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The Oakland Raiders have fired head coach Jack Del Rio after three seasons, according to a report by Vic Tafur of The Athletic. The news follows reports that surfaced on Saturday evening that Raiders owner Mark Davis is targeting John Gruden to return as the team’s head coach next season, and is prepared to offer him a lucrative deal that could include an ownership stake.

The 49ers blew out the playoff-bound Rams 34-13 to beat a team that sat most of their star players for the post season run. For the 49ers, it was their fifth straight win.

The 49ers are fully healthy with no injury report during the week. The Rams, on the other hand, will make 17 line-up changes.

Steph Curry dropped 21 points in the first half, and caught fire again in the third quarter. With Kerr eager to pull him off the floor and keep Curry’s minutes in check, Curry was feeling so strong that he told Kerr there was no way he was coming out of the game.

Solomon Thomas had an unusual rookie season with a late start, a knee injury and learning all the different defensive-line positions. He’s hoping for more production next year.

For the San Francisco 49ers, Jimmy Garoppolo looks like the gift that could keep on giving for many years to come. The new 49ers QB has given the organization and fanbase a real sense of hope for the first time since the Harbaugh era, and will look to finish the season on a five game winning streak when San Francisco faces the Los Angeles Rams this weekend.

For the last couple weeks, the Hot Stove League has been unseasonably cold. Following the trade of Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees and the Angels’ signing of Shohei Ohtani, all of Major League Baseball appears to be in a waiting period, in the hopes that the market value of a number of high priced free agents will dwindle as we approach Spring Training.

Rookie linebaker Reuben Foster could have planty of accolades in his future if he learns to stay healthy and play with the proper technique.

The 49ers are now stopping the run game, the next phase will be creating pass rush and succeeding on third down.

No one really knows for sure why the typically stingy Patriots allowed themselves to be fleeced by the 49ers, but longtime beat writer Matt Maiocco presented an interesting theory when he joined Murph & Frandsen on Thursday morning.