Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images Looking at records from a season ago doesn’t come close to painting the full picture, so we’ll look at several other metrics to determine the 49ers’ strength of schedule for this upcoming season. There are several ways to measure schedule difficulty. The most outdated one is the use of win/loss records from the prior season. We can look at how the New York Jets performed, but their offensive numbers would be inaccurate since Aaron Rodgers didn’t play. The Seattle Seahawks' defense should be night and day compared to last year's defense ..read more

Photo by Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images That’s right. Vegas is expecting the Niners to win all 17 games. We predicted the San Francisco 49ers would finish 12-5, with a meaningless loss in the season’s finale. Most teams would do anything to reach double-digit wins in a season. Based on the betting lines, the Niners are expected to win the most: With the schedule out, we now have betting lines for every game. Here is an objective measure of how good each team is expected to be in 2024 pic.twitter.com/RmCUWlHZuT — Computer Cowboy (@benbbaldwin) May 16, 2024 And do so by a comfo ..read more

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Going game by game to determine how many games the 49ers will win this season Now that the San Francisco 49ers 2024 schedule is officially here, it’s a perfect time to predict the outcome of every single game. It’s the offseason. We’re going to have fun. When we did this analysis last May, we predicted the Niners would finish 12-5. We were correct in predicting losses to the Browns, Bengals, and Ravens, but we couldn’t have been more wrong about losing to the Eagles or Commanders. Let’s take a look to see how things will shake out this year in a predict ..read more

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The NFL didn’t do the 49ers many favors when it came to their schedule for the 2nd consecutive year. The 2024 NFL schedule was released on Thursday, with the San Francisco 49ers receiving their full set of dates for the upcoming season. As expected, the 49ers got the maximum number of primetime games, playing twice on Monday Night, Thursday Night Football, and Sunday Night Football each for a total of six opportunities. However, one area where the 49ers are at a disadvantage is net rest differential, and it’s at a historic rate. Reporting on the rest difference ..read more

Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Thursday, May 16th, 2024 49ers drafted Ricky Pearsall with eye toward future “But Shanahan demands a lot from his receivers and the Niners offense isn’t easy to digest. Aiyuk had struggles early in his career before blossoming into the team’s most productive wideout. Another year of working to add play strength to improve against press coverage and grasp all that Shanahan will ask of him should help Pearsall when his role expands.” Maiocco’s way-too-early 49ers 2024 game-by-game predictions “Final record: 12-5, first place in the NFC West” Branch ..read more

Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images The wait is over. Here is a breakdown and look at the Niners schedule for this upcoming season We’ve spent the better part of 48 hours perusing the internet to see if we could find leaks about the San Francisco 49ers schedule for this upcoming season. The wait is over. Here are the 49ers opponents for 2024. 49ers 2024 schedule Week 1, September 9, 5:20 p.m. PT — vs. New York Jets — Monday Night Football The 49ers will kick off the season in primetime as they host Aaron Rodgers and a vaunted New York Jets team that’s projected to win as ..read more

Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The 49ers are going all in for the 2024 season Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in San Francisco 49ers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Please take our survey Following a Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, the 49ers offseason has been about reloading and setting up the future of the roster. Arik Armstead departed and signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Armstead was the longe ..read more

Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images The Niners will travel through 28 time zones this upcoming season. We should focus on when the travel takes place. As we prepare for the NFL to release the full schedule Wednesday night, which isn’t based on rumors, we already know where the San Francisco 49ers are playing. In 2024, the 49ers will travel the fifth-most miles in the NFL. The mileage was calculated using the linear air distance between each stadium and includes the five NFL international games this season. It’s no surprise that teams on each coast travel the most every se ..read more

Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 49ers announced they’ve signed Jarrett Kingston to a four-year deal The San Francisco 49ers announced they signed sixth-round pick Jarrett Kingston to a four-year deal. Kingston will compete with the likes of Spencer Burford, Ben Bartch, Drake Nugent, and Nick Zakelj for one of the final roster spots along the offensive line. Second-round pick Renardo Green recently signed, and his contract details are out. His four-year contract is worth $6.3 million, including $1.8 million guaranteed. It's important to understand that every draft slot ..read more

Photo by Robin Alam/ISI Photos/Getty Images Tracking all of the 2024 San Francisco 49ers schedule news, rumors, and leaks here. Kyle’s update, Wednesday, 9:30 a.m PT: The Christmas schedule is out, and the Niners are not a part of it. The Kansas City Chiefs will play the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Baltimore Ravens will take on DeMeco Ryans and the Houston Texans. So it’ll be an AFC affair on Christmas. Kyle’s update, Wednesday, 8:45 a.m. PT: There are a couple of different places relaying the 49ers primetime games. Mike Jurecki is the latest to confirm the 49ers six primetime slots: Week 1 ..read more