49ers cruise previous Jets, Aaron Rodgers; can Notre Dame nonetheless make playoff?

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🏈 Good morning to all, however particularly to …

THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

The 49ers‘ dramatic offseason took one remaining twist when Christian McCaffrey (calf/Achilles) was ruled out 90 minutes earlier than their conflict with the Jets.

Irrespective of. They’re the 49ers: a dominant outfit that grinds opponents into mud. San Francisco defeated New York, 32-19, with McCaffrey’s unsung backup, Jordan Mason, working 28 occasions for 147 yards and a landing. Deebo Samuel additionally scored on the bottom.

The protection, which took a step again final 12 months, shut down Aaron Rodgers and the Jets’ assault, with star linebacker Fred Warner forcing a Corridor fumble and Maliek Collins recovering. Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles picked off Rodgers. Breece Corridor managed simply 54 yards on 16 carries. It is a robust begin for brand new defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen.

All that results in these exceptional numbers:

• The 49ers scored on eight straight possessions.
• The 49ers ran 70 performs to the Jets’ 49.
• The 49ers out-gained the Jets 401-266.
• The 49ers recorded 38:40 time of possession, probably the most ever by a staff going through Rodgers.
• Scorigami!!!

The machine rolls on.

Honorable mentions

😬 And never such a superb morning for …

THE NEW YORK JETS

Rodgers ended final 12 months’s season opener watching because of an harm. This 12 months, he watched once more, this time because the Jets obtained blown out. There is not any want for him to play in rubbish time, in fact, however the Jets are going to need him to be a lot better going ahead.

I believe he will likely be. His harm was a actually a 12 months in the past, and he did not play within the preseason. Nonetheless, Monday night time was ugly, and it wasn’t simply Rodgers.

• The offensive line — as wholesome as it will likely be all 12 months — opened up little or no for Corridor.
• The run protection (180 yards allowed) appeared abysmal.
• New York produced simply two performs of 20 yards or extra and only one run of 10+ yards.

This definitely wasn’t the grand return Rodgers had in thoughts, and it definitely wasn’t the beginning his teammates or hot-seat coach Robert Saleh had been envisioning, both.

👎 Not so honorable mentions

NOTE: The next part comprises disturbing content material.

Civil sexual assault lawsuit filed towards Deshaun Watson 

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has been accused of a 2020 sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit filed Monday in Texas.

• The full details of the case can be found here. “Jane Doe,” the lady suing Watson, seeks damages in extra of $1 million because of Watson allegedly violating three sections of the Texas Penal Code: indecent publicity, assault and indecent assault.
• Tony Buzbee, who represented dozens of women who previously sued Watson for numerous ranges of sexual misconduct, can also be the consultant for this case. Buzbee informed CBS Sports activities NFL insider Jonathan Jones, “We intend to pursue this case with the identical aggressiveness with which we pursued the others. We would like a jury trial. So far as any particular feedback on the information of the case, we consider the lawsuit speaks for itself.”

Watson was suspended 11 video games within the 2022 season for related incidents from 2019-21. Roger Goodell called Watson’s behavior “predatory” and said the league’s evidence called for a full-season ban. The 11-game punishment was the results of collective bargaining by the NFL and the NFLPA.

As for the soccer ramifications, although it is a civil case and never a legal one, the NFL could view it as proof of a personal conduct policy violation, notes Will Brinson.

🏈 Tyreek Hill detainment: Star vast receiver contemplating authorized motion, physique digicam footage launched

The fallout from Tyreek Hill‘s detainment Sunday continued into Monday as police body camera footage was released. Listed here are some notable elements:

• An officer knocked on Hill’s window and informed Hill to maintain the window down, to which Hill responded by telling him to not knock on the window and that he could be late to the Dolphins‘ recreation towards the Jaguars. Hill then rolled up his window once more, which led to issues escalating.
• Hill seemed to be on his telephone with agent Drew Rosenhaus when officers forcibly eliminated Hill from his automobile, pushed him to the bottom and handcuffed him. They then picked Hill up and compelled him to a seated place on the curb.
• Later, Dolphins defensive lineman Calais Campbell pulled over to see what is going on on. Campbell was standing at a distance when an officer confronted him, handcuffed him and told him he’s under arrest.

Here’s what Hill had to say Monday. Upon seeing the video, Hill’s Dolphins teammate Jalen Ramsey called for the officers to be fired immediately.

Hill ended up taking part in — he scored an 80-yard touchdown (with a mock handcuff celebration) — in Miami’s 20-17 win over the Jaguars. 

This is extra …

🏈 New CBS Sports activities 134, plus can Notre Dame make the playoff?

Identical to in the newest AP Top 25, Texas jumped to No. 2 within the CBS Sports 134 (full rankings here) in addition to Brandon Marcello’s Power Rankings.

Brad Crawford says the Longhorns deserve even more love than they’re getting, however Steve Sarkisian will not be listening to any of it. He is utilizing Notre Dame‘s loss to Northern Illinois as a warning to his team, and it is a message value listening to. Nationwide championships aren’t handed out in September, however goals of profitable one may be erased earlier than October.

Has Notre Dame already fallen to that destiny? Will Backus and Shehan Jeyarajah debated whether the Fighting Irish can still make the playoff.

• Backus: “If the 2023 season taught us something, it is that the choice committee may be forgiving below the proper circumstances. … It is not like 10 extra wins aren’t attainable for the Irish, both. They will have an opportunity to pad their résumé towards ranked groups like No. 19 Louisville and No. 11 USC. Although Florida State has misplaced its luster, beating the Seminoles nonetheless resonates.”
• Jeyarajah: “Realistically, the trail is for Notre Dame — a staff that simply stumbled towards a MAC staff — to win 10 straight video games, together with tough matchups like Georgia Tech, Military and No. 19 Louisville. Then, it has to hope that these wins really stay spectacular by the top of the 12 months. After which even on high of that, it has to hope that each at-large staff within the nation finishes with a number of losses.”

I nonetheless cannot get sufficient of Northern Illinois and coach Thomas Hammock, which suggests I liked John Talty’s story on Hammock’s emotional postgame interview. His Huskies had been, unsurprisingly, the biggest riser in the CBS Sports 134.

This is extra:

James Earl Jones dies at 93; here is his connection to baseball

James Earl Jones, the long-lasting stage and display actor who received Tony Awards for “The Nice White Hope” and “Fences” and voiced Darth Vader in “Star Wars” and Mufasa in “The Lion King,” died Monday at 93.

CBS News has a full obituary, however relating to sports activities, Jones loomed large in baseball, too, Matt Snyder notes.

• Snyder: “He performed (spoiler alert, however c’mon, the movie is more than 30 years old) the proprietor of the canine — aka “the beast” — in The Sandlot. Far more famously, Jones was in ‘Subject of Goals’ alongside Kevin Costner and delivered presumably probably the most well-known baseball film speech ever. … Few actors, if any, ever had a connection to baseball with out ever having really performed it. For that and a lot extra, we thanks and mourn your loss, Mr. Jones.”

📺 What we’re watching Tuesday

⚽ USMNT vs. New Zealand, 7 p.m. on TNT/truTV
⚾ Orioles at Pink Sox, 7:10 p.m. on TBS
🏀 Lynx at Dream, 7:30 p.m. on NBA TV
🏀 Liberty at Wings, 8 p.m. on CBS Sports activities Community
⚾ Cubs at Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. on TBS