The 49ers melted down at sweltering Levi’s Stadium and misplaced Sunday to the Cardinals, 24-23.
They misplaced kicker Jake Moody to a second-quarter ankle harm, impacting their technique the remainder of the way in which, however additionally they turned the ball over inside their very own 20-yard line (Brock Purdy’s third-quarter interception) and Arizona’s (Jordan Mason’s fourth-quarter fumble).
Purdy completed 19-of-35 for 244 yards, one landing and two interceptions, together with the game-sealing one which fluttered to Kyzir White when Purdy was hit whereas throwing his closing go.
Mason led the 49ers with 89 yards on 14 carries, the final of which was the one he fumbled preventing for additional yardage on the Cardinals’ 9-yard line, the place reserve linebacker XX punched it out.
Brandon Aiyuk was San Francisco’s main receiver with 147 yards on eight catches.
Kyler Murray was 19-of-30 for the Cardinals for 195 yards, one landing and one interception. He additionally ran for a 50-yard landing to open the scoring. Bruiser James Connor led Arizona with 86 yards on 19 carries, plus a key two-point conversion within the fourth quarter.
Right here’s what the 49ers needed to say after the loss:
Kyle Shanahan
On refocusing for Thursday’s sport:
That’s all we talked about in there. We’d love to sit down right here and get pissed. We’d love to have the ability to do one thing about that, however you’ll be able to’t do something about these video games as soon as they finish.
On Brandon Aiyuk’s sport:
Did an actual good job beating man protection, made some good performs within the zone had some good run after the catch.
On Mason’s fumble:
If you’re preventing for additional yards, you gotta be sensible with that ball and regarded like he simply obtained a bit careless with it they usually knocked it out.
On discovering a alternative kicker:
They’re nearly unbiased contractors, so we’ll get them in as quick as potential and get one of the best man we will. I’m certain that can be for a number of weeks, no matter. I’m unsure, however I do know they advised me a excessive ankle and that’s by no means quick.
Brock Purdy
On altering focus to Seattle on a brief week:
We gotta do it fast. We obtained a Thursday night time sport, nice staff within the Seahawks on the street. So huge problem forward. If we sit and dwell, then I believe clearly issues gained’t go our manner, so now we have to show the web page fast.
On the offense:
When the protection is getting stops, we will’t simply flip the ball proper again over.
On purple zone points:
The whole lot’s fairly tight. It’s shut, and we gotta be aggressive. It begins with me. I’m the man with the ball, so you recognize, being aggressive with sure guys and matchups and giving guys possibilities. I simply obtained to be arduous on myself with that. Clearly you need to be sensible and defend the ball, however after we obtained matchup and look, we’ve obtained to tear it.
On Aiyuk:
He was simply doing his factor. He wasn’t making an attempt to do something too out of the peculiar. We simply had some good performs and matchups dialed up for him and I believed he did an excellent job of getting out and in of cuts and clearly catching the ball, making performs.
On whether or not lacking McCaffrey is a part of the purple zone woes:
You are able to do a lot with Christian out of the backfield, line him up as a receiver and stuff like that. Defenses should account and have a play for that. So, I imply, it’s a little completely different. However regardless, man, I believe now we have the gamers and the expertise to nonetheless make it occur.
On Mason’s fumble:
All of us obtained his again, man. Clearly he’s been working actually actually arduous. He’s been doing such an excellent job, and in order that’s how soccer goes, man. It might take one play.
On the temper within the locker room:
The usual right here, man, is excellence. And what we’ve confirmed the final couple years of what we will play at, that’s what we’re making an attempt to get to. However man, yearly is completely different with simply the staff, the chemistry and getting guys collectively. You bought new keys, some guys go away, so I believe all all through this, it’s early within the season and we’re nonetheless looking for our true id as a staff. We’re getting there, and it’s a pair performs away, a pair drives away from gelling and gluing collectively. However I’m assured that we’ll discover it. We simply obtained to get right into a rhythm and play complementary staff soccer.
On what he can do higher to keep away from interceptions:
I simply obtained to know if I do have a stress and what my reply might be inside that. I used to be locked in on BA and making an attempt to hit him ultimately, so I believe I can do higher in that space. After which the primary one, attempt to get the ball to George faster as an alternative of double patting it. There’s little issues like that. It’s a sport of inches for a cause. There’s not lots of margin for error.
Fred Warner
On the loss:
We had the sport gained and we gave it away, however you bought to sort of wipe it and get on to the subsequent.
On whether or not he felt the sport slipping away:
No, my mindset’s at all times subsequent play, greatest play. Defensively we obtained to learn to end video games. We’re not there but, in order that’s probably the most irritating half.
On the protection’s previous success:
It’s a totally new group. It’s a brand new 12 months, it’s a brand new group. You’re taking the experiences that you just obtained previously and apply them to the current. … It’s going to require much more effort, extra consideration to element, extra the whole lot at this level.
On the affect of accidents:
I don’t actually care in regards to the accidents. You go well with that factor up, you higher be able to go. Level clean, interval.
Nick Bosa
On the distinction between successful and dropping:
It’s not about how good your gamers are, how explosive an offense is or good your protection is. Should you’re turning the ball over and also you’re not making these performs on protection within the essential moments, you’re going to lose within the NFL. I haven’t misplaced any confidence within the staff. It’s early. It’s an extended 12 months. We’ve been by means of worse and I believe we’ll reply properly.
On the short turnaround:
I believe we have to flip the web page on this one. It’s fairly clear what occurred and why we misplaced, so I believe it’s sort of a blessing in disguise that we’re taking part in on Thursday.
On the momentum swing of dropping Moody:
Not having your kicker is hard and hopefully he’s going to be all proper however Mitch did job on his one kick. But it surely actually shouldn’t come all the way down to that ultimately.
On whether or not warmth wore down gamers late:
I wouldn’t say it impacts individuals on lengthy drives. Conner’s a very huge, good again and makes individuals miss. I believe I had a pair misses there, too. Simply obtained to get them down.
On adjusting to opposing offenses:
The preparation we’ve had has been nice groups, however groups are taking part in us completely different and doing issues in a different way, and we have to regulate a bit higher.
George Kittle
On the loss:
Not scoring any factors within the second half is admittedly powerful as an offense, particularly after we count on ourselves to be considerably higher than that. As an offense, we need to take that sport into our palms and we had each alternative to blow that one out. We didn’t do this.
On the sudden change of dropping Moody:
Dropping your kicker’s large, particularly when you will have a man who’s good from, what, 57 yards. … However I believe our particular groups and protection gave us each alternative to win. And I imply, as an offensive participant has been right here for eight years, I really feel like that one’s totally on us greater than anything. We’ve got to complete drives — to not flip the ball over, to make it simpler on ourselves, which we didn’t do.
On whether or not there’s any doubt about ending video games:
There’s none of that. I’d say that we simply should exit and show that we will do it.
On whether or not the staff is perhaps popping out of halftime overconfident:
I wouldn’t say overconfidence. I do know we didn’t rating any factors within the second half. I don’t know what our first drive was however I really feel like w have been shifting the ball properly the entire day. However when you find yourself with turnovers, it’s simply turnover on downs, interceptions, fumble, no matter it’s, it’s simply arduous to win soccer video games if you play like that.
