Arizona Cardinals sleepwalk to win over 49ers

“He understands when he’s hot, when he needs to get rid of it. He’s playing really well for us right now”.

San Francisco had two penalties on one play with 7:13 to go, including a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct by wideout Torrey Smith with the defense on the field when he made contact with the side referee. Bell’s 48-yard reception to the Cardinals 29-yard line eventually was followed by McDonald’s 8-yard touchdown catch, pulling the 49ers within 13-10 midway through the third quarter. Mathieu had two interceptions, one returned for a touchdown. “If you don’t like what we say, then don’t like what we say, don’t throw a flag for it”, said Boone, who was seen arguing with left tackle Joe Staley over the call.

Smith later spoke on the matter, admitting he may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“I’ve got to find a way to get rid of the ball”, Gabbert conceded. We saw that stuff that we emphasized in practice.

“As a defense, if we want to be where we want to be at the end of the year, we can’t keep having these roller-coaster rides”, Peterson said. “I was in the wrong, I messed us up”.

Catanzaro will likely be the kicker for the remainder of the season, but with three extra points now missed on the season, how much faith do you have in him heading into the playoffs? “I thought those refs sucked”, Boone said at his locker. This is supposed to be a man’s game. “I’m just glad that he’s able to go out and prove it”. It was a bad call. “We’ll take them any way we can”.

“Gabbert is taking care of the football better”.

University of California coach Sonny Dykes is convinced that Jarryd Hayne will not only force his way back onto the 49ers 53-man roster, but he will forge a successful career in the NFL. “It’s the truth. You don’t like it, get the hell out of here”. But what also hurt was allowing Palmer to complete a 34-yard pass, off his back foot, to J.J. Nelson at the 1-yard line. Anquan Boldin caught an 18-yard pass on fourth-and-20 to clinch the win for Arizona. Four? Five? I mean, it’s football.

The final game of the day say the Chicago Bears pull off a stunning upset to defeat the Green Bay Packers 17-13. “If he gets in a situation where he feels pressure, he’s not just going to give the defense an opportunity to make a play”, Mathieu said. There was a costly roughing the passer flag on Quinton Dial during the winning drive.

“Hold on! Defense, we’ll be in at 11”, he said before quarterback Carson Palmer broke the huddle.

Maybe they set the bar too high for themselves, but we’ve come to expect more from Arizona’s secondary, haven’t we?

Palmer later said the matter shouldn’t even be considered for discussion. He hit me right in the face with the crown of his helmet.

Of course, that could simply be the San Francisco spin machine throwing dirty on Kaepernick’s grave, hastening his exit from the team. In Gabbert’s first start againstAtlanta, McDonald caught two passes _ the first time in his career he had more than one catch in a game. “I think people are reading into that”. Don’t let it just be so lopsided that it’s blatant. He took off and dove into the end zone, beating safety Eric Reid. But, what can you do? In that regard, they didn’t leave empty-handed Sunday.

“Today he ran the offense well”, coach Jim Tomsula said.

“I’m not going to comment on the officiating”. “The officials were struggling – mightily”.