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NFL didn’t apologize to 49ers after clear blown call vs. Seahawks

The NFL blew a call in Thursday’s game. The 49ers didn’t hear from the league about it.

Some of the dramatics in the San Francisco 49ers’ Week 6 win over the Seattle Seahawks could have been ratcheted down had the NFL’s replay review system operated properly.

In the fourth quarter the Seahawks cut the 49ers’ 20-point lead to 6 with back-to-back touchdowns. After the second touchdown, the Seattle defense forced a 49ers punt.

San Francisco gunner Chris Conley was blocked into the Seahawks punt returner Dee Williams, keeping the punt returner from catching the ball. Seattle was awarded the ball after 49ers linebacker Jalen Graham downed it, but the 49ers reviewed the play to see if Williams touched the football.

Enhanced replays on the Amazon Prime feed showed the ball clearly touching Williams’ hand. With Graham’s recovery, the 49ers should have taken over at the Seattle 18. Instead, the Seahawks retained the ball because the officials didn’t have access to all the angles the TV broadcast had in time to make the correct call.

While officials told ESPN’s Brady Henderson after the game they missed the call, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said the team didn’t hear from the league.

“No. You don’t get any apologies, but apologies aren’t that big of a deal,” Shanahan said in a conference call Friday. “Once it happens, you’ve got to move on with your life. Apologies don’t make it better. I’m just glad that it all worked out and just move on.”

Fortunately for the 49ers the play will likely be lost to history. The Seahawks punted on the ensuing drive, and San Francisco went on to secure a 36-24 victory.

Perhaps the league’s officials pay the 49ers back with a favorable call or two, but the club certainly isn’t going to hear from the NFL about it. The league admitted the mistake, and all parties will move on.

Ideally if the NFL does take some kind of action, it will be ensuring their replay reviews aren’t complete until every available camera angle is given to them.

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Report: 49ers RB Jordan Mason gets good news on shoulder injury

A Jordan Mason update with good news:

The San Francisco 49ers and running back Jordan Mason may have avoided a disaster.

Mason injured his shoulder in the second quarter of the 49ers’ Week 6 win over the Seattle Seahawks. He returned for the second half, but exited after aggravating the shoulder on the first play of the third quarter. He spent the remainder of the game on the sideline and head coach Kyle Shanahan didn’t have much information after the game.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday morning reported the injury is believed to be an AC joint sprain that isn’t considered serious. Mason will undergo further testing Friday.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan will speak with reporters Friday afternoon and may have a further update on the 49ers’ breakout star.

If the 49ers can manage to avoid anything major with Mason it would be a significant win for them given the impact he’s had on their offense. Their run game struggled without him in Seattle, save for rookie RB Isaac Guerendo’s game-sealing 76-yard run. Guerendo would be Mason’s replacement if he’s unable to suit up in Week 7 vs. the Chiefs.

Mason finished Thursday’s game with 73 yards on nine carries. He also ripped off a 38-yard run in the game, marking his longest rush of the season.

After Week 6 he’s up to an NFL-best 609 yards on an NFL-high 114 carries.

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49ers win over Seahawks puts them in 1st place NFC West

The San Francisco 49ers are your new division leader.

What a difference a win makes!

The San Francisco 49ers were in an apparent spiral entering their game against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. They’d lost three straight, including two to division opponents where San Francisco held 10-point leads in the fourth quarter, and they sat at 14th out of 16 in the NFC standings.

A win was a necessity at Lumen Field, and the 49ers came through even with some bumps in the road.

While San Francisco needed a win for some stability early in this season, they also had an opportunity to leap into the playoff picture by overtaking the Seahawks in the NFC West.

The 49ers’ 36-24 victory over Seattle launched them into a tie with the Seahawks at 3-3 overall, but placed San Francisco at No. 1 in the division by virtue of the head-to-head tiebreaker they now hold over the Seahawks.

Here’s what the standings look like entering Sunday:

1. 49ers (3-3)
2. Seahawks (3-3)
3. Cardinals (2-3)
4. Rams (1-4)

It’s still too early to start schedule-watching, but the 49ers’ margin for error is slim enough that any ground they can make up in the race for a playoff berth is significant.

The Cardinals do play the Packers on Sunday in Green Bay. A win by them would push the 49ers down to second in the standings. A loss would ensure San Francisco holds the NFC West lead heading into Week 7.

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49ers WR accomplishes career feat never reached by WR in NFL history

Deebo Samuel is incredible.

It’s not a huge surprise when San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel does something unique at his position.

After all, Samuel effectively pioneered the “wide back” role that no other wide receiver has been able to replicate. Samuel’s 2021 All-Pro season featured 1,408 receiving yards and a wide receiver record 365 rushing yards. He also posted 14 total touchdowns that season.

While he’s not as prolific as a runner in 2024, Samuel’s multifaceted skill set still shines through, and there’s nothing that highlights that more than what he accomplished Thursday night in the 49ers’ 36-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks.

In the second quarter Samuel got loose up the left sideline. After Seahawks safety Julian Love badly misplayed the ball, Samuel outran the entire Seattle defense for a 76-yard score. It marked his second receiving TD of the year, and the 20th receiving touchdown of his career.

Per NFL Network’s Bridget Condon, Samuel became the first wide receiver in NFL history with 20 receiving touchdowns and 20 rushing touchdowns.

Reaching the 20/20 plateau is quite a feat regardless of position though. Only 19 players in history have done it — all running backs. Saints RB Alvin Kamara, Commanders RB Austin Ekeler, and Samuel’s teammate with the 49ers Christian McCaffrey are the three other active players on the list per Stathead’s search database.

The remarkable thing with Samuel is that there are no other WRs even close in history. Jerry Rice’s 10 rushing TDs are the second most for a WR. Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill is next on the list with seven. He’s tied with Bills WR Curtis Samuel.

Samuel may never replicate his dynamic 2021 season, but his unique versatility will live on forever in stats like this one where he became the first, and maybe last, receiver to hit 20 TDs in the air and on the ground.

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49ers injury update: RB Jordan Mason exits game vs. Seahawks

The 49ers exited the game in the second quarter against the Seahawks on Thursday Night Football.

After a strong start to Thursday Night Football against the Seattle Seahawks, breakout running back Jordan Mason exited the game in the second quarter.

Following a 14-yard run, Mason appeared to be in pain on the field in Seattle. After being looked at on the field, Mason exited the game and went back to the locker room with the 49ers training staff in Seattle.

According to Amazon’s Thursday Night Football broadcast, Mason went back to the locker room to have his shoulder checked out and is questionable to return against the Seahawks.

Via @nwagoner on Twitter:

Before leaving the game, Mason rushed eight times for 65 yards and added one catch for nine yards against the Seahawks. Rookie Isaac Gurendo and Deebo Samuel will likely handle the running back duties until Mason is able to return.

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49ers rookie secures first career interception on Thursday Night Football vs. Seahawks

The 49ers rookie secured his first career interception in primetime against the Seahawks.

With Talanoa Hufanga and Charvarius Ward sidelined, the San Francisco 49ers’ needed a player from their secondary to step up against Geno Smith, DK Metcalf and the Seattle Seahawks high-powered offense on Thursday Night Football. A rookie in the 49ers secondary answered the bell.

With the Seahawks threatening on the opening drive of the game, Malik Mustapha sparked the 49ers defense with a timely turnover. Smith sailed a pass toward Tyler Lockett, which ended up in Mustapha’s hands in the endzone.

Via @49ers on Twitter:

The fourth-round pick out of Wake Forest secured his first interception in the second start of his young career. Following Mustapha’s interception, the 49ers capitalized with a field goal to take the first lead of the game on Thursday night against the Seahawks.

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49ers injury update: Charvarius Ward inactive vs. Seahawks

Here’s who’s not suiting up for the 49ers against the Seahawks:

The San Francisco 49ers will have to navigate a huge game against the Seattle Seahawks without one of their top two cornerbacks.

CB Charvarius Ward was listed as inactive ahead of Thursday night’s game at Lumen Field after going through a pregame workout on-field to test his bruised knee. Ward was hurt in the 49ers’ Week 5 loss to the Arizona Cardinals and finished the week as a limited participant in the team’s walkthrough. He was officially listed as questionable before being ruled out 90 minutes before Thursday’s game.

Without Ward, the 49ers are likely to go with rookie CB Renardo Green as the nickel corner with CBs Deommodore Lenoir and Isaac Yiadom manning the two starting outside spots.

Here’s who won’t suit up for San Francisco:

QB Josh Dobbs (QB3)
CB Charvarius Ward (knee)
K Jake Moody (ankle)
LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (calf)
DT Jordan Elliott (knee)
OL Ben Bartch
TE Brayden Willis

Conley is not among the inactives and will play. He was questionable on a short week and missed Week 5 with an oblique issue he sustained back in Week 4. He missed Monday’s practice per the projected report, and was limited Tuesday and Wednesday.

Willis was promoted to the active roster when Talanoa Hufanga was placed on IR.

Kickoff between the 49ers and Seahawks is slated for 5:15pm Pacific Time.

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49ers Super Bowl hopes may ride on Week 6 vs. Seahawks

The 49ers season isn’t over if they lose, but it’s awful close.

Multiple members of the San Francisco 49ers have acknowledged the stakes of their Thursday night showdown with the Seattle Seahawks.

Cornerback Deommodore Lenoir said the team is treating it like a must-win game. Defensive end Nick Bosa echoed those sentiments. Linebacker Fred Warner didn’t mince words when he talked about what’s on the line for the 49ers on Thursday at Lumen Field.

It sounds melodramatic given that the club is only entering Week 6, and that a large swath of the roster’s key players were on the roster just three seasons ago when they got off to a 3-5 start.

This year is different, though, and the uptick urgency is being reflected by players in media settings.

It is true that a loss Thursday, which drops the 49ers to 2-4 overall, 0-3 in the NFC West and 0-4 in the NFC, wouldn’t end their season. They could mathematically win 11 straight games to go 13-4.

That’s an unrealistic expectation, which brings the ‘must-win’ phrasing into the picture.

San Francisco has Super Bowl aspirations. In the era of the 14-team playoff where only the No. 1 seed gets a bye week, that No. 1 seed is crucial. The advanced age of the 49ers’ roster and the spate of extra games they’ve played over the last five years because of four deep playoff runs makes the bye week an even greater necessity.

Their margin for error on potentially securing a No. 1 seed was ostensibly lit on fire when the team blew 10-point fourth-quarter leads against the Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals. They need to start racking up wins, and it has to start Thursday in Seattle, especially with dates against the Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys looming.

If the 49ers win Thursday, things will feel more stable for them heading into their final two games before their bye.

If the 49ers lose Thursday, the one seed, and with it a potential Super Bowl run, may fall entirely out of reach.

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49ers make decision on Jake Moody replacement

The veteran kicker has kicked for the Steelers, Jaguars, Chiefs and Panthers over 24 career games.

On Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers had to play the second half with their starting kicker sidelined.

While in kickoff return coverage, Jake Moody attempted to make a tackle against the Arizona Cardinals and suffered an ankle injury that required him to be carted to the locker room and be ruled out for the remainder of the 49ers’ 24-23 loss.

After the game, head coach Kyle Shanahan revealed Moody suffered a high ankle injury.

With only four days between Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals and the 49ers’ upcoming Thursday Night Football game against the Seattle Seahawks, the 49ers needed to make a decision for their kicker position.

On Tuesday morning, the 49ers reportedly signed veteran kicker Matthew Wright according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Wright won a “kicker derby,” over Pelissero.

Via @TomPelissero on Twitter:

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the 49ers also worked out kickers Anders Carlson, Riley Patterson, Matt Coghlin and Randy Bullock.

Via @AdamSchefter on Twitter:

Over 24 career games, Wright has kicked for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs and Carolina Panthers. Wright has made 40-of-47 field goals in his career with his career-long coming from 59 yards.

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NFC standings: Week 6 vs. Seahawks is virtual ‘must win’ for 49ers

Week 6 is basically a must-win for the 49ers, and the standings show why.

The NFL standings don’t generally matter much after five weeks.

In an 18-week season injuries are prevalent, trades happen, and teams either hit their stride or fall off throughout the year, and the picture painted with the final standings rarely reflects what we see after a sample size of five games.

On the other hand, this year’s standings in the NFC put into perspective just how poorly the San Francisco 49ers’ season has gone, and the climb they have to get back into the postseason picture.

San Francisco after five weeks is sitting at No. 14 out of 16 NFC teams. The only teams behind them are the Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers. Both of those teams are 1-4, and the Rams’ lone win came against the 49ers at SoFi Stadium in Week 3.

It’s been an abject disaster to start the year for the 49ers, and while the standings paint a bleak picture now, there are some silver linings.

Typically under Kyle Shanahan the 49ers have played their best football in November, December and January. They’re one of five NFC teams with two wins, and a win over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night would put them atop the NFC West and into the No. 4 seed in the standings. That fact is why there’s no reason to hit the panic button just yet.

On the other hand, a loss to Seattle might be reason to panic. Dropping to 2-4 overall, 0-4 in the conference and 0-3 in the division with games against the undefeated Chiefs and the 3-2 Cowboys looming would put the 49ers in a bind that virtually eliminated their margin for error while they simultaneously try and right a rapidly sinking ship.

The standings through five weeks don’t tell the story of the entire season, but they paint a pretty clear picture of what’s at stake for the 49ers when they visit Seattle on Thursday.

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