2018 San Francisco 49ers

The 2018 San Francisco 49ers season will be the franchise's upcoming 69th season in the National Football League, the 73rd overall and the second under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch.

After finishing 6–10 from a 0–9 start in the previous year, the 49ers are looking to improve from that record and make the playoffs for the first time since 2013.

Free agency
The 49ers entered free agency with the following:

Draft
Notes
 * The 49ers finished with the same overall record and strength of schedule as the Oakland Raiders at the end of the season, and their selecting order was determined by way of a coin flip at the NFL Scouting Combine in early 2018. Both teams will then rotate with the Miami Dolphins, selecting 9th, 10th and 11th in each round. The 49ers won the coin toss.

Draft trades
 * The 49ers traded a second-round selection (43rd overall) to New England in exchange for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.
 * The 49ers traded their third-round selection in 2017 (67th overall) to New Orleans in exchange for New Orleans' second-round selection (59th overall) and their seventh-round selection in 2017 (229th overall).
 * The 49ers traded their first-round selection in 2017 (2nd overall) to Chicago in exchange for Chicago's third-round selection (70th overall), and their first-, third- and fourth-round selections in 2017 (3rd, 67th and 111th overall).
 * The 49ers traded their fourth-round selection (109th overall) to Denver in exchange for Denver's fifth-round selection in 2017 (177th overall) and running back Kapri Bibbs.
 * The 49ers traded their fifth-round selection (148th overall) and tight end Vance McDonald to Pittsburgh in exchange for Pittsburgh's fourth-round selection (128th overall).
 * The 49ers traded cornerback Rashard Robinson to the New York Jets in exchange for the Jets' fifth-round selection (143rd overall).
 * The 49ers traded their seventh-round selection (227th overall) and center Daniel Kilgore to Miami in exchange for the seventh-round selection Miami acquired from Tampa Bay (223rd overall).
 * The 49ers traded cornerback Kenneth Acker to Kansas City in exchange for Kansas City's seventh-round selection (240th overall).
 * The 49ers traded their fifth-round selection (143rd overall) and OT Trent Brown to New England in exchange for the third-round selection (95th overall).

Preseason
The 49ers' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 11, 2018.

Schedule
The 49ers' 2018 schedule was announced on April 19. Notes 