One reason the 49ers didn't get flagged is because pulling is a penalty that NFL officials almost never call. According to Football Zebras, the last time a player got penalized for pulling a teammate came all the way back during a playoff game in January 1991, so it's been almost 35 years.

To Nix’s credit, he did complete a couple of nice back-shoulder passes when the Giants finally decided to play tight man coverage. However, his “best” pass of the fourth quarter — a 29-yard completion to Marvin Mims Jr. — was actually an overthrown pass that luckily landed in Mims’ hands.

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson is shunning any talk of him being at the top of any NFL individual player rankings after being outdueled by Christian McCaffrey in Sunday's 20-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

The San Francisco 49ers have three representatives on this year's list of coaching candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Kyle Shanahan made it clear that his preference is to make sure the San Francisco 49ers benefit beyond this season from any trade.

Rob Gronkowski, Howie Long, Terry Bradshaw, Curt Menefee and Michael Strahan broke down which returning player could provide the biggest spark for their team heading into Week 7 — including the Chiefs' Rashee Rice,

What a difference a month makes… After four weeks of the season, it looked like the Buffalo Bills (4-2) were about to run away with the AFC East. Fast forward a few weeks, and the New England Patriots (5-2) are now in the driver’s seat.

McCaffrey had 186 total yards from scrimmage and scored twice. A young 49ers defense allowed only one TD. There weren’t many big plays from either team but the 49ers never lost control of the game.