The 49ers fell behind early and couldn’t close the gap against the Packers Sunday in Green Bay, losing 38-10.
Brandon Allen, starting in place of the injured Brock Purdy, was 17-of-29 for 199 yards, but he turned the ball over twice (one lost fumble, one interception). Christian McCaffrey also lost a fumble in the fourth quarter; he led the 49ers with 31 yards rushing on 11 carries while George Kittle paced the passing game with 82 yards and the 49ers’ lone touchdown.
The rush defense struggled to stop Josh Jacobs, who rushed for 106 yards on 26 carries. He scored three touchdowns, all from a yard out. Jordan Love only attempted 23 passes, completing 13 for 163 yards and two touchdowns.
Here’s what the 49ers said after the loss, which dropped them to 5-6 on the season:
Kyle Shanahan
On the game:
Just them being able to control the clock in the first half was one of the worst ones I’ve been a part of, just as far as a half. I thought we stepped it up there in the second half, did better especially in the run game, offense got an opportunity to get going. They gave us an opportunity to get back in the game and then to have those three turnovers and all three led to touchdowns, 21 points. You top that with the penalties and stuff, that’s how you get embarrassed like that.
On the back-to-back substitution penalties:
It was a strategic play by them, but one that I don’t feel should have been allowed. They didn’t give us time to sub on that and that’s why I was upset.
On Allen’s interception:
That seemed like a hell of a throw. They had some soft zone and he threaded it in there between their two backers and it looked like it went off Deebo’s hands.
On penalties:
I thought that killed us on the opening drives. I’ll see on those special teams ones. You know, a couple I looked up on the scoreboard and see on the plane how much we agree on them or not, but we got to be much better on the penalties obviously.
On missing players slimming their margin for error:
I’m not really concerned right now by how many guys we missed today. We didn’t play good enough, so that’s not a factor. But when you are missing some guys, you do have to be better. And when you have those penalties when we didn’t stop the run like we did, and then having those three turnovers in the second half, that’s how you get embarrassed.
On Allen’s play:
We all got embarrassed, so nobody really played great, but Brandon, I thought he did some good things. I thought he made some big throws, just plays I can think of. You know, he had a rough one in the beginning that he threw to them, then dropped two plays. He just slipped on that field.
On why he started Allen despite broken finger:
Because he’s not hurt. … He’s fine, just hurt his finger like …read more
Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment
