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in victory formation. So C. J. Beathard Jersey White , it should come as little surprise that third string quarterback Nick Mullens took a knee too quickly on fourth down,
giving the ball back to the Broncos with 5 seconds left.Trailing 20-14, Denver
had one last, long shot at a 61-yard touchdown on a hook-and-ladder prayer, the
likes of which hadn’t been seen in the NFL since … well, about three hours
earlier when the Dolphins stunned the Patriots 34-33 with the longest play from
scrimmage to win a game with no time remaining in the fourth quarter since the
1970 AFL-NFL merger.Alas, the Broncos couldn’t match the “Miami Miracle ” with
their own magic as Devontae Booker allowed Tim Patrick’s throw-back to bounce
past him and out of bounds at the San Francisco 39.That took Mullens off the
hook.“It was a good rookie mistake,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said. “That was
good because he’ll learn it forever and it won’t happen again and it didn’t cost
us the game.”Not again?“I shouldn’t have done it in the first place,” Mullens
said. “Are you kidding me?”The Patriots made a couple of uncharacteristic
blunders in their meltdown in Miami on Sunday.New England squandered a scoring
chance at the end of the first half. With 14 seconds left and no timeouts, Tom
Brady took the snap on third-and-goal at the Miami 2, and when he was sacked by
Robert Quinn the clock ran out, leaving the Patriots with a 27-21
lead.“Situational football,” said NBC analyst Tony Dungy. “The Patriots are the
best in football at that. But Bill Belichick called the play at the end of the
half, figuring his quarterback, Tom Brady, is going to make a good decision, and
Tom didn’t throw the ball away. Cost them three points.”The Patriots had bigger
brain lock in the final seconds of the fourth quarter, sending lumbering tight
end Rob Gronkowski onto the field to defend the “Hail Mary” pass as the Dolphins
lined up at their 31 with 7 seconds left, trailing 33-28.New England coach Bill
Belichick said the reason Gronkowski was at safety instead of Devin McCourty,
one of New England’s best defensive players: “It would be his ability to play
the deep, long throw.”Ryan Tannehill, though, is no Aaron Rodgers.“I think it
was a little too far to get to the end zone,” Belichick acknowledged Monday,
“but certainly a deep pass in that situation is a possibility. I wouldn’t rule
that out.”Instead Cassius Marsh Jersey White , Tannehill threw a 14-yard pass to Kenny Stills, who lateraled to DeVante Parker, who quickly lateraled to speedy running
back Kenyon Drake at midfield.Despite a history of back, knee and shoulder
issues, Gronkowski remains one of the game’s premier tight ends.A good defender,
he is not.He took a bad angle and stumbled as he tried to cut off Drake, who
beat both Gronkowski and defensive back J.C. Jackson into the end zone to keep
alive the wild-card chances of the Dolphins (7-6).“They’ve got Gronkowski in for
a jump ball that’s not going to happen,” Dungy said. “It’s 70 yards away. We
just are not used to seeing that from the Patriots.”At Levi Stadium where the
Broncos won Super Bowl 50, Shanahan beat the team his father led to two Super
Bowl championships — and which chose Vance Joseph over him 23 months ago.Joseph
was widely thought to have stepped into the best situation when he took over a
9-7 team that was a year removed from a Super Bowl parade last year, famously
saying it wasn’t a rebuild but a reboot.Joseph’s 11-18 record is slightly better
than Shanahan’s 9-20 mark, which is the worst of the league’s six second-year
head coaches. However, Shanahan has franchise quarterback Jimmy Garappolo on
IR.The other members of the 2017 coaching class are: Sean McVay, whose Rams are
22-8; Anthony Lynn, whose Chargers are 19-10, Doug Marrone, whose Jaguars are
16-16; and Sean McDermott, whose Bills are 13-16 but, like Shanahan, has his
franchise QB.Joseph has Case Keenum, who’s gone from fantastic fill-in last year
in Minnesota to journeyman in Denver.Joseph criticized his quarterback on Monday
, saying Keenum is playing too cautiously and not taking shots down the field
for fear of throwing an interception.“He’s got to make more plays,” Joseph said,
“and sometimes taking some chances allow you to make more plays.”Should the
Broncos (6-7) post back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since 1971-72,
both Joseph’s and Keenum’s jobs could be in jeopardy.Other notable calls in Week
14 included:—Referee Brad Allen’s crew in Seattle picked up the flag after Bobby
Wagner put his hands on teammates’ shoulders in his line-leaping block of a
Vikings field goal attempt in the game-turning play Monday night. Seattle led
6-0 at the time and went on to win 21-7.—The Panthers didn’t target Christian
McCaffrey in three tries from the 3 in the waning minutes of their 26-20 loss at
Cleveland even though McCaffrey had topped 100 yards from scrimmage and scored
twice Sunday, giving him a dozen touchdowns in his last seven games.—And the
Eagles-Cowboys classic was marred by an iffy offensive interference flag on
Philadelphia tight end Dallas Goedert for a swim move he put on Cowboys safety
Jeff Heath http://www.49erslockerroom.com/authentic-richard-sherman-jersey , nullifying his 75-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter.NBC analyst Rodney
Harrison called it the worst call of the weekend: “There’s no way that was an
offensive pass interference,” Harrison said, “and that’s coming from a defensive
guy.” Did the experts get it right?" San Francisco 49ers News2016 NFL Draft:
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ImagesA couple of weeks ago we looked back at the NFL Draft profile of Jaquiski
Tartt. Most of you felt like the profile was reasonably accurate. We’re moving
on to the 2016 draft for the San Francisco 49ers. Two of the teams Day 3 picks
made the news on Wednesday. WR Aaron Burbridge retired rather than reporting to
the Denver Broncos training camp. CB Rashard Robinson issued a public apology.
Robinson was suspended ten games with a substance abuse violation after several
missed tests.We are here to talk about the first-round pick from that draft.
Leading up to the draft the Niners were connected to everyone from Myles Jack to
Ronnie Stanley, to Paxton freaking Lynch. Talk about a bullet dodged there. I
have been writing about the draft since 2014. Deforest Buckner was probably one
of my biggest draft crushes during that stretch. I sat down and did a video
about him with one of the brighter minds in the draft community. This is one of
the rare instances where hindsight isn’t 20/20 when you look back at what I
said.I didn’t stop following him once he was drafted. His performance against
the Seattle Seahawks a couple of years ago is still one of the most dominating
games I can remember.It’s easy for me to talk about, because I was right about
him. I could easily dig up 15 other scouting reports where I was way off.Rewind
back to when Buckner was a prospect. What did the experts think? Here’s what now
General Manager of the Oakland Raiders Mike Mayock said:StrengthsThat was
obviously before the 49ers switched to a 4-3 defense. Not that it matters,
Buckner would likely be playing the same position either way. Here’s the
strengths part:I still remember the pushback. “Buckner plays too tall.” “He
doesn’t have any pass rush moves.” Buckner is 6-foot-7. He’s always going to
look like he’s playing tall. At Oregon, he was constantly in the backfield. I
agree with a lot with Mayock here. One thing you noticed in college was Buckner
rarely came off the field. You also saw that he played with the same energy on
snap 74 as he did on snap 14. That spoke volumes to me, and I’m sure it did to
the majority of teams that fell in love with him. Energy, strength, production,
but still plenty of upside. That’s the type of player you take early in the
draft.WeaknessesHow about his weaknesses?I like how Mayock described his issues
with Buckner’s pad level and didn’t just leave it at his first sentence. That’s
fair criticism, especially the last part about taking on blocks. In the draft
circle, if you don’t like a player, you are going to show the same GIF over and
over. There was one where Buckner got pancaked from playing too tall. So many
people wrote him off because of one play.Here’s the rest, including a mention
from his current teammate:When a player gets compared to someone the caliber of
Campbell, they better be pretty dang good. Buckner is on track. Now he needs to
string a few seasons together. There’s no reason to believe that won’t happen,
especially now that he has help on the edge.Think back to the 2016 Draft when
the 49ers were on the clock. Were you a fan of Buckner, or did you want someone
else?
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