Cam Newton will play Week 1

The San Francisco 49ers dropped their season opener, 23-3, to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at Levi’s® Stadium.

The Panthers endured a brutal Super Bowl hangover last season, going 6-10 after winning the NFC in 2015. The former league MVP in March had surgery to fix a torn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder. I believe we had five of them. “I have no concern”. He’s cleared for the full game plan.

With the Panthers protecting a 20-point lead, Newton threw only one pass in the fourth quarter.

“We liked how everything seems to be meshing together as an offense”, he said. Peterson could come out and put on a show against his old team, but he could also come out as a shell of his old self with a lighter work load against a tough defense.

To do that, they need to start the season strong and can’t toy around with a team like San Francisco. “We knew if I could widen some of those guys in the flat, the screen would be open”.

Shanahan might have a honeymoon of sorts with the 49ers.

Coaching: FSan Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan looks at the jumbotron after the 49ers failed to convert a fourth down against the Carolina Panthers in the fourth quarter of their National Football League game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, September 10, 2017. The 31-year old reunited with Shanahan after spending two seasons together with the Washington Redskins when Shanahan was their offensive coordinator.

Brian Hoyer will never be confused for a franchise quarterback.

“It feels like I never left”, Peppers said later.

“It was hurting, but as the game went on, it starting getting looser and better”, said Foster, a first-round pick out of Alabama, who started in his debut. They could collide on the field. For most of the game, there was little room to run for both Jonathan Stewart and Christian McCaffrey.

Defensive lineman Solomon Thomas, picked third overall, wasn’t as effective. The Niners should have drafted someone else with the No. 3 pick.

The 49ers missed a couple of chances at big plays when Marquise Goodwin was unable to hold onto a deep pass from Hoyer on the opening drive of the game and Hoyer overthrew Goodwin on another deep shot in the second quarter. “But what we saw, we like”. They’ll have some wrinkles. He ended up playing one series in Carolina’s four preseason games in August. Goodwin may be another track star who can’t play the game because he can’t learn the fundamentals of catching the ball.

“I don’t think the defense looked like previous year”, linebacker NaVorro Bowman said. “It’s all about reps”, he said. I really do mean it. Wilks probably won’t make too many changes to a unit that figures to be one of the best in the NFL.

The Panthers begin the season with a road game for the sixth time in Rivera’s seven seasons. The 49ers played very well against the run, allowing only 3.1 yards per carry, which is a big improvement from last season.