San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers

I've got a chance, man. That's the plan, Warner said on NBC's pregame show before the 49ers' Sunday night showdown with the Chicago Bears. We're going to take this thing one day at a time. There's a whole lot of different steps. T's have to be crossed, I's have to be dotted in order to get there, but we're on the right track.

The Bears' defense is having an extraordinary year turning the ball over. The ball-hawk brothers Kevin Byard and Nahshon Wright are showing a preternatural ability to read a quarterback's mind and, as such, Chicago lead the league in interceptions (21) and total turnovers (31). They need to keep the giveaways flowing to cut the legs from a San Francisco offense quietly becoming a juggernaut.

With Greg Papa on screen on the KNBR YouTube channel wearing a broad smile and clean-shaven for the first time in months, it was announced the 49ers' popular radio play-by-play announcer would return to the booth for the final two home games of the season. Papa, 63, will call the 49ers' games on Sunday night, Dec. 28 against the Chicago Bears and the regular-season finale on Jan. 4 against the Seattle Seahawks, both at Levi's Stadium.

Kyle Juszczyk proudly recalls making $5.15 an hour. That was minimum wage 20 years ago, when he was a teenager in Medina, Ohio, about an hour south of Cleveland. He worked with his brother, Sean, who's six years older and was their manager at McDonald's. That carried extra power at Thanksgiving break, when they would head to a snow-covered football field at the local high school.

During training camp, the 49ers voided the guaranteed money Aiyuk has in his contract for 2026 because he had not been meeting the requirements of that deal, a league source said Friday. The Athletic first reported the contract alteration, which includes an option bonus worth $24.935 million. That bonus originally became guaranteed on April 1 of this year and has now been voided.

Williams got hurt with four minutes remaining in Sunday's 34-24 win over the host New York Giants. The 49ers' lead was at 34-17 when Williams lined up at left defensive end, raced past left tackle Marcus Mbow, and grasped at quarterback Jaxson Dart as he backpedaled and unleashed an incomplete pass from the Giants' 31-yard line. Williams immediately grabbed at his right knee and banged his hands into his helmet while splayed on his back on the MetLife Stadium's synthetic field, which has long come under fire for safety concerns.