{"id":709038,"date":"2026-01-27T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/709038\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:53:12","slug":"49ers-at-super-bowl-week-10-things-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/709038\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers at Super Bowl week: 10 things to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANTA CLARA \u2013 The Seattle Seahawks nixed Super Bowl LX<\/a> from the 49ers\u2019 to-do list<\/a> a week ago in blowout fashion.<\/p>\n

As that on-field show goes on without them \u2013 Feb. 8, the Seahawks face the New England Patriots<\/a> \u2013 the 49ers won\u2019t completely vanish.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll be among the main attractions during the Super Bowl extravaganza in Santa Clara, San Francisco and around the Bay Area.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 things for 49ers fans to track during Super Bowl week:<\/p>\n

1. D-COORDINATOR HUNT<\/p>\n

Kyle Shanahan is on his fifth defensive coordinator in as many seasons. Once he completes the NFL\u2019s hiring process by interviewing minority candidates, he\u2019ll likely appoint someone quite familiar to him. That could mean an in-house promotion of Gus Bradley<\/a> or Daniel Bullocks. Raheem Morris, ousted as Atlanta\u2019s coach, served on the same Tampa Bay Bucs staff 22 years ago when Shanahan got his NFL start. More staff shuffling figures to take place, too, but not as much as last year\u2019s three-coordinator switch.<\/p>\n

2. PRO BOWL INDOORS IN SF<\/p>\n

Kyle Juszczyk was surprised to learn after the 49ers\u2019 season-ending loss that he\u2019ll next be competing inside San Francisco\u2019s Moscone Center. That is where the Pro Bowl Games<\/a> (and flag-football competition) will take place Tuesday night, preceded by two days of practices. Other 49ers voted in: Christian McCaffrey, Trent Williams, Luke Gifford, Jon Weeks and George Kittle, who is recovering from Achilles surgery but soldiered up for a golf boondoggle last weekend with a few teammates.<\/p>\n

3. COLLECT HONORS<\/p>\n

McCaffrey is up for a slew of awards at NFL Honors<\/a> on Thursday night: MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and USAA\u2019s Salute to Service. He has already won the prestigious Bart Starr Award, the Pro Football Writers of America\u2019s Comeback POY honor, and the 49ers\u2019 Len Eshmont and Bill Walsh awards. He is also a finalist for the FedEx Air & Ground NFL POY award, with a potential $15,000 donation to SF-Marin Food Bank at stake.<\/p>\n

Shanahan is a finalist to win AP NFL Coach of the Year for the first time in his nine seasons.<\/p>\n

4. HALL PASS<\/p>\n

Roger Craig and Frank Gore could be part of this year\u2019s Pro Football Hall of Fame class that will be announced Thursday night at NFL Honors, which will be held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Craig is a Seniors finalist, and Gore is a first-ballot finalist along with Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald and Jason Witten.<\/p>\n

5. \u2018RISE OF 49ERS\u2019 DOCUSERIES<\/p>\n

A four-episode docuseries about the 49ers\u2019 Super Bowl dynasty (five wins from the 1980s to early 1990s) will air Sunday and Monday nights at 6 p.m. PT on AMC and AMC+. Bay Area native Tom Brady serves as executive producer and helps weave through rare NFL Films footage of Bill Walsh\u2019s team speeches and photos, along with interviews with Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Steve Young and Eddie DeBartolo.<\/p>\n

6. COACH PURDY<\/p>\n

Brock Purdy will serve as a captain and work the sideline in a glow-in-the-dark flag football event Feb. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. The Toyota Glow-up Classic will take place at the Super Bowl Experience at Moscone Center. featuring Bay Area high school girls players.<\/p>\n

7. KITTLE\u2019S PRESENCE<\/p>\n

Kittle and his wife, Claire, will host the Tight Ends & Friends party next Thursday night in San Francisco, in partnership with Sports Illustrated and Tight End University, his program with Travis Kelce of the Chiefs<\/a>. Kittle\u2019s magnetic personality surely will surface at other points of Super Bowl week.<\/p>\n

8. McCAFFREY\u2019S SHOP<\/p>\n

McCaffrey is expected to help promote the While On Earth apparel line he co-founded, with possible appearances Feb. 5 and 6 at Sport Beach Clubhouse across from the Moscone Center.<\/p>\n

9. TV STARS<\/p>\n

Fred Warner<\/a>, who excelled as an ESPN studio analyst a year ago, is expected to help with NBC\u2019s Super Bowl coverage.<\/p>\n

His first three seasons on the 49ers, 2018-20, coincided with Richard Sherman\u2019s tenure, and Sherman\u2019s work as a Prime Video analyst the past two seasons likely will get him on multiple media platforms analyzing the Super Bowl efforts of his original team, the Seahawks.<\/p>\n

10. PLAY FOOTBALL FAMILY FESTIVAL<\/p>\n

MacDonald High School, some 2 \u00bd miles east of Levi\u2019s Stadium, will host the NFL\u2019s Play Football Family Festival from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 7, the day before the Super Bowl. Local youth and families will participate alongside some 49ers, as well as the Super Bowl participants\u2019 cheerleaders and mascots. It\u2019s free to register<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANTA CLARA \u2013 The Seattle Seahawks nixed Super Bowl LX from the 49ers\u2019 to-do list a week ago…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,2946,1926,1443,33587,441,7,1921,929,88,6,50312,1161,252,50313,2624,2623,7910,1929,261,1930,9,16165,7510],"class_list":["post-709038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-49ers","tag-49ers","tag-49ers-alert","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-california-news","tag-entertainment","tag-football","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-peninsula","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-san-francisco-county","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfrancisco49ers","tag-santa-clara","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-south-bay","tag-sports","tag-super-bowl-lx","tag-things-to-do"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115967400655133695","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709038","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=709038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}