{"id":668632,"date":"2026-01-11T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/668632\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:18:15","slug":"49ers-news-game-day-niners-nation-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/668632\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers News: GAME DAY | Niners Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay Glazer shares encouraging update on 49ers LB Fred Warner<\/a>
\u201cAnybody else, I\u2019d say \u2018absolutely not,\u2019 but Fred Warner has blown past all his rehab markers,\u201d Glazer said. \u201cI\u2019m actually told, if they get to the NFC Championship Game, they\u2019re holding out hope \u2014 they think there could be a chance \u2014 that Fred Warner could actually go in that game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolphins request interview with 49ers\u2019 Robert Saleh for head coaching vacancy<\/a>
\u201cAccording to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, the Miami Dolphins have requested an interview with Saleh, becoming the fifth team to do so. Miami joins the Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans, and Atlanta Falcons in expressing interest in the veteran coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

49ers elevate two players from practice squad to boost special teams vs. Eagles<\/a>
\u201cLinebacker Jalen Graham and wide receiver Malik Turner were elevated from the practice squad to be available for the 49ers\u2019 Wild Card game on Sunday at the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n

The 49ers did not elevate an offensive tackle from the practice squad, which suggests starting left tackle Trent Williams will be available for action.\u201c<\/p>\n

49ers\u2019 Christian McCaffrey, Trent Williams, Kyle Juszczyk earn 2025 All-Pro nods<\/a>
\u201cMcCaffrey and Juszczyk were announced Saturday morning to the Associated Press All-Pro first team. Left tackle Trent Williams was selected to the second team.\u201d<\/p>\n

49ers\u2019 Kyle Juszczyk played every game for a squad teeming with injuries. Again. (paywall<\/a>)
\u201cJuszczyk said he broke the 11th rib on his back \u2013 one of the \u201cfloating\u201d ribs \u2013 and that it was so painful he couldn\u2019t roll over to get out of bed the next morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just felt like a prisoner. I felt like I was stuck,\u201d he said. \u201cI panicked and was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know what to do.\u2019 And eventually my wife had to literally roll me out of the bed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Juszczyk said he was lucky that the 49ers had a bye the following week, which gave him extra time to heal before hosting the Tennessee Titans in Week 15. He received a pain blocker before kickoff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest part was trusting it. I remember coming in for my first hit, my first big collision of the game, and there was that split second before contact where you say, \u2018Here we go. Am I committing to it or am I not?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cBut once I had the collision, I knew that everything else would be fine. I felt like the only thing I was susceptible to was a direct shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

His hit launched Brock Purdy\u2019s 49ers career. Now with Eagles, Jaelan Phillips is a fan (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cThree years later, it\u2019s fair to say, Phillips, a part of 49ers trivia, remains a huge fan of the quarterback whose brilliant career he helped launch. That was clear when Phillips, now with the Eagles, discussed Purdy this past week before the 49ers visit Philadelphia in a wild-card playoff game Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eagles-49ers preview: Kyle Shanahan-Vic Fangio matchup, Niners vs. Saquon Barkley (paywall)
<\/a>\u201cGood question. It\u2019s a key to this game. The Eagles allow the eighth-most receiving yards to running backs in the NFL this season (618 yards), including the second-most yards per catch. Two of the three longest receptions the Eagles allowed were to running backs (Bucky Irving had a 71-yarder in Week 4, Kimani Vidal in Week 14). From a personnel perspective, the Eagles have outstanding linebackers. Zack Baun is a Pro Bowler. Nakobe Dean will return this week and has been a big-time player this season. But their safeties are not the strength of the defense. A key player will be Cooper DeJean, who might be the NFL\u2019s best slot cornerback and is a do-it-all player. Fangio knows the threat McCaffrey presents.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s always a threat that way, and they do like to scheme plays for him in the passing game,\u201d Fangio said.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m curious to see the Eagles\u2019 personnel packages. The Seahawks stayed in nickel even against the 49ers\u2019 two-back look. It would make sense for the Eagles to do the same, which would allow DeJean to play closer to the ball.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jay Glazer shares encouraging update on 49ers LB Fred Warner\u201cAnybody else, I\u2019d say \u2018absolutely not,\u2019 but Fred Warner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668633,"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-668632","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":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115876194798553252","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668632","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=668632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}