Week 12 schedule with three practices and full media availability before Monday night's matchup against the Panthers.

Entering the week the 49ers are 6-4 and on the outside looking in at a playoff spot. They're the No. 8 seed, just behind the Green Bay Packers (5-3-1) and Chicago Bears (6-3). That could all look much different after the next four games where the relative "ease" many assumed their schedule would have shines through.

SANTA CLARA — Welcome to the playoff fringe, a place the 49ers haven’t been down the stretch since Deebo Samuel was a wide back, Jimmy Garoppolo was the quarterback and it took an overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams in the final regular-season game to make the tournament in 2021.

Stone Blanton to the practice squad as Week 12 prep begins, with a kicker move expected soon amid Eddy Piñeiro's injury.

The 49ers need their QB to perform up to his contract down the stretch in the same way Brock Purdy did in Week 11

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The San Francisco 49ers and Carolina Panthers are in a race for a playoff spot, but the 49ers are favored big in their Week 12 showdown on MNF.