Hayne impresses in 49ers’ loss

Put Peyton in the Pistol. The Pistol is the in-between formation.

Hayne has shown his toughness multiple times since and just 30 seconds after another Broncos enforcer, 191cm, 145kg nose tackle Darius Kilgo, and two other Broncos hit him for no gain, the Australian jumped up and was ready for more.

Yes, it’s only the preseason.

No wonder Manning doesn’t like comparisons.

“Well, if I threw for 5,400-something yards and 55 touchdown passes, I wish my fingers would have been numb, too”, Elway said. “… I think our offense can feed off of them”.

Step one: Identify the problem.

Right behind Hillman is the surprise of the preseason: rookie running back Jarryd Hayne.

“I m pretty confident in Jarryd s abilty to field the ball”, Tomsula said on a media conference call. “They have a defensive coordinator who has been around for a long time in Coach (Eric) Mangini”.

With all due respect, it doesn’t always look that way.

Manning expressed confidence in working from under center.

Manning was 14 for 21 for 124 yards and was sacked three times, twice by linebacker NaVorro Bowman.

Darius Kilgo was the best player on the night defensively for the Broncos. For the most part though, my 53-man roster projection should not be impacted by this first cutdown date. When the Broncos couldn’t finish off drives, he moved back into the shotgun for the second quarter and used a hurry-up tempo. A lot of it was from Kaepernick, who had a 34-yard scamper on the final drive of the first half. “That’s what we’re trying to do”, Ware said. Mathis signed this week, giving the Broncos’ young offensive line some much-needed experience.

Before the game, I identified three storylines to watch.

The preseason helps to knock off rust, and that’s what Manning will continue to do.

“It will be great when he’s back”, Anderson said.

The Patriots are of course dealing with the loss of Tom Brady, who through DeflateGate will miss the opening four games of the regular season. Norwood functions as a true slot receiver, and could provide insurance if Sanders’ hamstring injury lingers.

The regular season opens in two weeks.

– Cornerback Kenneth Acker made his first start a smashing success. Once he perfects his mechanics, Hayne will be a very unsafe weapon for the Niners from the backfield and in punt returns. Maybe even desperate.

“There’s nothing Montee’s done (wrong)”, Kubiak said. At one point, NFL Game Pass shifted over to the 49ers’ broadcast, and they were talking about a failed run up the middle for the 49ers and commended Kilgo by saying something along the lines of, “Yeah I don’t think you’re running up the middle at big number 98 tonight”. We went back to some no-huddle stuff.

Montee Ball faces one of the most important games in his Broncos career. Plus, he has been absolutely killing it on punt returns.

Until the last series of the first half, the Broncos bottled up Colin Kaepernick.

Outside linebacker Ahmad Brooks remainsexcused from team activities and his status is “day to day”, Tomsula said.