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Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Exclusive content from Damon Bruce, Bay Area sports talk legend.San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco Giants.Plus a little Indiana basketball. And Phish.#thepluce
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- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Buckner Is Back - But Lynch Needs to Live on the EDGE!
John Lynch isn’t done. He can’t be done. Because while the Buckner trade answered the interior defensive line question, this roster still needs an edge rusher…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
John Lynch Brings DeForest Buckner Back to the 49ers
The Seahawks got Quenton Nelson. The 49ers got Buckner. The NFC West arms race just reached a whole new level. Buckner is 32 years old and still one of the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Seattle Just Got Quenton Nelson — John Lynch Better Pick Up the Phone Now
John Lynch has less than 24 hours to decide whether the 49ers are buyers or bystanders. The NFC West arms race just got real. The Seattle Seahawks — the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
John Lynch Has One Week to Get Mike Evans Insurance — The Trade Deadline Can’t Wait
Mike Evans is 33 years old, playing on a surgically repaired body, and is the only proven receiver on this 49ers roster. Let that sink in for a second. The San…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Survived Monday Night & They’re 6-0 — But That Was Way Too Close
The 49ers defense that has been grinding all season long made one more stop when one more stop was everything. Six and zero. The best record in the NFC. And…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers vs. Commanders MNF Pregame — Kickoff Is HOURS Away & We’re Starting NOW
We’re not waiting for kickoff. DB+ is live right now with full Monday Night Football pregame coverage as the 5-0 San Francisco 49ers get ready to take the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
All Eyes on the 49ers Monday Night — The NFL’s Best Story Gets Its Biggest Stage
Monday Night Football. Prime time. Brocktober. The whole country watching. The 5-0 San Francisco 49ers host Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders at…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers Need To Use Them or Lose Them — Cowing & Watkins Are on the Clock
Jacob Cowing and Jordan Watkins are staring down the most important stretch of their NFL careers right now — because if either one of them can step up and…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Nobody Knows Their Names — But the 49ers’ D-Line Is One of the Best Stories in the NFL
Raheem Morris has been rolling out a collection of castoffs, young unknowns, and sheer force of will — and somehow, impossibly, this group has been one of the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
John Lynch Owes This 49ers Locker Room a Trade — And He Needs to Make It Now
The trade market is about to open for business. John Lynch has to be aggressive before the October 28th deadline. Does the front office that built this roster…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
5-0. The 49ers Survived Seattle & Mike Evans Took Over When It Mattered Most
They went into the loudest building in the NFL, against the defending Super Bowl champions, without a fully healthy roster — and walked out five and zero. They…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers vs. Seahawks — 4-0 Meets the Defending Champs & Nothing Else This Season Compares
Four and zero into Lumen Field against the defending Super Bowl champions on Sunday with the entire NFC watching. This is the game that separates the real…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
It’s Seahawks Sunday — Biggest Game of the 49ers’ Season Starts RIGHT NOW
This is the one. The game every 49ers fan has been circling since the schedule dropped. 4-0 San Francisco heading into Lumen Field against the defending Super…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Mykel Williams Returns in Seattle — 49ers Just Got a Huge Weapon Back
The cavalry is arriving. Mykel Williams — the 49ers' first-round pick who has been on PUP since before the season started — is set to make his 2026 NFL debut…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Create & Stop Explosive Plays — That's the Whole Season Right There
Through four weeks of the 2026 NFL season the San Francisco 49ers lead the league in explosive plays created on offense and explosive plays surrendered on…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The NFL Has a Flag Problem — And It's Ruining Football Right in Front of Our Eyes
Somebody throw a flag on the flags. The 2026 NFL season has become unwatchable at times and the reason isn't the talent, isn't the coaching, and isn't the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Ugly Win. Perfect Start. The 49ers Are 4-0 and Brocktober Is Just Getting Started
Shanahan's historic milestone, Purdy's near-flawless start, and Dre Greenlaw's emotional afternoon in Santa Clara. Drop your takes in the chat — which…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
What Happens IF the 49ers Start 4-0? History Has a Very Clear Answer
Four and zero means something in the NFL. It always has. Since 2000, teams that start 4-0 make the playoffs at a rate north of 90 percent. More than half of…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Here's How the 49ers Beat the Broncos Sunday!
Take and early lead and hold on during the "Dre Greenlaw Revenge Game". It won't be that simple, but Brock's heater, the solid offensive line play, and a team…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brocktober Is Here — Purdy Is Playing the Best Football of His Life!
Welcome to the most important month of Brock Purdy's football life. October. Four games. A schedule that gets harder by the week. And a quarterback who has…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Two Straight Games Without Nick Bosa — Sunday vs. Denver Is a Real Test
The San Francisco 49ers are still 3-0 and still the NFC favorites — and Nick Bosa is still not on that football field. The Denver Broncos are coming to Levi's…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Just Got Good News on 3 Injured Players — The Football Gods Owe Them This
With 13 players on IR, Nick Bosa's huge absense, key contributors dropping by the week — the San Francisco 49ers finally got some good news. Trent Williams…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Are 3-0 — And Somehow Keep Winning While Losing Players by the Week
This is becoming the defining story of the 2026 San Francisco 49ers. They win. Someone goes down. They win again. Someone else goes down. Repeat. Three weeks…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The Dumbest Fine in NFL History - Kyle Juszczyk Pretending to Drink Something.
We're going LIVE tonight to have the most fun conversation in DB+ history about the single dumbest fine in NFL disciplinary history. Oh, Nick Bosa could be…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Nick Bosa Is Hurt Again — And This Time It Sounds Serious
Not again. Please not again. Nick Bosa is injured and the early indications are that this one could be serious — potentially season-long serious. The man who…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
13 Players on IR — How Much More Can the 49ers Take Before It Breaks Them?
The San Francisco 49ers have placed CJ West on injured reserve. We weren't even sure he was hurt on Sunday. Thirteen players are now on IR. Before October. On…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Just Signed Vet WR Brandin Cooks — Smart Move or Panic Move?
The 49ers just added Brandin Cooks to the receiver room and the move tells you everything about where this front office's head is right now. Cooks isn't the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Are Already the NFC Favorites — That Didn't Take Long
The San Francisco 49ers opened the 2026 NFL season in Melbourne against the best team in the NFC and won by 20. Then they came home, hosted a Dolphins team…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brock Purdy Was Nearly Perfect & the 49ers Are 2-0 — This Team Is REAL
Brock Purdy carved up the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in the 49ers' home opener — efficient, precise, and nearly flawless in the pocket — as Kyle…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers About to Carve Up Miami — And Brock Purdy Is Holding the Knife
The Dolphins are not ready for this. Full stop. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss a DB+ livestream Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA and get…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Are Built to Beat the Dolphins — So Go Do It
No excuses. No moral victories. No "we're banged up" narratives. Yes the receiver room is thinner without Stribling. Yes the defensive line is still…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
One Game. One Injury. De'Zhaun Stribling's Rookie Season Is Already Slipping Away
He was the feel-good story of the entire summer. Eleven catches. 109 yards. The best preseason performance by a rookie receiver in the NFC. The guy who made…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers Extended Kyle Shanahan — And Didn't Want Anyone to Notice?
Only the 49ers would quietly sign their head coach to a multiyear extension in the offseason, tell nobody about it, and let the world find out the day after he…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers' Stock Is Soaring After Week One — And the Rest of the NFL Should Be Worried
One week in. One statement made. And the San Francisco 49ers are back to being one of the best in the NFL. The 49ers' stock didn't just rise after Melbourne…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Domination of the Rams Is Still the Story of Week One.
Five days later the story everybody in the football world is still talking about is the San Francisco 49ers walking into the Melbourne Cricket Ground and…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Shanahan Painted a Masterpiece in Melbourne — Now Can the 49ers Do It for 16 More Weeks?
The statement is made. The blueprint is drawn. Now comes the hard part — seventeen weeks of a brutal NFC schedule, Kyle was in his bag. Raheem's defense…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Hammer Rams — Out-Planned Them In Every Way!
This wasn't luck. This wasn't a bounce here and a turnover there. The San Francisco 49ers walked into the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a better plan than the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
IT'S GAME DAY — The 49ers' Season Starts TONIGHT!
The wait is over. After the longest, strangest, most chaotic offseason in recent 49ers history — the Aiyuk mansion, the Jed York arrest, the substation cloud…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Alfred Collins Is Done for the Year — 49ers' Injury Curse Followed Them to Australia
Alfred Collins — the 49ers' starting defensive tackle, a second-round pick who Robert Saleh called "going to be a bear to stop," a player this defense was…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Australia Chose the 49ers — Rams Are Getting Roasted on Their Own International Stage
Walk through downtown Melbourne right now and you'll see red and gold everywhere. 49ers jerseys outnumbering Rams jerseys ten to one. Australian fans who…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Are in Melbourne — And the Present IS the Future in San Francisco
The San Francisco 49ers are settled in Melbourne, Australia — practicing at Marvel Stadium, embracing the experience, winning the week before a single snap has…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Blinding Star Power in Melbourne — 49ers vs. Rams Is the Greatest International Game Ever
The NFL has played international games before. London. Mexico City. Frankfurt. But nothing — nothing — has looked like this. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Have Landed in Melbourne — The War Has Started
The San Francisco 49ers have touched down in Melbourne, Australia — and the most anticipated international NFL game in league history is now six days away and…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers in the Air. Rams on the Ground. Melbourne Mind Games Have Already Started
The San Francisco 49ers are in the air right now, somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, on their way to Melbourne, Australia. The Los Angeles Rams? Still on the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
George Kittle Is Boarding That Plane to Australia Today — This Just Got Real
Today, the San Francisco 49ers will leave the building, the country, the hemisphere, and travel to Melbourne Australia for the most anticipated international…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Hope You Didn't Buy That Stribling Jersey Yet — 49ers Players Just Changed Numbers
Put the credit card down. Before you spend $150 on a De'Zhaun Stribling jersey, you might want to know that Stribling just changed his number. And he's not the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers 53-Man Roster Is Set — More Moves Coming & Melbourne Is 10 Days Away
The 49ers have their initial 53-man roster — and the word "initial" is doing a lot of heavy lifting right now. San Francisco kept only 52 players, has no…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Are Australia Bound — Loaded With Hope & Haunted by Questions
They're going to Melbourne. And nobody knows exactly what they are yet. That's what makes this 49ers team the most fascinating story in the NFC heading into…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Preseason Is Over — The 49ers Are Going to Australia & It's All Real Now
The San Francisco 49ers have played their last meaningless game of 2026 and everything that happens next counts for real. Melbourne. What did we learn across…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Stay Healthy. That's It. 49ers Preseason Finale Tonight in Vegas
The San Francisco 49ers play their final preseason game in Las Vegas against the Raiders — and the only thing Kyle Shanahan cares about is getting every…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The Most Embarrassing Week in 49ers History Ends in Las Vegas Thursday Night
Position battles to be won, tone to be set, and the owner "Joe York" no one wants to talk about. What happens in Vegas won't stay there. 49ers have one final…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Are Flying to Australia With an Anchor Around Their Neck Named Jed York
The 49ers are supposed to be talking about Melbourne. About the Rams. About Nick Bosa's return and George Kittle's Achilles and whether this is finally the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Jed York Arrested in Ohio - Developing Story
Jed York was arrested Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio and pleaded no contest Monday morning to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and possessing criminal…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers Pound Chargers 41-17 — Stribling & Black Are the Real Deal
49ers dominated all three phases at SoFi Stadium — and the two players who stole the show weren't veterans. They were rookies. Kaelon Black made his preseason…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Some Starters Are Playing Tonight — 49ers vs. Chargers TNF
Kyle Shanahan said it himself — starters are playing tonight at SoFi Stadium. Which means for the first time all preseason, we get a real look at what the 2026…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
No Fights, All Football — 49ers Mean Business in LA
Last week it was eight fights against the Titans. Tuesday in El Segundo it was all business — no brawls, no drama, just the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers in LA — Joint Practice With the Chargers Starts NOW
The 49ers are in El Segundo today for a joint practice with the Los Angeles Chargers — and after eight fights, four ejections, and one of the nastiest…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
What We Learned vs. Titans & What The 49ers Need Thursday vs. Chargers
De'Zhaun Stribling was everything. Gracen Halton was a problem. Kurtis Rourke looked like a real backup quarterback until his ribs said otherwise. And the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
De'Zhaun Stribling Just Introduced Himself to the NFL — 49ers Preseason Recap
The 49ers lost 19-13 to the Titans in the preseason opener. Nobody cares. De'Zhaun Stribling just put the entire NFC on notice. This was the player the 49ers…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Ron Rivera Joins DB+ — Building Winners, NFL War Stories & Why He Came Home to Cal
He's been a Super Bowl champion as a player. A two-time NFL Coach of the Year. One of the most respected football minds of his generation. And now Ron Rivera…