QUARTERBACKS

QUARTERBACKS

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Top 10 Best Offensive Tackles

The 49ers Family lost one of the franchise’s all-time greats when Cas Banaszek died Dec. 4 at age 74. San Francisco’s first-round draft pick in 1967, Banaszek settled in the next season as a cornerstone starter at right tackle throughout the team’s first championship era, combining with Len Rohde along a star-studded offensive line to give the 49ers one of the greatest tackle tandems in franchise history. Banaszek was a standout in his own right, helping guide San Francisco to three consecutive NFC West titles from 1970-1972 and providing the team with enduring excellence to land a prominent position on this list of the best offensive tackles in 49ers history.

Good Move Or Bad Move?

Revisiting 49ers’ 2019 personnel decisions

LEAP YEAR

Driving factors behind 49ers’ new winning ways

The stuff of legend

Kittle’s prodigious impact on 49ers evident after his return

DOWN THE HOMESTRETCH

49ers under microscope as season winds down

Top 10 Greatest Seasons

You have just been witness and guest to one of the best, most memorable and exciting seasons ever to transpire in the glorious 75-year existence of the 49ers franchise. San Francisco’s 2019 installment deservedly makes it into the rarefied air shared by that group despite the team’s flop at the finish in Super Bowl LIV, which prevents the latest champion 49ers from climbing any higher on this list of the greatest seasons in team history.

Getting Back To The Super Bowl

For the 49ers, it’s no longer about establishing a foundation for greatness and success.

TNR's ALL-DECADE TEAM

The 2010s were an exhilarating roller coaster ride for the 49ers, beginning with one of the franchise’s greatest championship runs, crashing quickly to some of the lowest depths in franchise history, then riding another late wave of great success to finish out a decade that saw the team play in four NFC Championship games and two Super Bowls. Along the way, those ups and downs were highlighted and accentuated by many shining moments and memorable players, including some of the greatest the franchise ever has seen. Here, The Niner Report looks back at 10 years gone by and selects the best of the best that the 49ers put on the field during the past decade.

Looking back at the year that was

The best, worst, most unconventional of 49ers’ memorable 2020 season

GROWING WITH GAROPPOLO

49ers confident they and QB can find greatness together

49ERS SEASON IN REVIEW

The 2019 San Francisco 49ers are the latest greatest example of how to build a contender in today’s NFL.

Top 9 Practice Squad Graduates

The 49ers entered the 2019 season with five players on the team’s 53-man roster that began their NFL careers on San Francisco’s practice squad, several of which have played significant roles during the team’s best start to a season in almost 30 years. San Francisco’s developmental squad has been a launching pad to successful NFL careers for numerous players since the league adopted its current structure for those units during the 1990s, and here’s the best to emerge with the 49ers and make the biggest impact on the team during the embryonic stages of their careers.

The Need For 3

With trade deadline looming, is third QB asset or luxury?

You Can Always Come Home

T.O. immortalized in 49ers Hall of Fame

Fast Company

NFL’s No. 1 ground game has super-charged offense

49ers Report Card

Handing out grades to the 49ers as they close in on the midpoint of their season while breaking down the positives, negatives and bottom line in each positional area of the team.

Can Jimmy G Take 49ers All the Way?

Questions lurk whether QB can come through in clutch

Super Subs

Backups stepping up to keep 49ers rolling

TOP 10 Dominant Defenses

The 49ers have vaulted back among the NFL elite this year largely behind the play of an impact defense that deep into November has grouped itself among the best in San Francisco history.

Bosa quickly climbing among the best

Nick Bosa was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his standout performance during the 49ers’ 30-3 victory over the Cleveland Browns in Week 5.

Difference Maker

Could Sanders be piece that pushes 49ers over the top?

A DEFENSE SHALL LEAD THEM

Powerful, playmaking unit taking 49ers to the top

‘it's Real Football, So You're Never Going To Be Perfect'

Question session with QB Jimmy Garoppolo

Top 10 Worst FA Failures

When the 49ers released Malcolm Smith at their final roster cutdown in late August, it left the team with very little return for the huge investment San Francisco made on the veteran linebacker in 2017 free agency. Smith is one of several free agents in recent seasons that have failed the 49ers after the team lavished them with lucrative deals on the open market, some of which land spots on this list of the worst free-agent failures in team history.

Stock Up Stock Down

Stock Up Stock Down

Practice Squad With Potential

The John Lynch/Kyle Shanahan 49ers have done an outstanding job of developing young players through their practice squad, which has turned out to be a virtual lifeblood for a team that has struggled through a steady stream of injuries since the new regime arrived in 2017.

New Starters Getting Settled

After three seasons characterized by the most extreme starting-lineup turnover in franchise history, the 49ers finally are settling in across the board with a starting unit that’s enjoying some stability.

Missing Pieces

2019 49ers have best roster of Lynch/Shanahan era; how much better could it be?