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49ers Try to Pull the Impossible Against Seahawks on Sunday

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens rolls out during a drill at practice on Oct. 18, 2018. (Ryan Gorcey / S.F. Examiner)

By: Joe Lami

SANTA CLARA — The rivalry is renewed this Sunday as the 2-9 San Francisco 49ers travel up to Seattle to take on the hated 6-5 Seahawks. The rivalry has been relatively one-sided of late with Seattle taking every game since 2013.

They’ve done an exceptional job defending Century Link with the assistance of the 12th man, as the 49ers haven’t won in Seattle in 2011. Much of this is thanks to Russell Wilson, who is 11-2 all-time against the red and gold. Wilson is once again having an incredible season, passing for 2,531 yards thus far with 25 touchdowns and five interceptions.

It’ll be an uphill climb for the 49ers’ defense that has only forced five turnovers all season, including just two interceptions all year. They’ll need a huge rebound after the worst performance of the season in an 18-point embarrassment where the defense failed to get a takeaway. It’s especially horrendous when it happens against the Bucs, who have been handing out turnovers like they’re Christmas presents with 29 on the season.

The Seahawks are right in the middle of the playoff fight, currently the first team out, but a huge win against an abysmal 49ers team will most likely bump them right back in.

This Sunday, we’ll learn whether or not last weekend’s performance was due to the Reuben Foster meltdown that occurred on Saturday night or if this team has quit on Shanahan and co. If it’s the latter, it’s time to recognize the hot seat.

One player that would love to go into Seattle and turn things around is Richard Sherman. The all-pro corner returns to his old stomping grounds for the first time in red and gold, chirping all week long in preparation.

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Lami: 49ers get ready for a noisy time in Seattle

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On the San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe:

#1 San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is so concerned about the noise level that they had to deal with at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay last Sunday. He plans to ask the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to have the very loud PA announcer to keep the volume down.

#2 Shanahan is quite familiar with the noise level at upcoming CenturyLink Field this coming Sunday-a place better know for the fans as the 12th man.

#3 The Seattle Seahawks have won seven straight home games, making the 49ers visit to Century Link tough enough in spite of dealing with the loud crowd.

#4 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens quarterback rating has taken a dive since his debut against the Raiders (151.9) against the New York Giants (73.3), and then it fell against Tampa Bay (62.1).

#5 The Reuben Foster signing by Washington took many by surprise and only two days after he was let go by the 49ers. Washington’s head coach Jay Gruden said the team will address the community saying the team will address the outcry and they’ll try and find out exactly what happened.

Joe Lami does the 49ers podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Oakland Raiders podcast with Joe Hawkes Beamon: Reid says Gruden is doing what’s right and has lots of respect for Chucky

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arrowheadpride.com photo: Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid will lead his team onto the field at the Oakland Coliseum this Sunday against the Oakland Raiders

On the Oakland Raiders podcast with Joe:

#1 The Raiders (2-9) host the Kansas City Chiefs (9-2) this Sunday this week the issue of Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has come up and questions about how he has coached this team and some even have said he doesn’t know what he is doing. We ask Joe if that’s not true.

#2 Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that it wasn’t true and that the Raiders have a good coach, someone that Reid said he respected and considers coach Gruden a friend.

#3 Gruden and Reid were assistant coaches together at Green Bay from 1992-94 and Gruden said of Reid that he’s a great friend of his.

#4 Joe talks about Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who has 3628 passing yards, 117.9 in passing, and has a league-high passing rating of 37 touchdowns.

#5 Chiefs and Raiders this Sunday. Joe tells us if the Raiders have a chance in this one.

Join Joe each week for the Raiders podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Fantasy Football Doctors Podcast Week 13: The Final Playoff Push!

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Your hosts: Dr. Vasu Vaddiparty & Dr. Charlie O

  • Who should you choose to replace Andy Dalton at QB?
  • Check that waiver wire for hidden gems that other players have forgotten about
  • Jameis Winston may be a big play again this week
  • Lamar Jackson from the Ravens may be the answer to your QB troubles
  • Marcus Mariota and the Titans face the Jets–that could be a good play
  • If you have Josh Adams, is he a starter this Sunday?
  • Austin Ekeler may be the right play for Melvin Gordon
  • Emmanuel Sanders is the right play this weekend
  • The Panthers Greg Olsen might be a numbers maker vs. the Bucs

Good luck this weekend and we hope to see you in the playoffs!

Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria: Raiders run into a buzz, saw with well-prepared Ravens and Jackson

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On the Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony:

#1 Tony talks about the Baltimore Ravens and their 2016 Heisman Trophy winner quarterback LaMar Jackson, who is making a lot of headway in the NFL. LaMar, before last Sunday’s game against the Raiders, had himself a career day on Nov. 18th, throwing for 71 yards, a touchdown, carried 27 times for 117 yards. Last Sunday, Jackson led the Ravens to another victory against the Raiders.

#2 Will there be a quarterback controversy in Baltimore between Jackson and Joe Flacco? That’s something that Ravens head coach John Harbaugh will have to decide, but the Ravens pounded the Raiders on offense last Sunday.

#3 Jackson, on Sunday, carried the ball 11 times and nine times in the second half.

#4 Raiders quarterback Derek Carr went 16-34 for 194 yards with a touchdown, but the Ravens defense got to Carr, sacking him three times.

#5 The Raiders, this Sunday, host the Kansas City Chiefs (9-2) a 1:05 pm kickoff at the Oakland Coliseum.

Tony takes a look at the Raiders each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Foster signs with Redskins; 49ers still struggle at QB

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By Jeremy Harness

Mere days after the 49ers cut oft-troubled and injured linebacker Reuben Foster, the second-year players was claimed off waivers by the Washington Redskins.

However, the Redskins have said that Fosters will have to clear a series of evaluations and protocols before he sees the field for his new team. There is no timetable for when he is expected to play again at press time.

The loss of Foster certainly appeared to have had an impact on the 49ers’ defense in a blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday, a game that saw Tampa Bay quarterback Jameis Winston, who has had his share of troubles to go along with mediocre play, look like an All Pro.

On the offensive side of the ball, the 49ers were not much better, and quarterback Nick Mullens has visible regressed since his NFL debut in a sound beating of the Raiders a few weeks ago. He failed to generate any kind of momentum for the offense, and the Buccaneers got their first takeaways of the season last Sunday.

Meanwhile, former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is still without an NFL job.

It does not figure to get any better against the Seattle Seahawks this Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, which will serve as the first time cornerback Richard Sherman will see his former team since joining the 49ers in free agency this offseason.

The only consistent bright spot has been Matt Breida, who rushed for more than 100 yards at Tampa last Sunday.

Raiders return home to host divisional rival Chiefs Sunday at the Coliseum

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon
SRS Contributor

After concluding a two-game road trip, the Oakland Raiders will return home this week to welcome in their divisional rival the Kansas City Chiefs at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Sunday’s Week 13 meeting between these two AFC West foes will mark the first of two meetings in four weeks, with the Raiders wrapping up the season in Kansas City in Week 17.

The two teams split last season’s series, with Oakland winning 31-30 in thrilling fashion on Thursday Night Football last October in Oakland. Kansas City won 26-15 at Arrowhead Stadium in Week 14.

Kickoff for the 116th meeting is set for 1:05 p.m. PT, with Kansas City leading the all-time series 61-52-2.

Last week, the Raiders (2-9) lost on the road to the Baltimore Ravens 34-17. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr completed 16-of-34 passes for 194 and one touchdown. For the second-straight week, the Raiders scored a touchdown on their opening drive, a 1-yard score by running back Doug Martin, his first in Silver and Black. Martin rushed for 51 yards on 11 carries (4.6 yards per carry) and also added three catches for 21 yards.

Tight end Jared Cook tied his career-high with his fifth touchdown grab of the year in the third quarter of the game. Cook finished with two catches for 32 yards and the score.

On defense, the Raiders recorded two interceptions in the first half in back-to-back weeks as the safety tandem of Marcus Gilchrist and Reggie Nelson each recording a takeaway. Both players have two interceptions this season for the Raiders.

Kansas City holds the AFC’s best record at 9-2 and sit atop the AFC West. The Chiefs are coming off their bye week but lost their most recent game, 54-51 to the Rams in Los Angeles on Monday Night Football.

The Chiefs have on of the league’s most prolific offenses, ranking second in points per game (36.7), third in total yards per game (434.3) and passing yards per game (318.5) and second-year quarterback Patrick Mahomes is a big reason why the Chiefs put up astronomical numbers every game.

In his first full season as the Kansas City’s starter, Mahomes leads the NFL in touchdown passes (37) and is second in passer rating, a blistering 117.9.

With pass catchers like third-year wide receiver Tyreek Hill (65 catches for 1,106 yards and team-leading 11 touchdowns) and sixth-year tight end Travis Kelce (team-leading 67 catches for 914 yards and 7 touchdowns), to go along with second-year running back Kareem Hunt (181 rushes for 824 yards and 7 touchdowns), its hard for teams to stop the Chiefs when they are rolling.

Hunt is also tough to defend in the passing game, with 26 catches for 378 yards and seven touchdown catches this season.

Outside linebacker Dee Ford is one of the NFL’s most disruptive pass rushers. Ford leads the Chiefs with nine sacks and five forced fumbles. Fellow outside linebacker Justin Houston has four sacks and three forced fumbles.

Following Sunday’s game, the Raiders will face another tough test when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kansas City returns home to take on the Baltimore Ravens in Week 14.

Headline Sports podcast with London Marq: Warriors coming back from string of losses; Fans want SF Giants owner Johnson to step down; How Foster release will impact 49ers; plus more

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On the Headline Sports podcast with London:

#1 The Warriors have certainly shown they can bounce back after losing three straight, they have on three straight as they prepare to face the Raptors in Toronto.

#2 After SF Giants owner Charles Johnson donated $2700 to Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith who won her run off on Tuesday night. Johnson had donated the funds to the Hyde-Smith campaign after she posed for a photo with a Confederate hat and a Confederate civil war era rifle. Fans and sponsors have either pulled their support and will boycott or plan to leave doing business with the Giants. The NAACP President and former San Francisco Board of Supervisor the Rev Amos Brown has said that Johnson sought his donation from the Hyde-Smith campaign and the NAACP boycott against Johnson and the Giants is over.

#3 After the release of SF 49ers linebacker Ruben Foster on Sunday the team went out and lost to Tampa Bay. Will the Foster release have an impact on this team? Foster signed with Washington some two days later after being released by the 49ers.

#4 The Sacramento Kings are trying to avoid a third straight loss this time they face the Los Angeles Clippers at Golden 1 Center on Thursday night. The Clippers are in first place in the Western Conference.

#5 The San Jose Sharks lost their third in four games on Tuesday night in Buffalo 3-2. The Sharks really got taken to the cleaners on Sunday night with a 6-0 loss in Las Vegas to the Golden Knights.

London Marq does Headline Sports each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: How the Foster release will impact the 49ers going into next week’s game

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photo from sfgate.com: Hillborough County Sheriff’s photo of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ruben Foster on Sunday who was released 12 hours after mug shot was taken after being charged with domestic violence

On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ruben Foster was arrested on Saturday night for domestic violence in Tampa and was released by the team immediately where does this leave the team. If Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was any indication the team for sure were embarrassed by this latest incident and did it impact them in their losing the game?

#2 Apparently, there was a October incident that never took a life of it’s own that was investigated by Santa Clara Police, but the charges were dropped. In the Tampa incident Saturday a neighbor at the 49ers’ hotel heard Foster and his girlfriend arguing and called police. It was reported that Foster hit the phone out of the girlfriend’s hands and pushed her in the chest.

David Zizmor does the 49ers podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Jackson roughs up Raiders in 34-17 win

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By Jeremy Kahn

With Joe Flacco on the bench for the second straight game, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh turned to 2016 Heisman Trophy Winner Lamar Jackson for the second week in a row.

The rookie out of Louisville did not disappoint Harbaugh or his team, as he ran for 71 yards and a touchdown and the Ravens defeated the Oakland Raiders 34-17 at M&T Bank Stadium.

One week after carrying the ball 27 times for 117 yards in his NFL starting debut, Jackson carried the ball 11 times, including nine times in the second half.

Jackson attempted only seven passes in the second half, as he went 14-for-25 for 178 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.

Gus Edwards ran for 118 yards, as the Ravens won for the second game in a row for the first time since September.

Terrell Suggs put the finishing touches on the win, as he recovered a fumble after Matthew Judon sacked Derek Carr and Suggs ran for 43 yards for the touchdown.

Doug Martin scored his first touchdown as a Raider, as he scored on the Raiders’ opening series of the game.

Justin Tucker pulled the Ravens within 7-3 on their first series of the game, as he kicked 47-yard field goal.

Cyrus Jones gave the Ravens the lead for good in the second quarter, as he returned a Johnny Townsend punt 70 yards for the touchdown.

After the two teams traded field goals to close out the scoring in the first half, Jackson scored on a five-yard run on the first series of the second half to stretch the Ravens lead up to 20-10.

Carr then drove the Raiders down the field, and it culminated with a one-handed touchdown catch by Jared Cook to cut the Ravens down to three.

That would be the Raiders only possession of the third quarter, as Jackson and the Ravens took the ball and held for the next 8:53 that ended with Jackson finding former Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree for the eight-yard touchdown pass.

Carr ended up going 16-for-34 for 194 yards with a touchdown, he was also sacked three times on the afternoon.

Martin led the Raiders in rushing with 11 carries for 51 yards with a touchdown, as the Raiders fall to 2-9 on the season.

Both Martin and Rookie Marcell Ateman led the Raiders in catches with three, while Ateman gained 16 yards and Martin gained 21 yards.

NOTES: Raiders backup defensive end Jacquies Smith was forced to leave the game with an Achilles injury, while defensive tackle Mo Hurst left in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury.

Carr went into the concussion protocol tent late in the second quarter, and was replaced by A.J. McCarron, who kneeled down for the final plays of the first half. Carr eventually returned to the game in the second half.

UP NEXT: After a bye, the 9-2 Kansas City Chiefs head to the Coliseum, as the two rivals will face each other twice over the final weeks of the season.