Archives for January 2023

The Eagles have lost left guard Landon Dickerson in the fourth quarter. Dickerson was injured on a 3-yard run by Kenneth Gainwell with 10:52 remaining. Dickerson remained on a knee on the field after the play, holding his right elbow. He was checked out on the sideline and then went into the training room. Andre [more] … [Read more...] about Landon Dickerson heads to training room with arm injury

The 49ers have slogged through the second half with their dire quarterback situation. Then things officially went off the rails midway through the fourth quarter. 49ers left tackle Trent Williams and Eagles safety K'Von Wallace were both ejected from the contest after they were involved in a brawl. Williams was shown tossing down Wallace. But [more] … [Read more...] about Trent Williams, K’Von Wallace ejected from NFC Championship Game

The NFC Championship Game was over early, even if plenty of time remained. On the 49ers’ sixth offensive snap, Eagles linebacker Haason Reddick had a strip-sack of Brock Purdy that injured Purdy’s right elbow. Purdy had to return when Josh Johnson was knocked out by Ndamukong Suh and left with a concussion, but Purdy was [more] … [Read more...] about NFC Championship Game: Eagles headed to Super Bowl with 31-7 rout of 49ers

Before the 2011 season, NFL teams could have a third quarterback in uniform on game days, on an emergency basis. It gave teams a 46th active player, although if he entered before the fourth quarter none of the other quarterbacks could return. As of 2011, the NFL simply expanded the game-day roster from 45 to [more] … [Read more...] about It’s time to bring back the third quarterback rule

The end of the 49ers’ season frees up defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans to be hired as a head coach elsewhere. As expected, he’s headed to Houston this week for a second interview. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that “if all goes well” the Texans will name Ryans their new head coach. That was anticipated [more] … [Read more...] about Report: DeMeco Ryans headed to Houston this week, with expectation he will become Texans’ head coach