49ers offensive lineman Anthony Davis came out of a one-year retirement to return for the 2016 National Football League season, but you’d be hard-pressed to find him on the field for San Francisco. “It’s Week 1. We pat ourselves on the back but we’ve got to move on, and playing against the defending NFC champions, it’s a big, big, big, big, big, big game for us”. “That’s it, and along the way, obviously, you know, you can’t win football games without scoring points”. That’s the best way to stop Chip Kelly’s inside-zone-read running game – split the center and guard’s double-team block at the point of attack.
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– Linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong suffered a pectoral injury in the second half, according to the 49ers. However, the 49ers finished last with 14.9 per contest.
After catching seven passes for 73 yards in Week 1, Olsen has surpassed his yardage total on just one play, and it will be interesting to see if the 49ers gift him with more opportunities to score and pile on yardage. The team has had an extended time to prepare of 10 days while the 49ers have had less than a week to prepare.
As for the streaks that were snapped: Gabbert was sacked and intercepted for the first time in 2016.
Alfred Morris scored the go-ahead touchdown on a four-yard run with under five minutes left to lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 27-23 victory over his former team, the Washington Redskins. Or do you think the Panthers will explode all over the 49ers?
-Vance McDonald produced the longest reception in franchise history for a tight end with his 75-yard catch-and-run after securing a Blaine Gabbert pass. McDonald took advantage of a knockdown block from wide receiver Quinton Patton on Panthers All-Pro linebacker Luke Kuechly.
There were some worries over how Kelvin Benjamin’s return would affect the Carolina Panthers’ chemistry on offence.
Benjamin, who was selected two spots ahead of Ward in the 2014 draft, had seven catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns against Ward. Cam Newton threw for just 194 yards, but he was also disrupted all night by Denver’s defense, taking a couple of helmet-to-helmet hits.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A year after combining to score 101 points, the MetLife Stadium rematch saw the teams produce 29 as NY defeated New Orleans on Josh Brown’s 23-yard field goal as time expired. Cam will play his role for us.
-Shaq Thompson: His scoop and score from 9 yards out on a Carlos Hyde fumble caused by Charles Johnson gave the Panthers a 7-3 lead. Bethea and Chris Davis forced the fumble.
San Francisco backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose not to stand during the “Star Spangled Banner” again before Sunday’s game, kneeling at the 50-yard line instead as he continues to bring awareness to racial oppression.
San Francisco added two more touchdowns in the second half.
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: Carolina WR Ted Ginn Jr. Brooks tallied 4.5 sacks on Newton in two meetings, 2.5 of those came in the divisional match up at Bank of America stadium.
But Cam’s fourth touchdown pass – to cap a 353-yard day passing – plus two further Graham Gano field goals saw them to a comfortable win.
Starting running back Jonathan Stewart left in the first quarter with a hamstring injury and didn’t return.
-Defensive lineman Glenn Dorsey played in his first game since sustaining a torn ACL in November.
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Next play, Newton up the middle for 2 yards and a first down. In his 40 games in San Francisco, Ginn totaled 33 receptions for 384 yards and a touchdown. He took one shot to the head from linebacker Eli Harold late in the game after a pitchout on an option play, but quickly got to his feet.
