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49ers won’t get chance at NFL history with game in Ireland

No Ireland game for the 49ers.

The NFL will expand its international footprint during the 2025 season by playing its first ever regular-season game in Ireland.

While there are opportunities for the San Francisco 49ers to play overseas next season, they won’t be one of the teams participating in the league’s first jaunt to Ireland. The Pittsburgh Steelers have been designated as the home team for that contest.

Thanks to their last-place finish in the NFC West, the 49ers don’t face the Steelers next season. Instead they’ll visit the Cleveland Browns – the last place finisher in the AFC North.

That Cleveland game doe have the potential to take place overseas, it would just happen in London where the 49ers last played against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2012.

While getting to be part of NFL history by playing in a country’s debut game would be cool, head coach Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers would surely be okay with staying stateside for the entire season. The logistics and travel schedule that come with an international game are tough, and the last thing the 49ers need as they try and get back to Super Bowl form is the atypical travel and schedule that come with playing across the Atlantic.

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49ers 2025 schedule could wind up including 1st ever game in Berlin

Another team enters the mix as a potential international opponent for the 49ers.

The San Francisco 49ers have another opportunity on their 2025 schedule to play a game overseas.

The NFL on Wednesday announced the Indianapolis Colts would be the host team for the league’s first ever regular season game in Berlin, Germany. San Francisco is set to visit the Colts this season as part of their scheduled jaunt through the AFC South.

While the NFL has played regular-season games in Germany five times and as recently as 2023, those games all took place in either Frankfurt or Munich. The 2025 season will mark the first-ever game in the German capital. The league is also slated to play a game in Madrid, Spain.

Indianapolis joins the Cleveland Browns on the list of teams the 49ers could conceivably play against across the Atlantic. The Browns are slated to play a game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next season. Cleveland is set to be one of the 49ers’ nine road games.

We won’t know the full NFL schedule until sometime in May, which is when the NFL says it will announce the opponents for each international game. Schedule leaks could come out before then, and the 49ers would surely love to know as soon as possible if they’re playing on a different continent to ensure maximum time to prepare for what’s always a strange week of scheduling.

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2 49ers opponents to play international games in 2025

Could the 49ers be headed to England?

The San Francisco 49ers could be headed across the Atlantic to play a game in the 2025 season.

According to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero, the NFL on Friday announced the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars will all play international games next season. The Jets and Browns will play at Tottenham Stadium, while the Jaguars will be at Wembley. Dates and times will be announced with the NFL schedule sometime in May.

Pelissero also noted the NFL can schedule up to eight international games, and that Madrid and Berlin will both host games in 2025. That leaves the door open for other opportunities for the 49ers to go overseas, although teams for those games haven’t been announced.

San Francisco is slated to play against the Jaguars and Browns next year, putting them in the mix to play in one of those London games.

However, it’s likely the teams announced Friday will be the home team in those matchups, which takes the Jaguars off the table. The 49ers are scheduled to host Jacksonville at Levi’s Stadium.

Their matchup against Cleveland remains in play though since that’s a road game for the 49ers. The Browns got onto San Francisco’s schedule by way of both teams finishing last in their respective divisions.

The 49ers haven’t played an international game since 2012 when they faced the Jaguars at Wembley. That year they rolled the Jags 42-10.

With what projects as a weak schedule, the 49ers may be subjected by the NFL to an international trip, particularly since San Francisco has a strong following in England.

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How to watch 49ers vs Cardinals today: Time, TV channel for Week 18

It’s 49ers vs Cardinals in Week 18 of the 2024 NFL season. Here’s how to watch, including time, channel, TV schedule and streaming info.

The San Francisco 49ers (6-10) close their 2024 NFL season with a final divisional date against the Arizona Cardinals (7-9) in Week 18.

When these two teams met earlier this season back in Week 5, San Francisco coughed up a two-score halftime lead. Arizona rallied back from a 23-10 halftime deficit with a pair of second-half Chad Ryland field goals sandwiched around Kyler Murray’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Higgins.

As San Francisco readies for its final contest of the season, the 49ers will do so without their starting quarterback. San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy is one of five 49ers players listed “out” on the team’s Week 18 injury report.

With Purdy sidelined, San Francisco will turn to Joshua Dobbs as its starting quarterback in the season finale.

As San Francisco looks to end its season in the win column, here’s how to watch the 49ers game, including time, TV schedule and streaming information:

What channel is 49ers vs Cardinals game on today? Time, TV schedule

TV Channel: Fox

Start time: 1:25 p.m. PT

49ers vs. Cardinals will broadcast nationally on Fox in Week 18 of the 2024 NFL season. Play-by-play broadcaster Chris Myers and color analyst Mark Schlereth will call the game from the booth at State Farm Stadium, with Jen Hale reporting from the sidelines.

Where to watch 49ers vs Cardinals on livestream

Streaming options for the game include Fubo.

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49ers vs Cardinals predictions, picks, odds

ODDS: Arizona -4.5

O/U: 42.5

Arizona 27, San Francisco 20: Arizona has starting quarterback Kyler Murray as a go, while San Francisco will be without Brock Purdy. That’s enough to lean the Cardinals’ direction in this regular season finale.

All NFL Odds via BetMGM.

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49ers schedule 2024

Sept. 9: vs. New York Jets (W, 32-19)
Sept. 15: at Minnesota (L, 23-17)
Sept. 22: at Los Angeles Rams (L, 27-24)
Sept. 29: at New England (W, 30-13)
Oct. 6: vs. Arizona (L, 24-23)
Oct. 10: at Seattle (W, 36-24)
Oct. 20: vs. Kansas City (L, 28-18)
Oct. 27: vs. Dallas (W, 30-24)
Nov. 3: BYE WEEK
Nov. 10: at Tampa Bay (W, 23-20)
Nov. 17: vs. Seattle (L, 20-17)
Nov. 24: at Green Bay (L, 38-10)
Dec. 1: at Buffalo (L, 35-10)
Dec. 8: vs. Chicago (W, 38-13)
Dec. 12: vs. Los Angeles Rams (L, 12-6)
Dec. 22: at Miami (L, 29-17)
Dec. 30: vs. Detroit (L, 40-34)
Jan. 5: at Arizona
Record: 6-10

Cardinals schedule 2024

Sept. 8: at Buffalo (L, 34-28)
Sept. 15: vs Los Angeles Rams (W, 41-10)
Sept. 22: vs Detroit (L, 20-13)
Sept. 29: vs Washington (L, 42-14)
Oct. 6: at San Francisco (W, 24-23)
Oct. 13: at Green Bay (L, 34-13)
Oct. 21: vs Los Angeles Chargers (W, 17-15)
Oct. 27: at Miami (W, 28-27)
Nov. 3: vs Chicago (W, 29-9)
Nov. 10: vs New York Jets (W, 31-6)
Nov. 17: BYE
Nov. 24: at Seattle (L, 16-6)
Dec. 1: at Minnesota (L, 23-22)
Dec. 8: vs Seattle (L, 30-18)
Dec. 15: vs New England (W, 30-17)
Dec. 22: at Carolina (L, 36-30)
Dec. 28: at Los Angeles Rams (L, 13-9)
Jan. 5: vs San Francisco
Record: 7-9

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A 49ers-Cardinals rock fight in Arizona to close dreadful 2024 season

We talked to our friends at Cards Wire about the season finale which doesn’t mean a ton for either team.

It looked in the middle of the season like the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals may be playing for the NFC West crown in Week 18.

The opposite turned out to be true.

Both teams are eliminated from the postseason and the NFC West standings are set with the 49ers in last place. Whichever team wins Sunday at State Farm Stadium will drop in the draft, but beyond that small consolation there isn’t a ton at stake.

We checked in with our buddy Jess Root from Cards Wire to get an idea of how Arizona’s season went and what we should be watching for from the 49ers’ final opponent of the 2024 campaign:

Niners Wire: Have the Cardinals been better or worse than you expected?

Jess Root: It’s a weird mix of both better and worse. If they win on Sunday, the 8-9 record will be exactly what I predicted back in May. Big picture, they achieved what was the best-case scenario for even the most optimistic projections — they would be better and still be not quite there.They were more inconsistent offensively than I expected. They had stretches when they were way better defensively than I expected.At 6-4, I thought they were gonna finish with 10-11 wins and win the division, and then they fell apart. So it was a roller coaster of being surprised and then fully disapointed.

NW: What are your thoughts on Marvin Harrison Jr. after Year 1?

JR: Man, he can be so good. He didn’t live up to incredibly lofty hopes for him. The projections of 1,100-1,200 yards were just too much.He looks so good at times and also has looked very much like a rookie. He has not gotten on the same page as Kyler Murray consistently. He has not been as great at contested balls as expected.But he is could flirt with 900 receiving yards. He will end up with better numbers as a rookie than his Hall of Fame father and future Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald. He will have nearly (if not more than) 900 yards when there he has a 100-catch, 1,100-yard teammate in Trey McBride. He will likely have the second-most receiving yards for any Cardinals rookie ever. He needs one score to match legends Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin for the most rookie touchdown catches. He’s had a pretty solid rookie campaign.I do think he needs a little more edge and “dog” to his game to take his production to the next level. He has to want the ball with the same intensity as many of the greats, at least when it comes to attacking the football coming his way. But my guess is he will be really, really good as early as next season.

NW: How hard are we rooting against the Rams in the playoffs?

JR: Yeah, it stinks when someone in the division does well, although it does bring a little satisfaction when they do more than flame out in the first round as a sort of justification for them eliminating the Cardinals.

NW: Is Kyler Murray still the long-term answer for Arizona?

JR: There is beginning to be a little bit of doubt from the public. Thus far, that doubt has not crept into the minds of the coaches. What I try to point out is that Murray’s worst is average QB play. The ceiling is there but he isn’t hitting in consistently. And he is showing he can’t be a consistent top-five guy. But he has the tools to be great year in and year out.So as for moving on, one must tread lightly because it will be hard to do better.

NW: Who do you wanna see win the Super Bowl?

JR: I’m a Patrick Mahomes fan and, as long as it isn’t a team I actively root against, historically great things are something I love to watch. I want a three-peat. I want Mahomes to prove to everyone he’s still that guy. After that, I root for players or coaches. I like Baker Mayfield. I like Dan Campbell. I like Jayden Daniels and Kliff Kingsbury. I kind of root for Russell Wilson, even though I still have issues with wanting the Steelers to be successful.

NW: Prediction for this one.

JR: Whew this could be gross. The Cardinals are missing tackles. The 49ers will have Josh Dobbs at QB, who is only a threat if he can move. If the Cardinals can’t beat Dobbs….Anyway, the Cardinals should control this game. Cardinals 27, 49ers 19

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49ers clinch last-place schedule, 2025 opponents locked in

The San Francisco 49ers’ 2025 opponents are set.

The San Francisco 49ers will receive a slight reprieve in the 2025 season thanks to their abysmal 2024 campaign.

With their 10th loss of the year Monday night, a 40-34 loss to the Detroit Lions, the 49ers have clinched a last-place schedule in 2025 no matter what happens in their Week 18 game against the 7-9 Arizona Cardinals.

That means they’ll face the last-place finishers in the NFC North, NFC East and AFC North.

Here’s what their 2025 opponents look like:

Home

Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans
Chicago Bears (NFC North last place)

Road

Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
New York Giants (NFC East last place)
Cleveland Browns (AFC North last place)

The Bears, Giants and Browns are all well behind their respective divisions so they’ve all clinched last place as well. That will make the 49ers’ strength of schedule significantly easier than this season when they played one of the most difficult schedules in the league.

That doesn’t guarantee they’ll go back to the postseason, but it should certainly make their path easier if they’re able to get healthy and revamp some key areas of their roster.

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49ers Week 18 schedule set for sneaky big matchup with Cardinals

Week 18 schedule is set.

The San Francisco 49ers’ Week 18 schedule has officially been set.

After the Washington Commanders beat the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday Night Football, the NFL released its game schedule for the final week of the regular season.

San Francisco and the Arizona Cardinals will kick off at 1:25pm Pacific Time from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

This isn’t a huge surprise given both teams are eliminate from the postseason race. However it still carries some weight with NFL draft positioning and division placement that will help dictate next year’s schedule.

Saturday’s games will feature the AFC North with the Cleveland Browns visiting the Baltimore Ravens at 1:30pm Pacific. Then the Cincinnati Bengals will visit the Pittsburgh Steelers at 5:00pm Pacific.

The Sunday Night Football matchup will be the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. That matchup will decide the NFC North winner and No. 1 seed in the NFC. The winner gets a first-round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs. The loser will drop to the No. 5 spot and go on the road to open the postseason. That will be the case regardless of what happens when the 49ers host the Detroit Lions on Monday in the final Monday Night Football game of the season.

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49ers 2025 schedule: Projected opponents after Week 16

The 49ers schedule might be much easier next year.

The 2024 season has been ugly for the San Francisco 49ers, and a brutal schedule hasn’t helped.

Their .549 opponent winning percentage is tied for the highest mark in the NFC, and the second-highest mark in the NFL. Only the Las Vegas Raiders (.551) have had a more difficult schedule.

With Week 16 in the books, we can project the 49ers’ 2025 schedule which looks on paper to be a much easier road than their 2024 slate.

If the 49ers finish in last place, they’ll host the last place team in the NFC North, and visit the last place clubs in the NFC East and AFC North. They’ll also face all four teams from the NFC and AFC South.

Here is their list of projected opponents after Week 16’s results:

Home

Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans
Chicago Bears (NFC North last place)

Road

We’ll have an eye on the NFL draft order down the stretch, but it’ll also be worth watching the division standings to see if San Francisco will go into 2025 with a much easier schedule than they did this year.

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49ers Week 16 inactives show they’re not quitting on 2024 season

Week 16 inactives!

It would be difficult to blame the San Francisco 49ers if they shut down some of their injured veterans in the final three games of what is all but guaranteed to be a lost season.

Alas, their Week 16 inactives show they’re not ready to punt the 2024 campaign just yet.

With linebacker Dre Greenlaw and defensive end Nick Bosa both listed as ‘questionable’ on the injury report, it would’ve been easy to have both players down with an eye toward the 2025 season. Both star defenders are in the lineup though after not being listed with the team’s Week 16 inactives.

Here’s who won’t suit up Sunday:

QB Joshua Dobbs (third QB)
LT Trent Williams (ankle)
RB Isaac Guerendo (hamstring)
TE Jake Tonges
DL Khalil Davis
CB Rock Ya-Sin
DL Robert Beal Jr. (ankle)

Beal is the only real surprise since he was listed as questionable after an ankle injury cropped up during the week. Defensive lineman Alex Barrett was elevated from the practice squad in part of the 49ers’ Saturday roster moves. He’ll likely replace Beal in the DL rotation.

It’s unclear what Greenlaw’s role will be in his second game since returning from an Achilles tear in the Super Bowl. He played the first half against the Los Angeles Rams in his Week 15 debut, but exited with fatigue issues and soreness. He was limited in practice throughout the week, listed with knee and Achilles ailments.

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1 big offensive adjustment 49ers must make in final 3 games of 2024 season

It’s Ricky Pearsall time.

With the postseason all but out of their grasp, the San Francisco 49ers can now start operating with the 2025 season in mind.

That doesn’t mean the dreaded ‘tank’ where the team tries losing games to improve its draft position. It does mean they should be looking to see exactly what they have with some of the players on their roster in the final three games.

One key adjustment they need to make while turning their sights toward 2025 and beyond is getting first-round wide receiver Ricky Pearsall more involved in the offense.

Pearsall this season has 24 targets in eight games, but after earning six targets in Week 10, he has only nine targets in the five games since. Overall he’s turned his opportunities into 13 catches for 153 yards and one touchdown.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Wednesday told reporters he’s happy with the rookie now that he’s getting a regular chance to play and practice.

“I think Ricky’s doing a hell of a job,” Shanahan said. “I know everyone talks about the gunshot wound, but what people don’t realize is, I think I said a couple weeks ago, but he only had three practices before that gunshot wound. He missed all OTAs and all of training camp and then to get that gunshot basically went from Florida to us halfway through the season. So, I thought he did a hell of a job coming back from that, trying to learn and practice as he goes. He’s been banged up a little bit, started in Green Bay. I think he’s fought through that here the last couple weeks. I thought he did some real good stuff on tape last week. He had a couple big catches. I think he’s going the right direction and hope it keeps improving here these next three games.”

One way to ensure he’s improving is trying to get him the ball more often. In that Week 10 game where he had six targets, Pearsall hauled in four of them for 73 yards and a touchdown. His absence from the offense may just be a result of the injury issues Shanahan mentioned, but that’s something they need to resolve before the season ends.

Pearsall is a key piece of their receiving corps in the future and ironing out a more accurate trajectory for his immediate future will play a significant role in how the 49ers should operate in the offseason.

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