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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
. @annkillion.bsky.social: Is NFL’s smelling salts obsession simply bad optics, or something worse?
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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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* 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
#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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* 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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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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Asked Kyle Shanahan about Christian McCaffrey's late-game usage.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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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Asked Kyle Shanahan about Christian McCaffrey's late-game usage.
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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
#49ers notes: Kyle Shanahan questioned about Christian McCaffrey’s late-game usage in blowout win
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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
#49ers could be without kicker Eddy Pineiro, linebacker Tatum Bethune for multiple games
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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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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
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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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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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
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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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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* 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
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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* 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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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
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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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 this summer, the @sfchronicle.com found.
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A deep dive into the NFL and its obsession with smelling salts, a product the league unsuccessfully tried to ban this summer, the @sfchronicle.com found.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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 this summer, the @sfchronicle.com found.
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A deep dive into the NFL and its obsession with smelling salts, a product the league unsuccessfully tried to ban this summer, the @sfchronicle.com found.
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A deep look into the #49ers and smelling salts after the NFL's change this summer. Photos by @stephenlamphoto.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A deep look into the #49ers and smelling salts after the NFL's change this summer. Photos by @stephenlamphoto.
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Went deep on a deeply embedded part of the NFL culture:
"It’s a meathead thing": #49ers players won’t give up smelling salts, even after NFL rule
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"It’s a meathead thing": #49ers players won’t give up smelling salts, even after NFL rule
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November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Went deep on a deeply embedded part of the NFL culture:
"It’s a meathead thing": #49ers players won’t give up smelling salts, even after NFL rule
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"It’s a meathead thing": #49ers players won’t give up smelling salts, even after NFL rule
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The #49ers began the season with an elte player at each level of their defense.
On Sunday, when they visit the Cardinals, all three spots could be without their headliner.
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On Sunday, when they visit the Cardinals, all three spots could be without their headliner.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The #49ers began the season with an elte player at each level of their defense.
On Sunday, when they visit the Cardinals, all three spots could be without their headliner.
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On Sunday, when they visit the Cardinals, all three spots could be without their headliner.
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#49ers vs. Cardinals preview:
* Brock Purdy not sweating on-fire backup Mac Jones
* Christian McCaffrey's 250-carry drought
* Getting a look at Walter Nolen after looking at Walter Nolen
* Niners won't face Murray. Is Brissett better?
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* Brock Purdy not sweating on-fire backup Mac Jones
* Christian McCaffrey's 250-carry drought
* Getting a look at Walter Nolen after looking at Walter Nolen
* Niners won't face Murray. Is Brissett better?
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November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#49ers vs. Cardinals preview:
* Brock Purdy not sweating on-fire backup Mac Jones
* Christian McCaffrey's 250-carry drought
* Getting a look at Walter Nolen after looking at Walter Nolen
* Niners won't face Murray. Is Brissett better?
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* Brock Purdy not sweating on-fire backup Mac Jones
* Christian McCaffrey's 250-carry drought
* Getting a look at Walter Nolen after looking at Walter Nolen
* Niners won't face Murray. Is Brissett better?
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Big hits keep coming for #49ers defense with Deommodore Lenoir requiring an MRI
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November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Big hits keep coming for #49ers defense with Deommodore Lenoir requiring an MRI
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#49ers RB Isaac Guerendo has rare size and speed. Why has he yet to touch the ball?
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November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#49ers RB Isaac Guerendo has rare size and speed. Why has he yet to touch the ball?
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November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Forgotten fact in #49ers’ QB controversy? Brock Purdy is historically good
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November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Forgotten fact in #49ers’ QB controversy? Brock Purdy is historically good
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#49ers game review:
* Dee Winters' Terrible Triple Crown
* Mac Jones isn't mobile -- but he can move
* Shanahan's twist that Tom Brady had never seen
* 4th-and-1 failure
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* Dee Winters' Terrible Triple Crown
* Mac Jones isn't mobile -- but he can move
* Shanahan's twist that Tom Brady had never seen
* 4th-and-1 failure
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November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#49ers game review:
* Dee Winters' Terrible Triple Crown
* Mac Jones isn't mobile -- but he can move
* Shanahan's twist that Tom Brady had never seen
* 4th-and-1 failure
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* Dee Winters' Terrible Triple Crown
* Mac Jones isn't mobile -- but he can move
* Shanahan's twist that Tom Brady had never seen
* 4th-and-1 failure
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#49ers game review: A very bad game for the D, especially Dee Winters
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November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
#49ers game review: A very bad game for the D, especially Dee Winters
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"That's a random question."
That random question? It's about a decision Mac Jones made in March that's created this question: What will the #49ers do with their under-contract-through-2026 backup QB who is playing like this?
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That random question? It's about a decision Mac Jones made in March that's created this question: What will the #49ers do with their under-contract-through-2026 backup QB who is playing like this?
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November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"That's a random question."
That random question? It's about a decision Mac Jones made in March that's created this question: What will the #49ers do with their under-contract-through-2026 backup QB who is playing like this?
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That random question? It's about a decision Mac Jones made in March that's created this question: What will the #49ers do with their under-contract-through-2026 backup QB who is playing like this?
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#49ers notes:
* Impact of loss of Warner and Bosa goes far beyond defense making tackles
* George Kittle has deja vu while emerging from drought
* Kyle Shanahan on team's Brock Purdy "dilemma"
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* Impact of loss of Warner and Bosa goes far beyond defense making tackles
* George Kittle has deja vu while emerging from drought
* Kyle Shanahan on team's Brock Purdy "dilemma"
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November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#49ers notes:
* Impact of loss of Warner and Bosa goes far beyond defense making tackles
* George Kittle has deja vu while emerging from drought
* Kyle Shanahan on team's Brock Purdy "dilemma"
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* Impact of loss of Warner and Bosa goes far beyond defense making tackles
* George Kittle has deja vu while emerging from drought
* Kyle Shanahan on team's Brock Purdy "dilemma"
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After Mac Jones was awesome again Sunday, the QB was posed a question he hadn’t been asked since he signed a 2-year contract in March: Why did he sign a 2-year contract?
On an intriguing offseason for the #49ers when it comes to their QB situation.
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On an intriguing offseason for the #49ers when it comes to their QB situation.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
After Mac Jones was awesome again Sunday, the QB was posed a question he hadn’t been asked since he signed a 2-year contract in March: Why did he sign a 2-year contract?
On an intriguing offseason for the #49ers when it comes to their QB situation.
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On an intriguing offseason for the #49ers when it comes to their QB situation.
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The #49ers have 1 interception in 9 games and 2 TD catches from WRs.
They are 29th in the NFL in sacks, 26th in rushing, 32nd in yards per attempt, 23rd in points per game and 30th in turnover margin.
Add it all together and they are ... 6-3?
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They are 29th in the NFL in sacks, 26th in rushing, 32nd in yards per attempt, 23rd in points per game and 30th in turnover margin.
Add it all together and they are ... 6-3?
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November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The #49ers have 1 interception in 9 games and 2 TD catches from WRs.
They are 29th in the NFL in sacks, 26th in rushing, 32nd in yards per attempt, 23rd in points per game and 30th in turnover margin.
Add it all together and they are ... 6-3?
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They are 29th in the NFL in sacks, 26th in rushing, 32nd in yards per attempt, 23rd in points per game and 30th in turnover margin.
Add it all together and they are ... 6-3?
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