Saints. Their defense — built by a former Niners head coach and brought to the NFL by a former Niners’ defensive coordinator’s protégé, as well as Shanahan’s former assistant and now top rival — was built to stop Shanahan’s basics.
It’s a small world, this NFL.
And that could very well be a big problem for the 49ers on Sunday.
After starting their season with a 20-13 loss to the Arizona Cardinals last weekend, the New Orleans Saints face a difficult matchup this Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.
The 49ers are expected to be without starting quarterback Brock Purdy and tight end George Kittle, but they still have some weapons remaining on offense, and their defense is no picnic to deal with either.
New Orleans defensive end Chase Young has been ruled out for Sunday due to a calf issue, and offensive guard Trevor Penning also won’t play because of a toe injury, per ESPN.
“New Orleans Saints defensive end Chase Young (calf) and guard Trevor Penning (toe) have been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers,” wrote Katherine Terrell.
“This is the second missed game for both players. Young was injured in practice last week and is week-to-week according to Saints coach Kellen Moore. Penning was injured during the first preseason game.”
Young was signed by the Saints in free agency during the 2024 offseason. He was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft after playing three years of college football at Ohio State University. As a junior with the Buckeyes, he won a slew of individual awards, including the Big Ten Most Valuable Player, and put up 16.5 sacks.
Some feel he hasn’t lived up to his potential in the pros, even though he was named the Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2020. But he has been a very solid player, and he contributed 5.5 sacks and three passes defended last year.
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – DECEMBER 23: Chase Young #99 of the New Orleans Saints warms up before a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on December 23, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin…. GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – DECEMBER 23: Chase Young #99 of the New Orleans Saints warms up before a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on December 23, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
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The Saints took Penning with the No. 19 pick in the 2022 draft out of the University of Northern Iowa. He hasn’t missed a game since his rookie year, when he was limited to six contests due to a torn ligament in his foot.
Things won’t get any easier for New Orleans after it hosts the Niners this weekend. It will hit the road for games against the new-look Seattle Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills in Week 3 and Week 4, respectively, before it returns home to host the New York Giants on Oct. 5.
At the dawn of the 21st century, the 49ers’ sixth Super Bowl title figured to be right around the corner. They have been painfully close a couple of times, but 25 years after Y2K, the wait continues.
That’s not to say the 49ers of the 2000s haven’t produced their share of memories and memorable players.
In the past 25 seasons, the 49ers have reached the playoffs nine times, won the NFC West six times and played in the Big Game to conclude the 2012, 2019 and 2023 seasons. Hall of Famers Larry Allen, Isaac Bruce, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Patrick Willis and Bryant Young all wore Red and Gold during the 2000s before their enshrinement in Canton, Ohio. A couple more from this era should join them in the coming years.
Cam Inman, our 49ers beat writer, also came aboard in 2000. To celebrate his 25 seasons covering the team, here’s a look at his 49ers all-quarter-century team, which he called an exercise in fun nostalgia and surprising debate, with no Lombardi Trophy to boost anyone’s case.
Quarterback
First team: Brock Purdy
Second team: Jeff Garcia
Honorable mention: Jimmy Garoppolo, Colin Kaepernick, Alex Smith
San Francisco 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci, left, and wide reciever Terrell Owens (81) celebrate following Owens' second touchdown of the game against the Dallas Cowboys in the 31-27 49ers win, Sunday Dec. 8, 2002, at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 21: San Francisco 49ers' Joe Staley (74) heads off the field following their 34-31 win over the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group
Left guard
First team: Mike Iupati
Second team: Larry Allen
Honorable mention: Laken Tomlinson, David Baas, Aaron Banks
Center
First team: Jeremy Newberry
Second team: Jonathan Goodwin
Honorable mention: Alex Mack, Daniel Kilgore, Eric Heitmann, Jake Brendel
Right guard
First team: Alex Boone
Second team: Daniel Brunskill
Honorable mention: Ron Stone, Dave Fiore, Justin Smiley
Right tackle
First team: Mike McGlinchey
Second team: Anthony Davis
Honorable mention: Scott Gragg
Defensive end
First team: Nick Bosa, Aldon Smith
Second team: Andre Carter, Julian Peterson
Honorable mention: Ray McDonald, Manny Lawson, Dee Ford
San Francisco 49ers inside linebacker Patrick Willis (52) emerges from the fog during player introduction before playing the Carolina Panthers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Defensive tackle
First team: Bryant Young, Justin Smith
Second team: Arik Armstead, DeForest Buckner
Honorable mention: Isaac Sopoaga, Anthony Adams, Ian Williams, Earl Mitchell, Quinton Dial
Linebacker
First team: Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman, Fred Warner
Second team: Derek Smith, Jeff Ulbrich, Ahmad Brooks
Honorable mention: Takeo Spikes, Dre Greenlaw, Azeez Al-Shaair, Michael Wilhoite
Honorable mention: Eric Reid, Jimmie Ward, Zach Bronson, Talanoa Hufanga
San Francisco 49ers' Robbie Gould (9) kicks a field goal against the Miami Dolphins in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
San Francisco 49ers third-string tight end Jake Tonges didn’t have a catch and was targeted only once through the first 20 games – and three years — of his NFL career.
Nevertheless, when starter George Kittle went down with a hamstring injury in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks, Tonges was ready.
Tonges, who grew up a short drive from Levi’s Stadium as a Los Gatos native, caught three passes, including one for a touchdown with 1:34 remaining in the fourth quarter, to help the 49ers rally for a 17-13 season-opening win over the Seahawks at Lumen Field.
“I’m pretty excited,” Tonges told the 49ers Radio Network after the game. “Really a dream come true right there.”
With the 49ers facing a third-and-3 from the Seattle 4-yard line, quarterback Brock Purdy dropped back to pass and had enough time to look to his left — twice — before scrambling to his right.
Purdy then slung the ball toward the corner of the end zone, where the 6-foot-4 Tonges reached over Seahawks cornerback Riq Woolen, who got a hand on the ball, and caught it for the first touchdown of his NFL career.
What was nearly Purdy’s third interception of the day turned into an unforgettable moment for the former two-sport star at Los Gatos High.
“I had a corner curl and slipped coming out of my break, and then the scramble drill was on,” Tonges said. “We just always try and stay in bounds and stay alive, and Brock gave me a chance there, and I did the best I could with it.”
Looking on from the sideline in a red 49ers hoodie, Kittle flashed a massive smile as thousands of the team’s fans inside the often-deafening stadium began to celebrate.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Jake Tonges (88) celebrates with tight end Luke Farrell, center, after a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
San Francisco 49ers tight end Jake Tonges (88) reacts after a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Jake Tonges #88 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates a touchdown with Ben Bartch #78 during the fourth quarter against the Seattle Seahawks during the game at Lumen Field on Sept. 07, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Amanda Loman/Getty Images)
Jake Tonges #88 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Seattle Seahawks during the game at Lumen Field on Sept. 07, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Amanda Loman/Getty Images)
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San Francisco 49ers tight end Jake Tonges (88) celebrates with tight end Luke Farrell, center, after a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Tonges told reporters later that he asked Purdy, “if he was throwing it out of bounds and he said, ‘No, I was just trying to give you a chance.’ We didn’t want to kick a field goal. Didn’t want to go to overtime. We wanted to score and win it right there.”
Kittle caught a five-yard touchdown pass from Purdy midway through the first quarter to give the 49ers a 7-0 lead, and had four catches for 25 yards before leaving the field with his injury. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan didn’t have an update on Kittle’s health after the game.
As a career backup, Tonges knows he has to stay ready for such moments, and he finished the game with three catches for 15 yards.
“I was thinking just about how many games I prepped for, and didn’t really get the opportunity,” Tonges said. “I kind of know this is my role if George goes down. So, I’m always paying extra attention to third-down stuff, to a lot of the pass stuff. Just staying locked in and being consistent, because you really never know when your opportunity might come.”
Tonges, 26, graduated from Los Gatos High School in 2017 and caught four touchdowns in four years at Cal from 2018 to 2021. He went undrafted but played four games with the Chicago Bears in 2022, playing 34 snaps on offense while not being targeted with a pass.
San Francisco 49ers tight end Jake Tonges speaks during a press conference after an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Tonges was waived by the Bears in Aug. 2023 but was signed by the 49ers to their practice squad a few weeks later. Last season, Tonges played in all 16 games for the 49ers but was primarily used on special teams.
“It just comes down to opportunities, and in games, do you get the right look to get the ball and everything,” Purdy said. “So he’s been a consistent guy all throughout last year and camp. George goes down today, and then, boom, (Tonges is) ready for his opportunity. We all love Jake. He’s a smart kid, and we all love him, and he’s a brother to us.”
“He’s a guy that’s made of the right stuff, too,” 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey said. “Practices really hard, attention to detail is great, willing to block, does all the little things right. Pumped for him.”
It’s a moment Tonges will remember forever. After all, he’s never experienced anything like it in the NFL.
“It’s pretty awesome,” Tonges said of the moment. “Growing up 20 minutes from Levi’s, it’s just your dream come true. Wouldn’t want to play for anyone else. I love these guys. I love this locker room, and just want to keep rolling.”
Typically, Klint Kubiak talks with his younger brother, Klay, quite a bit.
Just not this week.
Klint is in the midst of preparing for his first game as offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks. Klay has the same job with the San Francisco 49ers and is on the verge of his first game as an NFL coordinator.
Conveniently for the Kubiaks, their teams open the season by playing each other Sunday at Lumen Field.
“It’s a really cool thing,” Klay said Thursday. “It’s a cool experience, it’s pretty rare, so we treasure them for sure, but it’s a little awkward during the week, but it’ll be fun on Sunday.”
The two coached against one another last preseason, when Klint was the New Orleans Saints’ offensive coordinator and Klay a passing game specialist for the 49ers. Otherwise, there haven’t been many head-to-head battles for the brothers dating back to childhood.
Football was critical to the Kubiaks starting in childhood. Each played for Colorado State — Klint was a safety and Klay a quarterback — and their father, Gary, won a Super Bowl as head coach of the Denver Broncos as a part of a coaching career that spanned four decades.
Klint’s desire to follow in his father’s footsteps and become an NFL coach was something that built up over time.
“I think all of us dream of playing forever, when you play, and eventually that day ends and you start thinking of what’s next,” Klint said. “I was fortunate to get a start with Mike Sherman at Texas A&M. Grateful for him, moving me from defense to offense and getting me started there.”
Klint also credited his mother, Rhonda, for emphasizing that there was more to life than football.
“It’s about family, it’s about going to school, it’s about getting an education,” Klint said, “and I’m lucky to have that in my life.”
Thankfully for the Kubiaks’ parents, they don’t have to worry about picking sides since their kids won’t be scheming against one another. Klint sought to downplay the significance of Sunday’s meeting, noting that it’s just one of 17 regular-season games.
But given how the communication between the brothers has dried up, it’s clearly anything but another week.
“We’re giving each other our space,” Klay said, “and look forward to seeing him on Sunday.”
Observers can expect to see similarities in the teams’ offensive schemes. San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan is familiar with Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold from their shared season in 2023 — when Klint was the 49ers’ passing game coordinator.
The way Shanahan sees it, there are bound to be similarities in how the 49ers and Seahawks operate on offense.
“It’s always different how you adjust to your players, but I know they’re going to be a balanced team that wants to put Sam in some good situations and give that ball to their good running backs,” Shanahan said. “Then it usually comes down to third down, so it’s real similar to us. There’s window dressing that’s different, but the way that they want a game to go, I think it’s going to be very similar to how we want it to go.”
The NFC West rivals tend to play close games, with or without the sibling rivalry.
“It’s interesting that we’re on the same sides of the ball, so we’re really not competing against each other,” Klay said. “That’s for (defensive coordinator Robert) Saleh to figure out. And same for him.”
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After a strong season last year, the Philadelphia Eagles remain among the top contenders in 2025.
As the new season is before us, sportsbooks are already showing the first odds that would let fans place their bets.
While you’re analyzing and placing bets, fans can also have more fun playing casino games with a sports theme. You can even find NFL-themed games among the best-paying pokies that are available at https://onlinepokiesmates.com/best-paying-pokies/, which are a popular way of spinning the reels if you’re a football fan.
Some of these games feature the Super Bowl theme because it’s the biggest sports event in the US.
If you’re considering betting on the Philadelphia Eagles, here are the odds that are currently available.
Keep in mind that the odds are subject to change, the same way past Super Bowl point spreads changed over time, especially when the competition progresses and teams’ performances become obvious.
First Games in September
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The first week of the league is placing the Eagles as favorites in both of their matches. The first one is against the Dallas Cowboys, and the second one is against the Kansas City Chiefs. The spread odds are -120 and -122, respectively. For the moneyline, the Eagles are stronger favorites with odds being -310 and -110 for the first and the second game.
Overs and unders are a bit different. The odds against the Dallas Cowboys for under 46.5 are -115, whereas the game with the Kansas City Chiefs offers -105 for over 46.5.
This is the first sign that the whole team is still perceived as being strong and ready to go far in the competition. This is somewhat normal due to the success of the team last time.
Super Bowl Odds
This year, the Eagles are considered the favorites. Here’s how the odds compare to the past Super Bowl scores and spreads.
Eagles currently share +750 odds to win the Super Bowl, placing them among the top 4 contenders alongside the Chiefs and 49ers. There are a couple of other teams with the same odds, but the majority of the others have lower odds of winning.
Playoffs Odds
When it comes to the playoffs, the odds are again saying that the Philadelphia Eagles will reach them. Odds of them making it to the playoffs are -350. On the contrary, the odds of them not reaching the playoffs are +265. That’s not so surprising, given how well the team played last season.
Win Totals Odds
Win Toals is the type of bet that you place on how many games the team will win over the regular season. Players can bet on to win 6, 8, or 10. If you want to bet on six, that’s impossible because there are no odds for this number of games. However, to win 8, the odds are -800, and to win 10, the odds are -250.
These odds imply that the team will most likely achieve more than 10 wins in the regular season.
Futures Specials
In the futures section, there’s just one unique bet that includes the Eagles, but it’s not exclusive to them. The bet means that the Eagles, Ravens, and Chiefs need to make it to the playoffs.
Eagles, Chiefs, and Ravens each have a chance to make it to the playoffs. As these teams are likely to achieve that, the odds are -110.
Division Winners
Placing a bet on the NFC East Winners and the NFC Championship winner this early relies on a lot of luck. Still, that is reflected in somewhat appealing odds. The Eagles are considered favorites to win the NFC East with odds of -130. They are also the favorites to win the NFC Championship, with the odds being +370.
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Awards
These are not the best for the whole team, but for the individuals on the team. The highlights include Saquon Barkley, who you can bet on as the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year with the odds of +600. He is the favorite with these odds that place him at the top.
Lane Johnson is considered among the best protectors in the league, which is reflected in the odds of +650, which are putting him as a favorite NFL protector of the year 2025/2026.
Even though not a favorite, Vic Fangio is the fourth candidate to be the AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year, with the odds of +1000. So, plenty of nominations from the Eagles team.
Team Specials
This is where things get fun, as there are team specials odds that also show the strength of the Philadelphia Eagles. Here’s a list featuring the top specials:
Eagles to score at least one touchdown in every regular season game, with the odds of -160.
Eagles to beat the Dallas Cowboys at home and away in the regular season, with the odds of -125.
Eagles to beat the Washington Commanders at home and away in the regular season, with the odds of +110.
Saquon Barkley is expected to get 500+ regular-season receiving yards, with the odds of +160.
Saquon Barkley & Jalen Hurts to combine 2500+ rushing yards in the regular season, with the odds of +250.
Jalen Carter is expected to achieve 10+ sacks in the regular season, with the odds of +300.
First Odds Are Promising
According to the first and betting lines that have appeared, the Philadelphia Eagles are still considered a team that could repeat the success they had last year.
While being different from the past Super Bowl spreads, they still show who is considered to be the favorite.
The San Francisco 49ers agreed to a deal to acquire receiver Skyy Moore from the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday.
A person familiar with the trade said the teams will swap sixth- and seventh-round picks in 2027 in the deal that sends Moore to San Francisco. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade can’t be finalized until Moore passes a physical.
Moore was drafted by Kansas City in the second round in 2022 but hasn’t produced much in his first three seasons. He had 43 catches for 494 yards and one TD in 36 games. He didn’t catch a single pass last season because of a a core muscle injury.
Moore did catch a TD pass in the fourth quarter of Kansas City’s 38-35 win in the Super Bowl against Philadelphia following the 2022 season.
FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS – DECEMBER 17: Skyy Moore #24 of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on prior to a game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
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Moore had an 88-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of a preseason game last Friday at Seattle. The 49ers have gone 227 consecutive regular-season games without a punt return touchdown for the second longest active drought in the NFL.
The Niners were in dire need of healthy receivers. Brandon Aiyuk is working his way back from major knee surgery and isn’t expected to be able to play until at least Week 6, while fellow starter Jauan Jennings has been out for most of training camp with a calf injury.
Coach Kyle Shanahan said Wednesday on his radio show that Demarcus Robinson is facing a three-game suspension, pending appeal, after pleading no contest last month to a misdemeanor DUI charge.
Rookie Jordan Watkins is out with a high ankle sprain and second-year pro Jacob Cowing is nursing a hamstring injury. Cowing hurt his hamstring the first day of training camp and returned to practice last week. Cowing tweaked the injury on Tuesday and missed practice Wednesday.
Brock Purdy threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score to send the San Francisco 49ers into their bye week on a high note with a 30-24 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night.
The Niners (4-4) bounced back from a loss last week in a Super Bowl rematch against Kansas City with a strong performance against the Cowboys (3-4) that they hope will set them up for another big push in the second half of the season.
San Francisco went 16-2 following its Week 9 bye week the past two seasons to make it to the NFC title game in 2022 and the Super Bowl last season.
Purdy led three straight touchdown drives to turn a 10-6 halftime deficit into a 27-10 lead, but San Francisco had to hold on late after Dak Prescott threw two TD passes to CeeDee Lamb to cut the deficit to six.
Prescott had a chance to complete the comeback but threw four straight incomplete passes after getting the ball back with 3:05 left in the fourth quarter.
San Francisco took control in the third quarter, driving 60 yards after the opening kick of the half to score on rookie Isaac Guerendo’s 4-yard run.
Deommodore Lenoir’s interception that set up San Francisco in Dallas territory, leading to Purdy’s 2-yard touchdown pass to George Kittle, who finished with six catches for 128 yards.
The Niners then drove 75 yards for another TD when Purdy scored on a sneak from 2 yards out.
Purdy bounced back from a three-interception performance last week against the Chiefs to go 18 for 26 for 260 yards against Dallas.
The Cowboys returned from their bye and didn’t look a whole lot better for most of the game than they did in a 47-9 loss at home to Detroit two weeks ago.
Prescott threw two interceptions for a third straight game — the first Cowboys quarterback to do that in 32 years — and struggled to generate any consistent offense until the fourth quarter.
The defense struggled to slow San Francisco down at all outside of when the Niners committed penalties or Purdy was off-target on a few passes. It added up to another loss that will increase the outside pressure on coach Mike McCarthy, who is in the final year of his contract.
Prescott finished 25 for 38 for 243 yards. Lamb caught 13 passes for 146 yards.
Injuries
49ers: RB Jordan Mason went to the locker room in the first half with a shoulder injury. He missed time with an injured shoulder in Week 6 at Seattle. … LB Dee Winters left the game in the second half with a concussion. … WR Deebo Samuel (ribs) left in the fourth quarter.
