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CJ Beathard is 49'ers STARTING QB; He entered game on Sep 23 & his 1st Pass was TD Pass to Kittle

Seriously. What the hell is he doing passing on 2nd and 3 with 1:30 remaining. Run the ball and burn 40s so rodgers doesn't get it back and do what he does. They had all their timeouts and GB had none.

They needed 20 yards to kick a FG ... you run it once to take time off the clock in case you have to punt. This reminded me of the Bears game. Incredibly stupid. Between that and the generous hanky... sure looks rigged to me to get NFL gold with Rogers.
 
Is it all penalties stop the clock in the nfl?

The illegal contact happened when Rodgers got sacked?? Shouldn’t the clock run after the enforcement of the penalty?
 
Surprised they didn't review that last CJ interception. It was close to hitting the ground. Definitely deserved a closer look
 
Inside 2 mins reviews come from the booth....it was close enough it should have been reviewed.
 
Here are a few examples of Mabin getting destroyed on Twitter:

  1. Richie Mulbrook‏@rmulbrook7 19m19 minutes ago
    Greg Mabin is not good at
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    don’t know why he played over Josh Jackson at Iowa. Dumbfounded how that guy is on an NFL roster

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  2. in dire need of gf‏@tnorman1998 19m19 minutes ago
    Greg Mabin is dog shit.

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  3. Niner Noise‏Verified account@SFNinerNoise 24m24 minutes ago
    So much for that. Greg Mabin gets picked on and it works for the #Packers. At least the league will be happy with the ratings. #49ers winning wouldn't have fit the narrative. #SFvsGB

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  4. Jake ‏@darkra02 23m23 minutes ago
    Jake Retweeted Jake

    Who thought drafting Greg Mabin was even a good idea lol. Dude was a bust even @ Iowa
 
Apparently after Sherman’s “illegal contact” play he decided he didn’t have enough gas in the ol’ tank to stay with Adams so he switched back with Mabin to take the heat.
 
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Ugh. Chuck that thing CJ. You can't overthrow Goodwin.

Blitz was in his face couldn't step into it. My question for Shanahan is do you have 0 screens in your playbook? WTF? You knew they were going to Blitz the crap out of you
 
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  1. Antoine Wade, Esq.‏@_twonny 36m36 minutes ago
    I don’t understand why Richard Sherman isn’t on Devante Freeman. Greg Mabin was getting disrespected.

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  2. BC‏@BrendonCassidy 32m32 minutes ago
    Replying to @mattbarrows
    Please ask some HARD questions Matt postgame as to a) why Greg Mabin was in the game, and b) why is Greg Mabin on an NFL roster. Thx

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  3. Josh Liao‏@JoshLiao 39m39 minutes ago
    Replying to @mattbarrows
    Thanks Greg Mabin!

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Beathard could have had kittle for a first down on that pic it looked
He was at the line but he was at CJs back side. And with the all out blitz, not a lot of time for CJ to spin and throw. Really disappointing that both WR on the right side streaked instead of slanting across to the left
 
Just sucks because CJ played a great game and that was the last pass he threw. It was the right read, 1 on 1 down field, just the DB made a great play.
 
In the first three quarters, Beathard completed 13 of 17 passes for 229 yards with two touchdowns (157.1 passer rating).

In the final 15 minutes, Beathard completed 3 of 6 passes for 16 yards with an interception (16.6 rating).
 
49ers Beathard — valiant for most of the night — ultimately comes up short

Ron Kroichick
Oct. 15, 2018

GREEN BAY, Wis. — This was all set up for C.J. Beathard.

He played splendidly in the first half, matching artistic spirals and gaudy numbers with Aaron Rodgers. Even as the 49ers nursed their lead into the fourth quarter, Beathard avoided those deflating mistakes he made the previous two weeks, after he replaced Jimmy Garoppolo.

And then he fluttered one regrettable pass downfield. Interception. Rodgers suddenly had the ball back, with 1:07 left and the game tied at 30-30. That was enough, as it turned out.

Rodgers authored another dramatic comeback, setting up Mason Crosby’s field goal on the final play. Just like that, the 49ers lost 33-30 and Beathard’s big night no longer seemed so transformative.

He wore a black glove on his left hand, a grass stain on the back of his left shoulder and a placid expression on his face. It’s a stretch to suggest Beathard arrived as an NFL quarterback on this chilly October night in Green Bay, but he took one giant step forward.

His team’s season teetered on the brink of collapse — with a 1-4 record, Garoppolo gone for the year and Jared Goff and the unbeaten Rams waiting next week. And now, after Rodgers engineered Green Bay’s late surge, the 49ers are staring at the distinct possibility of 1-6.

Beathard completed 16 of 23 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns. But he also threw the one costly interception, at the worst possible time.

Until then, he avoided the mistakes he made in his first two starts of the season, two interceptions Sept. 30 against the Chargers and two more in a mortifying loss Oct. 7 to the Cardinals. Beathard patiently picked apart the Packers, at least most of the night.

He piled up these numbers against a solid defense. The Packers arrived at No. 4 in the NFL in total defense (313.8 yards per game), No. 4 in pass defense (208.8 yards) and tied for 10th in scoring defense (22.8 points).

They didn’t look the part against Beathard and Co.

By no means was Beathard perfect. He overthrew wide-open George Kittle on 3rd-and-4 early in the fourth quarter, with the 49ers marching (again). They had a chance to stretch their lead to two scores — a significant thing against Aaron Rodgers — but the incompletion forced San Francisco to settle for a field goal and 30-23 lead.

Later, on 3rd-and-11 late in the fourth quarter and the Packers having exhausted their timeouts, Beathard looked and looked for an open receiver. He staggered, slipped and took a sack. But, notably, he didn’t make a risky throw deep in his own territory.

Even so, Beathard was poised, decisive and accurate most of the night. He fired one laser-beam pass to Marquise Goodwin over the middle, then later lofted a long, sky-scraping pass to Goodwin for a 67-yard touchdown.

Velocity and touch, as the play demands. That’s one sign of a polished quarterback.

Beathard also showed his familiar penchant for scrambling out of trouble, risking life and limb in the name of moving the chains. He scrambled for nine yards on one first-quarter play, foolishly taking a hit when he had plenty of room to slide.

Then, in the second quarter, Beathard went all Rickey Henderson and slid head-first in a successful effort to pick up the first down. It was bold play, absolutely. That doesn’t change the reality: Head coach Kyle Shanahan needs to sit down with Beathard and order him to slide feet-first.

Or put another way: Jimmy G is not coming back, remember?

Beathard’s success Monday night traced, in part, to Shanahan’s shrewd play-calling and a productive running game. On the 49ers’ impressive opening drive, all three of Beathard’s pass attempts came on 2nd-and-short. That helps, when the defense doesn’t necessarily expect a pass.

Shanahan offered a nice mix between run and pass in the first half, and a tidy blend of plays attacking the middle of the field and others on the perimeter. The variety of players involved — Matt Breida and Raheem Mostert running the ball, Goodwin and Kyle Juszczyk and Kendrick Bourne all catching passes — kept the offense unpredictable.

All the while, Beathard looked strikingly comfortable and command. He looked like he belonged.

Monday night’s game marked the 49ers’ first visit to Lambeau Field since Jan. 5, 2014. That was the frigid, wild-card playoff game in which Colin Kaepernick (whatever happened to him?) led his team to a 23-20 victory, capped by Phil Dawson’s last-second field goal.

Two weeks later, Kaepernick and his team fell one maddening step short of returning to the Super Bowl. They lost to Seattle in the NFC Championship game, completing a stirring two-year run: 27-10-1, two trips to the conference title game, one appearance in the Super Bowl.

And in the four-plus years since then: four head coaches, no winning seasons, 22-48 record.

So, naturally, this 49ers-Packers rivalry — historically defined by sparkling quarterback play, from Joe Montana and Steve Young to Brett Favre and Rodgers — lost some luster. Then, on a chilly October night at Lambeau, it felt important again, thanks in part to one Beathard.

And, ultimately, Rodgers.

Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: rkroichick@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ronkroichick

LINK: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/...rd-valiant-for-most-of-the-night-13309952.php
 
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