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on a Monday Night Football contest San Francisco 49ers T-Shirt , but they are still talking about Nick Mullens’ near-record setting performance last Thursday to start his career. Cornerback Richard Sherman had some kind words to say on Monday from his Officialize page about how Mullens would be trying to dice them up at practice and just how hard the quarterback practiced in general. Wide receiver Pierre Gar莽on also chimed in from his Officialize page on about how Mullens’ play didn’t surprise him: One of the things that may have been concerning when Mullens began to take over the 49ers would be how the locker room would perceive everything in a possible controversy. C.J. Beathard had the respect of the locker room for his toughness, so moving Mullens in could damage the locker room in the same way Jim Harbaugh switching Alex Smith out for Colin Kaepernick damaged that locker room. Jennifer Lee Chan caught up with some 49ers about the “controversy” and apparently there isn’t anything dividing them. Ahkello Witherspoon said it best:I said it once and I’ll say it again. This locker room is something John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan got right.Golden Nuggets: Why did the 49ers lose on Mack? More cryptic info has come out on the San Francisco 49ers pursuit of demon pass-rusher Khalil mack. A pursuit that ended in failure when he was instead dealt to the Chicago Bears for a really strange deal. After watching him make Green Bay his own house for three quarters, it’s apparent he could have made the 49ers defense something. Him? DeForest Buckner? Reuben Foster? Fred Warner? Richard Sherman? That has the chance of legendary status. Alas, it’s not meant to be. So what did the 49ers offer? My guess is something close to what Chicago offered. The Raiders said they felt the Rams, another suitor for Mack, were going to pick “too low” meaning they [the Rams] would do too well in the ensuing season. Chicago is not near as far along in their rebuild as the 49ers are. Both are rebuilding San Francisco 49ers Hats , but San Francisco is doing it at a much accelerated pace thanks to sound drafting and that no-name quarterback they gave a bunch of money to. So the 49ers draft positioning had to be a factor. No one knows for sure, but I’m guessing it was in the realm of what Chicago offered, but not quite, and not as juicy given the above information. And while we’re on it. Foot in my mouth on objecting to this. I thought risking the 49ers future and salary cap was a bad move. Not only would they give up a couple first rounders, but that well would have dried up for when DeForest Buckner came in for an extension. I don’t know how the 49ers could work on keeping everyone, but it’s something I think worth risking San Francisco 49ers Womens Hoodie , especially with the way Mack has transformed the Bears defense. Unfortunately, the 49ers were already good without Mack. The Bears? Well not so much. That had to play into the decision. Kyle Shanahan: We went real hard after Khalil Mack (Pro Football Talk)49ers backed away from initial interest in Josh Gordon (Pro Football Talk)49ers to start and sit in fantasy football for Week 3 (Madson)Reuben Foster, Fred Warner give 49ers intriguing long-term linebacker duo (ESPN)Kyle Shanahan takes blame for Ahkello Witherspoon’s rough game (Maiocco)49ers CEO Jed York says Colin Kaepernick national anthem narrative ‘spun out of control’ (Sporting News)Niners’ Defense Faces High-Scoring Chiefs (Williams)Reuben Foster ‘sees a dog’ in rookie LB Fred Warner (Madson)What a horrible night to have a curse...