{"id":660881,"date":"2026-01-07T10:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/660881\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:39:10","slug":"49ers-news-welcome-to-the-bay-kyzir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/660881\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers News: Welcome to the Bay, Kyzir!"},"content":{"rendered":"

49ers signing LB Kyzir White ahead of playoff showdown with Eagles<\/a>
\u201cOver eight NFL seasons, White has compiled 618 total tackles, including 34 tackles for loss, along with 20 quarterback hits, 7.5 sacks, six interceptions, 23 passes defensed, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery. He has appeared in 93 games, making 73 starts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s greatness:\u2019 The true meaning behind Nick Rallis naming son after Cardinals\u2019 Kyzir White
<\/a>\u201c[AZ DC] Rallis named his son after Cardinals starting MIKE backer Kyzir White.<\/p>\n

\u201cKyzir specifically, I can tell my son ultimately what stands out about him and why he\u2019s a captain is he\u2019s the ultimate teammate, ultimate team-first guy,\u201d Rallis said. \u201cThe model for accountability. There\u2019s so many stories I could probably list to you, but the guy shows up every day with a smile on his face ready to go to work.<\/p>\n

\u201cTakes a lot of ass chewings from me to be honest and he\u2019s phenomenal with it like, \u2018Yeah I like that! You make me better!\u2019 It\u2019s that kind of player that I have a lot of respect for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baldy reveals the key to 49ers success vs. Eagles in Wild Card matchup<\/a>
\u201cI think it starts with McCaffrey,\u201d Baldinger said. \u201cIf he gets 30 touches, it\u2019s going to be a great sign. That means they\u2019re possessing the ball\u2014he\u2019s going to get 22 carries and eight catches. It\u2019s going to be a great sign if he gets to 30 touches. If he\u2019s at 15 touches at the end of the game, they\u2019re going to lose. Now, I think it\u2019s just that simple. The ball will get spread around, but the offense goes through McCaffrey.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so, if they\u2019re having success running the football, they\u2019re just going to keep feeding him. And he\u2019s got the energy and the talent, the whole thing, to do it. So, to me, that\u2019s the whole key. You get McCaffrey 30 touches in this game, it\u2019s going to be a hell of a game. It\u2019s going to come down to probably the final possession.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best head-coaching fit for Robert Saleh? 49ers mailbag (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cWhich 49er is most likely to step into Dre Greenlaw\u2019s former role of picking a fight with Big Dom? \u2014 Jimmy B<\/p>\n

I love this question as I was wondering the same thing. Here\u2019s the list, in order:<\/p>\n

1. CB Deommodore Lenoir. With Deebo Samuel and Greenlaw gone, Lenoir takes over the title of \u201c49ers player most likely to get into a pregame, postgame or in-game scrap,\u201d which he nearly did several times Saturday against the Seahawks\u2019 Jaxon Smith-Njigba.<\/p>\n

2. WR Jauan Jennings. Jennings sometimes blocks opponents so vigorously that they wind up in the Gatorade cooler section of the sideline, which is Big Dom\u2019s domain.<\/p>\n

3. CB Upton Stout. The 49ers rookie is about an 8.89 on the Feisty-O-Meter. Which is why coaches like him so much.<\/p>\n

4. OT Trent Williams. If the game gets chippy in the fourth quarter \u2014 and there is high potential for that Sunday \u2014 it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise to see Williams start tossing Philadelphia defensive backs as if they were made of straw. Just like he did in the 2022 playoffs.<\/p>\n

5. LB Garret Wallow. This is not a joke. That Wallow is a newcomer hasn\u2019t stopped him from physical, chippy, chirpy play on kickoffs and punts. Keep an eye on No. 49.<\/p>\n

Is there a realistic chance receiver Jacob Cowing plays against Philly? Because the 49ers desperately need the speed. \u2014 Mario M.<\/p>\n

No, I don\u2019t think so. Of course, he\u2019d be an option if the 49ers win while also running into injury issues at receiver. But I think it\u2019s similar to opening quarterback Kurtis Rourke\u2019s window last month \u2014 it gives the players some momentum heading into the offseason.\u201c<\/p>\n

49ers are trekking to Philadelphia in January. What weather will greet them? (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cThe forecast for Philadelphia, in January, is bordering on balmy before the sixth-seeded 49ers visit the No. 3 Eagles in a wild-card game at Lincoln Financial Field. Weather would likely have been an issue if it was one of the NFL\u2019s two wild-card contests on Saturday, but rain should be a rumor when the 49ers and the defending Super Bowl champions kick off at 1:30 PST.<\/p>\n

\u201cA warm storm system moves through on Saturday, and even with accounting for some timeframe changes, it won\u2019t be a factor for the game on Sunday,\u201d Chronicle newsroom meteorologist Greg Porter said. \u201cSunday itself looks like a typical Northeast day following a warm winter storm. Mix of sun and clouds, temps in the low to mid-40s and winds out of the northwest at 10 to 20 mph.\u201d<\/p>\n

49ers overreactions: Kyle Shanahan had worst game as head coach vs. Seahawks <\/a>
\u201cTheir best chance at a SB was 2 years ago. That window is shut. (@MG0879)<\/p>\n

While the 49ers\u2019 best chance at a Super Bowl was two years ago — because they actually made it to the Super Bowl and were just one fourth-down stop in overtime from the victory — the window is not shut. They proved the window is open with the fact that they took the field in Week 18 with a chance to earn the No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n

The window is a year-to-year thing. The window still is open as long as they remain alive in the postseason. And if they lose, the window closes for the season.<\/p>\n

But guess what? It re-opens next season.\u201c<\/p>\n

Kawakami: Maybe the 49ers can embrace this lighter, lower-stakes postseason run (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cCould Dre Greenlaw and Leonard Floyd help the 49ers\u2019 defense right now?<\/p>\n

How about Talanoa Hufanga and Maliek Collins?<\/p>\n

No, they\u2019re all gone \u2014 discarded in the great salary and roster purge of March, replaced in most cases by younger, cheaper players but not necessarily healthier ones.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll stipulate that the 49ers succeeded with this strategy this season in a far greater way than I anticipated when I criticized the extent of the overhaul while it was happening. I think the 49ers probably surpassed most of their own expectations after that reset. Credit to everybody in the organization for this. They\u2019re well set up for the future.<\/p>\n

And it would\u2019ve been too expensive to keep all of these players with Purdy\u2019s $265 million deal looming and extensions due for Warner and George Kittle. I\u2019ve agreed with that. The 49ers did well with the roster they had, even through the injury decimations, no matter what happens in Philadelphia this weekend.<\/p>\n

I had zero problems with the 49ers trading Deebo Samuel or even the cold war after they paid Aiyuk, which started with the bitter negotiations more than a year ago.<\/p>\n

But the 49ers had the dollars to keep some of these other guys. That they made a late effort to adjust their offer and keep Greenlaw before he bolted to the Broncos tells us the 49ers had some extra money lying around.<\/p>\n

Why not keep as many options on hand as reasonably possible? Why did they go so far with this that they obliterated their defensive depth chart? Didn\u2019t they know this might come back to haunt them if they were good enough and lucky enough to get into the playoffs?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not saying this was a fatal mistake. Just getting into the tournament after what they went through this season is justification for almost everything the 49ers did. And there was no way for them to be whole once they lost Bosa and Warner.<\/p>\n

But they could\u2019ve been better. They could\u2019ve been deeper. They could\u2019ve been more prepared for the natural attrition of a long season.<\/p>\n

If they\u2019d kept, say, Greenlaw and Floyd, they could\u2019ve felt good enough about their roster to be more aggressive at the trade deadline and maybe outbid the \u2014 guess who? \u2014 Eagles for pass rusher Jaelan Phillips.<\/p>\n

It did not have to be about either keeping everybody or dumping almost every veteran they could dump. The 49ers could\u2019ve cleaned out a lot of their roster and still kept a few of those veterans \u2014 who might\u2019ve made this run a lot more interesting.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I was saying in March. That\u2019s where they are now.\u201c<\/p>\n

Why 49ers are facing worst-case scenario in Philadelphia wild-card game (paywall)
<\/a>\u201cShanahan told the broadcast crew in a pregame production meeting that the showdown with Seattle came with playoff stakes, even though his team had clinched a postseason berth two weeks earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we met with Kyle Shanahan, he said our best chance to win a Super Bowl is to win this game. This one tonight,\u201d Buck said. \u201cAnd he said in some weird way it\u2019s almost more important than the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n

49ers practice and media schedule ahead of Wild Card playoff matchup vs. Eagles<\/a>
\u201cWednesday, January 7
11:15 a.m. – Kyle Shanahan press conference
1:05 p.m. – Practice<\/p>\n

Thursday, January 8
9:30 a.m. – Robert Saleh press conference
Following Saleh – Klay Kubiak press conference
11:05 a.m. – Brock Purdy press conference
12:40 p.m. – Practice<\/p>\n

Friday, January 9
12:00 p.m. – Practice
After practice (approx. 1:10 p.m.) – Kyle Shanahan press conference\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"49ers signing LB Kyzir White ahead of playoff showdown with Eagles\u201cOver eight NFL seasons, White has compiled 618…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,52307,7,6,1161,252,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-660881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-49ers-links","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}