Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk

OTAs aren't padded. Nobody's getting tackled. But if you know what to look for, the biggest storylines of the entire 49ers season start revealing themselves right here in the spring — on the practice field in Santa Clara before a single preseason snap has been played. Training camp is coming. The window is open. It starts right here.  Subscribe to DB+ for the Bay Area's most unfiltered 49ers coverage.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected]  Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join  All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856.  #49ers #sanfrancisco49ers #niners #nfl #49erspodcast #bayareasports #wakeup Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Evans has played in the NFL for over a decade, made Pro Bowls, won games in January, and built one of the most consistent bodies of work at the position in modern NFL history. Now he's walking into a room with Ricky Pearsall, DeZhaun Stribling, and a group of young wideouts who are hungry, gifted, and still figuring out what it means to be a professional at the highest level.  Subscribe to DB+ for the Bay Area's most honest 49ers coverage.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON For advertising opportunities:  [email protected] Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join  All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856.  #49ers #sanfrancisco49ers #niners #nfl #49erspodcast #bayareasports Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah laid out his blueprint for what every Super Bowl contender must have to go all the way. The question today is simple — do the San Francisco 49ers check those boxes? We're going piece by piece through Jeremiah's contender checklist and holding the 49ers roster up against it. Elite quarterback play. A dominant offensive line. Pass rush that can wreck a game. Receivers who can win one-on-one. Secondary depth. Coaching that doesn't panic. We're grading San Francisco on every single criteria — honestly, not hopefully.  Subscribe to DB+ for the Bay Area's most unfiltered 49ers coverage.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected] Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join  All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856.  #49ers #sanfrancisco49ers #niners #nfl #49erspodcast #bayareasports Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

OTAs are here and the San Francisco 49ers 2026 season is no longer theoretical — it's real. Damon Bruce breaks down everything you need to know as the Niners take the field for the first time this year. Mike Evans settling in. DeZhaun Stribling turning heads. The pass rush question nobody has answered yet. Nick Bosa's future. The Melbourne opener. It all starts TODAY.  Subscribe to DB+ for the Bay Area's most honest 49ers coverage.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected] Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join  All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856.  #49ers #sanfrancisco49ers #niners #nfl #49erspodcast #bayareasports Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're going LIVE to remember the players who built the most celebrated franchise in professional football — from Joe Montana and Jerry Rice to Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, and the legends who carried the red and gold long after the dynasty years ended.  Subscribe to DB+ for the Bay Area's most honest 49ers coverage.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected] Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join  All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856.  #49ers #sanfrancisco49ers #niners #nfl #49erspodcast #bayareasports Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Everybody has an opinion on Brock Purdy. The question is whether anybody has an honest one. He's won a lot of football games, put up elite numbers in Kyle Shanahan's system, and led the 49ers deep into the postseason. He's also never done it without elite weapons, an elite line, and one of the best coaching staffs in the NFL surrounding him. We're stacking Purdy up against the quarterbacks who matter, having the argument the right way, and landing somewhere definitive. Because "he's a system quarterback" and "he's top five" are both lazy. The truth is somewhere in the middle and it's worth finding.  Subscribe to DB+ for the Bay Area's most honest 49ers coverage.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected] Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join  All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856.  #49ers #sanfrancisco49ers #niners #nfl #49erspodcast #bayareasports Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jed York has made it crystal clear — Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch, and the rest of the 49ers football operation have his full confidence heading into 2026. No seat is hot. No leash is short. The owner is ride or die with his guys. Is that a sign of a stable, well-run organization that knows exactly what it's doing? Or is it an owner who has confused loyalty with accountability?  Subscribe to DB+ for the Bay Area's most honest 49ers coverage.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected]  Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856.  #49ers #sanfrancisco49ers #niners #nfl #49erspodcast #bayareasports Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What if the San Francisco 49ers found a way to put Nick and Joey Bosa on the same defensive line? Nick is already one of the most dominant defensive players in 49ers history. Joey has been one of the most productive edge rushers in the AFC for years in Los Angeles. What happens when you put them both in red & gold ? This is the kind of big swing the 49ers fanbase deserves to at least talk about. So let's talk about it.  Subscribe to DB+ for the Bay Area's best unfiltered 49ers coverage.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected]  Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856.  #49ers #sanfrancisco49ers #niners #nfl #49erspodcast #bayareasports Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

These aren't rebuilding pieces. These are proven players on a proven roster who owe this fanbase a bounce-back year. We're talking real production, real accountability, and real stakes heading into a season that opens on the other side of the world in Melbourne, Australia. If these guys show up? The Niners are a playoff team. If they don't? It's going to be a very long fall in Santa Clara.  Subscribe to DB+ for the unfiltered 49ers coverage the Bay Area deserves.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected] Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join  All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856. #49ers #sanfrancisco49ers #niners #nfl #49erspodcast #bayareasports Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The NFL dropped the full 2026 schedule and the rest advantages, short weeks, and brutal road stretches are already telling a story. We're breaking down the biggest winners and losers from a pure scheduling luck standpoint — who's set up for a run and who's already playing from behind.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected]  Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856.  #49ers #NFLScheduleRelease #SanFrancisco49ers #NFLSchedule2026 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The 49ers got their 2026 schedule and there's a lot to unpack. We're going game by game — from the NFL's first ever game in Australia to a Sunday Night Football showdown in Mexico City to a late December home game against Kansas City. Who do they have rest advantages over? Where are the traps? Is the bye week placement a win? Full breakdown right here. S ign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected]  Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join  All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856. #49ers #NFLScheduleRelease #SanFrancisco49ers #NFLSchedule2026 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The NFL drops the full 2026 schedule tonight and we're going live to react to every game, every primetime slot, every brutal road trip — and yes, the trips to Australia and Mexico City. Pull up a drink and hang with Damon  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Damon and Guy break down whether San Francisco has what it takes to genuinely contend in 2026. The WR room is rebuilt, Dre Greenlaw is back, Brock Purdy has a full offseason, and the schedule is manageable — but two international games, lingering injury questions, and a loaded NFC stand in the way. We're giving you the honest take, no hype, no excuses. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Two of the Bay Area's best are back together. Damon Bruce and Joe Fortenbaugh reunite to break down everything happening in the NFL right now — the 2026 schedule release, what it means for the 49ers, playoff picture projections, and the best betting angles heading into the season. If you've been waiting for this one, the wait is over.  DB+ — Bay Area sports, built different. Subscribe and hit the bell.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Australia. Mexico City. The 49ers have more miles on their schedule than any team in the NFC West — and the full itinerary is almost here. San Francisco opens the season against the Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Week 1, the first NFL game ever played in Australia, then heads to Estadio Banorte in Mexico City in Week 11 to host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football. Two international games in one season — a first in franchise history. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The NFL drops the full 2026 schedule Thursday night and the 49ers are one of the most interesting stories heading in. Depending on who you ask, San Francisco is either sitting on a middle-of-the-pack schedule or staring down one of the toughest slates in the league.    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The NFL is dropping the full 2026 regular season schedule this Thursday, May 14th at 8 PM ET — and we've got everything you need to know before the games go live. From the 49ers' potential primetime slots to key road trips and the international game in Melbourne, we're breaking it all down.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Every offseason, NFL players turn down guaranteed money to "bet on themselves." Sometimes it works. Sometimes it absolutely doesn't — and they end up with less security, less leverage, and a contract that makes everyone cringe. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss a DB+ livestream  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected]  Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

De'Zhaun Stribling. Kaelon Black. Romello Height. Jaden Dugger. This is the first real look at the newest Niners in red and gold — and we've got plenty to talk about. Are these guys worth the draft capital the 49ers spent? Who looks the part on Day 1? And what does this class need to do to earn roster spots when training camp opens in July? Drop your questions in the chat — we're taking them all.  🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss a DB+ livestream  👍 Like the stream if you're watching live Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:19: Debunking and dismissing the Kyle Shanahan hot seat talk: 22:31: The Vrabel-Russini story just keeps getting wilder 29:14: Today in history: Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:56: The 49ers just put a $11.5 million no-holdout bounty into Trent Williams’ new $50M deal 14:10: Great news: negotiations between the NFL and is refs are finally on the 1-yard line 24:48: There is something officially wrong with Logan Webb — and the Giants simply can’t afford that 37:28: Two keys to watch out for when it comes to Steve Kerr’s future with the Warriors: 39:40: Oh, and what about Kerr jumping ship to coach the Spurs? 46:33: LIV Golf is on its last legs, and one of its stars is headed to YouTube? 53:00: Today in history: Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Who makes the cut, can the trimmings even be sold? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Steve Kerr is "torn." After 12 seasons, four championships, and one of the greatest coaching runs in NBA history, the Warriors head coach is reportedly not expected to return — and a final decision could come this week. He met with Joe Lacob and Mike Dunleavy for two hours, called it "productive," then left for a golf trip to clear his head. That's where we are.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected] Support the show by becoming a member:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Man Who Built the 49ers & Seahawks Super Bowl Rosters Grades the 2026 Draft | Scot McCloughan. He's weighing in on John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan's 2026 draft class — the trade-backs, the Stribling pick at 33, the Romello Height selection, the full strategy of trading out of Round 1 twice and stockpiling picks for a roster already loaded from free agency.  🔔 Subscribe for more exclusive 49ers conversations with the people who've actually been in the building.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  For advertising opportunities: [email protected] Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join  All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Look at what Purdy's walking into for 2026: Mike Evans, the best WR's he's ever called "teammate". Christian Kirk brings slot reliability. De'Zhaun Stribling adds vertical speed from the draft. Ricky Pearsall is finally healthy. Christian McCaffrey is back. Trent Williams just re-signed to protect his blind side. And George Kittle, while recovering from his Achilles, anchors the identity of this offense when he returns. This is the most loaded supporting cast Purdy has had since his Super Bowl run — and he's a better quarterback now than he was then. I'm making the case for why 2026 is the year Brock Purdy silences every remaining doubter.  🔔 Subscribe for 49ers coverage all offseason and into the season.  Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get $50 in lineups instantly when you play your first $5+ lineup! https://link.prizepicks.com/LME0/DAMON  Ike's: https://www.ikessandwich.com/  For advertising opportunities: [email protected] Support the show by becoming a member:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs13VXhiObJg6jGDw2xbZg/join All Damon Bruce Plus content is available on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1681177856. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

1:09: RANT: Did the 49ers trade back to reach? 17:12: Was John Lynch really laughing at the Rams’ supposed reach? 29:54: Kyle Shanahan needs a GM who tells him no sometimes 32:19: Turning the page — Dianna Russini’s Spotify playlist for a guy named Mike 42:48: The Giants are in Philadelphia, where Don Mattingly just took over for the struggling Phillies 47:10: The scorebook industry is back 56:59: Today in history: Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

De'Zhaun Stribling, Romello Height, Kaelon Black, and Gracen Halton are all legit NFL prospects who can help this roster — no argument there. But three trade-backs, a total exit from Round 1, and a draft board that keeps defying consensus raises the same old question about this front office. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.