San Francisco 49ers — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
San Francisco 49ers finished the 2025 season 12-5 · NFC wild card, #6 seed.
San Francisco 49ers: 12-5 regular season.
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2025 · NFC wild card, #6 seed
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- 25th-hardest schedule — opponents average 8.27 projected wins.
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49ers Camp — Aug 31: Mykel Williams Out at Least Four Games
The 49ers set their 53 and the pass rush got a month thinner doing it: Mykel Williams went to reserve/physically-unable-to-perform while Nick Bosa still hasn't practiced. The left guard job went to Carver Willis, a rookie who was still in the concussion protocol when our last episode filed, the backfield resolved to a rookie and a second-year back behind Christian McCaffrey — and Aaron Donald came out of retirement onto the Week 1 opponent.
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- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
49ers Camp — Aug 23: Stribling Hits 11 Catches in Two Games
De'Zhaun Stribling ran his preseason line to eleven catches for 109 yards in a 41-17 win over the Chargers that also gave rookie back Kaelon Black his debut and Brock Purdy his first live drive of August. Osa Odighizuwa kept winning inside for a second straight joint practice, while Nick Bosa and Christian McCaffrey stayed on the sideline and George Kittle's surgeon check came back encouraging.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
San Francisco 49ers Camp Update — August 16: Bosa's Soreness Has a Name — Knee Tendinitis
Nick Bosa's absence finally got a diagnosis — tendinitis in the surgically repaired knee — and stretched through the joint practice, the game, and Saturday. Brock Purdy, meanwhile, had his best day of camp against another team's defense, then watched the preseason opener from the sideline. Same split as last week, now sharper, with Kurtis Rourke's hospital trip on top.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
San Francisco 49ers Camp Update — August 9: Nick Bosa Hasn't Practiced All Week
Brock Purdy is having the sharpest camp of the roster — and the pass rusher whose ACL return the whole defensive projection leans on hasn't practiced since Monday with "general soreness," while the injury list underneath him keeps growing. The two halves of the July question are answering in opposite directions.
- 2026 Preview
San Francisco 49ers 2026 Season Preview — Twelve Wins the Data Won't Vouch For
A 12-5 team the market cut to 9.5 — the luck ledger mostly agrees, but a dead-last pass rush and a minus-8 turnover margin mean the regression runs both directions.
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