Facing the Rams in Australia has gotten tougher for the 49ers now that they have Myles Garrett, but it's also better in hindsight.

Grant Cohn of On SI believes that the San Francisco 49ers should consider trading for Las Vegas Raiders' Maxx Crosby.

The Los Angeles Rams will open the 2026 season in unconventional fashion, heading all the way to Melbourne, Australia for a Week 1 matchup with the San Francisco 49ers on Sept. 10. The game is still four months away but oddsmakers have already set betting lines for the season opener.

The 49ers waived former Rams CB Tre Tomlinson, who won the Jim Thorpe Award at TCU in 2022

When 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan aired grievances at the annual NFL meetings in March about his team getting the short straw for a long trip to Australia to face the Rams — at (as Shanahan insists) the specific request of the Rams — Shanahan held out hope for a nugget of consideration when the 49ers return to the United States.

The San Francisco 49ers have three preseason matchups before Week 1, and they'll hold joint practice sessions with two of their opponents beforehand.

George Kittle would be a big loss for the 49ers if he misses the opener against the Rams, but Los Angeles has bigger things to worry about.

They close the season with a road game against the Cardinals, a team that could be in contention for the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft. Here are the odds for every single NFL game this season. Supreme Court denies NFL's appeal to keep Brian Flores' discrimination case against league out of court The NFL had appealed to the Supreme Court to allow the dispute to be settled via league-controlled arbitration.