The last time the best (and possibly most important) player on a championship team was a running back was in 1999 with Marshall Faulk. The last time a running back won Super Bowl MVP was in the 1997 season with Terrell Davis and the migraine game. Those are the possibilities facing McCaffrey on Sunday if the 49ers win. There would …
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2024 Super Bowl squares strategy: How to win at football squares, top 49ers vs. Chiefs numbers to target
Super Bowl 58 is less than a week away, which means it’s time to solidify your Super Bowl squares picks. You don’t have to be a fan of the San Francisco 49ers or Kansas City Chiefs, or football in general, to select Super Bowl squares and walk away with winnings. However, Super Bowl 58 is a rematch of the 49ers …
Read More »49ers ‘not happy’ after early wakeup call from hotel fire alarm
Nothing like a good night’s sleep in a hotel bed, right? Wrong. That’s not a thing, and the San Francisco 49ers learned that truth the hard way. The hotel that the 49ers are staying at for Super Bowl LVIII had a fire alarm go off at roughly 6 a.m. PT on Thursday morning. Guests of the hotel didn’t have to …
Read More »Robert Kraft addresses Patriots’ spending habits over the last 10 years
The Patriots reportedly have spent less than any NFL team on players over the past decade. On Thursday, the owner of the Patriots argued that it’s not for lack of willingness to spend. “I know there’s a perception that we have held back on spending,” Kraft told a group of reporters, via Phil Perry of NBCSportsBoston.com. “Let me just say, …
Read More »2024 Super Bowl: 49ers could get unexpected boost from key position if this Super Bowl trend continues
If there’s one position where the Kansas City Chiefs should have a huge advantage in Super Bowl LVIII, it’s at kicker. The Chiefs will be going into the game with Harrison Butker, who was the fourth-most accurate kicker in the NFL in 2023 after a season where he hit a career-high 94.3% of his field goal attempts. On the other …
Read More »Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo vs. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan: Who has edge in Super Bowl 58?
Super Bowl LVIII gives the world not only a rematch between two of the NFL’s best teams across the last five seasons with the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs squaring off against the San Francisco 49ers, but it also provides a showdown between two of the games best play-callers. San Francisco 49ers head coach and offensive play-caller Kyle Shanahan versus …
Read More »Meet the three friends who have attended every Super Bowl
As long as they still have each other, they’re still going to go to every Super Bowl. That’s the sentiment shared by three friends who say they are the final fans who can claim membership in the exclusive “never missed a Super Bowl” club. And they’re back again for number 58 — Super Bowl 58 — this year. The three …
Read More »Frank Ragnow not retiring, will play for Lions in 2024
Lions center Frank Ragnow said after the NFC Championship Game that he needed some time to figure things out, leading to concerns in Detroit that Ragnow might retire. But at the NFL Honors event on Thursday night, Ragnow said he’s figured it out: He’s playing in 2024. “I’m not retiring,” Ragnow told the Detroit Free Press. Ragnow was playing through …
Read More »Yahoo Sports AM: Super Bowl preview
We hope you enjoy this edition of Yahoo Sports AM, our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Headlines 🏈 NFL Awards: Lamar Jackson won his second MVP award at Thursday’s NFL Honors gala. Other winners included Christian McCaffrey (OPOY), Myles Garrett …
Read More »Kurt Warner delivers powerful case for Bears to move on from Justin Fields
Kurt Warner delivers powerful case for Bears to move on from Justin Fields originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAS VEGAS – Everyone has their own idea about what the Bears should do with quarterback Justin Fields this offseason. With the No. 1 pick in his back pocket, general manager Ryan Poles faces a franchise-altering decision that will define his …
Read More »Ten 49ers, Chiefs whose legacies will be most impacted by Super Bowl LVIII
Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter LAS VEGAS — Trent Williams’ résumé is already good enough to land him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He’s been a first-team All-Pro three times. He’s an 11-time Pro Bowler. He’s generally acknowledged as the best left tackle of this era. There is one thing still missing from that résumé, though. In 13 …
Read More »The Super Bowl, Las Vegas and Taylor Swift show why the NFL always wins
The biggest compliment you can give Las Vegas as it prepares to host its first Super Bowl is that the week has been pretty much business as usual. It is unclear whether the International Roofing Convention, the Distressed Investing Conference or any of the other trade shows in town this week were aware that one of the world’s biggest sporting …
Read More »NHL Power Rankings: Fantasy standouts for each team in 2024
Sean Allen Close Sean Allen Special to ESPN.comSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Victoria Matiash Close Victoria Matiash Fantasy HockeyESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010Feb 9, 2024, 07:20 AM ET We’re more than a month into …
Read More »Rotoworld Staff Super Bowl LVIII Predictions
We are only days away from the Chiefs facing the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. While Patrick Mahomes looks for his third ring in his fourth trip, Brock Purdy hopes to add to his Mr. Irrelevant fairytale by giving the Niners their first Super Bowl since 1994. The Rotoworld Football Crew has been in Vegas covering the …
Read More »Why the 49ers traded for Christian McCaffrey: ‘Do you want him to go to L.A.?’
The 49ers did not want to picture Christian McCaffrey in a Rams uniform so they made sure they were the ones to acquire the star running back. (John Locher / Associated Press) Christian McCaffrey will play for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday — partly because the 49ers did not want the star running back to …
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