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49ers have been dominant after bye week under Kyle Shanahan

The #49ers have been dominant after the bye week with Kyle Shanahan as their head coach. A season-by-season look:

The 49ers couldn’t have gone into their bye week in much worse shape. They were banged up and struggling with three consecutive losses after a 5-0 start. To make matters worse, they had similar issues in all three defeats with their run game struggling and their defense failing to affect the quarterback and get key stops.

A week off should help kickstart a turnaround, and history is on their side in a quest to regain the form they had to start the year.

Under head coach Kyle Shanahan the 49ers have almost always been better after the bye than before, accumulating a 16-30 record (.347 winning percentage) before the break, and a 36-16 record (.692 winning percentage) after it.

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Former Pro Bowl LT Taylor Lewan says 49ers are going 17-0

A former Titans Pro Bowl LT is all aboard the #49ers bandwagon.

The 49ers’ hot start to the 2023 season continued Sunday when they knocked off the Cardinals 35-16 at Levi’s Stadium. They’re now 4-0 to start their quest of avenging a second-consecutive NFC championship game loss. San Francisco’s strong first four games has former Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan believing the team can make some history.

In an appearance with Kay Adams on her show, ‘Up & Adams,’ Lewan threw out the idea that the 49ers would not only beat the Cowboys in Week 5, but would actually win the rest of their games.

“I think the Niners win that game,” Lewan said of the upcoming divisional playoff rematch. “I’m riding the Niners ’til they lose. And then I’ll come on this show and be like ‘hey, we finally lost. Thank God, I can start to think logically.’ But I think the Niners right now, in my mind, they’re going 17-0.”

A 17-0 run by the 49ers would be pretty remarkable considering the daunting schedule they have ahead of them.  Five of their remaining opponents are presently in the playoffs after four weeks. They also have a gauntlet late in the year where they go to Seattle on a short week, then visit the Eagles before heading home to face the Seahawks again.

They’ll certainly earn it if they wind up becoming the first team to win 17 regular-season games. There’s a long way to go until then though, and their first step is getting past the Cowboys at home in Week 5.

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49ers ticket prices plummet in resale market

The average price of a 49ers ticket on the secondary market has dropped substantially since last season.

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Despite sitting in the upper tier of the NFC heading into the 2023 campaign, the 49ers have seen the prices of their tickets on the resale market plummet since last season.

The average price of a 49ers ticket on the secondary market is sitting at $410. That’s down a whopping $332 from last year’s average price of $714 according to TicketSmarter.

A drop in average ticket price on the secondary market isn’t common across the NFL this year. The 49ers are one of just four teams to see a dip, along with the Bengals, Rams and Cardinals.

It’s easy to see why the 49ers and Bengals saw their prices dip despite their success last season. They made playoff runs that might’ve inflated the cost to get in the door, especially late in the year. For the Rams and Cardinals, they’re simply teams expected to struggle this season after going into 2022 with varying levels of expectations.

For 49ers fans planning to attend a game this year, it may be wise to get tickets now because it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see those average prices climb if the team makes another run to the postseason in 2023.

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2 of 49ers 3 preseason games will be on national TV

2 of the 49ers 3 preseason games will be on national TV.

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The NFL on Thursday announced the slate of preseason games that will be carried on NFL Network. The announcement brought good news for 49ers fans who live outside the team’s market with two of their three preseason contests landing on that slate.

San Francisco’s preseason opener against the Raiders and their preseason finale against the Chargers will both be NFL Network broadcasts.

The 49ers and Raiders kick off from Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, August 13 at 1:00pm Pacific Time. That game will be preceded by joint practices between the two clubs in Southern Nevada.

The 49ers host the Chargers on Friday, August 25 at 7:00pm Pacific Time to wrap up their exhibition schedule.

All of San Francisco’s preseason games will be shown on KPIX in the Bay Area.

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Ranking quarterbacks on 49ers schedule from best to worst

Ranking the 14 quarterbacks on the 49ers’ schedule from best to worst:

The 49ers have a tough schedule in 2023 after finishing first in the NFC West last season. Typically a tough schedule means needing to go through a gauntlet of very good quarterbacks.

How good are the QBs on the 49ers’ schedule though? We went through and ranked the 14 presumed starting QBs on their 17-game slate and found that it mostly reflects the QB landscape in the NFL.

There are some heavy hitters at the top, followed by a massive middle tier where the players are mostly interchangeable depending on supporting cast and coaching staff, then there’s a small bottom tier of unknowns or outright bad QBs.

For our rankings we chose one QB from each team, though a couple clubs will have QB battles playing out during the offseason. Here’s how the list shook out before the season, and we’ll update it at year’s end:

Here’s when 49ers and Raiders will hold joint practices

Here’s when the 49ers and Raiders will hold joint practices in Nevada:

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The 49ers and Raiders in will face off in Las Vegas to open the preseason. Before their bout on Aug. 13, they’ll hold a couple of joint practices. Dates for those sessions were released Saturday per NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco.

San Francisco will head to Vegas for some early joint sessions on Aug. 10 and 11 at the Raiders’ practice facility in Henderson, Nev.

It’s unclear for now whether the joint practices will be open to fans. Last year when the 49ers and Vikings had practice together in Minnesota fans were allowed to attend.

These practices will be particularly interesting for the 49ers since head coach Kyle Shanahan typically values them more than he does the preseason games. With quarterback questions aplenty it’ll be intriguing to see how the team operates at that spot in this environment. It could tell us a lot about how the battle for depth chart positioning is going.

Kickoff for the 49ers and Raiders matchup is set for 1:00pm Pacific Time on Aug. 13.

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49ers announce preseason schedule

Hey the 49ers finally released their preseason schedule!

The 49ers on Friday officially announced their three-game preseason schedule.

Their Week 1 kickoff vs. the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium will be Sunday, Aug. 13 at 1:00pm Pacific Time.

San Francisco will head to Las Vegas early for joint practices with the Raiders leading up to their preseason bout.

Week 2 at Levi’s Stadium vs. the Broncos will take place Saturday, Aug. 19, with kickoff slated for 5:30pm Pacific Time.

Their preseason finale at home against the Chargers is Friday, Aug. 25, and kickoff is slated for 7:00pm Pacific Time.

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NFL approval of Thursday night flex schedule won’t affect 49ers in 2023

The NFL can now flex Thursday night games, but it won’t affect the 49ers in 2023. Here’s why:

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The NFL on Monday at the Spring owners meetings approved a flexible Thursday Night Football schedule. The good news for the 49ers is the rule won’t apply to them in 2023.

It’s a pretty significant shift to move a team’s game into the TNF slot, so the NFL made rigorous requirements for such a move. Those flexes can only happen between Weeks 13 and 17, only two flexes are allowed, and the league requires a 28-day notice for the teams.

For San Francisco this won’t impact them since there’s a two-game maximum for TNF games. The 49ers play on Thursday night in Week 3 at home against the Giants, and again in Week 12 on the road in Seattle for Thanksgiving.

Since the 49ers will hit their two-game maximum before the TNF flex window begins in Week 13, they won’t have to worry about any of their late-season games getting pushed up a few days.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter the 49ers were one of the teams that voted in favor of the move. While it won’t affect them in 2023, it certainly could in the coming years when their schedule doesn’t include two early TNF bouts.

There could be some movement in their schedule late in the year if they’re flexed into or out of a Sunday night game, but their pair of Thursday games is set.

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Ranking 49ers road games to attend

Attending a 49ers game this year? We ranked the road trips!

With the NFL’s schedule release comes the opportunity to start planning road trips for the season. For the 49ers there are a handful of good road cities on their calendar this season, but not all road trips are created equal.

The holiday schedule, plus potential weather issues depending on the time of year a game takes place can either make or break the quality of a potential road trip.

We went through and ranked the 49ers’ road games through the lens of a person planning to go watch the team on the road this year:

2 49ers preseason kickoff times known after Broncos release schedule

We know another 49ers preseason game time thanks to an opponent announcing its schedule:

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The 49ers haven’t announced their preseason schedule yet, but thanks to announcements from their preseason opponents we now know two dates and times on their preseason slate.

The Denver Broncos on Wednesday announced their Week 2 preseason matchup with the 49ers at Levi’s Stadium will take place Aug. 19, with kickoff set for 5:30pm Pacific Time.

San Francisco will also host the Chargers in the final week of the preseason. That game is slated for 7:00pm on Aug. 25.

Now the only game unknown on San Francisco’s exhibition slate is their opener against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium. The 49ers and Raiders will hold joint practices together prior to that matchup.

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