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Trent Taylor Jersey , March 15th 2019"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 49ers Salary CapLevi’s Stadium Events49ers Transactions49ers Injury News49ers Press Conferences & Conference Calls49ers LinksGolden Nuggets: 49ers got their free agentsNew,97commentsYour San Francisco 49ers links for Saturday, March 15th 2019PDTShareTweetShareShareGolden Nuggets: 49ers got their free agentsI join some group of people, whoever they are,when I say I love the moves the San Francisco 49ers have made in free agency. I love the Dee Ford trade, I love the Jordan Matthews signing (remember when people were gunning for him a year or two ago?), I love the Tevin Coleman addition, and I even like the Kwon Alexander signing. Are some of these risky? Yes. Are they necessary? You bet. The 49ers don’t have 11 picks this year. They have just over half that. They are trying to fill the holes. It’s taken three years, but they are almost there to fixing this roster. Offense? Maybe a wide receiver? Maybe a tight end (I state both of those shaking my head with a shrug) I’m satisfied with what we have besides that. Defense? Pass rusher, safety. They got their linebackers (don’t sleep on Elijah Lee), they got their cornerbacks (Jason Verrett will be a STEAL if he can stay healthy). Look at the roster Trent Baalke left and look at it now. Is it Super Bowl ready? Um, no. The achievement this year is 8-8 or a trip to the playoffs. It’s still a very young team. The 49ers now have at least balanced things out. The running backs? You have the same type of player in Coleman/McKinnon/Breida—that’s consistency for the offense and for the playcalls that Kyle Shanahan has, that running game is going to be filthy. So for the draft: it’s definitely a pass rusher (provided they don’t trade out), a safety, and an offensive tackle/offensive guard. Maybe a punter if the 49ers don’t figure that position out. The roster is getting there. Again. Look at wht Trent Baalke left this team with and look at how much change has happened. Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch have asked for patience, and they’ve taken two seasons of absolute dumpster fires and kept the team playing hard despite the fact they have nothing to play for. They got the leadership, they are fixing the holes—and they still have some cap space. Now they just need to start winning. 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A pick, a beneficial penalty and a game-winning kick.Quite a final minute for the Green Bay Packers.Mason Crosby kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired to cap an 81-yard drive set up by Kevin King‘s interception with 1:07 left, and the Packers outlasted the San Francisco 49ers for a 33-30 win on Monday night.The final drive was extended after 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman was flagged for illegal contact on third-and-15 that wiped out a sack of Aaron Rodgers with 43 seconds left.Rodgers rushed up the middle for a 21-yard gain on the next play. The two-time NFL MVP completed two more passes for 19 yards to set up Crosby’s game-winner for Green Bay (3-2-1).The veteran kicker was perfect a week after missing four field goals in a loss at Detroit.“It’s very appropriate, what he went through last week, (for) the team to stick with him,” Rodgers said. “And then he responded.”Rodgers threw for 425 yards and two scores, both to Adams. The second came with 1:55 left from 16 yards to tie the score at 30.C.J. Beathard passed for 245 yards and two long touchdowns to speedy receiver Marquise Goodwin for the 49ers (1-5).For a while it looked like the 49ers might hold on for their first victory since quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was lost for the year in Week 3 with a torn ACL.Turnovers hurt them again — three more on Monday night, but none bigger than King’s pick at the Packers 10.“Very disappointed. We had a chance to win that game,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “It hurts.”The second-year cornerback was locked in 1-on-1 coverage with Goodwin Tom Rathman Jersey White , who had burned the secondary all night. This time, King kept up and pulled in a ball that looked slightly underthrown by Beathard.Then Rodgers went to work, aided by the penalty on Sherman, who was covering Davante Adams.Rodgers was 25 of 46. Adams had 10 catches for 132 yards, one of three Packers receivers to go over 100 yards.The Packers scored 10 points in the final 2 minutes, capped by Crosby’s fourth field goal of the night.“This week was a grind, it was one of the tougher weeks of my career,” Crosby said about bouncing back from his awful game last week.It’s just what the Packers needed going into their bye week.The late flurry overshadowed another troubling start by the defense.The Packers had 17-7 lead when Rodgers connected with Davante Adams for a 9-yard touchdown with 1:58 left in the first quarter.Then San Francisco just brushed past Green Bay.Beathard connected with Goodwin for the 67-yard score down the middle of the field on the ensuing series.The 30-yard score came with 6:05 left in the second. Goodwin celebrated by mimicking a long jump in the end zone.He finished with four catches for 126 yards. Beathard was 16 of 23.San Francisco also got more pressure after the first quarter, forcing the Packers into more third-and-long situations.Rodgers figured out the Niners in the end.“We had every opportunity to finish and win that game and we didn’t get it done,” Shanahan said.KEY PLAYThe 49ers looked like they were in good shape after Adams’ second touchdown, starting their series at their own 47 with 1:55 left after a 32-yard return by Richie James Jr., and a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Tony Brown.But on third-and-3 from the Packers 46, Beathard unloaded under pressure.“It wasn’t really what we wanted. The all-out blitz stuff, we had to get rid of it,” Shanahan said. There (are) four options on the play, but that wasn’t the one we wanted.”King picked a nice time for his first career interception.“I’ve just got to stay the course, keep doing your job, keep it going, and those types of plays are going to come,” King said.NO TAKEAWAYSAnother game without a takeaway for the Niners dropped them to an NFL-worst minus-11 in turnover differential. The defense has generated a league-low three takeaways coming into the night, which had been the fewest total for the franchise after five games since 1977.QUOTABLE“It doesn’t matter if you agree with the call. It’s not like, ‘Oh, I didn’t agree with the call, they’re going to pick it up.’ They called it. I’ve got to find a way to do better.” — Sherman on the illegal contact penalty.ANTHEMGoodwin appeared to be the only player on either team with an apparent sign of protest during the national anthem, raising a right first in the air.UP NEXT49ers: Host the unbeaten Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.Packers: After a bye week, Green Bay visits the Rams on Oct. 28.