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Matt covers the 49ers for The Athletic. Like fiction? Check out the crime novel Matt co-wrote. It's about a dubious reporter ...

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1Jan 31, '23Nick Bosa on Hurts v. Mahomes: “that’ll be a good battle — that I won’t be watching .”55.5×1.3M7.1k38452
2Dec 22, '22Every 49ers player found a new soundbar at his locker after practice. The secret Santa: Trey Lance.54.8×1.2M9.9k31432
3Sep 17, '25While taking Brock Purdy video, this up and comer caught my eye …48.4×1.1M4.4k57165
4Jan 10, '23No tarp. Instead, Levi’s Stadium is getting a blow dry during a break in the storms. Very interesting, have never seen this before …25.6×580k1.5k4618
5Jan 29, '23Christian McCaffrey is standing with the QBs, seems to be getting instructions on how to play the position.21.7×491k1.6k19024
6Jul 24, '24Brandon Aiyuk just walked off the field … and into the 49ers main HQ building with John Lynch.20.7×468k2.1k15673
7Jan 27, '23Kyle Shanahan gave OL Jason Poe this special helmet for being one of the #49ers’ scout team players of the year (offense).20.7×468k3.7k14514
8Dec 15, '23This is the 49ers’ “knockdown hat.” It gets signed whenever a WR delivers a clear pancake block in a game. You’ll notice that one guy’s name is on there a lot …17.6×399k2.4k12434
9Sep 13, '2349ers are wearing their red home jerseys Sunday in L. A.16.8×380k1.3k944
10Jul 30, '23Top five players in 49ers training camp so far: * Brandon Aiyuk * BA * Aiyuk * Jake Moody * No. 1115.3×346k1.7k926
11Dec 12, '22Postgame locker room scene…13.8×021k644164
12Jan 31, '23Trey Lance says he’s 3-4 weeks from being fully cleared for practice. He said he’ll be 100 percent for OTAs11×248k1.5k1268
13Jan 20, '23Jimmy Garoppolo is walking around the locker room with a boot on his left foot. Trey Lance is walking around with a boot on his right. #QBboot10×227k1.5k8110
14Mar 10, '25The 49ers are now projected to have 57 picks in the 2026 draft.9.5×214k1.4k5019
15Dec 7, '23Veteran move: Logan Ryan gave Ty Davis-Price both his locker and number back. Ryan took an auxiliary locker. #greatguy8.3×188k2.1k8815
16Jan 24, '24Deebo Samuel did some full-field sprints — ball tucked under his arm — as practice got underway. We’re not allowed to film rehab work, but George Kittle clearly likes his teammate’7.7×175k1.5k8028
17Dec 16, '22Good on Kyle Shanahan. He said Charvarius Ward passed the concussion tests on the sideline but he was held out of the game anyway. "I didn't feel totally right about it," he said. 7.5×171k2.1k1047
18Mar 11, '2549ers expecting 11 picks in April: 1st: DE 2nd: DT 3rd: DT 3rd: DE 4th: Edge 4th: DT 5th: DT 6th: Run stuffer 7th: DE 7th: DT 7th: K7.3×165k1.8k6630
19Dec 16, '22Shame on Bosa for not laying the QB down in a goose father bed.7.1×160k3.6k2402
20Sep 20, '16Colin Kaepernick says he'll donate $100k a month for the next 10 months. Is setting up web site so public can track $, how it is spent.6.5×03.8k2.9k0
21Jan 29, '24The officials swallowed their whistles Sunday, which is generally a good thing. Missed, however, were a pair of late hits on Brock Purdy, this one — which was helmet to helmet — an6.2×142k2.5k15637
22Dec 7, '2349ers’ week-by-week receiving leader: 1. Aiyuk 129 yards 2. Samuel 63 3. Samuel 129 4, Aiyuk 148 5. Kittle 67 6. Aiyuk 76 7. Kittle 78 8. Kittle 149 10. Kittle 116 11. Aiyuk 156 126.2×140k1.9k12118
23Dec 30, '16Final answer to whether Colin Kaepernick divided #49ers locker room: Teammates gave him team's most prestigious honor, the Len Eshmont Award5.9×03.5k2.7k0
24Sep 10, '2349ers have started recent seasons like a groggy bear emerging from a long winter’s nap. They started this one like cocaine bear.5.8×132k2.4k2518
25Oct 9, '2449ers holding a rare practice under the lights. They’ll be in their all-white unis on Thursday…5.1×115k1.7k5018
26Oct 20, '25Christian McCaffrey on pace for: * 1,093 rushing yards * 1,252 receiving yards4.9×111k3.1k11449
27Oct 29, '25Kyle Shanahan is 20 minutes late for his press conference. He might be finalizing the Trey Hendrickson + Quinnen Williams + Maxx Crosby trade everyone's been waiting on.4.7×105k1.6k3114
28Nov 24, '2349ers' new season sack leader: Nick Bosa with 7 .54.5×102k1.5k751
29Jan 25, '24Only one player in the 49ers’ locker room has enough clout — and enough gear — to warrant *two* lockers. #714.3×96k1.7k5117
30Jan 23, '22Surreal scene post game: All the Packers fans, their heads and shoulders dusted with snow, are filing out like zombies. It’s like something from beyond the wall in Game of Thrones.4.2×05.3k52821
31Jan 29, '24Deebo Samuel when asked about this blind-side block from C.J. Gardner-Johnson, which was to his injured shoulder: “You gotta get me when I’m not looking. That’s the only way you’re4.1×94k2.2k6316
32Jan 15, '23Do. Not. Make. Deebo. Angry.4.1×93k3.1k2403
33Oct 5, '25Rookie Mykel Williams has been a nightmare for tight ends so far. He knocked Davis Allen back so violently that officials thought he had had his hands on Davis' face/facemask (he d3.9×89k2.2k13334
34Feb 1, '24Fred Warner conducted a longer-than-normal pre-practice huddle today. Warner said earlier it was important to strike the right tone in practice today, especially for a defense that3.9×87k1.6k8114
35Apr 26, '18BREAKING: Reuben Foster's girlfriend says she lied, that #49ers linebacker didn't injure her ...3.8×01.5k1.1k5
36Jan 10, '22Jimmy Garoppolo is 6-0 vs. Rams.3.6×04.8k4715
37Jan 21, '24While all eyes were on George Kittle on this 32-yard catch and run, Jauan Jennings was doing Jauan Jennings things in the background. Jennings continued blocking until they reached3.6×82k2k8018
38Jan 29, '24Brock Purdy somehow completed this pass — to Deebo Samuel for 15 yards — in the first quarter…3.6×81k2.3k7525
39Dec 31, '23Biggest beneficiaries of Cardinals/49ers wins: * Arik Armstead * Christian McCaffrey * Aaron Banks3.2×73k1.6k595
40Sep 20, '20Recap. #49ers are playing without: Starting QB: Jimmy Garoppolo (ankle) Top runner: Raheem Mostert (knee) Top WR: Deebo Samuel (foot) Top CB: Richard Sherman (calf) Top defensive l3.1×02.6k69723
41Sep 27, '21Per NBC, Packers-49ers was most-watched SNF game since 2015. Total audience: 21.1 million. (Curse words as time expired: 11 million).3.1×03.8k42519
42Jan 11, '23George Kittle on Christian McCaffrey’s Pro Bowl snub: “I hope he stays pissed off. Because he’s been pissed off the last four weeks and all he’s done is dominate.”2.9×65k1.7k832
43Sep 16, '20Kudos to the @Browns for allowing Raheem Mostert to get a COVID test at their facility before he joins his wife for the birth of their second child at a hospital 20 minutes from Br2.7×03.7k2922
44Jan 27, '23The Best Luggage Award goes to … George Kittle (in a landslide.)2.6×60k1.4k1035
45Jan 29, '22Tom Brady has been in the NFL longer than Trey Lance has been alive.2.5×03.6k18614
46Feb 6, '20Kyle Shanahan has said multiple times that there are plays in the 28-3 scenario with the Falcons that he’d want back. What about Super Bowl LIV? “I’ve been over it a thousand times2.2×02.7k20915
47Nov 4, '19Number of undefeated teams in the NFL?2.2×02.5k5173
48Nov 3, '20The 49ers, who tried to trade WR Dante Pettis, have waived him instead, per a league source.2.2×01.8k2313
49Oct 8, '19How do the 49ers handle 4-0? “The same way you handle 0-5. You don’t pay attention. You go to work,” Kyle Shanahan said.2.1×02.6k3295
50Jan 23, '22Aaron Rodgers still hasn't beaten the 49ers in the playoffs.2.1×02.7k2635
51Feb 14, '22They stole that play from Deebo Samuel.2.0×02.8k1777
52Nov 29, '20Deebo Samuel's drug test came back. Tested positive for Cantacklheem1.9×02.6k1638
53Sep 16, '20Frank Gore from 2005 and Frank Gore from 2020. (Hint: The ‘05 Gore is on the left). #ageless1.9×02.2k2818
54Aug 20, '20Nick Bosa is going to love it when the regular season starts. He went 0-4 vs. Trent Williams in one-on-one pass rush drills just now. Williams swallowed him a couple of times. Whic1.8×02.1k2155
55Jan 24, '22Cool move: After Robbie Gould’s game winner, longsnapper Taybor Pepper made a beeline to the goal post and retrieved the ball...1.8×02.8k694
56Jan 1, '20#49ers who started every game in 2019: * Jimmy Garoppolo * Laken Tomlinson * Arik Armstead * DeForest Buckner * Fred Warner Conclusion: Football is kinda rough.1.8×02.5k1855
57Jan 23, '20A nice sportsmanship moment after Jimmy Garoppolo’s ACL tear in KC last year: Patrick Mahomes walked alone from the Chiefs’ locker room to the #49ers’ to offer his support for the 1.7×02.2k2227
58Feb 14, '22Wow. Refs held the hankies all game. And now they come out?1.7×02.2k1812
59Sep 21, '20This is how bad the 49ers’ injury issues are: They had arranged for an MRI truck to meet them at The Greenbrier where they are spending the week. That truck? ... It broke down.1.6×01.6k3835
60Aug 3, '21Trey Lance just took — I believe — his first-ever rep behind the first-team offensive line.1.5×01.7k1516
61Nov 11, '21Rams sign WR Odell Beckham Jr. 49ers cut WR Jalen Hurd. That sorta sums up where these organizations are right now.1.5×01.8k1804
62Feb 14, '22Dr. Dre’s and Snoop Dogg’s combined age is 106.1.5×02k14412
63Oct 10, '22George Kittle on the BoA field: "I thought it was an OK turf. But turf's turf. It is what it is. I'd much rather play on grass. That's why I love Jed York. We have the nicest grass1.5×02.1k1105
64Jan 27, '22"I can't believe it's legal. It's scary for even me to watch." -- Kyle Shanahan on putting 330-pound Trent Williams in motion.1.4×02.1k765
65Jan 10, '22George Kittle estimated that 60 percent of the crowd was 49ers fans. (I think George is low. Seemed like 80 percent at least).1.4×02.1k864
66May 4, '22On #KNBR, Drake Jackson said he was blown away by all the new teammates who texted or FaceTimed immediately after the 49ers drafted him. Group included Nick Bosa, Arik Armstead, Tr1.4×01.9k1318
67Apr 7, '21Per Justin Fields' agent, the plan right now is for Fields to throw again when Ohio State holds pro day No. 2 on April 14. Kyle Shanahan has signaled that the 49ers will be on hand1.4×01.6k1914
68Dec 30, '19Marshawn Lynch looks — how do I put this delicately — like he had been enjoying retirement. #FeastMode.1.4×01.6k2103
69Jan 13, '20#49ers had five sacks on Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams had 43 yards and a TD when Packers visited Nov. 24, a 37-8 win for SF. Notable: * That was Emmanuel Moseley’s last start at1.4×01.6k2394
70Jan 28, '20Frank Clark on the #49ers’ George Kittle: “Second best tight end in the game.”1.4×01.6k1306
71Jan 17, '20George Kittle — well aware that every camera is trained on him — goes through warmups. Every #49er on the 53-man roster was on the field.1.3×01.8k1269
72Jan 11, '20That was Raheem Mostert's second fumble recovery of the season. To recap: * Led team in rushing * Led team in touchdowns * Led NFL RBs in rushing average * Led team in special team1.3×01.6k2348
73Sep 20, '20Irony alert: Injury-cursed #49ers are led by Jerick McKinnon, Jordan Reed.1.3×01.7k1901
74Dec 12, '22Sackaroonie?1.3×01.8k736
75Dec 16, '19Bottom line for the 49ers: If they win their next two games, they'll still be the No. 1 seed.1.3×01.4k2161
76Jan 20, '20George Kittle wearing a signed Jimmy Garoppolo t-shirt to the post-game podium ...1.3×01.5k2044
77Aug 18, '19I hope you’ll forgive me for this extended Tweet. I went to breakfast this morning at a very busy spot in Denver. Hostess says there’s a 20-minute wait, but if there’s a spot at th1.3×01.5k14114
78Dec 12, '22The 49ers win the NFC West with a win on Thursday.1.3×01.7k1363
79Aug 13, '22Trey Lance: 4-5, 92 yards with a 158.3 passer rating.1.3×01.6k1474
80Apr 30, '21Kyle Shanahan -- to put it lightly -- was amused by the reporting that immediately connected the 49ers with Mac Jones when they made last month's trade. "We weren't going to look t1.3×01.4k18414
81Apr 25, '20Joe Staley's retirement means the longest tenured 49er is ... Jimmie Ward.1.2×01.6k1260
82Jan 19, '20George — not limping — Kittle and Nick Bosa arrive for the game ... #49ers1.2×01.6k11310
83Oct 8, '19Nick Bosa said he’s not much for trash talk but did so against nemesis Baker Mayfield. An example, per Bosa: “Baker? Baker? You good? Step it up. We want a challenge.” He said Mayf1.2×01.4k1836
84Mar 14, '21Either the 49ers reached agreement with FB Kyle Juszczyk or O.J. Simpson is coming back ...1.1×01.5k1155
85Mar 24, '21From agent: K'Waun Williams has agreed to return to the #49ers on a 1-year deal.1.1×01.5k840
86Dec 8, '19John Lynch just gave Kyle Shanahan a massive bear hug after that Gould game winner, then did the same to Jimmy Garoppolo. An appropriate post-game scene.1.1×01.5k1182
87Feb 1, '22"I love you guys. See ya." -- Jimmy Garoppolo to the Bay Area media, to the fans on what was -- very, very, very likely -- his final presser as quarterback for the 49ers.1.1×01.6k728
88Jan 31, '22With locker room closed for COVID, it would have been very easy for the 49ers to hide/shelter Jaquiski Tartt after the game. They didn’t and Tartt was clearly determined to explain1.1×01.6k642
89Dec 30, '19The 49ers can thank Dre Greenlaw for their No. 1 seed and their weekend off. What’s nuts is that they could host the Seahawks in two weeks.1.1×01.5k1140
90Sep 21, '20I feel badly for everyone who decided not to watch the NFL anymore.1.1×01.4k1041
91Oct 4, '22Week 3: 49ers are trash. It's 2020 all over again. Week 4: 49ers are on fire. It's 2019 all over again.1.1×01.5k658
92Mar 21, '20Some will ask whether Emmanuel Sanders was worth a half-season rental after the #49ers gave Denver third- and fourth-round picks. SF got a fifth rounder in return and went to the S1.1×01.4k700
93Oct 31, '21Underrated player of the day for the #49ers: FB Kyle Juszczyk. He had no carries and one catch but delivered a key block on nearly every one of the team's prominent plays against t1.1×01.6k431
94Oct 8, '1949ers report card: Offense: A Defense: A Special teams: D-1.0×01.3k1061
96Dec 14, '22Kyle Shanahan allowed me to observe halftime (very rare access) of the 49ers’ game against the Bucs on Sunday. I’ll write about it at a later date, but as a teaser I’ll say that it1.0×01.5k4522
97Feb 1, '22That was about as dignified and honest a final presser as I've seen a 49ers player have. I think it speaks toward the way Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch have lifted the organization.1.0×01.4k954
98Dec 27, '20As someone who's studied both George Kittle (team I cover) and Travis Kelce (Team Barrows, 3rd place '20 fantasy finish), I can tell you this: One guy plays tight end and the other1.0×01.3k785
99Dec 10, '20Does Trent Williams want to re-sign with the 49ers? He was asked today by WSH area writers whether being in that team's ring of honor is important to him. Said Williams: "I'm a San0.9×01.3k473
100Dec 8, '19Richard Sherman: “Thank goodness for our offense.”0.9×01.3k541

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