Golden Nuggets: Levi's Stadium Littered With Yellow

The Niners opened their 3rd home in their storied history and like the 2 home openers before, the Niners lost. In a trend of Jim Harbaugh's time with the team, they lost a Week 2 game after winning Week 1. In Jim's time as coach, the 49ers are 4-0 in Week 1 and 1-3 in Week 2. This game was odd in the fact that the Niners looked to be relative control of the game. They were up 17-0 in the 1st half until they gave up a touchdown with 13 seconds in the half. After the half, the team imploded and were outscored 21-3 in what has been a disturbing trend this year. In the 2 games this year, the 49ers have outscored their opponents 45-10 in the 1st half and been outscored 35-3 after halftime.

The team killed themselves with mistakes. They were called for 16 penalties and it seemed like more than that. The "inappropriate language" penalty was an odd one since I've never heard it before. The mistakes don't help when you play a team with a potent offense as Chicago. They seemed to have drives that were moving just because of penalties and once they were in the red zone, Brandon Marshall took over. Jimmie Ward will have a lot of film study this week. He received a lesson by one of the best receivers in the game.

As Kap and the offense is concerned, he had a game to forget. Throwing 3 INTs will never allow you to win a game in the NFL. He had ill advised throws, but the receivers had some drops that should have been caught. The Niners offensive line had a rough night. Jonathan Martin allowed 2 sacks, Iupati allowed 1 sack, and Staley had 2 penalties. The defense had a good game until the 4th quarter. The turnovers left them exposed, but giving up 21 points in a quarter is bad. A couple penalties came at terrible times and Aaron Lynch missed the opportunity to give the offense great field position when he elected to try a grab the ball and run rather than fall on the botched snap.

They will have to play a much cleaner game against 2-0 Arizona next week. On to the links!

49ers Links

Has this ever been a penalty? First time I've heard it | Kap: Inappropriate Language Penalty? (Maiocco)

He looked good on Sunday. Hopefully Kap and him build some chemistry | Stevie Looks To Be Full Time #3 (Maiocco)

Film Review (Barrows)

We saw the good one last week and the bad one this week. He'll bounce back | Two Different Kaps In 2 Weeks (Williams)

28-20: 49ers Lose Home Opener (Maiocco)

Marshall showed the rookie some things last night | Rookie Ward Gets A Harsh Lesson (Branch)

Due Process Inconsistent (Smith)

The stadium is really nice and traffic for me was smooth sailing | Most Fans Enjoyed Levi's (Rosenberg)

Report Card (Barrows)

Let's hope its nothing serious | Vernon Leaves With Crutches (Maiocco)

Let's just skip Week 2 games | Harbaugh's Niners Lose Week 2 Again (Biderman)

SNF Refocus (Stockwell)

Davis Injury A Pain (Gutierrez)

The penalties were borderline ridiculous. The game had no flow | Passing Game, Penalties Hurt Niner's Opener (Inman)

That's the only word to use to describe it | Kap's Play "Terrible" (Patra)

By The Numbers (49ers PR)

Harbaugh Transcript (Inman)

Everyone Needs To Get Better (Kawakami)

Team Won't Flinch On McDonald (Barrows)

Vernon's Further Observation (Maiocco)

What Did Kap Say? (Inman)

The team has to finish these games. Sunday's game should have been killed off early | Biggest Collapse In Harbaugh's Era (Inman)

The team hasn't changed their stance unlike the Panthers and Vikings look to be doing | Legal Process Must Play Out (McCauley)

We all want to know. Someone should tell us | Official: Kap Knows What He Said (Bach)

Doesn't seem too bad considering the 70,000 or so in attendance | 31 Arrests At Levi's (NBCBA Staff)

Practice Squad Moves (Maiocco)

Traffic for me was not bad. I got out in about 10 mins | Team Promises To Fix Traffic (Rosenberg)

Takeaways From Harbaugh's Press Conference (Price)

Team Takes Field For 1st Time (49ers Video)

Crabtree Mic'd Up (49ers Video)

NFC West Report (Pentis)

It may be Harbaugh's toughest challenge with the NFL's off the field issues coming to light | Harbaugh's Greatest Challenge (Thompson)