McCaffrey trade not nearly enough to lift 49ers past Chiefs

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) General manager John Lynch stre sed that the acquisition of star running back Christian McCaffrey to fix what's ailing the San Francisco 49ers.That proved to be prophetic on Sunday.McCaffrey showed flashes in his debut for the Niners two days after joining the team but a shoddy defense and costly mistakes on offense and special teams sent San Francisco spiraling in a to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.Adding McCaffrey was was a big pickup for us, but at the end of the day its the truest team sport that there is, linebacker Fred Warner said. It doesnt matter how many how much talent you got throughout a roster. I hate even talking about talent because at the end of the day, it all comes down to execution, playing with high effort, high physicality and just doing your job.Almost none of the 49ers (3-4) Josh Manson Women Jersey did that against Kansas City so it didn't matter what McCaffrey did in his limited action.The star running back had a package of about 20 plays he had learned since arriving on Friday following the trade from Carolina. He showed a couple of flashes, and catching two pa ses for 24 yards.This was a weird week for me and for them, McCaffrey said. I didnt kind of know what to expect. I had a certain list of plays that were up and for me, mentally, this was just focus on everything I can and control what I can control and get rolling. Obviously, losings frustrating but Im still getting to know these guys. But Ive got to do my job. Ive got to make a few more plays.It might not have mattered Lukas Dostal Men Jersey what McCaffrey did the way the rest of the 49ers played. Jimmy Garoppolo threw an interception at the goal line, the kick coverage allowed a long return to start the second half and the usually reliable San Francisco defense was picked apart all day.I think we had some opportunities where weve made some pretty big plays and stuff on both sides of the ball, coach Kyle Shanahan said. "I thought that also happened today, but then we had some plays where I thought we had some opportunities and we didnt do well, especially on some self-inflicted things, which I think went in all three phases. Regardle s of the players weve added, we have good players I believe, and I believe we added another one. But we got to play better and take advantage of that.The biggest i sues came on the defensive side of the ball. After getting an interception of Patrick Mahomes on the opening drive, the Jaycob Megna Men Jersey Niners allowed Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs to score touchdowns on with the only empty trip coming on a mi sed field goal at the end of the first half.The Niners allowed a 34-yard screen pa s to Jerick McKinnon on third-and-20 to set up one touchdown, a 57-yard pa s to Marquez Valdes-Scantling on third-and-11 to set up another TD and a on third-and-6 to JuJu Smith-Schuster.The Chiefs averaged 10.17 yards per play and had eight gains of at least 20 yards on eight drives with Mahomes in the game.We definitely had our chances, defensive end Nick Bosa said. Its a great team and and we gave them too many easy ones.___More AP NFL: hub/nfl and hub/nfl in this topic
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