mercurynews--2020-10-11--California college football player arrested in FBI sex trafficking sting

RENO — A Nevada defensive tackle who was expected to start this season was among 28 suspects arrested in Reno as part of a week-long human-trafficking sting led by the FBI , authorities said Friday .
Christopher Green , 21 , has been suspended from the Wolf Pack football team pending further investigation , Nevada spokesman Chad Hartley said .
Hartley told KOLO-TV they learned of the incident Friday and were attempting to gather additional information .
The Washoe County sheriff ’ s office said in a statement the FBI ’ s Northern Nevada Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task @ @ @ @ @ @ @ target people trying to pay minors for sexual acts .
All 28 suspects went to a south Reno residence to “ knowingly engage in , and pay for , sex acts with a minor , ” the sheriff said .
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Green made 16 tackles last season as a junior starting five games and appearing in all 13 .
Nevada opens the season at home Oct. 24 against Wyoming .

RENO — A Nevada defensive tackle who was expected to start this season was among 28 suspects arrested in Reno as part of a week-long human-trafficking sting led by the FBI, authorities said Friday.
Christopher Green, 21, has been suspended from the Wolf Pack football team pending further investigation, Nevada spokesman Chad Hartley said. Hartley told KOLO-TV they learned of the incident Friday and were attempting to gather additional information.
The Washoe County sheriff’s office said in a statement the FBI’s Northern Nevada Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force worked with local law enforcement to target people trying to pay minors for sexual acts.
All 28 suspects went to a south Reno residence to “knowingly engage in, and pay for, sex acts with a minor,” the sheriff said.
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Jail records didn’t list an attorney or a scheduled court appearance.
Green made 16 tackles last season as a junior starting five games and appearing in all 13.
Nevada opens the season at home Oct. 24 against Wyoming.


mercurynews--2020-10-11--2 arrested after California firefighter goes missing in Mexico

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles firefighter who vanished in Mexico in August may have been shot during a botched kidnapping and two people have been arrested , authorities said Friday .
Two Mexican nationals , a 32-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man identified only as Fanny “ N ” and Santos “ N , ” were arrested Thursday night on a highway near Rosarito Beach , south of Tijuana , announced Hiram Sanchez , the attorney general of Baja California .
Francisco Aguilar , 48 , still is missing and authorities will continue searching “ as if he is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a 20-year Fire Department veteran , disappeared on Aug. 20 after traveling to his condominium near Rosarito .
Authorities believe that the woman made a date with Aguilar in Rosarito and when he showed up the man jumped him in a kidnapping attempt , Sanchez said .
“ He somehow managed to get rid of his captors , tried to run , and as he ran they shoot and injure him and put him in the van , ” Sanchez said .
Authorities who made the arrests found some of Aguilar ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been used in Rosarito , Ensenada and Tijuana after his disappearance , authorities said .
Authorities said the couple denied having any information about Aguilar ’ s whereabouts .

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles firefighter who vanished in Mexico in August may have been shot during a botched kidnapping and two people have been arrested, authorities said Friday.
Two Mexican nationals, a 32-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man identified only as Fanny “N” and Santos “N,” were arrested Thursday night on a highway near Rosarito Beach, south of Tijuana, announced Hiram Sanchez, the attorney general of Baja California.
Francisco Aguilar, 48, still is missing and authorities will continue searching “as if he is alive,” Sanchez said.
Aguilar, a 20-year Fire Department veteran, disappeared on Aug. 20 after traveling to his condominium near Rosarito.
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“He somehow managed to get rid of his captors, tried to run, and as he ran they shoot and injure him and put him in the van,” Sanchez said.
Authorities who made the arrests found some of Aguilar’s belongings, including credit cards that had been used in Rosarito, Ensenada and Tijuana after his disappearance, authorities said.
Authorities said the couple denied having any information about Aguilar’s whereabouts.


mercurynews--2020-10-11--1 dead, 1 arrested in knife attack at San Joaquin County restaurant

LODI — A man was fatally stabbed by an acquaintance at a Black Bear Diner in central California and the suspected killer was arrested after being disarmed by another customer in the restaurant , police said .
Witnesses told investigators the victim and suspect , later identified as Robert Andrino , 34 , got into an argument while having a meal together at the restaurant in Lodi Friday evening , police said .
As the dispute escalated into a fight , Andrino pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim several times , police said .
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The victim suffered several stab wounds and was taken to a hospital , where he was pronounced dead .
Andrino was taken to the San Joaquin County jail where he was booked for investigation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the victim and the motive for the knife attack were under investigation .

LODI — A man was fatally stabbed by an acquaintance at a Black Bear Diner in central California and the suspected killer was arrested after being disarmed by another customer in the restaurant, police said.
Witnesses told investigators the victim and suspect, later identified as Robert Andrino, 34, got into an argument while having a meal together at the restaurant in Lodi Friday evening, police said.
As the dispute escalated into a fight, Andrino pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim several times, police said.
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The victim suffered several stab wounds and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Andrino was taken to the San Joaquin County jail where he was booked for investigation of murder. Police said his relationship to the victim and the motive for the knife attack were under investigation.


mercurynews--2020-10-11--Mother falls into Lake Tahoe, drowns; 6 kids on boat rescued

ZEPHYR COVE , Nev. — A woman drowned after falling off a boat carrying six children on Lake Tahoe and a man who jumped off the boat to try to rescue her had to be hospitalized for severe hypothermia , authorities in northern Nevada said Saturday .
The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District said the incident occurred Friday evening near Zephyr Cove , which is on the east side of the lake that straddles the California-Nevada border .
After the woman and the man went into the water , the boat with the children still aboard drifted into the middle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boat crew rescued the children , who were unhurt , the district said in a statement .
Rescue personnel were unable to revive the woman .
The Sacramento Bee reported that the Nevada agency ’ s personnel responded to the scene after receiving a 911 call believed to be made by someone who heard the children yelling for help , Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Eric Guevin said .
• Human skull , other remains found on trail above Lake Tahoe Several miles away , crews had rescued the man , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over an hour , and transported him to Barton Hospital for severe hypothermia , the Bee reported .
He was listed Friday night in critical condition , officials said .
Guevin told the Bee that the woman was the mother of some of the children , part of a blended family , but authorities did not immediately know the relationships between the people involved and ages of the children .

ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. — A woman drowned after falling off a boat carrying six children on Lake Tahoe and a man who jumped off the boat to try to rescue her had to be hospitalized for severe hypothermia, authorities in northern Nevada said Saturday.
The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District said the incident occurred Friday evening near Zephyr Cove, which is on the east side of the lake that straddles the California-Nevada border.
After the woman and the man went into the water, the boat with the children still aboard drifted into the middle of the lake where a fire district boat crew rescued the children, who were unhurt, the district said in a statement.
Rescue personnel were unable to revive the woman.
The Sacramento Bee reported that the Nevada agency’s personnel responded to the scene after receiving a 911 call believed to be made by someone who heard the children yelling for help, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Eric Guevin said.
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Guevin told the Bee that the woman was the mother of some of the children, part of a blended family, but authorities did not immediately know the relationships between the people involved and ages of the children.


mercurynews--2020-10-11--Colin Kaepernick calls for abolishing police and prisons in new essay series

Colin Kaepernick is calling for abolishing the police and prison institutions as part of a new series of essays .
The series titled “ Abolition for the People : The Movement for a Future Without Policing & Prisons ” is a partnership between Kaepernick Publishing and the Medium publication Level that builds on a rich tradition of Black organizing and freedom-fighting , according to the website .
“ Over the next four weeks , we will publish 30 essays from political prisoners , grassroots organizers , movement leaders , scholars , and family members of those affected by anti-Black state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the debut essay titled “ The Demand for Abolition ” that was published on Tuesday .
The essays will focus on several themes , including police and policing , prisons and carcerality , and abolition of police instead of reform .
The former NFL quarterback explained what each of the categories means and what it will encompass in the series .
“ Reform , at its core , preserves , enhances , and further entrenches policing and prisons into the United States ’ social order , ” Kaepernick wrote .
“ Abolition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ future beyond anti-Black institutions of social control , violence , and premature death.
” Kaepernick explained that he wants to replace institutions like police and prisons with “ transformative and restorative processes that are not rooted in punitive practices .
“ By abolishing policing and prisons , not only can we eliminate white supremacist establishments , but we can create space for budgets to be reinvested directly into communities to address mental health needs , homelessness and houselessness , access to education , and job creation as well as community-based methods of accountability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s kneel-commemorating all-black Kaepernick jersey sells out in less than a minute Over the next month , Kaepernick wrote that he hopes that readers will confront the “ white supremacist underpinnings of policing and prisons and the state-sanctioned oppression , destruction , and execution of Black and Indigenous people and people of color.
” “ Another world is possible , a world grounded in love , justice , and accountability , a world grounded in safety and good health , a world grounded in meeting the needs of the people , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Abolition for the people .
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Colin Kaepernick is calling for abolishing the police and prison institutions as part of a new series of essays.
The series titled “Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future Without Policing & Prisons” is a partnership between Kaepernick Publishing and the Medium publication Level that builds on a rich tradition of Black organizing and freedom-fighting, according to the website.
“Over the next four weeks, we will publish 30 essays from political prisoners, grassroots organizers, movement leaders, scholars, and family members of those affected by anti-Black state violence and terrorism,” Kaepernick wrote in the debut essay titled “The Demand for Abolition” that was published on Tuesday.
The essays will focus on several themes, including police and policing, prisons and carcerality, and abolition of police instead of reform. The former NFL quarterback explained what each of the categories means and what it will encompass in the series.
“Reform, at its core, preserves, enhances, and further entrenches policing and prisons into the United States’ social order,” Kaepernick wrote. “Abolition is the only way to secure a future beyond anti-Black institutions of social control, violence, and premature death.”
Kaepernick explained that he wants to replace institutions like police and prisons with “transformative and restorative processes that are not rooted in punitive practices.
“By abolishing policing and prisons, not only can we eliminate white supremacist establishments, but we can create space for budgets to be reinvested directly into communities to address mental health needs, homelessness and houselessness, access to education, and job creation as well as community-based methods of accountability,” he wrote.
Over the next month, Kaepernick wrote that he hopes that readers will confront the “white supremacist underpinnings of policing and prisons and the state-sanctioned oppression, destruction, and execution of Black and Indigenous people and people of color.”
“Another world is possible, a world grounded in love, justice, and accountability, a world grounded in safety and good health, a world grounded in meeting the needs of the people,” he concluded. “Abolition now. Abolition for the people.”
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mercurynews--2020-10-11--Sponsored: Tenants don’t pay rent for 4 months, then move out without notice; landlord worries about

Sponsored: Tenants don’t pay rent for 4 months, then move out without notice; landlord worries about going through eviction process

Q : In response to your online column in The Mercury News and East Bay Times on October 4 , 2020 , titled “ Tenants claiming financial crisis break lease and move out to buy their first home ; what can landlords do ?
” : I had tenants abandon the apartment after not paying rent for four months , even though they are on Social Security .
Then they moved without informing me .
In the strongly-worded clause about abandonment , it says they lose everything they left there .
The police say no .
I still have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ll have to go to court .
Is the abandonment clause even legal ?
A : It is my experience that most landlords go out of their way to save money .
There are real estate attorneys and eviction attorneys who know the laws in your city , county , and state .
Start gathering your lease , photo and the fact-based timeline for the one-hour consultation .
Put the tenants ’ belongings in the garage or living room until you receive legal advice .
Since Midnight Movers are known to reappear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , now is not the time to be frugal or imprudent .
Q : My landlord recently broke into my home while I was at work and threw all of my belongings away because I was one month late on rent because of COVID-19 .
I had never been late before , and he told me he could do this even though there is a lease and a moratorium .
Now not only am I homeless , but I have lost everything too !
What can I do ?
A : Sadly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around for thousands of years .
In the response above , I warned that landlord to avoid acting irrationally , or he could end up on the receiving end of a lawsuit .
My interviews with the fine people at the nonprofit Project Sentinel never cease to amaze me with more than 50 programs to help people with housing issues .
Funded primarily by donations , they serve as educators/mediators to tenants , landlords and distressed homeowners .
The phone number for Project Sentinel is 1-800-339-6043 .
View the informational Project Sentinel website @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3088 : The Tenant , Homeowner , and Small Landlord Relief Act of 2020 has a link to a video by The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley .
It describes how a landlord could not do self-help evictions and tenant lockout .
If you are out of the Northern California area , seek a like-kind nonprofit .
Good luck and keep in touch .
Questions ?
Realtor Pat Kapowich is a career-long consumer protection advocate and Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager .
408-245-7700 Pat @ SiliconValleyBroker.com DRE # 00979413 Learn tips , trends @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Q: In response to your online column in The Mercury News and East Bay Times on October 4, 2020, titled “Tenants claiming financial crisis break lease and move out to buy their first home; what can landlords do?”:
I had tenants abandon the apartment after not paying rent for four months, even though they are on Social Security. Then they moved without informing me. In the strongly-worded clause about abandonment, it says they lose everything they left there. The police say no. I still have to go through an eviction process. We’ll have to go to court. Is the abandonment clause even legal?
A: It is my experience that most landlords go out of their way to save money. There are real estate attorneys and eviction attorneys who know the laws in your city, county, and state. Start gathering your lease, photo and the fact-based timeline for the one-hour consultation. Put the tenants’ belongings in the garage or living room until you receive legal advice. Since Midnight Movers are known to reappear and sue over the possessions they abandoned, now is not the time to be frugal or imprudent.
Q: My landlord recently broke into my home while I was at work and threw all of my belongings away because I was one month late on rent because of COVID-19. I had never been late before, and he told me he could do this even though there is a lease and a moratorium. Now not only am I homeless, but I have lost everything too! What can I do?
A: Sadly, this type of hardball tactic has been around for thousands of years. In the response above, I warned that landlord to avoid acting irrationally, or he could end up on the receiving end of a lawsuit. My interviews with the fine people at the nonprofit Project Sentinel never cease to amaze me with more than 50 programs to help people with housing issues. Funded primarily by donations, they serve as educators/mediators to tenants, landlords and distressed homeowners. The phone number for Project Sentinel is 1-800-339-6043. View the informational Project Sentinel website at www.housing.org. The section labeled AB 3088: The Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief Act of 2020 has a link to a video by The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley. It describes how a landlord could not do self-help evictions and tenant lockout. If you are out of the Northern California area, seek a like-kind nonprofit. Good luck and keep in touch.
Questions? Realtor Pat Kapowich is a career-long consumer protection advocate and Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager. 408-245-7700 Pat@SiliconValleyBroker.com DRE# 00979413 Learn tips, trends and best practices by subscribing to YouTube.com/PatKapowich


mercurynews--2020-10-11--Yelp will flag businesses accused of racist conduct

Yelp will start flagging businesses accused of “ overtly racist actions , ” taking a step to address a national movement to recognize racial injustice in the U.S. “ We ’ ve seen in the last few months that there is a clear need to warn consumers about businesses associated with egregious , racially-charged actions to help people make more informed spending decisions , ” said Noorie Malik , vice president of user operations , in a blog post Thursday .
Over the past few months , Yelp rolled out initiatives to help people find and support Black-owned businesses .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ said , but so did the amount of reviews that warned users of racist behavior .
Yelp , which posts customer reviews on restaurants , entertainment and stores , will place a Public Attention Alert on an establishment to let consumers know if someone associated with the business was accused of , or the target of , racist behavior .
If there is “ resounding evidence ” of egregious , racists actions from a business owner or employee , such as overtly racist slurs or symbols , Yelp will tag it with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alert .
Yelp will also warn consumers that the business may be receiving an influx of reviews as a result of increased attention and link to a news article from “ a credible media outlet ” so people can learn more .
Yelp placed more than 450 alerts between May 26 and Sept. 30 on business pages that were either accused of or the target of racist behavior related to the Black Lives Matter movement .
San Francisco-based Yelp has reacted to social issues in the past .
In 2017 it added a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of restaurants with unisex facilities .
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By Isabelle Lee | Bloomberg
Yelp will start flagging businesses accused of “overtly racist actions,” taking a step to address a national movement to recognize racial injustice in the U.S.
“We’ve seen in the last few months that there is a clear need to warn consumers about businesses associated with egregious, racially-charged actions to help people make more informed spending decisions,” said Noorie Malik, vice president of user operations, in a blog post Thursday.
Over the past few months, Yelp rolled out initiatives to help people find and support Black-owned businesses. Searches for such businesses surged, Malik said, but so did the amount of reviews that warned users of racist behavior.
Yelp, which posts customer reviews on restaurants, entertainment and stores, will place a Public Attention Alert on an establishment to let consumers know if someone associated with the business was accused of, or the target of, racist behavior.
If there is “resounding evidence” of egregious, racists actions from a business owner or employee, such as overtly racist slurs or symbols, Yelp will tag it with a “Business Accused of Racist Behavior” alert. Yelp will also warn consumers that the business may be receiving an influx of reviews as a result of increased attention and link to a news article from “a credible media outlet” so people can learn more.
Yelp placed more than 450 alerts between May 26 and Sept. 30 on business pages that were either accused of or the target of racist behavior related to the Black Lives Matter movement.


mercurynews--2020-10-11--California food company CEO quits amid allegations he had sex with underage teenagers

The chief executive and founder of an Ontario-based food company who is facing charges of having sex with underage prostitutes has resigned , the company announced Friday , Oct. 10 .
Ian Charles Schenkel of Newport Beach founded Haliburton International Foods in 1992 .
Dan Glick , a management and financial advisor to the company , was appointed Thursday to replace Schenkel as CEO .
Schenkel is free on $ 100,000 bond and scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 12 in the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach .
He could face more than 10 years in prison if convicted at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last October when a father reported to Newport Beach police that his teenage daughter had engaged in sexual relations with Schenkel , prosecutors said .
The girl accused Amanda Emilia Perez of pimping her to men , including Schenkel , prosecutors alleged .
She is also accused of pimping another teenage girl for Schenkel , prosecutors said .
The victims were 15 and 16 , prosecutors alleged .
Schenkel , 59 , was charged Sept. 29 with a count of statutory rape , a count of sexual penetration by a foreign object of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ copulation of a person younger than 16 , lewd act on a child 14 or 15 , a count of statutory rape of a minor three years younger than the perpetrator , oral copulation of a person younger than 18 , sexual penetration by foreign object of a victim younger than 18 and two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution with a minor , according to court records .
Perez , 22 , of Huntington Beach , was also charged in connection with the case .
She is accused of arranging to bring underage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Orange County District Attorney ’ s Office .
Perez is charged with human trafficking of a child , pimping a prostitute younger than 16 , pandering a child younger than 16 and human trafficking of a victim younger than 16 and pimping a minor older than 16 and a count of pandering a minor for prostitution .
Perez is free on $ 70,000 bond and faces up to 14 years and eight months in prison if convicted at trial .

The chief executive and founder of an Ontario-based food company who is facing charges of having sex with underage prostitutes has resigned, the company announced Friday, Oct. 10.
Ian Charles Schenkel of Newport Beach founded Haliburton International Foods in 1992. Dan Glick, a management and financial advisor to the company, was appointed Thursday to replace Schenkel as CEO.
Schenkel is free on $100,000 bond and scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 12 in the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach. He could face more than 10 years in prison if convicted at trial.
The allegations came to light last October when a father reported to Newport Beach police that his teenage daughter had engaged in sexual relations with Schenkel, prosecutors said.
The girl accused Amanda Emilia Perez of pimping her to men, including Schenkel, prosecutors alleged. She is also accused of pimping another teenage girl for Schenkel, prosecutors said. The victims were 15 and 16, prosecutors alleged.
Schenkel, 59, was charged Sept. 29 with a count of statutory rape, a count of sexual penetration by a foreign object of a victim younger than 16, oral copulation of a person younger than 16, lewd act on a child 14 or 15, a count of statutory rape of a minor three years younger than the perpetrator, oral copulation of a person younger than 18, sexual penetration by foreign object of a victim younger than 18 and two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution with a minor, according to court records.
Perez, 22, of Huntington Beach, was also charged in connection with the case. She is accused of arranging to bring underage prostitutes to Schenkel, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Perez is charged with human trafficking of a child, pimping a prostitute younger than 16, pandering a child younger than 16 and human trafficking of a victim younger than 16 and pimping a minor older than 16 and a count of pandering a minor for prostitution.
Perez is free on $70,000 bond and faces up to 14 years and eight months in prison if convicted at trial.


mercurynews--2020-10-11--Horoscopes Oct. 11, 2020: Jane Krakowski and Matt Bomer share advice

Happy Birthday : Do your homework , look at every angle and make changes that will encourage you to spend less and save more .
You ’ ll have added discipline and stamina to do what ’ s right and best for you .
How you handle your financial , contractual and medical issues will set the standard you live and thrive in .
Make this a year of insight and prosperity .
Your numbers are 6 , 18 , 22 , 28 , 30 , 34 , 41 .
ARIES ( March 21-April 19 ) : Think twice before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s happened , and consider your motives and the part you played in what has transpired .
Keep the peace , be positive and nurture a meaningful relationship before it ’ s too late .
Romance is encouraged .
5 stars TAURUS ( April 20-May 20 ) : An emotional incident will leave you questioning your domestic situation .
Consider your options , look at the pros and cons , and decide based on practicality , not stubbornness .
Be willing to compromise .
Do something thoughtful for someone you love .
2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Find out where you stand with someone who has been sending you mixed signals .
Be direct , ask questions and consider what you can do to make amends .
Honesty is the best policy when uncertainty prevails .
Clear the air .
4 stars CANCER ( June 21-July 22 ) : Make changes at home that will add to your comfort and convenience and bring you closer to the people you love most .
A change of plans will turn out to be more fun and beneficial than anticipated .
Romance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stars LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22 ) : Emotions will be difficult to control .
Before you lecture someone , consider the consequences .
An unexpected change will take you by surprise .
Don ’ t start a fight that you aren ’ t likely to win .
Ulterior motives are apparent .
Keep the peace .
3 stars VIRGO ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22 ) : Spend more time expanding your mind , interests and relationships with people who share your beliefs and opinions .
A chance to experience something unique will encourage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lead to increased stability .
3 stars LIBRA ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22 ) : Refuse to let your livelihood play havoc with your personal life .
Nurture your relationships with friends and family .
How reliable your connections are in the future depends on you .
Don ’ t take the chance of losing someone you love due to neglect .
4 stars SCORPIO ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21 ) : Don ’ t let an emotional situation fester .
Use your imagination , and you ’ ll come up with a plan that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and who , is important to you , and do your best to strengthen the situation .
Romance is favored .
2 stars SAGITTARIUS ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21 ) : Go over important papers , review your financial situation and consider what you can do personally to make your life and home more comfortable .
Take on a challenge that will require you to direct your energy into something constructive .
5 stars CAPRICORN ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19 ) : An emotional situation will mount if you can not agree with someone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a fuss or give someone the chance to complain , offer a solution that will help keep the peace and encourage cooperation .
Make love , not war .
3 stars AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18 ) : You ’ ll face uncertainty .
Before you make a move , find out what ’ s involved and consider what ’ s doable .
Don ’ t feel you have to change or agree to something that isn ’ t in your best interest .
Time is on your side .
3 stars PISCES @ @ @ @ @ @ @ creative with your money , and you ’ ll come up with a way to change your financial status .
Helping others is admirable , but don ’ t let anyone take advantage of you or talk you into making a donation you can not afford .
3 stars Birthday Baby : You are sensitive , precise and intelligent .
You are inventive and persistent .

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Matt Bomer, 43; Emily Deschanel, 44; Jane Krakowski, 52; Joan Cusack, 58.
Happy Birthday: Do your homework, look at every angle and make changes that will encourage you to spend less and save more. You’ll have added discipline and stamina to do what’s right and best for you. How you handle your financial, contractual and medical issues will set the standard you live and thrive in. Make this a year of insight and prosperity. Your numbers are 6, 18, 22, 28, 30, 34, 41.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Think twice before you react. Mull over what’s happened, and consider your motives and the part you played in what has transpired. Keep the peace, be positive and nurture a meaningful relationship before it’s too late. Romance is encouraged. 5 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An emotional incident will leave you questioning your domestic situation. Consider your options, look at the pros and cons, and decide based on practicality, not stubbornness. Be willing to compromise. Do something thoughtful for someone you love. 2 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Find out where you stand with someone who has been sending you mixed signals. Be direct, ask questions and consider what you can do to make amends. Honesty is the best policy when uncertainty prevails. Clear the air. 4 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Make changes at home that will add to your comfort and convenience and bring you closer to the people you love most. A change of plans will turn out to be more fun and beneficial than anticipated. Romance will enhance your love life. 3 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Emotions will be difficult to control. Before you lecture someone, consider the consequences. An unexpected change will take you by surprise. Don’t start a fight that you aren’t likely to win. Ulterior motives are apparent. Keep the peace. 3 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Spend more time expanding your mind, interests and relationships with people who share your beliefs and opinions. A chance to experience something unique will encourage personal growth. Love and romance will lead to increased stability. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Refuse to let your livelihood play havoc with your personal life. Nurture your relationships with friends and family. How reliable your connections are in the future depends on you. Don’t take the chance of losing someone you love due to neglect. 4 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let an emotional situation fester. Use your imagination, and you’ll come up with a plan that will please everyone. Concentrate on what, and who, is important to you, and do your best to strengthen the situation. Romance is favored. 2 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Go over important papers, review your financial situation and consider what you can do personally to make your life and home more comfortable. Take on a challenge that will require you to direct your energy into something constructive. 5 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): An emotional situation will mount if you cannot agree with someone close to you. Before you make a fuss or give someone the chance to complain, offer a solution that will help keep the peace and encourage cooperation. Make love, not war. 3 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll face uncertainty. Before you make a move, find out what’s involved and consider what’s doable. Don’t feel you have to change or agree to something that isn’t in your best interest. Time is on your side. 3 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be creative with your money, and you’ll come up with a way to change your financial status. Helping others is admirable, but don’t let anyone take advantage of you or talk you into making a donation you cannot afford. 3 stars
Birthday Baby: You are sensitive, precise and intelligent. You are inventive and persistent.
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Bridge: Oct. 11, 2020

“ Me and George ( Steinbrenner ) and Billy ( Martin ) are two of a kind.
” — former New York Yankees outfielder Mickey Rivers .
I expect most bridge players can count to three ; counting is a vital element of the game .
But some players seem to have trouble with higher numbers .
Today ’ s South opened 2NT with 19 points when his agreed range was 21 or 22 .
Players can judge to “ upgrade ” a hand ’ s value , and South must have liked his five-card suit .
But a 2NT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a space-consuming action that may interfere with careful investigation .
South survived his bid : North raised to 6NT , where there appeared to be 12 easy tricks .
But when West led the ten of clubs , South won with the king and led the ace of diamonds .
After that he had a diamond loser and also lost a spade .
Diamonds will break 4-0 only one time in 10 , but with a slam at stake , South should try to get a count of the defenders ’ distribution .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have four diamonds .
At Trick Two , South leads a spade to dummy ’ s ten .
East wins and returns a club , and South takes the queen and ace and cashes the A-K of spades .
When East discards a heart , South knows that West began with five spades and at least three clubs while East had at most six black-suit cards .
So if a defender has all four missing diamonds , it is surely East .
South next leads a diamond to dummy ’ s king .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ten : jack , queen .
He can go to the king of hearts to lead a third diamond to his eight , assuring the slam .

“Me and George (Steinbrenner) and Billy (Martin) are two of a kind.” — former New York Yankees outfielder Mickey Rivers.
I expect most bridge players can count to three; counting is a vital element of the game. But some players seem to have trouble with higher numbers.
Today’s South opened 2NT with 19 points when his agreed range was 21 or 22. Players can judge to “upgrade” a hand’s value, and South must have liked his five-card suit. But a 2NT opening is better avoided. It is a space-consuming action that may interfere with careful investigation.
South survived his bid: North raised to 6NT, where there appeared to be 12 easy tricks. But when West led the ten of clubs, South won with the king and led the ace of diamonds. After that he had a diamond loser and also lost a spade.
Diamonds will break 4-0 only one time in 10, but with a slam at stake, South should try to get a count of the defenders’ distribution. He may find out which defender might have four diamonds. At Trick Two, South leads a spade to dummy’s ten.
East wins and returns a club, and South takes the queen and ace and cashes the A-K of spades. When East discards a heart, South knows that West began with five spades and at least three clubs while East had at most six black-suit cards. So if a defender has all four missing diamonds, it is surely East.
South next leads a diamond to dummy’s king. When West shows out, South returns the ten: jack, queen. He can go to the king of hearts to lead a third diamond to his eight, assuring the slam.
South dealer
N-S vulnerable
NORTH
S A 10 3
H K 8 2
D K 10 5 2
C A 7 5
WEST
S J 8 7 6 5
H Q 9 6 3
D None
C 10 9 8 6
EAST
S Q 9
H J 10 5 4
D J 9 6 4
C 4 3 2
SOUTH
S K 4 2
H A 7
D A Q 8 7 3
C K Q J
South West North East
2 NT(!) Pass 6 NT All Pass
Opening lead — C 10
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mercurynews--2020-10-12--Raiders defense shuts down Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs in second half of upset win

Maxx Crosby wanted to feel elated as Jeff Heath returned a Patrick Mahomes interception 47 yards Sunday to help seal the Raiders ’ upset win over the Kansas City Chiefs .
“ I was so tired I couldn ’ t move my legs at that point , ” Crosby said in a video teleconference following a 40-32 win at Arrowhead Stadium .
With good reason .
The Chiefs have had the NFL ’ s most explosive offense in the NFL since Mahomes took over at quarterback , and the effort it takes to keep him in check is exhausting for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device .
It ’ s hard to look at the Chiefs ’ game totals — 32 points and 413 yards — and credit the Raiders defense with something extraordinary .
Yet considering how effortlessly Kansas City moved the ball in a 24-24 first half , it looked as if Mahomes and Co. were headed for 40-plus .
Instead , out of nowhere , came the following four defensive possessions : During that span , the Raiders seized control of the game and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 2-yard touchdown run by Josh Jacobs that put the game on ice at 40-24 .
The Chiefs did manage one final touchdown , with Mahomes hitting Travis Kelce for a 7-yard score with 3:57 to play followed by a two-point conversion .
But the Raiders offense , which had as much a hand in slowing down Mahomes as their defense , played keepaway and the Raiders improved to 3-2 while the defending Super Bowl champions fell to 4-1 .
Few if any people believed the Raiders could put Mahomes and the Chiefs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the first time in Mahomes career as a starter the Chiefs offense punted three straight times to start the second half .
“ Honestly , that ’ s the only people we need to believe we can do it , ” safety Jonathan Abram said .
“ We don ’ t care about what the fans think .
We worry about the guys in the locker room .
And as far as the defense , we worry about the 11 guys that are out there playing as one unit .
We ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talked about doing it for four quarters.
” It helped that the Raiders kept the ball for 20:30 of the second half , leaving the Chiefs just 9:30 to operate .
Long stretches without the ball do little for continuity and keep their weapons off the field .
“ It ’ s a huge deal , playing complementary football , pounding the ball with Josh , ” Crosby said .
“ We had Trent ( Brown ) back , which is a big deal .
Controlling the clock , controlling the game , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the field for too long.
” It was far from easy .
Lamarcus Joyner got hurt on the first play from scrimmage and came back .
Cornerback Trayvon Mullen got hurt and came back .
Defensive linemen Datone Jones and Chris Smith were promoted from the practice squad and played meaningful snaps with Maliek Collins out with a shoulder injury and Maurice Hurst on the COVID-19 reserve list .
Mahomes was dicing up the Raiders ’ defense in the first half with 237 yards passing , hitting Kelce six times for 95 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 78 yards .
In the second half , Kelce had just two catches for 18 yards — including the too-little , too-late touchdown .
Hill didn ’ t catch a pass .
In completing 22 of 43 passes for 340 yards , Mahomes ’ 51.1 completion rate was the lowest of his career .
He was 8 of 22 in the second half , and most of the Chiefs ’ offense came on plays where Mahomes was breaking from the pocket against a defensive front that harassed him for much of the game @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Crosby , Smith and Nevin Lawson ) but for just seven yards in losses .
“ I know we didn ’ t do a great job in getting him on the ground , but this is as hard as it gets , ” Raiders coach Jon Gruden said .
“ We didn ’ t have many substitutes .
All we had were five or six guys left , and Mahomes is a great scrambler .
He made us pay several times in the end .
I ’ m really proud of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Datone Jones , it was their debut , and thank God we had ’ em.
” Mahomes said the Raiders got the Chiefs off their game in terms of running their normal offense .
“ We ’ ve got to go back and really look at ourselves in the mirror , me at quarterback , and not rely on those crazy plays where I ’ m scrambling around and throwing these shots and just execute the offense the way that it ’ s called , ” Mahomes said .
“ If we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a hard team to stop.
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“ In the first half , we were a little bit repetitive with some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Crosby said .
“ Then in the second half we came out there and started mixing it up a little bit.
” Raiders defensive coordinator Paul Guenther , presently in the crosshairs of much of the fan base , wasn ’ t available for comment .
So Carr , whose had his own share of critics , spoke for him .
“ I hope they give Guenther a lot of credit , ” Carr said .
“ He had a tough week .
I ’ ve had tough weeks around here too .
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Maxx Crosby wanted to feel elated as Jeff Heath returned a Patrick Mahomes interception 47 yards Sunday to help seal the Raiders’ upset win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
He couldn’t.
“I was so tired I couldn’t move my legs at that point,” Crosby said in a video teleconference following a 40-32 win at Arrowhead Stadium.
With good reason. The Chiefs have had the NFL’s most explosive offense in the NFL since Mahomes took over at quarterback, and the effort it takes to keep him in check is exhausting for everyone involved.
Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland (21) loses his helmet as he tackles Las Vegas Raiders fullback Alec Ingold (45) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) looks to throw a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Nevin Lawson (26) breaks up a pass intended for Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 11: Henry Ruggs III #11 of the Las Vegas Raiders is congratulated by Rico Gafford #10 after a 72-yard touchdown reception against the Kansas City Chiefs during the second quarter at Arrowhead Stadium on October 11, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, left, catches a pass ahead of Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Trayvon Mullen (27) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Getty Images KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 11: Johnathan Abram #24 of the Las Vegas Raiders is called for a face-mask penalty after a 23-yard reception by Byron Pringle #13 of the Kansas City Chiefs during the second quarter at Arrowhead Stadium on October 11, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
A.P. Photo Johnathan Abram (24) and Jeff Heath (38) defend against the Chiefs' Tyreek HIll in a 40-32 win by the Raiders.
AP Photo Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Nelson Agholor (15) and quarterback Derek Carr (4) celebrate during the first half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo Las Vegas Raiders strong safety Johnathan Abram (24) breaks up a pass intended for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 11: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs throws a touchdown pass Sammy Watkins (not pictured) under pressure from Erik Harris #25 of the Las Vegas Raiders during the second quarter at Arrowhead Stadium on October 11, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) runs from Las Vegas Raiders inside linebacker Cory Littleton (42) after a catch during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Nelson Agholor (15) celebrates with teammate Darren Waller, right, after catching a 59-yard touchdown pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Byron Pringle (13) tries to break free from Las Vegas Raiders strong safety Johnathan Abram (24) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 11: Henry Ruggs III #11 of the Las Vegas Raiders catches a 46-yard pass against Rashad Fenton #27 of the Kansas City Chiefs during the first quarter at Arrowhead Stadium on October 11, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) runs from Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Arden Key (99) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 11: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs scores a rushing touchdown against the Las Vegas Raiders during the first quarter at Arrowhead Stadium on October 11, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III celebrates a first down after catching a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 11: Johnathan Abram #24 and Jeff Heath #38 of the Las Vegas Raiders defend a pass attempt to Tyreek Hill #10 of the Kansas City Chiefs during the second quarter at Arrowhead Stadium on October 11, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) catches a pass over Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Trayvon Mullen (27) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
AP Photo Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) tries to break a tackle by Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Cory Littleton (42) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) avoids Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib (94) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Nelson Agholor (15) celebrates with teammate Darren Waller (83) after catching a 59-yard touchdown pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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It’s hard to look at the Chiefs’ game totals — 32 points and 413 yards — and credit the Raiders defense with something extraordinary. Yet considering how effortlessly Kansas City moved the ball in a 24-24 first half, it looked as if Mahomes and Co. were headed for 40-plus.
Instead, out of nowhere, came the following four defensive possessions:
Punt, punt, punt, interception.
During that span, the Raiders seized control of the game and Heath’s big play set up a 2-yard touchdown run by Josh Jacobs that put the game on ice at 40-24. The Chiefs did manage one final touchdown, with Mahomes hitting Travis Kelce for a 7-yard score with 3:57 to play followed by a two-point conversion.
But the Raiders offense, which had as much a hand in slowing down Mahomes as their defense, played keepaway and the Raiders improved to 3-2 while the defending Super Bowl champions fell to 4-1. Few if any people believed the Raiders could put Mahomes and the Chiefs under wraps for four possessions. It was the first time in Mahomes career as a starter the Chiefs offense punted three straight times to start the second half.
“Honestly, that’s the only people we need to believe we can do it,” safety Jonathan Abram said. “We don’t care about what the fans think. We worry about the guys in the locker room. And as far as the defense, we worry about the 11 guys that are out there playing as one unit. We’ve done it in spurts but we talked about doing it for four quarters.”
It helped that the Raiders kept the ball for 20:30 of the second half, leaving the Chiefs just 9:30 to operate. Long stretches without the ball do little for continuity and keep their weapons off the field.
“It’s a huge deal, playing complementary football, pounding the ball with Josh,” Crosby said. “We had Trent (Brown) back, which is a big deal. Controlling the clock, controlling the game, you can’t leave Mahomes out on the field for too long.”
It was far from easy. Lamarcus Joyner got hurt on the first play from scrimmage and came back. Cornerback Trayvon Mullen got hurt and came back. Defensive linemen Datone Jones and Chris Smith were promoted from the practice squad and played meaningful snaps with Maliek Collins out with a shoulder injury and Maurice Hurst on the COVID-19 reserve list.
Mahomes was dicing up the Raiders’ defense in the first half with 237 yards passing, hitting Kelce six times for 95 yards and Tyreek Hill three times for 78 yards.
In the second half, Kelce had just two catches for 18 yards — including the too-little, too-late touchdown. Hill didn’t catch a pass.
In completing 22 of 43 passes for 340 yards, Mahomes’ 51.1 completion rate was the lowest of his career. He was 8 of 22 in the second half, and most of the Chiefs’ offense came on plays where Mahomes was breaking from the pocket against a defensive front that harassed him for much of the game. Mahomes was sacked three times (by Crosby, Smith and Nevin Lawson) but for just seven yards in losses.
“I know we didn’t do a great job in getting him on the ground, but this is as hard as it gets,” Raiders coach Jon Gruden said. “We didn’t have many substitutes. All we had were five or six guys left, and Mahomes is a great scrambler. He made us pay several times in the end. I’m really proud of our guys finishing the game. Chris Smith and Datone Jones, it was their debut, and thank God we had ’em.”
Mahomes said the Raiders got the Chiefs off their game in terms of running their normal offense.
“We’ve got to go back and really look at ourselves in the mirror, me at quarterback, and not rely on those crazy plays where I’m scrambling around and throwing these shots and just execute the offense the way that it’s called,” Mahomes said. “If we do that, we’ll be a hard team to stop.”
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“In the first half, we were a little bit repetitive with some of the things we were doing,” Crosby said. “Then in the second half we came out there and started mixing it up a little bit.”
Raiders defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, presently in the crosshairs of much of the fan base, wasn’t available for comment. So Carr, whose had his own share of critics, spoke for him.
“I hope they give Guenther a lot of credit,” Carr said. “He had a tough week. I’ve had tough weeks around here too.”


mercurynews--2020-10-12--Kurtenbach: The 49ers lost something worse than a game to the Dolphins

That wasn ’ t just bad .
No , it was egregious : a catastrophic and comprehensive failure at every single level .
A coaching failure .
A failure in the trenches with the offensive and defensive lines .
The skill position players failed .
Special teams failed .
And the starting quarterback and a starting cornerback ?
Oh my , how they failed .
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San Francisco ’ s 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins Sunday is the kind of loss that resonates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could be cited weeks , even years , from now .
The kind of loss that rightfully makes everyone question their strongly held beliefs .
Yes , there have been plenty of bad losses over the last half-decade of 49ers football , but never did they come amid such high expectations .
It might just be a one-week blip .
It might be foreboding of more bad play to come .
We won ’ t know the real impact of this loss for quite some time .
But we can say this with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 49ers have lost the benefit of the doubt .
• Titans could miss second straight game with ongoing coronavirus outbreak Fans and media hacks like myself presumed that the Niners would be a good team in 2020 .
They played in the Super Bowl in February : Of course this squad had developed the infrastructure and depth necessary to continue to win , despite all the injuries this team sustained early in the season .
Last year showed that this was an elite football organization once again , we said .
Perhaps it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prove it going forward .
And that ’ ll be tough , because San Francisco ’ s schedule between now and the middle of December is unquestionably the toughest in all of football .
Teams are allowed bad performances , but teams like the Niners are not afforded all-around implosions like Sunday ’ s .
So many players on the Levi ’ s Stadium field looked like they were only wearing red and gold because they ’ d won a pregame prize .
One of them was their starting quarterback — their so-called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He has probably received more praise and flack than he ’ s deserved in his 49ers career , but after Sunday , he no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt from the fans , media , or causal onlookers .
His benching at halftime was just , and while the demotion should not be permanent , the stain the contest will have on his reputation might be .
After backup Nick Mullen ’ s horrendous performance last week against the Eagles , it became too easy to think that the Niners would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under center .
But Mullens — who was inactive for this week ’ s contest — would have been a better option on Sunday .
Garoppolo was inaccurate and jittery to start the game and threw two of the worst interceptions you ’ ll ever see at the end of the first half — fluttering balls into double coverage that defied physics and football logic .
• What the 49ers are saying after their blowout loss to the Dolphins • NFL does major juggling of schedule due to coronavirus Garoppolo was fulfilling the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : All looks , no substance .
Credit for the worst performance of the not-exactly-young quarterback ’ s career will be given to his bum right ankle .
It ’ ll be alleged that he couldn ’ t drive the ball because he didn ’ t trust his back foot .
But even if that ’ s the reason for the ducks he threw , it doesn ’ t fully explain his middling accuracy on short and intermediate routes and his foolhardy decisions to throw into the coverage that picked him off twice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coach Kyle Shanahan has some explaining to do .
He too has lost the benefit of the doubt , and that ’ s saying something .
Shanahan said after the game that he benched Garoppolo because San Francisco , trailing 30-7 at halftime , was going to have to throw the ball a bunch in the second half and Garoppolo didn ’ t look up to it .
Saying that a quarterback who can not throw the ball effectively lacks value ?
That ’ s a real hot take , Kyle .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that bill early — like in the NFC Playoffs and Week 1 , the head coach and play-caller took the ball out of his quarterback ’ s hands after a few series , turning him into the planet ’ s best-compensated hander-off of the ball .
Shanahan didn ’ t drop Garoppolo until the game was effectively over .
It ’ s evident that Shanahan made the decision to switch far too late , and worse yet , he should have known better .
Don ’ t get me wrong , backup C.J @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better , but you can ’ t divide by zero , so in comparison to Garoppolo , he looked great .
Shanahan — in conjunction with defensive coordinator Robert Saleh — made the same mistake by sticking with cornerback Brian Allen on Sunday .
You probably don ’ t know who Allen is — he was a surprise call-up from the practice squad who picked up the start in the place of Ahkello Witherspoon .
The Dolphins knew who he was , though .
He used to play for them .
And Miami @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anticipation , ran a simple offense to start the game .
The only play ?
Attack No .
48. Who needs Fitzmagic when you can just do that with impunity ?
I ’ ve never met Allen — and I have never played cornerback in the NFL — so I feel some remorse here , but the San Francisco newbie turned in some of the worst snaps at the position I ’ ve ever seen .
The glaring mismatches that Miami threw at him took me back to my days covering high school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ stadium , watching games where a powerhouse school like Nick Bosa ’ s St. Thomas Aquinas — chock full of four-and-five-star receivers — played against a small school where the kids played both ways .
Contests like that barely qualified as practice — or football , really .
No , it was more a sadistic punishment for the children playing against the full-grown men .
Allen can relate to those kids now .
Eventually , Shanahan and Saleh did pull Allen , but the game was , again , effectively over .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ game — played better in his place , begging even more questions on why Allen was playing at all .
Truth be told , the 49ers defense , on the whole , didn ’ t play all that poorly Sunday — at least in the first half where the game was still in the balance .
But Allen played as poorly as you could possibly imagine and that was all that it took for the Niners to be blown out .
A defense is only as strong as its weakest link , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the Niners ’ offensive line still lacks any cohesion , the defensive line doesn ’ t have even half the push it had last year , and the skill position players around Garoppolo — aside from Raheem Mostert — were inconsistent at best .
Sure : What was Kevin White doing on that kick return in the first half ?
The last time the Niners lost like this was in Oct. 2014 , when Jim Harbaugh took the Niners to Denver and left with a 25-point defeat and an uncanny feeling that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elite team was over .
I don ’ t think Sunday ’ s game has the same implications , but I also thought the Niners would win Sunday .
Shanahan ’ s Niners have now lost back-to-back games when they were favored by national sportsbooks to win by more than a touchdown .
Both losses came at home .
They ’ re 0-3 at Levi ’ s Stadium this year .
Every team has injuries .
The good teams overcome such things and at least win games they ’ re expected to win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are rebuilding and reside on the opposite coast .
Can you make the argument that the 49ers are a good team right now ?
Their wins this season have come against the New York Giants and Jets .
And now they have the Rams , Patriots , Seahawks , Packers , and Saints coming up over the next five weeks .
This could look a whole lot worse before it gets better .
And things are already pretty bad — a byproduct of high expectations after last season .
Under different circumstances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in conjunction with the other failures this year , would be grounds to talk about quarterback swaps , coordinator firings , even head coach changes .
Yes , it ’ s a good thing this team built up such a strong reputation in 2019 .
Because after Sunday , they don ’ t have much of it — if any — left .

That wasn’t just bad. No, it was egregious: a catastrophic and comprehensive failure at every single level.
A coaching failure. A failure in the trenches with the offensive and defensive lines. The skill position players failed. Special teams failed.
And the starting quarterback and a starting cornerback? Oh my, how they failed.
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' George Kittle (85) leaves the field following their 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Jamar Taylor (47) can't reach the ball on a pass to Miami Dolphins' Mike Gesicki (88) in the second quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) is sacked by Miami Dolphins' Elandon Roberts (44) in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) looks to pass the ball against the Miami Dolphins in the third quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. The Miami Dolphins defeated the San Francisco 49ers 43-17. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) is sacked by Miami Dolphins' Jerome Baker (55) in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) walks off the field after their game against the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. The Miami Dolphins defeated the San Francisco 49ers 43-17. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: Miami Dolphins' Preston Williams (18) makes a catch in front of San Francisco 49ers Brian Allen (48) in the first quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) is pressured while attempting to pass against the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins' Preston Williams (18) dances with teammates after scoring a touchdown in front of San Francisco 49ers' Jaquiski Tartt (29) in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: Miami Dolphins' Xavien Howard (25) intercepts a pass intended for San Francisco 49ers' Deebo Samuel (19) in the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' George Kittle (85) and San Francisco 49ers' Kerry Hyder Jr. (92) leave the field following their 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins' Preston Williams (18) scores touchdown against San Francisco 49ers' Jimmie Ward (20) in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Kentavius Street (95) leaves the field following their 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Ahkello Witherspoon (23) is called for pass interference on a pass to Miami Dolphins' Mike Gesicki (88) in the fourth quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins' Jerome Baker (55) celebrates his sack on San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) leaves the field following their 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins' Preston Williams (18) makes a catch for a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Fred Warner (54) leaves the field following their 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Jaquiski Tartt (29) pushes Miami Dolphins' Myles Gaskin (37) out-of-bounds in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers' Trent Taylor (15) walks off the field after their game against the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. The Miami Dolphins defeated the San Francisco 49ers 43-17. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins' Emmanuel Ogbah (91) knocks the ball out of San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard's (3) hands for a turnover in the fourth quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
(Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan leaves the field following their 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: Miami Dolphins' Emmanuel Ogbah (91) celebrates after causing a fumble in the fourth quarter of their game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. The Miami Dolphins defeated the San Francisco 49ers 43-17. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) removes his helmet after playing the Miami Dolphins in the fourth quarter of their game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. The Miami Dolphins defeated the San Francisco 49ers 43-17. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) is tackled by Miami Dolphins' Emmanuel Ogbah (91) but manages to throw the ball for an incomplete pass in the third quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. The Miami Dolphins defeated the San Francisco 49ers 43-17. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan speaks to San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) on the sideline in the fourth quarter of their game against the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. The Miami Dolphins defeated the San Francisco 49ers 43-17. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Brian Allen (48) is called for pass interference against Miami Dolphins' Preston Williams (18) in the second quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) leaves the field following their 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) is sacked by Miami Dolphins' Kamu Grugier-Hill (51) in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: Miami Dolphins' Jamal Perry (33) tackles San Francisco 49ers' George Kittle (85) after a pass in the fourth quarter of their game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. The Miami Dolphins defeated the San Francisco 49ers 43-17. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) against throws under pressure by Miami Dolphins' Jerome Baker (55) in the fourth quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) kneels on the grass after fumbling the ball against the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. San Francisco 49ers' Jeff Wilson Jr. (30) recovered the ball. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) gets sacked by Miami Dolphins' Elandon Roberts (44) in the first quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) hands the ball off to Miami Dolphins' Myles Gaskin (37) during their game against the San Francisco 49ers in the second quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan coaches from the sidelines during their game against the Miami Dolphins in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins' Emmanuel Ogbah (91) blocks a pass against San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) in the second quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) throws against the Miami Dolphins in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) is sacked by Miami Dolphins' Elandon Roberts (44) in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) takes a seat after throwing an interception to Miami Dolphins' Bobby McCain (28) in the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers Brian Allen (48) is called for pass interference while guarding Miami Dolphins' Preston Williams (18) in the end zone during the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Jamar Taylor (47) can't reach the ball on a pass to Miami Dolphins' Mike Gesicki (88) in the second quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers' Kyle Juszczyk (44) scores a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins in the first quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Brian Allen (48) tackles Miami Dolphins' Myles Gaskin (37) in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) catches the ball from San Francisco 49ers' Trent Taylor (15) before the start of the third quarter of their game against the Miami Dolphins at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Raheem Mostert (31) is tackled by Miami Dolphins' Bobby McCain (28) in the second quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) looks to pass while being pressured by San Francisco 49ers' Kwon Alexander (56) in the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan yells at an official after a failed catch while playing against the Miami Dolphins in the first quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. Shanahan wanted a pass interference call but did not get it. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Brian Allen (48) tackles Miami Dolphins' Myles Gaskin (37) in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Brian Allen (48) tackles Miami Dolphins' Myles Gaskin (37) in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: Miami Dolphins' Nik Needham (40) is tackled by San Francisco 49ers Josh Hokit (40) after a punt return in the first quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: Miami Dolphins' Xavien Howard (25) intercepts a pass intended for San Francisco 49ers' Deebo Samuel (19) in the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: Miami Dolphins' Bobby McCain (28) intercepts a pass intended for San Francisco 49ers' Jerick McKinnon (28) in the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers' Kyle Juszczyk (44) scores a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins' Myles Gaskin (37) scores a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Miami Dolphins running back Myles Gaskin (37) runs against San Francisco 49ers cornerback Brian Allen (48) during the first half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins' Adam Shaheen (80) celebrates his touchdown with Miami Dolphins' Solomon Kindley (66) against the San Francisco 49ers in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Miami Dolphins' Adam Shaheen (80) scores a touchdown against San Francisco 49ers' Kwon Alexander (56) in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) throws against the Miami Dolphins in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers' Deebo Samuel (19) drops a pass while being guarded by Miami Dolphins' Xavien Howard (25) in the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: Miami Dolphins' Antonio Callaway (11) reaches to catch a touchdown pass over San Francisco 49ers Brian Allen (48) in the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
SANTA CLARA, CA - OCT. 11: San Francisco 49ers' Kerry Hyder Jr. (92) trips Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) for the sack in the second quarter of their game at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
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San Francisco’s 43-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins Sunday is the kind of loss that resonates — the kind of hapless performance that could be cited weeks, even years, from now. The kind of loss that rightfully makes everyone question their strongly held beliefs.
Yes, there have been plenty of bad losses over the last half-decade of 49ers football, but never did they come amid such high expectations.
It might just be a one-week blip. It might be foreboding of more bad play to come. We won’t know the real impact of this loss for quite some time.
But we can say this with impunity in the immediate aftermath: the 49ers have lost the benefit of the doubt.
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Perhaps it is. But the 49ers have to prove it going forward.
And that’ll be tough, because San Francisco’s schedule between now and the middle of December is unquestionably the toughest in all of football.
Teams are allowed bad performances, but teams like the Niners are not afforded all-around implosions like Sunday’s.
So many players on the Levi’s Stadium field looked like they were only wearing red and gold because they’d won a pregame prize.
One of them was their starting quarterback — their so-called “franchise quarterback” —Jimmy Garoppolo. He has probably received more praise and flack than he’s deserved in his 49ers career, but after Sunday, he no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt from the fans, media, or causal onlookers.
His benching at halftime was just, and while the demotion should not be permanent, the stain the contest will have on his reputation might be.
After backup Nick Mullen’s horrendous performance last week against the Eagles, it became too easy to think that the Niners would return to excellence on offense with Garoppolo under center.
But Mullens — who was inactive for this week’s contest — would have been a better option on Sunday. Garoppolo was inaccurate and jittery to start the game and threw two of the worst interceptions you’ll ever see at the end of the first half — fluttering balls into double coverage that defied physics and football logic.
Quack Quack Quack. Time to bench this duck thrower. pic.twitter.com/9UHwyaIATd — Dieter Kurtenbach (@dieter) October 11, 2020
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Credit for the worst performance of the not-exactly-young quarterback’s career will be given to his bum right ankle. It’ll be alleged that he couldn’t drive the ball because he didn’t trust his back foot. But even if that’s the reason for the ducks he threw, it doesn’t fully explain his middling accuracy on short and intermediate routes and his foolhardy decisions to throw into the coverage that picked him off twice.
And if it does, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan has some explaining to do.
He too has lost the benefit of the doubt, and that’s saying something.
Shanahan said after the game that he benched Garoppolo because San Francisco, trailing 30-7 at halftime, was going to have to throw the ball a bunch in the second half and Garoppolo didn’t look up to it.
Saying that a quarterback who cannot throw the ball effectively lacks value? That’s a real hot take, Kyle.
But it was clear Shanahan knew Garoppolo fit that bill early — like in the NFC Playoffs and Week 1, the head coach and play-caller took the ball out of his quarterback’s hands after a few series, turning him into the planet’s best-compensated hander-off of the ball.
Shanahan didn’t drop Garoppolo until the game was effectively over.
It’s evident that Shanahan made the decision to switch far too late, and worse yet, he should have known better.
Don’t get me wrong, backup C.J. Beathard didn’t fare much better, but you can’t divide by zero, so in comparison to Garoppolo, he looked great.
Shanahan — in conjunction with defensive coordinator Robert Saleh — made the same mistake by sticking with cornerback Brian Allen on Sunday.
You probably don’t know who Allen is — he was a surprise call-up from the practice squad who picked up the start in the place of Ahkello Witherspoon.
Miami quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, likely drooling in anticipation, ran a simple offense to start the game. The only play? Attack No. 48.
Who needs Fitzmagic when you can just do that with impunity?
I’ve never met Allen — and I have never played cornerback in the NFL — so I feel some remorse here, but the San Francisco newbie turned in some of the worst snaps at the position I’ve ever seen. The glaring mismatches that Miami threw at him took me back to my days covering high school football in the shadow of the Dolphins’ stadium, watching games where a powerhouse school like Nick Bosa’s St. Thomas Aquinas — chock full of four-and-five-star receivers — played against a small school where the kids played both ways. Contests like that barely qualified as practice — or football, really. No, it was more a sadistic punishment for the children playing against the full-grown men.
Allen can relate to those kids now.
Eventually, Shanahan and Saleh did pull Allen, but the game was, again, effectively over. Witherspoon — who was active for the game — played better in his place, begging even more questions on why Allen was playing at all.
Truth be told, the 49ers defense, on the whole, didn’t play all that poorly Sunday — at least in the first half where the game was still in the balance. But Allen played as poorly as you could possibly imagine and that was all that it took for the Niners to be blown out. A defense is only as strong as its weakest link, and that link straight-up disintegrated.
Oh, and the Niners’ offensive line still lacks any cohesion, the defensive line doesn’t have even half the push it had last year, and the skill position players around Garoppolo — aside from Raheem Mostert — were inconsistent at best.
What have I missed? Special teams?
Sure: What was Kevin White doing on that kick return in the first half?
The last time the Niners lost like this was in Oct. 2014, when Jim Harbaugh took the Niners to Denver and left with a 25-point defeat and an uncanny feeling that San Francisco’s time as an elite team was over.
I don’t think Sunday’s game has the same implications, but I also thought the Niners would win Sunday.
Shanahan’s Niners have now lost back-to-back games when they were favored by national sportsbooks to win by more than a touchdown. Both losses came at home. They’re 0-3 at Levi’s Stadium this year.
Every team has injuries. The good teams overcome such things and at least win games they’re expected to win — like games at home against teams that are rebuilding and reside on the opposite coast.
Can you make the argument that the 49ers are a good team right now? Their wins this season have come against the New York Giants and Jets. And now they have the Rams, Patriots, Seahawks, Packers, and Saints coming up over the next five weeks.
This could look a whole lot worse before it gets better.
And things are already pretty bad — a byproduct of high expectations after last season.
Under different circumstances, a loss like Sunday’s, in conjunction with the other failures this year, would be grounds to talk about quarterback swaps, coordinator firings, even head coach changes.
Yes, it’s a good thing this team built up such a strong reputation in 2019.
Because after Sunday, they don’t have much of it — if any — left.