Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
With so many injuries on offense, place kicker Jake Moody could be counted upon for lots of field goals in early regular season., a loss and a win that will have no bearing on anything given the developmental nature of preseason football and the approach of the 49ers under coach Kyle Shanahan.
Into the exhibition abyss went Brock Purdy, who has never refuted the notion that much of what he’s become is because of a superior supporting cast. That supporting cast was non-existent against New Orleans without his three top runners , his fullback as well as receivers Deebo Samuel, Jauan Jennings and Ricky Pearsall Jr.
As good as Shanahan is at plotting and scheming an offense, he’s also a big believer that teams get better by practicing and the 49ers’ as an offense have yet to come close to fielding the personnel they hope to have against the Jets in the opener. Shanahan resists the notion that the 49ers can only win with the offense setting the pace and everything else falling in line after that.
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