2. Both Doubs and Davis showed they’re rookies, though, too.
Doubs had a drop on a long-developing crossing route when Love was rolling left, and the competitor in him will say he should’ve caught the one that was picked off.
Davis made a nice adjustment to catch the back-shoulder ball and then followed with a slick inside move to get up the sideline and score.
“That one we changed the route at the line, and I gave him a go route,” Love said. “The ball was still a little bit too far forward, but Danny made a great play to come back to get it.”
Early in the second half, though, with No. 3 QB Danny Etling trying to finish a scoring drive, Davis nullified a fourth-down conversion by lining up offside. The mistake was compounded when kicker Gabe Brkic badly missed a 32-yard field goal.
3. The defense was also a mixed bag.
Green Bay’s run defense held up well most of the game, limiting San Francisco to just 57 yards on 18 carries through the first three quarters (3.2 avg.).
The 49ers then gained 63 rushing yards on 11 fourth-quarter carries until three kneel-downs closed out the game.
The bigger glaring errors defensively came on two busted coverages in the first half that left receivers wide open for long touchdowns, a 76-yarder to Danny Gray and a 39-yarder to Ray-Ray McCloud.
“On one of them, we went up and challenged them, and the receiver made a nice move off the line of scrimmage, similar to the one Romeo scored his touchdown on,” LaFleur said. “The other one Rico (Gafford) slipped on the back end.
“We gave up two big-time plays and had three turnovers on offense. That was ultimately the difference in the game.”
4. The No. 1 offensive line looked stronger in the game than it has in some practices, and all the running backs had good moments.
The main unit up front for most of the first half featured (left to right) Yosh Nijman, Jon Runyan, Josh Myers, Jake Hanson and Royce Newman.
There were some struggles running the ball in short-yardage, leading to multiple fourth-down…
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