Live 49ers-Panthers updates: NFC wild-card race featured on Monday Night Football

The ers are hosting the Carolina Panthers at Levi s Stadium on Monday night with improved position in the NFC playoff hunt on the line Carolina - is one event behind the Niners - for the seventh and final seed in the NFC with six games remaining for both teams this season The winner will hold a head-to-head tiebreaker in a crowded NFC field The primetime challenge is also Christian McCaffrey s first tournament against the squad that drafted him eighth overall out of Stanford in saw him honored on the All-Pro teams twice first company in then traded him to San Francisco in Related Articles ers keys to beating Panthers on Monday night for elusive second straight win ers Kyle Shanahan reveals Brandon Aiyuk s peculiar plight came via July flashpoint Kurtenbach The superior ers should handle the Panthers But does that sound like the Niners My predictions for Monday Night Football Panthers Bryce Young take a big swing against ers on Monday Night Football How to watch ers vs Panthers on Monday Night Football McCaffrey s all-around competition has been particularly useful for the ers this season as they have seen injuries hit their receiving corps hard Jauan Jennings ribs ankle and Ricky Pearsall knee are back but this week provided a new twist as news broke that the unit had voided a million bonus in the contract of Brandon Aiyuk who is recovering from ACL and MCL tears suffered last season Elsewhere the ers will have new starters in middle linebacker Curtis Robinson filling in for the injured Tatum Bethune who replaced the injured Fred Warner and kicker Matt Gay who was signed this week with Eddy Pi eiro nursing a hamstring strain Follow along with our live updates below