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Getty Images The 49ers finished a tough three-game stretch by beating the Saints 48-46 in Week 14 and then returned home to face the Falcons on Sunday. It was a less energetic affair than the one in New Orleans and it had an unhappy outcome for the home team. They gave up a touchdown with two...

Getty Images Neither offense could get points on the board during the first half of Sunday’s game between the 49ers and Falcons, but some of that had to do with how methodically the Niners were moving down the field. Raheem Mostert ran for a two-yard touchdown and the 49ers grabbed a 7-0 lead...

Getty Images The 49ers need a win to maintain their spot at the top of the NFC West, but the Falcons are making life difficult for them. After the 49ers took nearly 11 minutes off the clock with a 21-play touchdown drive, the Falcons answered with a touchdown drive of their own and then tacked...

Getty Images The Falcons’ odds of pulling off an upset in Santa Clara just got a good bit longer. Kenjon Barner fumbled on a punt return and Kyle Juszczyk recovered the ball on the Falcons’ 1-yard-line. The 49ers were determined to reward Juszczyk for his efforts as they handed it to him on...

Getty Images The 49ers got a huge win in New Orleans last weekend, but their return to the top of the NFC playoff picture was a brief one. Julio Jones caught a pass from Matt Ryan on the goalline on what appeared to be the final play of regulation and was ruled down short of the end zone on...

Getty Images The 49ers lost to the Falcons on Sunday after a replay review showed that Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones broke the plane fo the goalline with the football on a catch with two seconds left in the game. Jones had initially been ruled down short of the end zone, but NFL senior...

Getty Images Black Monday is only two weeks away. In recent years Black Monday basically has become Black Sunday, because plenty of coaches get fired not the day after the season ends but the day that it’s all over. So for which coaches will it be over when the season’s over? Two (Jay Gruden...

Getty Images The 11-2 49ers host the 4-9 Falcons on Sunday, in what will be the only “easy” game among San Francisco’s final six of the season. And it’s those “easy” games that can be a trap. 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan knows it. “You want to address it, but it’s been very easy for me,”...

Getty Images 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman won’t play against the Falcons this week due to a hamstring injury, but the veteran doesn’t expect to be on the sideline for too long. Word this week has been that Sherman is looking at multiple weeks out of action. Sherman is not feeling the same...

Getty Images Week 15 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Ravens and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images The NFL has announced this year’s nominees for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award given each year to a player based on their philanthropic and community work. There’s one nominee per team, each of whom will receive a donation of up to $50,000 to a charity of their choice. The...

Getty Images The United States Department of Justice has charged 10 former NFL players with defrauding a health care program for retired players. Former Washington and Denver running back Clinton Portis is among those who have been charged. He is joined by Carlos Rogers, Robert McCune, John...

Getty Images The 49ers announced Thursday they placed tight end Garrett Celek on injured reserve, ending his injury-plagued season. They promoted tight end Daniel Helm from the practice squad. Celek had offseason back surgery and began the season on the physically unable to perform list. The...

Getty Images San Francisco tight end George Kittle made one of the plays of the year in the NFL this season when he dragged multiple New Orleans players down the field on the late catch and run that set up the game-winning field goal on Sunday. Atlanta was watching. The Falcons play the 49ers...

Getty Images The NFL recently named Mike Vick as one of the 2020 Pro Bowl Legends Captains for the all-star game to be played during the weekend between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. The move has sparked controversy, in the form of online petitions opposing the move and, in...

Getty Images Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo did more than kick to earn his latest honor. Koo was named NFC special teams player of the year for his all-around play in last week’s win over the Panthers. He scored 16 points in the traditional way, but his biggest play came when he recovered a...

Getty Images The Falcons added veteran cornerback Jamar Taylor Tuesday, to help cover the injuries that hit them in Sunday’s win over the Panthers. The team announced that cornerback Desmond Trufant (broken arm) and wide receiver Calvin Ridley (abdominal) were placed on injured reserve. The...

Getty Images The Giants are keeping the pressure on. But so far, the Bengals have found one lead they’re able to hang onto. If the season ended today, the Bengals (1-12) would still hold the top spot in next year’s selection order. Also, a lot of people would be saying: “Why did the NFL...

Getty Images There was no change to the six teams in playoff position in the NFC during Week 14, but there was a change to the way they stack up. The 49ers are back in the top seed by virtue of beating the Saints while the Seahawks stumbled to a loss in Los Angeles. The Packers beat...

Getty Images Matt Ryan had already moved into the top 10 on the all-time passing list, but crossed another major threshold in yesterday’s thrashing of the Panthers. Via Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com, Ryan became the 10th player to reach 50,000 passing yards, with a first-quarter pass to Russell...