San Francisco defeats Atlanta 20-10
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No Fred Warner, no problem. The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 20-10 in primetime. They improve their record to 5-2 on the season and prove ho
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San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner is staying positive despite suffering what could be a season-ending ankle injury.
San Francisco lost Brendel to a hamstring injury and Green to a toe injury. Typically, hamstrings will be multiple-week injuries, and Brendel was declared out early into the game, so there is a good chance the team will be without him in Week 8.
It’s the family business that 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan inherited from his dad, Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Shanahan. It’s that synchronized ballet of an offensive line firing off the ball in unison, moving left or right, attacking space first and defenders second.
As NBC showed McCaffrey running off the field back to the locker room, he had already shed the robe - fully highlighting the silliness of the entire enterprise. This article originally published at NBC announcers roast their own network for 49ers-Falcons stunt.
SANTA CLARA -- The 49ers just beat the Atlanta Falcons 20-10 to improve their record to 5-2. Somehow, the 49ers keep beating teams that are better than them on paper. Which means the 49ers just might be better than the sum of their parts. Here are their grades for this performance.