“The 49ers have one of the NFL’s best and most balanced rosters paired with plenty of playoff experience and a much-needed bye,” Wagoner wrote. “With the exception of their Christmas night ...

In addition, the 49ers have the easiest schedule in the NFL next season. So they don't have to be dominant to make the playoffs. They just have to stay healthy and peak at the right time.

As the top seed in the NFC, there was no reason to view the 49ers as anything other than the favorite to glide through the playoffs and represent the conference in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.

Entering Week 16, there was a one percent chance the San Francisco 49ers could make the playoffs. Well, stick a fork in that because it's over. The 49ers playoff chances are officially extinct.

And despite falling to 5-6, their worst record at this point in the season since 2020, the mirage maintains that the 49ers are just one game out of first place in the NFC West. If they can get ...

The 49ers are 5-5, having lost their third NFC West game to an opponent they led in the fourth quarter — now twice on their own field at Levi’s Stadium. But with seven games remaining ...

A Seattle win would keep the Seahawks ahead of the 49ers in the NFC West and wild-card standings, but in that scenario, both Arizona and Seattle would be 6-5 and only a game at most ahead of the ...