{"id":748989,"date":"2026-02-13T10:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748989\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:15:15","slug":"golden-nuggets-they-better-give-the-49ers-a-mnf-after-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748989\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Nuggets: They better give the 49ers a MNF after Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Potential date for 49ers historic Australia game revealed per report<\/a>
\u201cPuck sports correspondent John Ourand reported the 49ers and Rams will either play Wednesday, Sept. 9 or Thursday, Sept. 10.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fred Warner\u2019s guarantee caps off busy Super Bowl week for 49ers players, coach (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cI put it away completely because it didn\u2019t go well, and it is so personal,\u201d Shanahan said on the broadcast. \u201cBut I always watch it the day before (the players) get back. I put it off as long as I can, but the day before (they) enter the building, I gotta be on top of it. I gotta know what happened, and I gotta know how to address (them) and I gotta know how to prepare going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shanahan also lost the big game as a coordinator with the Atlanta Falcons. He figures he is due for a Super Bowl win. Or three.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been able to be in nine of these (Super Bowls), six of them with my dad, (and) I went to three on my own,\u201d he said. \u201cI just look at it as he got blown out in his first three, and then he won his next three.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got my three losses out of the way, and when we get Fred back healthy, I got three wins in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides getting players back healthy, the 49ers need an injection of speed on offense, a big guard, some pass-rush help and a playmaker in the secondary. And maybe they bring back a familiar face.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Kittle was hinting at when he gave \u201cSI Now\u201d a message for 49ers fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, if a rebuild year got us 13 wins and a win in the wild card, that\u2019s pretty good,\u201d Kittle said. \u201cIt\u2019s only going to get a little better than that, and all the boys are coming back again. And who knows, we might have some past friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kittle was asked who he was talking about.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Kittle said. \u201cI hung out with Deebo (Samuel) last night. That was fun. \u2026 I love Deebo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samuel left the 49ers in a trade to Washington last March. He is a free agent after posting 72 catches for 727 yards and five touchdowns for the Commanders.<\/p>\n

If Kittle was being coy, he might have instead been referring to former 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who could be cut by the Denver Broncos in a salary-saving move after appearing in only eight games. Greenlaw, 28, played his first six seasons with the 49ers.\u201c<\/p>\n

49ers address long-ignored position in two 2026 NFL mock drafts<\/a>
\u201cFreeling (6-7, 315) earned an 85.7 pass-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus (PFF) in 2025, allowing just three sacks and nine pressures across 469 pass-blocking snaps. While his 61.7 run-blocking grade dipped from his 71.4 mark in 2024, Podell believes the player can excel in that area at the NFL level.<\/p>\n

\u201cFreeling needs to work on being better about connecting on his punches toward opposing defensive linemen, which could be aided by a more balanced foundation in his core,\u201d Podell added. \u201cHe\u2019s ready to roll in the run game\u201d\u2026.\u201cThere aren\u2019t many people on earth who are 6-foot-7 and 360 pounds, and are both athletic and skilled enough to be dominant in the SEC,\u201d Weil wrote. \u201cKaydn Proctor was a five-star recruit who lived up to the hype. He overpowers defenders and has impressive athleticism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Proctor posted strong PFF marks in 2025, earning an 86.1 overall offensive grade, an 81.1 run-blocking grade, and an 84.2 pass-blocking grade. He surrendered 21 pressures but just two sacks over 611 pass-blocking snaps, and his combination of size and athleticism will undoubtedly intrigue several NFL teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Proctor masters his technique, he could end up as a top player from this draft class and help San Francisco stay among the top teams in the league,\u201d Weil noted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Behind the Curtain: What to make of KC Concepcion (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cHere\u2019s my early impression of Concepcion, for those of you unable to watch the tape, or who want to read the bulletpoints first. I give a grade and summary at the end of the video.<\/p>\n

Snappy, waste-free route-running off the lineHigh-level YAC potentialWilling blockerClean release, particularly on vertical routes Attacks the ball in the airStruggles with physical corners. Might be a zone guy, not a press beaterShifty, but lacking consistent violence in breaking out of his routes\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Potential date for 49ers historic Australia game revealed per report\u201cPuck sports correspondent John Ourand reported the 49ers and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748990,"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-748989","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\/116062802692125222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748989","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=748989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}