Or he could bring back the Tom Landry platoon. Can they overcome it if Siemian can’t produce any big plays? No one will assume the lead? “Unfortunately you can’t have one bad play”.
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Christian Ponder ran for a touchdown and threw for another in the fourth quarter and San Francisco pulled away to beat the Denver Broncos 31-24 in an exhibition Saturday night.
MORE: NFL preseason power rankings – where do the 49ers, Broncos fall? “For the first time out of the chute without playing for a year, he did some good things”, Baalke said.
“We were too busy with other stuff, personal agendas, instead of practicing football”. “I’m not the first guy that’s thrown an interception and has to go back out there for the next drive”.
Which leaves the presumptive starter as Mark Sanchez. A poorly thrown ball ended Siemian’s second drive in a pick-six to 49ers safety Eric Reid. He makes smart decisions. “The guy played the flat”. No, no, no. You take the ball. “Just can’t turn the ball over”. Zaire Anderson was also impressive with hard-hitting tackles. That was Siemian last week.
He threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to John Phillips late in the third quarter and another covering 4 yards to Durron Neal in the waning minutes.
“Derek is fine”, Kubiak said. We have to hang on to the good things they do because they are doing some good things. Carradine forced Sanchez to fumble, but on a scramble rather than a drop-back attempt. However that’s exactly what happened to the San Francisco 49ers last Sunday. Luckily, Broncos linebacker Zaire Anderson on the next play popped the ball loose from 49ers quarterback Jeff Driskel and Sanchez had the ball back at the San Francisco 15.
“I squandered a great opportunity to separate myself and put the team in a bad situation”, Sanchez said. There’s no excuse for that.
Sanchez’s harsh self-assessment may have been refreshingly candid.
Paxton Lynch will play the rest of the game.
The Broncos are stuck without great options at quarterback after a insane offseason. Harold started his second straight game – he would have started whether Lynch could play or not – and had a solid game, providing a nice push as an inside pass rusher to go along with an outside rush.
For the remainder of the quarter, he looked great.
Harold was the 49ers third round pick past year and has quickly become an integral part of their future at linebacker.
Kelly noted that Reid’s pick-six indeed provided a necessary spark.
Gabbert finished 6-of-9 for 69 yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions, no sacks. Sanchez at halftime was also 10 of 14 but for 120 yards and the two fumbles.
Rookie receiver Bryce Treggs sustained a knee injury in the first half and did not return. Denver has a real battle shaping up for the quarterback position and their defense has already shown up ready to go. 6 points is a lot to lay in an National Football League preseason game but in this game it is the only side I can back. Hodges is expected to start this game after Wilhoite did the last one.
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On if he thinks he’s in the starting quarterback conversation, Lynch said, “I always believed I was”. “I’m going to take it one day at a time”.
