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49ers head coach thought about passing on final drive of regulation, chose to run and drain Rams’ timeouts
The Rams had all three of their timeouts. An incompletion by the 49ers would have stopped the clock, allowing the Rams to take a timeout and pocket one for when they got the ball back. Instead, Shanahan elected to drain those timeouts.
When Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen approached San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh and chirped at the assistant to “keep my name out of your mouth,” Saleh reportedly replied by threatening to “end your f—king life.”
Asked about Robert Saleh in a fight, 49ers' Kyle Shanahan quipped about Dan Campbell being the one NFL coach that could take him down.
Dan Orlovsky pulls receipts on Mac Jones after San Francisco 49ers’ OT win over Los Angeles Rams, revisiting his two-year-old take.
The referees for Sunday’s 49ers game against the Jaguars admitted they made a mistake that wound up costing the Niners in a big way in their eventual 26-21 loss, according to San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan.
When the Rams failed in a fourth-and-1 situation at the end of Thursday night's game against NFC West rival 49ers, they showed NFL fans that Mike Tomlin's choice to put instead of attempting to convert days earlier against the Vikings was a shrewd decision.
Not only were the 49ers missing Purdy, Nick Bosa (who is out for the season with a torn ACL) and star tight end George Kittle (who landed on injured reserve after Week 1), but also wide receivers Ricky Pearsall and Jauan Jennings.
San Francisco was missing Brock Purdy, George Kittle and a slew of wide receivers but got huge performances from Mac Jones (342 passing yards, two touchdowns), Christian McCaffrey (139 total scrimmage yards) and Kendrick Bourne (10 catches, 142 yards).