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. @annkillion.bsky.social: Is NFL’s smelling salts obsession simply bad optics, or something worse?

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November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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#49ers game review:
* Upton Stout’s strength is surprising. His weakness? Alarming
* Ricky Pearsall's knee injury isn't going away
* Why Eddy Pineiro was screaming at Calais Campbell
* CMC not making it easy
* Concussion concern

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November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Notes: Why was the NFL’s leader in touches still getting touches Sunday when the #49ers had a three-score lead with less than six minutes left?

Asked Kyle Shanahan about Christian McCaffrey's late-game usage.

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November 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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#49ers could be without kicker Eddy Pineiro, linebacker Tatum Bethune for multiple games

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November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Notes: Why was the NFL’s leader in touches still getting touches Sunday when the #49ers had a three-score lead with less than six minutes left?

Asked Kyle Shanahan about Christian McCaffrey's late-game usage.

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November 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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#49ers notes: Kyle Shanahan questioned about Christian McCaffrey’s late-game usage in blowout win

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November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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#49ers could be without kicker Eddy Pineiro, linebacker Tatum Bethune for multiple games

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November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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#49ers LB Tautum Bethune has a high ankle sprain and will miss multiple weeks.

K Eddy Pineiro (hamstring) is week-to-week.
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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John Lynch uses them in his suite on game days and Kyle Shanahan isn’t opposed to the occasional whiff.

A deep dive into the NFL and its obsession with smelling salts, a product the league unsuccessfully tried to ban, the @sfchronicle found.

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November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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On the triumphant return of Brock Purdy, who has remained a paint-outside-the-lines artist while becoming a master student.

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November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Notes:
* How the #49ers’ defense brushed off Brissett’s record-setting day
* Uh-oh, Eddy
* Pearsall's quiet return
* Why Shanahan was discussing his wife's flight to Phoenix
* CMC's drought ends at 262 carries

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November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — As “Electric Feel” by MGMT blared in the raucous #49ers’ locker room early Sunday evening, quarterback Brock Purdy, in a far corner, had a quiet moment that went largely unnoticed.

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November 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Not sure Christian McCaffrey still needs to be in this game. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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#49ers LB Luke Gifford is down.
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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#49ers K Eddy Pineiro (right hamstring) is questionable to return
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Season-opening third-string LB Curtis Robinson walks slowly off field. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Brock Purdy: 16 of 23, 176 yards, 3 TD (131.5 rating) #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Cardinals penalty update: 67 for 505 yards. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Brock Purdy: 13 of 18, 165 yards, 2 TD. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The Cardinals just committed a pass interference penalty and were flagged for unnecessary roughness during the TV timeout. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The Cardinals, shockingly, had an infraction. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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The Cardinals, shockingly, had an infraction. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Cardinals on pace for 22 penalties for 162 yards. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Or not ...
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Eddy Pineiro's FG perfection in jeopardy. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Eddy Pineiro's FG perfection in jeopardy. #49ers
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM