San Francisco 49ers cornerback Charvarius Ward may not return to the team next season for a heartbreaking reason.

Ward was a Pro Bowler and second-team All-Pro in 2023, leading the NFL in passes defended (23) and recording five interceptions for a 49ers team that went to the Super Bowl. He missed three games this season after his daughter’s death and told The Athletic in December that football was not the preeminent force in his life.

The last-place 49ers (6-11) lost seven of their final eight and did so with a generous defense that failed to produce a takeaway in Sunday’s 47-24 exit in Arizona.

It was their largest offensive output since a 48-23 win over the Bears in 2015 and their third-largest since moving to Arizona in 1988. Here’s what we learned in the win: For the past two weeks — since their elimination in Carolina — the Cardinals have insisted on the importance of winning games.

John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan can go back to the drawing board and embrace an offseason of renewal and resolutions.

The San Francisco 49ers (6-10) are in unfamiliar territory as the 2024 regular season concludes. For the first time since the 2020 season, the 49ers failed to make the playoffs. After winning the ...

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Taylor signed a reserve/future contract with San Francisco on Monday. Taylor is very familiar with the 49ers after being selected by the organization in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

It’s no surprise that Schneider lost his job. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan hired Schneider in 2022 and will now look for a new special teams coach, as San Francisco enters a rebuilding offseason in which fixing the special teams is part of a long to-do ...

Kyler Murray threw a season-high four touchdowns in a 47-24 blowout of the 49ers on Sunday in the season finale for both teams. Arizona finishes 8-9, while San Francisco goes 6-11. Murray completed 25 of 35 passes for 242 yards. Trey McBride caught a 2 ...