Dear Amy: I have three children in their 30s. My oldest son and my middle daughter have been very angry at each other for more than a year.

In my opinion, my daughter is maybe 70 percent responsible and this son is 30 percent responsible. Neither will admit any fault or apologize. They don’t want to be in each other’s presence.

Nothing my wife or I do helps.

Son No. 1 and his wife will be having their first baby in four months, and so far, he is saying that we can’t tell our daughter.

We host birthdays and holidays at our house. I say invite them all and if they don’t want to come, so be it.

Son No. 2 (who is not involved in this drama) is having a birthday, which we will celebrate at our home. Son No. 1 won’t come because our daughter is attending but wants to host a later event for his brother.

It looks like something similar is being proposed for Christmas.

I’m not interested in enabling this mess by attending second events at which my daughter isn’t invited or by disinviting her.

I want to tell my daughter about the birth of our first grandchild because it is a family thing.

My wife is more interested in doing what Son No. 1 wants. In part this is because he lives a block from us, and my wife doesn’t want him to take out his anger at us by not having us be close to their child. (He hasn’t threatened this, but she is nervous.)

Any suggestions?

Disgusted Dad

Dear Dad: I’m with you on this. You present Son No. 1 as being the primary powerhouse in perpetuating this unhealthy dynamic, and if that is true, then I’d say that he is quickly closing the “at-fault” gap with his sister.

I’m sorry your family is experiencing this. Estrangement among family members (and now the threat of same) seems to be on the rise — at least judging from the contents of my (virtual) mailbag.

You seem concerned but stalwart, but your wife’s fears will only enable your eldest son to tighten the grip and manipulate and control the entire family. This nonsense about not “letting” you announce the upcoming birth of your grandchild is … ridiculous. He does not sound mature enough to be a father.

In terms of your wife, I suggest that you both keep this in mind: Any time you make a decision based on fear, the outcome will not serve anyone well.

Dear Amy: I am blessed with two beautiful and sweet daughters. Both are college graduates living on their own in long-term relationships.

My daughters have chosen two very different career paths — one makes very good money, while her sister struggles to pay monthly bills.

Is it OK to help the struggling daughter? Will the other daughter feel slighted?

I don’t want to cause any issues.

Potential Bank Mom

Dear Mom: Yes, it is OK to help your struggling daughter. Being in a financial bind is extremely stressful; help can give someone room to breathe, as well as a fresh start. Unfortunately, however, repeated bailouts could interrupt her progress.

Your needier daughter might need to check her spending or get a different job (or choose another partner) in order to live within her means.

If you help one daughter, the other daughter might feel slighted, but there’s a lesson there for her, too: Life isn’t always fair.

Her chosen path and hard work have quite literally paid off. Surely, she wouldn’t have it any other way. She will face various challenges in her own future, and as her mother, you will do your best to be there for her, too.

You do not have to justify your own financial choices to anyone, unless these choices place you or others at risk.

Dear Amy: “Tree Owner” asked about the large tree in her yard that every fall sheds its leaves partly onto the neighbor’s yard.

As we rake up leaves and pods from our neighbor’s tree every fall, we remind ourselves what a gift the shade was all summer.

Neighborly

Dear Neighborly: That’s the spirit!

You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.

The Ravens finally lived too dangerously to survive, failing to build an advantage over the plucky Jaguars thanks to sloppy offense and allowing Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence to cut through them in the last two minutes in a 28-27 loss. They’re not exactly a team in crisis, but the good vibes from a four-game winning streak are gone, replaced by serious questions about their viability against the playoff teams they hope to face come January.

If the Ravens left this many cracks for the Jaguars to exploit, how can they expect to hold up against the league’s best come playoff time?

For a split second, as Justin Tucker’s 67-yard field goal attempt moved relentlessly toward the center of the crossbar, it seemed the greatest of kickers might bail the Ravens out on a day when they did not deserve to win.

When Tucker’s kick fell a few yards short, however, the Ravens were left to lie in the hard, chilly bed they had made for themselves. Farewell, four-game winning streak. Farewell, good vibes.

Instead of celebrating a miracle, they confronted the fact that their slipshod offense left a trio of red-zone opportunities unconverted, and their defense — so fearsome in recent weeks — squandered a fourth-quarter lead for the third time this season.

We thought the Ravens would come out of their bye week ready to go on a run against a string of woeful opponents. Instead, they slogged to an unsightly 13-3 win over the Carolina Panthers and plunged headlong into the trap presented by a Jacksonville team that had lost six of its previous seven.

Are the Ravens in crisis again, as they seemed to be after a 3-3 start marked by missed opportunities and second-half collapses? Not exactly. Their defense is too good and their schedule too soft for us to say their playoff push is in peril. But they sure have not been easy to watch the past two weeks.

What else can we say after watching them drop passes and rush to get off misbegotten attempts before the play clock ran out? After watching Lawrence pick on Marcus Peters all afternoon? Even the Ravens’ league-best special teams faltered, with Devin Duvernay handing them pitiful field position via a pair of poorly judged returns.

The problem is not so much that the Ravens lost to a team they should beat. This happens to everyone, and we knew the Jaguars, led by an on-form Lawrence, were live underdogs. No, the worry is that we’ve seen the cracks Jacksonville exploited in all of the Ravens’ losses this season and in some of their victories. Imagine how the Kansas City Chiefs or Buffalo Bills or Miami Dolphins might punish these same failings — the unfinished drives, the mistimed deep strikes, the presnap confusion, the coverage lapses — in January. The Ravens fancy themselves a legitimate contender, but they’re not playing like a team that’s going to outlast the NFL’s best when it matters most. They still have time to tune up but not that much.

Even if the Ravens’ offense isn’t broken, it’s driving on three wheels too often.

A week after they struggled to 13 points against the Panthers, the Ravens took their fans to dark places with another afternoon of follies that kept them out of the end zone.

We cannot say their offense is a lemon. They outgained the Jaguars, 415 yards to 332, and quarterback Lamar Jackson gave them a chance to win with clutch scrambles and a gutsy 62-yard throw to DeSean Jackson to set up a late, go-ahead touchdown. But the Ravens could have avoided these heartburn moments entirely if they had functioned over the first three quarters.

Lamar Jackson hit Mark Andrews for 25 yards off play action on the first snap of the game and narrowly missed Demarcus Robinson for a potential touchdown on the very next play. So the Ravens clearly saw vulnerability in Jacksonville’s pass defense, which was 31st in Football Outsiders’ DVOA coming in.

But they continue to wound themselves with presnap disarray. On that first drive, a delay of game pushed them from second-and-goal at the 10-yard line to second-and-goal at the 15. They ended up with a field goal. Later, in the second quarter, they came up short on a fourth-and-1 sneak after appearing disorganized and rushed at the line of scrimmage.

Offensive coordinator Greg Roman takes some overheated criticism, but it’s fair to call him out for this enduring lack of precision.

The Ravens failed to finish in the red zone again on their second drive when a diving Robinson could not haul in a low zinger from Jackson. The Ravens came in 21st in the league with a 52.6% touchdown rate in the red zone, so it’s a trend that’s holding them back and that could bite them against elite competition in the playoffs.

The upshot was a 7-6 deficit after they’d dominated the first 20 minutes of the game.

The Ravens had another chance at six to start the third quarter, but tight end Josh Oliver could not pull down a high offering from Jackson in the end zone, and they stalled again.

Jackson could not explain why the attack he leads serially fell short: “I don’t know. It looks good in practice.” His frustration seemed to boil over later when he fired an off-color, expletive-laced response at a Twitter critic who said the Ravens would be better off not signing him to a lucrative extension. He has since deleted the tweet.

With the Ravens’ lead at two in the fourth quarter, running back Gus Edwards, whose value as a short-yardage converter is beyond reproach, lost a fumble to hand Jacksonville a go-ahead field goal. The Ravens answered with their only long touchdown drive of the day, highlighted by that Jackson-to-Jackson bomb, but by then, they had left too many points unclaimed.

Two former Jaguars showed their old team what it’s missing.

The loss cost Oliver and defensive end Calais Campbell their chance to celebrate showing out against a former employer.

The experience could have been particularly sweet for Oliver, a 2019 third-round pick whom Jacksonville dumped for a conditional seventh-round pick after a pair of injury-riddled seasons. He’s established a home in Baltimore with violent run blocking, but on Sunday, he flashed the receiving talent that made him a high-upside prospect in the first place. Oliver galloped into clear space along the sideline for a 40-yard grab on the Ravens’ first drive of the second half and finished his day with a 12-yard catch-and-run that could have been the game-winner and another 12-yard catch to set up Tucker’s 67-yard attempt. He led the Ravens in receiving yards with 76, and if he had snagged Jackson’s sailing throw in the end zone in the third quarter, we might have called it a perfect afternoon.

Campbell, by contrast, wasn’t fighting for his NFL life when he moved from Jacksonville to Baltimore. He was a star in one home and expected to remain one in the next. Still, we probably take the 36-year-old man-mountain for granted at times.

He led the surge on a pair of stuffs as the Ravens stopped the Jaguars on third-and-1 and fourth-and-1 on their first defensive series. He flattened Lawrence in the last two minutes, knocking the ball loose on a play that could have ended the game if it had rolled more favorably for the Ravens. Fifteen NFL years in, Campbell still puts his imprint on every game he enters.

In a brief stretch on the sideline, Marlon Humphrey reminded us why he’s the team’s most important defender.

The Jaguars tried to get moving, down nine in the fourth quarter, but Humphrey kept backing them up, sacking Lawrence and dropping wide receiver Christian Kirk for a 5-yard loss on a running attempt. Then, Humphrey twisted his ankle, and the defense was immediately worse, allowing Lawrence to complete four of his next five passes, the last for a touchdown to cut the Ravens’ lead to 19-17.

It’s not as if the Ravens were perfect with Humphrey. He was on the field when Lawrence cut through them in the two-minute drill. But his versatility was on full display against the Jaguars. With Kyle Hamilton sidelined by an ankle injury, Humphrey needed to be the Ravens’ chief answer to Kirk, one of the most productive slot receivers in the league. Sure enough, Lawrence had to look elsewhere as Kirk caught just four passes on nine targets. We’re so used to Humphrey shifting inside seamlessly when duty calls that we might assume every top cornerback can do it. Not so.

On top of his work in coverage, Humphrey has become more of a threat to blitz opposing quarterbacks and blow up plays behind the line of scrimmage. His two tackles for loss against Jacksonville were a career high, and he came into the game with the best pass-rush grade in the secondary, per Pro Football Focus. He was the Ravens’ best all-around defender in their narrow win over the Panthers and again in Jacksonville.

After a modest dip in performance last season, Humphrey is on track for a third Pro Bowl appearance and is making the Ravens look smart for investing in him as their franchise defender.

Lousy as they were in Jacksonville, here’s why the Ravens are still in line to take the AFC North.

It’s a wonderful feeling to be so good that you’re schedule-proof. The Ravens reached this rarefied air for a stretch of their 2019 season. They’re too leaky now. But here’s the thing: So are most NFL teams, including their chief divisional nemesis, the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Bengals did good work while the Ravens came unglued Sunday, holding on for a road victory over the ever-challenging Tennessee Titans. They pulled even with the Ravens at 7-4. But what does the schedule say about next weekend? The Ravens will host the Denver Broncos, who can’t score on their best day and seemed on the verge of a full meltdown in losing 23-10 to the Panthers. The Bengals, meanwhile, will face the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes, who will surely be eager to serve comeuppance after last season’s playoff upset.

Schedule, schedule, schedule. It determines so much at this stage in the NFL calendar. Care to peek ahead? On Christmas Eve, when the Ravens will host the deeply mediocre Atlanta Falcons, the Bengals will travel to face the New England Patriots and their gnarly defense. On Jan. 2, the day after the Ravens invite the offensively challenged Pittsburgh Steelers to Baltimore, the Bengals will face the Bills.

So yes, Cincinnati has won five of six with an offense that thrives in the red zone rather than self-destructing. Many pundits will spend the coming week telling us they’re set to pass the Ravens in the stretch. Just remember: Context matters.

Week 13

Broncos at Ravens

Sunday, 1 p.m.

TV: Chs. 13, 9

Radio: 97.9 FM, 101.5 FM, 1090 AM

Line: Ravens by 7

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DEAR HARRIETTE: I have spent years being mad at my father about things that he did and said to me when I was a child.

I grew up in his household, and he was harsh. He was a taskmaster, and he expected everyone in the family to do exactly what he said, or else suffer his glaring eye. I was so mad at him because I felt like he didn’t love me. He was rarely warm or kind.

My father has been dead a long time now. As I look at my own kids and those of friends, I realize that his lessons pushed me to excel. A lot of kids today are complacent and get away with not striving to be their best. My father’s methods worked.

I still wish he were kinder, but I see the impact he had on my life, and it turns out it was good. He drove me to be responsible and successful.

My father is long gone. How can I forgive him and teach my children the benefits he gave me? I don’t usually talk about him kindly.

Perspective

DEAR PERSPECTIVE: It’s great that you finally see some value in your father’s approach to parenting and life. This refreshed understanding should help you to forgive him.

Next, you can begin to tell your children about him and the lessons he taught you. Be honest. He was harsh and consistent with his values and rules, and often, that upset you. Tell them. But also explain that because of how strict he was, you have developed a discipline and drive that have served you well.

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a college student, and I share a dorm room with a girl who is pretty nice, but she has boundary issues.

My roommate is constantly “borrowing” my stuff. She uses my shampoo. She will wear a sweater that’s hanging in my closet if it matches her outfit better than her own sweater. She will even eat my food if it’s in the refrigerator and she is hungry.

I grew up in a household where people were constantly “borrowing” stuff from me, and I hated it. This person is not related to me, and I’m not having it. How can I get my point across without being rude?

Hands Off

DEAR HANDS OFF: Sit down with your roommate and have a direct conversation with her. Tell her that you do not like to share your stuff. This includes clothing, food, toiletries, etc. In the future, if she wants to borrow something of yours, tell her she must ask and get your permission. Otherwise, she should assume that the answer is no.

Label the food that you put in the refrigerator. Store your clothing in drawers, if at all possible. Keep your toiletries in a shower caddy in your personal area. Make it hard for her to invade your space. That may help.

Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams. You can send questions to askharriette@harriettecole.com or c/o Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

A 8,004-square-foot house built in 2005 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 500 block of Happy Valley Road in Pleasanton was sold on Oct. 14, 2022 for $5,400,000, or $675 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a garage, and five parking spaces. The backyard also has a pool. The unit sits on a 2.5-acre lot.

Additional houses have recently changed hands close by:

• On Brianne Court, Pleasanton, in September 2022, a 3,182-square-foot home was sold for $2,272,000, a price per square foot of $714. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.
• In July 2022, a 2,200-square-foot home on Happy Valley Road in Pleasanton sold for $2,000,000, a price per square foot of $909. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
• A 2,398-square-foot home on the 500 block of Sycamore Road in Pleasanton sold in July 2022 for $2,225,000, a price per square foot of $928. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend of mine is staying with me, and he went home for Thanksgiving, leaving his cat here. Well, I woke up the first morning after he left, and the cat is gone.

It is common for us to leave the doors open during the day, but the cat has never run off until now.

So what do I do? Do I call my friend and tell him over the phone? Or do I wait till he gets back, hoping the cat will return in the meantime? But if the cat doesn’t return, will he be hurt that I didn’t inform him right away?

GENTLE READER: Have you thought of something to say when your friend returns and says, “Thanks for taking care of Tinkerbell. I bet he’ll be glad to see me. Where is he? Tinkerbell! I’m back! Tinkerbell, where are you? TINKERBELL!!!”

No?

Then Miss Manners suggests that you get busy putting up posters around the neighborhood. She will give you a day or two before confessing to your friend, on the grounds that you were hunting frantically, but after that you must break the sad news.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I were invited for Thanksgiving dinner at a new friend’s home along with three other couples. We were asked to bring a dish to pass.

GENTLE READER: Funny — the complaints that Miss Manners usually gets are from people whose leftovers were kept by the hosts. Or snatched by other guests.

For a holiday that is supposed to be associated with hospitality and inclusiveness, Thanksgiving apparently inspires a lot of unseemly squabbling.

Nor is it in keeping with the spirit of the occasion to assume that your hosts (who might have had an overstuffed kitchen) were just waiting until the end of the delightful meal for the chance to insult you.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I had a party to celebrate a big anniversary. We asked that people not bring gifts, but someone gave us a very nice bottle of whiskey anyway.

The problem is that we don’t drink, and neither do most of our friends.

Because it’s such a nice bottle, I hate to see it go to waste. I suggested we thank the person, explain the issue, and give it back so someone else would be able to enjoy it.

My husband says that would be rude, so it’s sitting in a cupboard.

It will probably never be enjoyed unless we can find someone to regift it to, which may create a host of other problems.

GENTLE READER: Returning a present to the giver is unpleasant, so let’s try to find it a home.

If you don’t have friends who drink, how about a favorite restaurant? (Miss Manners is assuming that you are unlikely to have a favorite bar.)

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen Curry saw how frustrated Draymond Green was Sunday after he was slapped with a “crazy” late-game technical foul from the bench. So the self-proclaimed “Petty King” decided to do something about it.

Curry intentionally picked up a technical foul in solidarity with Green less than a minute after the do-it-all forward was assessed one for celebrating on the court while the ball was in play.

The Timberwolves split the two free throws stemming from the fouls, but it didn’t matter. The Warriors already had the game in the bag, ultimately blowing out the Timberwolves 137-114.

Green said he “absolutely” appreciated Curry’s show of support, especially since he believed he didn’t deserve the tech in the first place.

“It’s the NBA,” Green said after the win. “Your teammates make a good move. I didn’t affect the play. There was no one near me, so it sucks. And the fact that that’s going to count against my tech count? Come on, that’s ridiculous.”

The game had gone the Warriors’ way from the start, and Green played his best game of the season, earning his first double-double of the season with a 19-point, 11-assist and zero-turnover night. The Warriors were giddy to be within reach of their third consecutive win and second road victory. So much so, that an elated Green celebrated a Jordan Poole layup by mimicking the fourth-year guard’s move, hopping on one foot near the Warriors’ bench with less than 90 seconds remaining in the game.

Where Green went wrong, though, was that he stepped foot on the court while the ball was in play. A whistle was blown, and Green was handed a technical foul.

Green was clearly annoyed with the call — so were the rest of the Warriors. With less than 30 seconds remaining in the rout, Curry waved his towel as he ran on the court and yelled after Donte DiVincenzo drilled a 3 — much to the amusement of his teammates.

That night, Curry posted the video on Instagram of the two stars’ back-to-back techs, layering the COPS theme song, “Bad Boys,” in the background.

“I’ll take the fine!” Curry wrote. “Good win Dubs!”

Green now has seven technical fouls this season. That means, with still the majority of the season left to be played, Green is almost halfway to reaching the 16-tech benchmark that would require him to be suspended for a game.

“It’s crazy. I probably got four techs this year that are questionable,” he said. “They told me I was at the lane line, but I thought I was standing in the corner. So I don’t know. It sucks though.”

DEAR ABBY: Although my husband and I are no longer in a romantic relationship, we are what I call “life partners.”

After cancer left him impotent, he rejected any physical affection at all. I had an extramarital affair that lasted four years. My boyfriend passed away last year. I have no desire to be physically involved with my husband, but I do miss being affectionate and in a romantic (not necessarily sexual) relationship.

I feel empty, and I’m not sure if we should be considering divorce or continue in our day-to-day routine of being socially close but otherwise distant. We no longer share the same bedroom and we touch each other rarely.

He has recently become more verbally and emotionally abusive during arguments, which may be the result of his recently reconnecting with his felon brother who had assaulted his wife.

I’m not sure what direction to go.

HOPELESS IN PENNSYLVANIA

DEAR HOPELESS: The relationship you have described with your husband is not a “marriage” in the traditional sense. Ask your husband, in as nonconfrontational a way as possible, if he would like to remain married to you or be divorced.

I cannot imagine why you would want to stay in a relationship that is becoming increasingly abusive.

Consult a divorce lawyer and take your guidance from them about how to protect your interests before speaking to your husband, to ensure he doesn’t try to hide his (and your) assets.

DEAR ABBY: I took a job and relocated to another state. My wife chose to stay behind so our kids could finish school in the hometown they grew up in.

For the last 20 months, we have gone back and forth from the state I work in to our hometown. I suspect she’s unhappy with the idea of relocating, even though it’s a place worth investing in and offers a quality of life to our family that doesn’t exist in many other places.

Much of my time is spent appeasing her, especially when there is conflict between our teenage kids at home. We have been actively looking at schools in my new city, but there is never any resolution to our relocation issue. Advice?

LONG-DISTANCE HUSBAND/DAD

DEAR LONG-DISTANCE: I wish you had mentioned whether your wife works outside the home.

Does she have a career she doesn’t want to leave? If the answer is no, continue looking for schools in the new community. Then contact a real estate agent to help you find a suitable place for your family to live. Once you have narrowed it down to a few, invite your wife to look at them with you and choose what she thinks would be most suitable.

At that point, if she doesn’t want to make the move, she should say so, which will free you to decide whether to sacrifice what you envision for your family’s future, continue having a long-distance marriage or return to the town you left so you can all be together.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Jalen Hurts ran for 157 yards to set a Philadelphia Eagles record for a quarterback, and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered an oblique injury in the Eagles’ 40-33 victory Sunday night.

Hurts also threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns for the NFC-best Eagles, who improved to 10-1 for the fifth time in their history. Miles Sanders ran for 143 yards and two scores as the Eagles rushed for 363 overall, the second-best total for the franchise.

Rodgers left in the third quarter with his team trailing 34-23 after grimacing his way through a drive that led to a Packers field goal. He was playing with a broken thumb and took several hard hits.

Rodgers’ replacement, Jordan Love, kept the Packers (4-8) in the game by connecting with Christian Watson for a 63-yard catch-and-run touchdown that cut the Eagles lead to 37-30.

But the Packers ran out of time against Hurts, who seems poised to take the torch from Rodgers as the next MVP.

Hurts had 254 combined yards in the first half, including 126 on the ground, and threw a touchdown pass as the Eagles built a 27-20 lead. He ripped off runs of 42, 28 and 24 yards.

In the second half he hit A.J. Brown for a 6-yard touchdown pass and a 34-20 lead that added to his staggering numbers on one of the greatest nights ever for an Eagles quarterback. Hurts topped Michael Vick’s 130 rushing yards in December 2010 against the New York Giants.

Rodgers was 11 of 16 passing for 140 yards with two touchdowns and two first-half interceptions.

Hurts put on a show in a lively first half that saw two Eagles get their first career picks and both teams miss an extra point while combining for seven touchdowns.

Bettors could have cashed in on the over in the first 30 minutes.

Philadelphia’s high-octane offense had slowed of late — notably during the first loss of the season in the previous home game against the Washington Commanders and in last week’s win over the Indianapolis Colts that needed a fourth-quarter rally — but Hurts put the Packers on notice with early rushes that would make an All-Pro running back envious. He ran for 52 yards on the opening drive and set up Kenneth Gainwell’s 4-yard touchdown.

Easy enough.

Then the game got wild. Rodgers had his second pass batted by cornerback Darius Slay and snagged by Josiah Scott. Three plays later, Sanders scored on a 15-yard run, but Jake Elliott missed the PAT.

Rodgers led the Packers right back. A.J. Dillon scored on a 20-yard run, Rodgers hit Randall Cobb for an 11-yard score and it was 14-13 late in the first quarter.

Hurts, though, closed the half with a 42-yard run and a 1-yard run, close enough to the end zone to set up Sanders’ 2-yard scoring run on the first play of the second quarter.

Rodgers again came back and threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Jones. Mason Crosby matched Elliott with a missed extra point and it was 20-20.

That was about all Rodgers could muster.

Hurts took it from there and threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Quez Watkins — whose fumble against the Commanders played a pivotal role in the Eagles’ lone defeat.

Injuries

Packers: S Darnell Savage suffered a foot injury.

Eagles: C.J. Gardner-Johnson, the NFL interception leader with six, suffered a rib injury in the first half.

Winning history

The Eagles won NFL championships after starting 10-1 in 1949 and 2017. The other times they did it, they lost the Super Bowl (1980, 2004).

Rare duo

Hurts and Sanders became the first teammates to run for at least 125 yards apiece since the San Francisco 49ers’ Frank Gore (158) and Colin Kaepernick (151) on Dec. 20, 2014.

All-time greats

The Eagles inducted former defensive ends Hugh Douglas and Trent Cole into their Hall of Fame.

Up next

Packers: At the Chicago Bears next Sunday at Soldier Field.

Eagles: Host the Tennessee Titans next Sunday.

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A vulgar tweet from Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, lashing out at a fan questioning his value, went viral after Sunday’s 28-27 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Almost a half-hour after the Ravens’ last-minute defeat, their fourth late-game collapse of the season, a Twitter user tagged Jackson in a tweet: “When someone is asking for over 250 mil guaranteed like [Jackson] … games like this should not come to [kicker Justin Tucker]. Let Lamar walk [in free agency] and spend that money on a well rounded team.”

Jackson, a pending free agent, told ESPN earlier this season that he turned down an extension offer that had $160 million to $180 million guaranteed. The total value of the reported five-year offer was more than $250 million, a higher average annual value than the extensions signed this summer by two Pro Bowl quarterbacks, the Denver Broncos’ Russell Wilson and Arizona Cardinals’ Kyler Murray.

Jackson, who went 16-for-32 for 254 yards and a touchdown and added 14 carries for a game-high 89 yards against Jacksonville, seemed frustrated at times in his postgame news conference. He appeared to use profane language after a reporter mentioned in a question that Jackson had lost in his last trip to Jacksonville, a TaxSlayer Bowl loss with Louisville in December 2017 that proved to be his final college game. But Jackson was otherwise his usual poised, calm self.

About a half-hour later, though, Jackson responded to the tweet. He told the fan to “STFU” — “shut the [expletive] up” — and ended his comment with a vulgar insult. Before the message was deleted hours later, it had been retweeted thousands of times.

A Ravens spokesman did not reply to a message Sunday night seeking comment on the tweet. Ravens coach John Harbaugh is scheduled to address reporters Monday afternoon.

In 11 games this season, Jackson has thrown for 2,231 yards, 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions and rushed for 755 yards (6.8 per carry) and three touchdowns. With the loss Sunday, the Ravens dropped into a tie for first place in the AFC North with the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Kicker Justin Tucker’s miss from 67 yards didn’t just end the Ravens’ hopes of an improbable rally Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. It also ended one of the NFL’s most remarkable field goal streaks.

Before his last-second try fell short of the crossbar at TIAA Bank Field, Tucker had made 65 consecutive field goals in the fourth quarter and overtime, the longest such streak in NFL history. He was also 17-for-17 on attempts in the final minute of regulation entering Sunday, a stretch that included an NFL-record 66-yarder as time expired in a comeback win last year over the Detroit Lions.

Tucker was the Ravens’ only reliable source of scoring for the first three quarters of their 28-27 loss Sunday, connecting on field goals from 27, 29, 55 and 24 yards and surpassing kicker Stephen Gostkowski for the most points scored in the first 11 years of a career in NFL history (1,458).

After quarterback Trevor Lawrence led the Jaguars to a last-minute touchdown and go-ahead 2-point conversion, the Ravens trailed 28-27 with just 14 seconds left. They reached Jacksonville’s 49-yard line with two seconds remaining. Rather than have quarterback Lamar Jackson throw up a prayer, coach John Harbaugh called on the most accurate kicker in NFL history. “I think the kick has a better chance than a Hail Mary,” Harbaugh said afterward.

Tucker’s latest shot at history was accurate enough, as straight as an arrow. But his long run-up didn’t generate enough power. Jaguars fans started cheering before the ball even fell to the grass. Tucker said afterward that he was “struggling to really just get the ball to go in either direction” from long distance before the game.

“The fact that we had a chance and I didn’t deliver, it’s heartbreaking to me at this point, especially when it’s a kick that I know I have the ability to make,” he said. “[Long snapper] Nick [Moore] and [holder] Jordan [Stout] did an excellent job throughout the day. They did a great job on that kick, too. It just kind of wasn’t in the cards for us, and the only thing that we can do is just keep working, move on and try to beat a good Denver opponent when they come to visit us in Baltimore next week.”

Bittersweet return

Everything about Ravens tight end Josh Oliver’s performance Sunday was storybook — everything but the ending.

Oliver, a third-round draft pick of the Jaguars in 2019, recorded team and career highs in receptions (four) and receiving yards (76) in his return to Jacksonville, including a go-ahead 12-yard touchdown catch with just over two minutes remaining. But that was little consolation after another late collapse.

“Definitely tough,” Oliver said of the loss to the Jaguars, who traded him to Baltimore in March 2021 for a conditional seventh-round pick, then watched him develop into one of the NFL’s best blocking tight ends. “It’s a blessing to be back out on the field. I have to thank God. Coming back here healthy is a huge thing for me, but it’s also tough. It’s a loss.”

Oliver, who struggled with injuries early in his career, now has single-season highs in receptions (11), receiving yards (130) and receiving touchdowns (two). But he could’ve had even more Sunday. One would-be touchdown pass bounced off his fingertips early in the third quarter, and the Ravens had to settle for a red-zone field goal.

Later, on his go-ahead catch-and-run score, Oliver could have stayed in the field of play in hopes of draining the clock further. But the first-down marker was at the Jaguars’ 1, and Oliver indicated that the Ravens’ priority then was taking the lead, not managing the clock.

“I think we were thinking, ‘Score first, get up and the cards [will] fall where they do,’” he said.

Controversial call

Harbaugh said he didn’t get an explanation from officials on why Jaguars wide receiver Marvin Jones’ last-minute, shin-dragging touchdown catch was confirmed after a review.

On the 10-yard grab over Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters, Jones got only one foot and part of his shin down inbounds. That was enough, though.

“I was pretty sure that wasn’t a catch, but I think whatever they called on the field, it was so close that it was going to stand,” defensive lineman Calais Campbell said. “I guess they say a shin counts as two feet or whatever. You know, I thought that for sure wasn’t a catch. [We’ve] got to just show up and play football. Whatever they call, you’ve got to live with it. We can’t control the circumstances. Just continue playing football. After they got that, you’ve got to find a way to get a stop and win the ballgame.”

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Kicker Justin Tucker’s miss from 67 yards didn’t just end the Ravens’ hopes of an improbable rally Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. It also ended one of the NFL’s most remarkable field goal streaks.

Before his last-second try fell short of the uprights inside TIAA Bank Field, Tucker had made 65 consecutive field goals in the fourth quarter and overtime, the longest such streak in NFL history. He was also 17-for-17 on attempts in the final minute of regulation entering Sunday, a stretch that included an NFL-record 66-yarder as time expired in a comeback win last year over the Detroit Lions.

Tucker was the Ravens’ only reliable source of scoring for the first three quarters of their 28-27 loss Sunday, connecting on field goals from 27, 29, 55 and 24 yards and surpassing kicker Stephen Gostkowski for the most points scored in the first 11 years of a career in NFL history (1,458).

After quarterback Trevor Lawrence led the Jaguars to a last-minute touchdown and go-ahead 2-point conversion, the Ravens trailed 28-27 with just 14 seconds left. They reached Jacksonville’s 49-yard line with two seconds remaining. Rather than have quarterback Lamar Jackson throw up a prayer, coach John Harbaugh called on the most accurate kicker in NFL history. “I think the kick has a better chance than a Hail Mary,” Harbaugh said afterward.

Tucker’s latest shot at history was accurate enough, as straight as an arrow. But his long run-up didn’t generate enough power. Jaguars fans started cheering before the ball even fell to the grass. Tucker said afterward that he was “struggling to really just get the ball to go in either direction” from long distance before the game.

“The fact that we had a chance and I didn’t deliver, it’s heartbreaking to me at this point, especially when it’s a kick that I know I have the ability to make,” he said. “[Long snapper] Nick [Moore] and [holder] Jordan [Stout] did an excellent job throughout the day. They did a great job on that kick, too. It just kind of wasn’t in the cards for us, and the only thing that we can do is just keep working, move on and try to beat a good Denver opponent when they come to visit us in Baltimore next week.”

Bittersweet return

Everything about Ravens tight end Josh Oliver’s performance Sunday was storybook — everything but the ending.

Oliver, a third-round draft pick of the Jaguars in 2019, recorded team and career highs in receptions (four) and receiving yards (74) in his return to Jacksonville, including a go-ahead 12-yard touchdown catch with just over two minutes remaining. But that was little consolation after another late collapse.

“Definitely tough,” Oliver said of the loss to the Jaguars, who traded him to Baltimore in March 2021 for a conditional seventh-round pick, then watched him develop into one of the NFL’s best blocking tight ends. “It’s a blessing to be back out on the field. I have to thank God. Coming back here healthy is a huge thing for me, but it’s also tough. It’s a loss.”

Oliver, who struggled with injuries early in his career, now has single-season highs in receptions (11), receiving yards (130) and receiving touchdowns (two). But he could’ve had even more Sunday. One would-be touchdown pass bounced off his fingertips early in the third quarter, and the Ravens had to settle for a red-zone field goal.

Later, on his go-ahead catch-and-run score, Oliver could have stayed in the field of play in hopes of draining the clock further. But the first-down marker was at the Jaguars’ 1, and Oliver indicated that the Ravens’ priority then was taking the lead, not managing the clock.

“I think we were thinking, ‘Score first, get up and the cards [will] fall where they do,’” he said.

Controversial call

Harbaugh said he didn’t get an explanation from officials on why Jaguars wide receiver Marvin Jones’ last-minute, shin-dragging touchdown catch was confirmed after a review.

On the 10-yard grab over Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters, Jones got only one foot and part of his shin down inbounds. That was enough, though.

“I was pretty sure that wasn’t a catch, but I think whatever they called on the field, it was so close that it was going to stand,” defensive lineman Calais Campbell said. “I guess they say a shin counts as two feet or whatever. You know, I thought that for sure wasn’t a catch. [We’ve] got to just show up and play football. Whatever they call, you’ve got to live with it. We can’t control the circumstances. Just continue playing football. After they got that, you’ve got to find a way to get a stop and win the ballgame.”

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SAN JOSE – The Sharks allowed a breakaway goal to Andrei Kuzmenko at the 3:48 mark of overtime in a 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.

J.T. Miller took advantage of a Sharks defensive lapse as he sent a 100-foot pass up the middle to Kuzmenko, who beat Kaapo Kahkonen low glove side for his 10th goal of the season.

Erik Karlsson assisted on third-period goals by Logan Couture and Luke Kunin, with Kunin’s goal, his second of the game, tying the game 3-3 with 5:15 left in regulation time.

With his two assists, Karlsson became the first defenseman in Sharks history to register a 20-point month. He came into Sunday with five goals and 14 assists in 12 November games.

Couture gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead on a power play goal at the 7:05 mark of the third period. Tomas Hertl won a faceoff and got the puck back to Karlsson, who fed Couture across the blue line for a one-timer that deflected off a Canucks’ player’s stick and past Thatcher Demko.

The Canucks responded with goals from Ilya Mikheyev and Elias Pettersson 2:30 apart, with Pettersson’s goal at the 10:44 mark giving his team a 3-2 lead.

The Sharks caught a break late in the second period to tie the game 1-1.

Sharks defenseman Matt Benning sent a shot toward the Canucks net that Nick Bonino redirected toward the net. The puck glanced off Luke Kunin on its way up and landed behind Vancouver goalie Thatcher Demko. The goal was Kunin’s fourth of the season and represented Bonino’s second point of the year.

Kahkonen’s night began in a shaky fashion. A Kyle Burroughs shot, which did not appear to be screened, from just inside the blue line got past Kahkonen for a 1-0 Canucks lead just 7:26 into the first period.

Kahkonen settled down after the goal, though, as he stopped the next 12 shots faced until the end of the second period.

Kahkonen got the start Sunday as James Reimer was once again unavailable with what’s been described as a lower-body injury. The Sharks recalled Aaron Dell from the Barracuda of the AHL on Saturday, and he backed up Kahkonen against the Canucks.

Kahkonen’s play had been up and down of late. He made 37 saves in a 5-1 Sharks win over the Ottawa Senators on Nov. 21, but in a wide-open game against the Seattle Kraken two nights later, allowed seven goals on 26 shots.

In November, Kahkonen came into Sunday with a 1-2-1 record and a .879 save percentage in four games.

The Sharks entered Sunday with a 2-8-3 record on home ice, which included a 1-3-3 mark this month. The last time they had seven points or less after 13 games at home was at the start of the 1995-96 season when they began the year with a 2-9-2 mark.

SANTA CLARA — Last Monday, the 49ers were a world-beating squad. The Niners’ Monday Night Football win over the Cardinals in Mexico was as comprehensive a victory as you’ll see in the NFL. San Francisco looked like the league’s best team.

A few days, 2,100 miles, and negative-7,200 feet of altitude later, the Niners looked like a team scrapping and clawing to make the postseason in Sunday’s game against the Saints at Levi’s Stadium.

It’s a good thing ugly wins count just the same in the standings as the pretty ones.

And it’s a good thing that the Niners can win those kinds of ugly games.

If they are not already, fans should start embracing the kind of low-down, dirty victory the Niners authored in their 13-0 win. The weather is turning for the worse — even here in California — and that means pretty, aesthetically pleasing football is on its way out, too.

Yes, it’s impressive that the Niners’ best looks like the league’s best when they’re on a mini-vacation south of the border. But it’s just as impressive to know that the Niners can still win when their all-around best isn’t available.

“It was a gritty game,” Jimmy Garoppolo said. “I’m proud of the guys, just how they fought through all the adversity that was thrown at us. We just kept going. That was a good win for us.”

Garoppolo knows that as the calendar flips to December, the only goal is to survive. To thrive is a rare luxury.

Sunday’s Niners win is the perfect case in point. San Francisco didn’t play a good all-around game. They were buoyed by their defense, and that defense did some serious bending in its shutout effort. Sunday was a contest of what-ifs for both the Saints and the 49ers.

What if the Saints didn’t fumble on the San Francisco 2-yard line or drop a sure touchdown pass in the end zone in the fourth quarter?

What if Garoppolo’s first-half interception — which put the Saints in a plum position to score — wasn’t taken off the board by an illegal contact penalty?

Even the Niners’ sole touchdown of the game had a high level of flukiness: Jauan Jennings only caught it after it was tipped by Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu. Jennings corralled the ball as he was falling backward in the endzone.

All those what-ifs amounted to a big so-what.

Who cares how the victory was won — so long as it was won? The season is too old to care about details, and no one will ask at the end of the season how a team qualified for the playoffs — only how many wins it has.

“Our goal every week is to shut them out,” Fred Warner said. “It’s easier said than done. This one was really special because of the way we had to get it — it’s not like the Saints were behind the 50 all game.”

By surviving Sunday, the Niners did advance — to the top of the NFC West. San Francisco was the only team to do its job this week.

The victory was the fourth straight for the Niners. Wins are now expected by this team, and they tell you that by their post-game attitude.

The locker room after Sunday’s win was nearly indiscernible to the atmosphere following a practice. Trent Williams and Nick Bosa were quietly picking each other’s brains about pass rushing, Garoppolo was thanking his offensive line (even after the Saints hit the quarterback six times), and countless players were getting much-needed treatment.

“We do our talking with our pads,” Jimmie Ward said.

Sunday’s postgame was businesslike, and the Niners — even in an ugly game filled with mistakes on offense and close calls on defense — took care of business on Sunday.

Do that three more times, and the Niners are a lock to return to the postseason.

And that’s when all that practice of surviving and advancing will really pay off.

The Ravens said they would look at the film. They said they would figure out what had gone wrong. They said they would regroup. They said they wouldn’t let this game, a 28-27 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, beat them again. They said all this with a rote, shell-shocked familiarity, because collapses like Sunday’s are nothing if not familiar for a team keen on playing with fire.

The Ravens are 7-4, their four-game winning streak over, and what went wrong in Week 2 and Week 4 and Week 6 also went wrong here at TIAA Bank Field, a cavalcade of small mistakes blocking their path to something like progress.

The Ravens’ issues Sunday were nothing new: red-zone struggles on offense, questionable clock management, a suddenly disappearing defense. But the manner of this particular defeat — joy and relief turning into pain and suffering in just under two minutes, the squandered opportunities to steal a win back — was especially biting.

With 2:02 remaining, the Ravens led 27-20 and had over a 93% chance of winning, according to ESPN. Quarterback Lamar Jackson’s 12-yard touchdown pass to tight end Josh Oliver had given the defense a simple task: Get a stop and get the win.

It couldn’t. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence led the Jaguars on a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, converting a fourth down early in the march and ending it with a 10-yard strike to wide receiver Marvin Jones. With 18 seconds remaining, Jacksonville (4-7) didn’t settle for overtime. The Jaguars went for the lead, and they took it, Lawrence finding wide receiver Zay Jones on another picture-perfect throw.

“That’s a play I have to make,” said defensive back Brandon Stephens, who was covering Jones on the 2-point conversion. “He made a play. I didn’t.”

That’s what these Ravens losses have come down to. After Justin Tucker missed on a 67-yard field goal attempt as time expired, his kick dying several yards short of the uprights, the Ravens trudged off the field, their shoulders slumped, surrounded by a wall of noise that should’ve been silenced long before.

Afterward, players and coaches accepted responsibility for how Sunday’s game had ended. There was no finger-pointing, at least publicly. It wasn’t for a lack of options, though. On offense, defense and even special teams, there were culprits.

The Ravens rolled up 415 yards and 24 first downs against a poor Jacksonville defense, but they converted just two of their five red-zone trips into touchdowns. They opened the game with drives as far as Jacksonville’s 10- and 11-yard line, but stalled out there, settling for field goals. They opened the second half with a drive to the 5, but no — another field goal.

Every trip inside the Jaguars’ 20 seemed to invite dropped passes and overthrown balls and missed blocks, a recipe for disaster for an already scuffling red-zone offense.

“We got stopped,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. “You try to call your best plays. Sometimes you think you can run it in; you run it in [and] it doesn’t work. Sometimes you try to pass it in. We just didn’t do a good job in the red zone, is the bottom line. You go down there and kick, what, four field goals? That’s tough. Those are big trips down there, and obviously touchdowns are what you’re looking for. It’s something we have to improve on going forward. That’s really important for us.”

“[We] look good in practice,” said Jackson, who finished 16-for-32 for 254 yards and a touchdown, as well as 14 carries for a game-high 89 yards. “In the game, like I said, we have opportunities. Sometimes we just didn’t hit it.”

The Ravens had late-game breakthroughs. Running back Gus Edwards’ 1-yard dive capped a short-field touchdown drive set up by outside linebacker Tyus Bowser’s strip-sack and handed the team a 19-10 lead. Oliver’s catch-and-run score helped the Ravens reclaim their lead late in the fourth quarter after the Jaguars had scored 10 straight points in less than two minutes to go up 20-19. Tight end Mark Andrews’ own successful 2-point conversion extended the Ravens’ cushion from five points to seven.

But that wasn’t enough. Lawrence, as he did all afternoon, went after Ravens cornerbacks Marcus Peters and Stephens in coverage. After opening the game’s decisive drive with an incompletion and a sack, the 2021 No. 1 overall pick completed seven of his next eight passes. He hit top wide receiver Christian Kirk for 16 yards on a third-and-21, then Marvin Jones for 10 yards on the fourth-and-5. Kirk, limited most of the afternoon, got open for a 17-yard gain. Zay Jones grabbed an 8-yarder, then a 29-yarder.

There was no keeping up with the Jaguars’ Joneses. Marvin got a half-step on Peters on a quick-hitting fade route, then somehow touched his shin inbounds before falling out with the touchdown catch. According to the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, the touchdown had an 8.2% completion probability, the lowest completion probability on any touchdown over the past two seasons.

It wouldn’t have mattered if the other Jones, Zay, didn’t separate just far enough from Stephens on an out-breaking route to catch Lawrence’s 2-point fastball in the near corner of the end zone. Lawrence, who’d struggled all year in the red zone, finished 29-for-37 for 321 yards and three touchdown passes. Zay Jones had 11 catches on 14 targets for 145 yards, helping to carry a Jaguars offense that couldn’t run against the Ravens, especially with top running back Travis Etienne sidelined early.

“We got lackadaisical out there,” said outside linebacker Justin Houston, who blamed “the little things,” like a lack of communication. “I think that’s what you’ve got to do to play a complete game. You’ve got to do it for four quarters, not three, and we didn’t do it for four quarters.”

Added defensive lineman Calais Campbell: “To have the game in our hands as a defense, we expect to win that every time. We didn’t get it done. We knew they were talented. They have a lot of playmakers, and they fought hard to make the plays to win the game. We’ve got to go back and watch the tape and figure out how we can improve, but this one definitely stings.”

The Ravens will return home to Baltimore with a winnable game on tap — they welcome the reeling Denver Broncos (3-8) to M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday — but a less favorable playoff path. With the Bengals’ win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, the Ravens are now tied atop the AFC North with defending champion Cincinnati. The Ravens have the tiebreaker, courtesy of their Week 5 win in Baltimore, but for how much longer?

If history is any guide, the Ravens’ fourth-quarter troubles aren’t going away. They gave up a 21-point lead against the Miami Dolphins, threw away a chance for a late lead against the Buffalo Bills and coughed up a 10-point margin against the New York Giants. On Sunday, a talented if inconsistent Jacksonville team seemed to find a late-game cheat code.

The Ravens’ offense hasn’t been blameless. Neither has the Ravens’ defense. Said inside linebacker Patrick Queen: “We can’t be a great defense if we can’t stop nobody in the fourth.” And Jackson: “Feels like those early games this year.”

So it’s back to the film, back to the drawing board, back to the team facility in Owings Mills, where the Ravens will try to divine just what’s going wrong in the beginning, middle and end of these should-be wins. They’ve had some time to figure them out. It’s unclear how much more they need.

“You never know how many plays you’re going to get, so you have to make the most of each play,” Stephens said. “Down the stretch in the fourth quarter, they made the plays, and we didn’t. So we just have to get better and close out games.”

Week 13

Broncos at Ravens

Sunday, 1 p.m.

TV: Chs. 13, 9

Radio: 97.9 FM, 101.5 FM, 1090 AM

Line: Ravens by 7

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SANTA CLARA — The 49ers are the envy of the NFL for the number of playmakers they put on the field on offense.

In a 13-0 win over the New Orleans Saints Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, Jauan Jennings eclipsed the big names when it mattered most. The 49ers were so good defensively that a win seemed almost assured, but on offense, it was a struggle all day with Jennings making the difference.

Well down the pecking order of stars that include Deebo Samuel, Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle and Brandon Aiyuk, Jennings came in with 18 receptions for 220 yards and didn’t have a touchdown in nine games.

Yet Jennings almost personally furnished the 49ers’ lone touchdown drive in the second quarter, finishing off a 57-yard, nine-play march before the half with a 5-yard touchdown reception of a pass from Jimmy Garoppolo that deflected off the hands of Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu.

“The whole entire drive I was just locked in, focusing on making plays,” Jennings said. “When the opportunity comes my way, I’m going to make it.”

Jennings, who is fond of the nickname “third-and-Jauan” for his penchant for converting first downs, caught a 13-yard dart from Garoppolo on third-and-10 and then another 12 yards on the next play got the ball to the New Orleans 32-yard line.

The 49ers then had a 32-yard touchdown bolt by Elijah Mitchell nullified by a hold on Kittle, but Jennings wasn’t finished. On a third-and-1 pass from Garoppolo, Jennings caught veteran New Orleans defensive back Chris Harris flat-footed and beat him for a 12-yard gain along the right sideline.

Harris was so exasperated he hit Jennings late and was called for unnecessary roughness, moving the ball to the 5-yard line.

“I think he was a little irritated from the beginning of that play, actually,” Jennings said. “We ain’t going to talk about it though. He knows it. I’m a physical guy, a physical receiver and I’m going to impose my will on a defensive back and it got to him on that particular play.”

Garoppolo, who was hit early and often against a tough Saints defense, got enough of a look to get an idea of what Harris was so worked up about.

“I think Jauan made him fall on that route,” Garoppolo said. “I saw the release on that route and it was filthy, and that’s a damn good nickel back. For Jauan to do that to him, that was a hell of a route.”

That wasn’t the end, of course: Jennings capped it by getting free in the end zone on first and goal from the 5 and catching a pass that first went off the hands of Mathieu.

“My assignment was to run a simple corner route,” Jennings said. “I was running to the pylon, I saw the safety go away from me so I knew Jimmy was going to come to me. When I looked back, the ball was in the air and I was excited thinking it was going to drop in. It got tipped and ended up a touchdown.”

When the 49ers closed out the game by running the last 6:18 off the clock, it was Jennings who helped keep the drive with a 6-yard reception from Garoppolo on — you guessed it — third-and-5.

#49ers WR Jauan Jennings with the touchdown to end the first half pic.twitter.com/r2L8dekWOl

— ninerspride (@ninerspride_) November 27, 2022

Jennings, 6-foot-3 and 212 pounds, finished with six catches for 49 yards and the touchdown. He was targeted seven times, one less than Brandon Aiyuk and the same as Deebo Samuel.

“Jauan was clutch for us and he kept us out on the field and got us those points,” coach Kyle Shanahan said.

Garoppolo knows when opponents play man-to-man defense, Jennings has the height and body type to make a play.

“It’s hard to play man against Jauan,” Garoppolo said. “He’s big, he’s quick. He’s physical and when he gets the ball in his hands, he’s hard to bring down. I’m no trying to pump him up too much but he does a lot of good things, man. He separates at the top of the route and as a quarterback it’s easy to read him and his body language.”

Jennings was coming off a game in Mexico City where there wasn’t a single pass thrown his way for the first time this season. Undaunted by outside chatter the 49ers may have an interest in free agent Odell Beckham Jr., Jennings brings an angular physicality that isn’t matched by anyone in the receiving corps and has Garoppolo’s seal of approval.

“I see it every day in practice,” Garoppolo said. “I’ve seen it for multiple years now. When you have a guy like that who does it every day in practice, wants the ball, you can see the competitiveness. Every play Jauan is busting his ass. As a quarterback you love having a guy like that. The trust and reliability factor goes a long way for me.”

Odell Beckham Jr. was removed from a flight Sunday morning after sparking concerns he was “seriously ill” and declining to leave the plane, said Miami-Dade police said — though the former Giants wide receiver strongly disputed their account.

Beckham “appeared to be coming in and out of consciousness” after an American Airlines flight crew tried to wake him so he could fasten his seat belt before departing Miami International Airport, police told the Daily News.

Beckham declined multiple times to leave the plane when asked by the crew, according to police, who were called to the scene for what they described as a medical emergency.

“The aircraft was deplaned, at which time Mr. Beckham was asked by the officers to exit the plane, and did so without incident,” police said. “Mr. Beckham was escorted to the non-secure area of the terminal by the officers where he made other arrangements.”

The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m., with crew members expressing concern Beckham’s health would become worse during a five-hour flight to Los Angeles.

A lawyer for Beckham rejected that account and blamed the incident on “an overzealous flight attendant.”

Attorney Daniel Davillier said Beckham fell asleep “with his blanket over his head” on the plane, “which is his normal practice for long flights.” He was then told he needed to get off because he hadn’t buckled his seatbelt, the lawyer added. When Beckham offered to put his belt on, “He was informed that it was too late, and that either he would have to get off the plane or everyone would have to deplane.”

“At no time was Mr Beckham disruptive or combative,” Davillier said in a statement to The News. “He was willing to comply with the seatbelt requirement, but the flight attendant wanted to prove that he had the authority to have Mr. Beckham removed from the flight.

“This incident was completely unnecessary,” he added, noting that Beckham’s luggage was sent to L.A. without him. “Sleeping on a plane should not be a cause for removal from a flight. If they could wake him up when the flight returned to the gate, then they could have done the same thing and woken him up to ask him to put on his seatbelt.”

The flight eventually departed at 10:54 a.m., said American Airlines.

The 30-year-old Beckham, who is currently an NFL free agent, referenced the incident in a series of tweets Sunday.

“Never in my life have I experienced what just happened to me,” Beckham wrote. “I’ve seen it all.”

“I COULD NEVER MAKE THIS UP,” Beckham added, along with another post reading, “comedy hr.”

The Louisiana-born Beckham spent his first five NFL seasons with the Giants, recording 390 receptions for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns from 2014 to 2018 and making three Pro Bowls.

A first-round draft pick out of Louisiana State University, Beckham was the NFL’s offensive rookie of the year in 2014 — a season highlighted by his acrobatic, one-handed catch against the Dallas Cowboys.

Beckham also played for the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams, with whom he won his first Super Bowl title earlier this year. He scored a touchdown in that game but tore the ACL in his left knee shortly afterward, marking the second consecutive season he suffered the injury.

Beckham is likely to sign soon with an NFL team for the remainder of the 2022 season, with the 7-4 Giants expected to meet with the star this week.

“Obviously he knows that we want him here,” Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard, a close friend and former teammate of Beckham, told The News last week. “He would love to be here. But everything has to play out for that to happen.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and several of the team’s players publicly campaigned for Beckham to sign with 8-3 Dallas.

The Buffalo Bills are also considered a contender to sign Beckham.

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Another Ravens collapse was inevitable, but few thought it would be to Jacksonville.

Maybe it wouldn’t have left such a bitter taste if it came against Cincinnati, Kansas City or Buffalo, but it was the Jaguars — the 3-7 Jaguars.

Going into the game, Trevor Lawrence was known as a quarterback who struggles to read the entire field. He was without his top running back, Travis Etienne Jr., for most of the game after he left in the first quarter with a foot injury.

Up 27-20, this game should have been put in the win column for the Ravens.

Instead, they lost, 28-27, as Lawrence engineered a 10-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Marvin Jones Jr. with 14 seconds left. Adding further insult, Lawrence then completed the game-winning 2-point conversion on a pass to Zay Jones.

With the addition of middle linebacker Roquan Smith, the Ravens’ defense had shown significant progress in their previous two games against New Orleans and Carolina, but Smith doesn’t play safety, and he doesn’t play cornerback — which is becoming a liability for Baltimore. With the unit’s lack of speed and inability to cover, it was only a matter of time before they were exploited.

Lawrence looked like Tom Brady in the final drive. On a fourth-and-5 from the Jaguars’ 30, he threw a 10-yard pass to Jones to beat a Ravens blitz.

He also had an 8-yard pass to Jones, a 17-yarder over the middle to Christian Kirk and another 8-yard pass to Jones before the touchdown. Lawrence finished the game 29-for-37 for 321 yards and three touchdowns.

The Ravens’ pass rush showed out against the Saints and Panthers, but the Jaguars neutralized it on Sunday with a good game plan that focused on getting the ball out quickly.

The weak link in the Ravens’ defense has been discovered.

“Generally, they completed some big passes on us, so that’s what it boils down to,” said Ravens coach John Harbaugh. “When they had to, they had some chunk passes and got down the field.”

You could see this coming. Opposing teams have zeroed in on veteran cornerback Marcus Peters ever since Week 2 loss to the Miami Dolphins. He’s always been the gambling type, which is why he was once one of the better cornerbacks in the NFL, but he’s being burned by his inability to recover when taking those chances.

Brandon Stephens is a better safety than cornerback, but the Ravens have to play him on the outside because rookies Jalyn Armour-Davis and Damarion Williams aren’t ready. Cornerback Marlon Humphrey had a strong game, but his versatility and tackling ability are better suited near the line of scrimmage than outside.

Safety Marcus Williams will help shore up the back end once he returns from a wrist injury, but he doesn’t play cornerback either. The Ravens are and will remain vulnerable in the secondary, especially when their pass rush fails to get to the quarterback.

“We got lackadaisical out there,” said Ravens outside linebacker Justin Houston. “There was a lack of communication. The little things — I think that’s what you’ve got to do to play a complete game. You’ve got to do it for four quarters, not three, and we didn’t do it for four quarters.

“You just learn from it. I don’t think you get down. It should be motivation to keep moving forward. That’s all that matters. We get in the dance [playoffs], we’re going to shake something. We’re good. Like I said, it’s growing pains. We’re still learning, we’re still figuring stuff out.”

The offense could have helped the defense out by catching more passes and scoring touchdowns instead of kicking four field goals. Quarterback Lamar Jackson would have been a big help, too, if he hadn’t overthrown receivers on two would-be touchdowns, one to tight end Josh Oliver and another to wideout Demarcus Robinson.

But this is a team that has lived on its defensive reputation for the past 20 years. They had the Jaguars in a vulnerable spot and couldn’t deliver.

It was inevitable.

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The Chicago Bears already had declared Justin Fields inactive because of a left shoulder injury when more quarterback uncertainty popped up Sunday morning.

Trevor Siemian, who prepared all week to start if Fields couldn’t play against the New York Jets, also was injured.

During initial warmups on the field at MetLife Stadium about 90 minutes before the game, Siemian could tell “something wasn’t right,” that an oblique injury had “flared up on me.” The Bears announced through their media relations staff about 50 minutes before kickoff that third-stringer Nathan Peterman would start instead.

Siemian went back to the locker room, took some medicine and tried to throw again during team warmups. Wait a minute, a Bears representative told reporters about 10 minutes before kickoff, Siemian might start after all.

The official word didn’t come until Siemian ran onto the field for the first offensive snap with 10 minutes, 12 seconds to play in the first quarter. The Fox Sports broadcasters apparently didn’t know until then. Even Bears tight end Cole Kmet claimed he didn’t know before that moment.

“It was like, ‘Here we go. Let’s go,’” Kmet said after the Jets’ 31-10 victory.

A week of questions about the Bears quarterback finally had its answer. After going back on the field for team warmups, Siemian said he decided he needed to try to play through the injury. He said it bothered him “a little bit” in the rain-soaked outing as he completed 14 of 25 passes for 179 yards with a touchdown and an interception in the Bears’ fifth straight loss.

“Honestly, I’m more embarrassed to get an injury,” Siemian said. “There are guys in there that are playing — what are we in, Week 12, 13? — going through hell. And then I have a non-contact thing show up. So, yeah, not ideal, but everybody is going through something at this point of the year.”

The quarterback questions could linger into this week as the Bears try to move on from the ugly loss against a tough Jets defense to Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field.

Fields was limited in practice all week with what he said was a separated left shoulder with a partially torn ligament. He took throwing reps with Siemian and Peterman before the game. But after Fields met with general manager Ryan Poles, coach Matt Eberflus and medical staff, the Bears decided he wasn’t ready to play, a result that was expected late in the week.

Eberflus said Fields has felt better every day and “if he keeps progressing, then he’s got an opportunity” to start against the Packers. The Bears have a open date after that game, so they also might weigh the benefits of giving Fields two more weeks to heal.

“The medical staff didn’t clear him to play today,” Eberflus said. “Justin didn’t feel he could protect himself and perform the way he wanted to perform. It’s about mobility and strength in his left arm. We’ll take it day by day.”

Siemian made his first start for the Bears and his first overall in more than a year. The eighth-year NFL veteran from Northwestern started four straight losses for the New Orleans Saints in November 2021.

He said he knew there was a good chance he would play Sunday but didn’t get official word that Fields wouldn’t start until that morning.

“You’re ready to play every week. You’re a play away,” he said. “Maybe toward the end of the week, I was like, ‘Oh, shoot, I’ve really got to be ready to go.’ But it was not much different than any other week.”

His outing started well enough, with the Bears scoring on their first two drives.

Cairo Santos made a 22-yard field goal on their opening drive. Siemian hit Chase Claypool with passes of 20 and 31 yards on their second drive, then connected with Byron Pringle for a 4-yard touchdown pass and a 10-7 lead. Pringle caught the pass over Jets cornerback D.J. Reed.

“He was just running in the back of the end zone, made an awesome play,” Siemian said. “Dude is tough as nails. He’s athletic, big catch radius. Made a great play on that.”

But the Bears offense stalled, going three-and-out on the next three possessions and gaining one first down on the next two possessions after that as the Jets shot to a 31-10 lead. Siemian and a running game fueled by David Montgomery and Darrynton Evans helped the Bears get into Jets territory twice in the fourth quarter despite the Bears playing without top wide receiver Darnell Mooney.

On the first drive, Siemian threw incomplete to Dante Pettis on third-and-5 from the 27-yard line on third down and nearly threw an interception on a pass to Claypool on fourth-and-5. The Bears’ last drive ended with C.J. Mosley’s interception at the 3.

“They were more physical than us in the second half,” Kmet said. “I don’t think we executed well in the second half. We had a lot of mental errors, guys just not doing things correctly.

“There at the end, that pick, I put that on myself. I can’t be drifting upfield like that. Little things like that, we’ve just got to get corrected. Despite the elements and what’s going on, we’ve got to be able to execute.”

Mosley and Jets coach Robert Saleh said they prepared all week for Fields to play. Saleh said once Fields was ruled out, nothing would have changed from their perspective between Siemian or Peterman since they wouldn’t have to deal with the threat of Fields running.

“We were definitely expecting Fields to play, just knowing him being a franchise quarterback, being a young quarterback, wanting to be out there with his team,” Mosley said. “It didn’t happen. We heard about the (Siemian) injury thing outside in warmups, so at that point, we were just ready to execute our game plan. We prepared for Fields, but we were ready for whoever stepped on the field.”

It’s Eberflus’ general policy to keep injury information quiet as not to give a competitive advantage to the opposing team. So it remains to be seen whether the Bears quarterback mystery will have a sequel this week.

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For nearly 24 hours, it looked like the Orlando Magic were going to take a significant step in having more players available Sunday vs. the Philadelphia 76ers.

That didn’t come to fruition.

The Magic were without six key players in their season-worst 133-103 loss to the 76ers, their second defeat to Philadelphia in three days as part of their “baseball-style” series that started with a 107-99 loss Friday at Amway Center.

Cole Anthony (torn right internal oblique), Wendell Carter Jr. (strained right plantar fascia strain), Markelle Fultz (fractured left big toe), Jonathan Isaac (left knee injury recovery), Chuma Okeke (left knee soreness) and Jalen Suggs (right ankle soreness) sat.

The absences of Anthony and Isaac were expected, with both entering Sunday being listed as out.

But Carter, Fultz, Okeke and Suggs were all listed as questionable ahead of tipoff, making it possible the Magic were going to have several rotation players back — which didn’t happen.

Player-availability issues related to injuries aren’t new for the Magic. They’ve had at least five players sidelined each game and had 107 total player games missed to injury/illness entering Sunday.

While acknowledging the challenges that come with being short-handed consistently, they haven’t made excuses and have battled in most games — making Sunday’s loss concerning.

It was their third loss by at least 18 points — all of which have come in the past two weeks — and the second in the last week by at least 20. Their previous largest deficit in a loss this season was their 123-102 defeat to the Pacers in Indianapolis last Monday.

Paolo Banchero had a team-high 18 points while Franz Wagner added 17 points.

The 76ers’ 64.9% field goal accuracy (55 of 77) tied highest the Magic have allowed in franchise history. They also allowed the San Antonio Spurs to shoot 64.9% from the field on Dec. 19, 2018.

“We didn’t play any,” coach Jamahl Mosley said about the team’s defense. “That’s the reality of it right there.”

Shake Milton (29 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds) and Tobias Harris (25 points on 7-of-10 shooting) led the 76ers’ efficient offense. Philadelphia, who was also short-handed, scored 72 points in the paint.

The 76ers were without Joel Embiid (sprained left midfoot), Tyrese Maxey (fractured left foot) and James Harden (strained right foot tendon).

“It’s frustrating to be short-handed, but everybody is. Look at the 76ers, they had nine fuys today. That’s not an excuse.”

If Fultz played, it would’ve been his season debut after being sidelined for the season’s start, missing the first 20 games because of a fractured left big toe.

Fultz fractured the toe shortly before training camp started on Sept. 27.

He told the Orlando Sentinel on Nov. 9 that he was hoping to return “within the next 3-4 weeks” — a time frame of Wednesday-Dec. 7.

“We’re just going to give it a couple of more days just to as he gets going,” Mosley said pregame.

Mosley added that Fultz won’t be available for Monday’s road game against the Brooklyn Nets in New York, the second night of a back-to-back.

Suggs played 19 minutes Friday and didn’t return after being subbed out with 6:26 left in the third quarter.

“He tried to give it a go the other night and obviously, it didn’t look the part in my eyes,” Mosley said of Suggs. It’s constantly helping him understand we gotta play the longer version of this vs. continue to press on it.”

His absence was considered precautionary.

Carter has missed 5 of 6 games with the foot injury while Okeke’s absence was his second of the season.

Terrence Ross, who was available after sitting Friday because of an illness, was ruled out during the third quarter. Mo Bamba also left during the third because of spasms.

Mosley said he expected both players to travel for Monday’s game but wasn’t entirely sure when speaking to reporters immediately after Sunday’s loss.

This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.

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The 49ers’ defense was dominant again in a 13-0 win Sunday over the Saints at Levi’s Stadium, running San Francisco’s win streak — and its second-half shutout streak — to four games.

The Niners were in control for the entire game: They scored first with a Robbie Gould field goal midway through the first quarter after Fred Warner forced a fumble that Samson Ebukam recovered on the Saints’ first drive.

Just before halftime, the 49ers extended their lead as Jauan Jennings made a touchdown catch in the back of the end zone on a tipped play. He had two third-down conversions and 42 receiving yards on the scoring drive.

Then Gould kicked another field goal to open the second half, and that was it for the scoring.

The 49ers’ defense bent but did not break, as the Saints got into scoring position on all three second-half drives, but missed a field goal, fumbled near the goal line and turned the ball over on downs in a goal-to-go situation.

One reason for concern, though, is a knee injury that knocked Elijah Mitchell out of the game. Coach Kyle Shanahan said postgame that it was an MCL injury believed to be less severe than the one that kept him out two weeks earlier this season. Fellow running back Christian McCaffrey also appeared to be slowed by discomfort in his left leg, but remained in the game.

Kyle Shanahan

On the defense:

They were unbelievable today. I thought they had a chance to do well but they even surpassed that. Dalton made a couple big throws, two of those posts, the one that they got, getting inside I believe the 5 twice and our D coming up with no points on that, them having to go for it. They were great, getting the two turnovers. Big-time day by them.

On the offense:

It was a grind, man. I give a lot of credit to their defense. We had an idea coming in that it could be like that but I also think we didn’t play our best, either. When you go against a defense like that, we thought it’d be tough but we believe we should have scored on those red-zone attempts that we had.

A couple missed opportunities, a couple mistakes, couple too many penalties, it seemed like. But once you saw in the fourth quarter, once they came away with no points and some of the injuries our guys had. It was great that our guys just kept coming back out, grinded out and we were able to finish with the ball in our hands.

On Jennings’ key plays:

Jauan’s clutch for us and kept us out on the field a couple times and got us those points.

On Bosa’s fourth-down sack:

Usually it’s a matter of time. That was a great time to do it. I thought he was getting close. He’s always having to battle that every play, with the chips and those guys doing whatever they can to block him but he was moving all day and that was a big-time play to get that sack when he did.

On Garoppolo getting banged up:

I know he’s sorer than usual, so we’ll check him up in here and see how he is tomorrow. He had a really gutty performance. I know he got hit a bunch in this game. I didn’t see the hit on (his knee), looking down the field. But when I looked back, he was on the ground. You could tell it was pretty physical just by his reaction.

I thought there was a couple more on him in the game that I heard. But no, Jimmy had a real tough game.

On expecting a tough game against the Saints’ defense:

They’ve always been like that, too, just going against Dennis’ teams and Dennis’ defenses.

On the short passing game:

They were coming out pretty stout against the run and we thought we had to soften them up a little bit. They played a lot of zone, so we had a number of checkdowns with that, got a couple big plays.

On coming back on a short week:

We had to take it a little easier on the guys this week with the full speed reps, so we didn’t do anything full-speed til Friday, but our Friday practice was the fastest, most aggressive practice I’ve seen on us this year.

On Jordan Mason’s performance late, given that Mitchell is expected to miss some time:

I think you guys saw how hard-nosed he is and how he ran it and was able to keep us out there on the field and not give it back and put the D out there again.

Fred Warner

On the short week and prep:

Kyle did a great job all week, kind of handling how he went about practicing and getting us recovered, doing some walkthrough practices. We’re fully capable of doing that and still being intentional, still going out there, getting great work in. We’ve got a lot of professionals and leadership on this team to be able to go out there and not lollygag.

On attacking the ball, forcing a Kamara fumble:

I specifically knew he had given up two this year, so once that’s in the running back’s mind, you know that they’re kind of thinking about it a little bit. I think ever week we’re still trying to attack the ball no matter what.

On DeMeco Ryans:

Every week, the gameplan that he and the other coaches, the gameplan they put together is on point. They make it easy for us. We just got to go out and execute every week.

Dre Greenlaw

On the shutout mindset:

The offense went down on the first drive and scored three points. We looked at each other and said ‘Hey man, now it’s on us,’ you know what I mean? They ain’t gotta score no more points. As a defense, when you see the offense go out there and score points on the first drive, that’s immediately what we think of is ‘OK, they don’t score no more points.’

On the fumble he recovered near the goal line:

My teammates, man, they just gave crazy effort, man, just came in I think it was Huf who actually made the tackle, but just came in and knocked the ball out. So I looked in the air and I saw the ball like 30 feet in the air and I’m just like oh snap

Jauan Jennings

On the drive in the second quarter:

The whole entire drive, I was just locked in, focused on the plays. When opportunity comes my way, I just want to make ’em.

On whether he likes the term ‘third-and-Jennings’:

I like the term third-and-Jauan, I like that one. But I do, I do.

On Harris’ late hit:

I think he was a little irritated from the beginning of that play, actually. We ain’t gonna talk about it though. I’m pretty sure he knows … I’m a physical guy, physical receiver. So I like to impose my will on the defensive backs and I think it got to him on that particular play.

On his touchdown:

I knew Jimmy was going to come to me, and when I looked back, the ball was in the air and I was so excited. You know, I’m just thinking he’s just gonna drop it in and it got tipped and it was just of a load of events and ultimately it was a touchdown. I was happy.

Jimmy Garoppolo

On the hit to his knee by Malcolm Roach:

It is football, but you’ve got to be smart as players, look out for one another. There’s no place for that. But I’m alright, a little sore, but nothing bad.

On whether he had words for Roach:

Not really. He sprinted off the field. He didn’t really say anything. He knew what it was. As players, we have to be smart for one another.

On whether he was going to come out:

No, I was staying in the game. I knew what type of game it was. That’s what it was all day. That wasn’t the only hit that was questionable. Throughout the whole game, it was like that. That’s football.

On Shanahan trusting him to pass when it’s tough to run:

Especially when you got playmakers like we got, it’s very enticing to throw the ball.

On trusting Jennings on third down:

I see it every day in practice. I’ve seen it every day for multiple years now, even when you have a guy like that who does it every day in practice, is reliable, wants the ball. You can see the competitiveness … As a quarterback you love having a guy like that.

More on Jennings:

It’s tough to play man-to-man against Jauan. He’s big, he’s quick, he’s physical when he gets the ball in his hands. He’s hard to bring down.

On Aiyuk’s maturation:

He’s committed to this thing. The confidence is coming and he’s letting you know about it.

On the defense:

We’ve got a hell of a defense, man. I love playing with those guys. They’re some dogs out there.

On the nullified interception:

Ray had a shallow. Dude knocked him off his route. I didn’t see it at the time, so I’m trying to talk to Ray Ray about it very calmly and yeah, then I saw the flag so I kind of knew what was up… Showed off the wheels a bit there, caught that DB.

Nick Bosa

On his sack:

I thought I jumped, but I looked at it and I think it was just a good jump … I think the tackle got off at basically the same time.

On timing up his jump:

All game I was trying to get a feel for the head bob. Our fans are awesome, so it makes it tough at home for (opponents), go silent cadence with the headbob.

On the defense:

I think everybody was pretty even-keeled today. Sometimes the moment gets big and guys make a mistake or try and press a little too much but I liked how the defense just kept taking it one play at a time and everybody was making plays. So it was a really good group effort.

On holding Kamara to 13 yards:

That’s the type of game we expected, is them trying to get the run game going and then do it with Taysom Hill, as well. And whenever you do that, it’s going to be a really good chance of making a team one-dimension and it’s tough for them.