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Wednesday Roger Craig Jersey White , March 20th, 2019 edition of the Golden Nuggets, a daily compilation of San Francisco 49ers links from the Internet"NFL free agency’s 1st week was a whirlwind of moves for the 49ers. They were able to bring in help at some of their top needs with contracts that they can get out of quickly if the players do not work out. Dee Ford is an immediate impact player that they brought on to help in the pass rush, which was the biggest need. He had an outstanding season with the Chiefs last season and the 49ers will hope he continues that trend. LB Kwon Alexander and CB Jason Verrett are good players if they can stay on the field. The pairing of Kwon with Fred Warner will give the 49ers one of the fastest linebacking corps in the league. With these 3 pickups, the 49ers should have upgraded their defense from last season.The defense may have been upgraded in free agency, but the 49ers still have the draft to continue to upgrade it. Holding the #2 pick gives the 49ers a shot at Nick Bosa or Quinnen Williams, who are regarded as the top 2 defensive players in this draft. The 49ers attended Alabama’s pro day on Tuesday. Most experts have the 49ers selecting Nick Bosa to help with the edge pass rush, but pairing Quinnen with DeForest Buckner would also be a nice upgrade on the line.After shaking up the training staff over the offseason, the 49ers announced the hiring of Dustin Little as the new head athletic trainer. He spent the last 5 seasons with the Denver Broncos with a few different job titles over the years. Quite a few players were injured last year and the 49ers will hope that the new training staff can keep the players off injury reserve.49ers linksIf he produces like last season, the 49ers defense will be vastly superior to last season’s | Dee Ford is ready to make sure 2018 performance is not a one hit wonder (Branch)There’s a lot of playmaking in the backfield | The 49ers built a very useful backfield (Wagoner)Jordan Matthews (Martin)Winner in free agency (Martin)Hope he stays healthy because he would form a nice duo with Fred Warner | Kwon Alexander (Maiocco)Meeting with Alabama’s Quinnen Williams (Chan)Ex-49er donates his brain to CTE study (Branch)Welcome to the Bay Dustin | Dustin Little named head trainer (49ers staff)New punter signed (Williams)A key special teamer stays | Raheem Mostert resigned (49ers staff)Trading for a veteran WR? (Biderman)Signing new punter and resigning a RB (Madson)New head trainer (Madson)Landed a punter | Punter Justin Vogel (Cohn)Announcing Tuesday’s signingsFinally found a punter (Branch)Looking at Nick Bosa (Cohn)Draft strategy (Almquist)Would be a problem for offensive lines if the team paired him with DeForest Buckner | Team met with Quinnen Williams (Madson)Alabama’s prospects (Madson)Draft strategy after free agency (Madson)Matt Breida (Madson)Power ranking (Madson)Bradley Pinion’s replacement (Maiocco)More staff moves (Chan)49ers videoWhich of the Bay teams will have a better 2019? (NFL video)Mock draft (NFL video)49ers’ 2019 draft (NFL video)Trying to form a great d-line (NFL video) Even after everything the Los Angeles Rams have accomplished this season, they still knew they probably needed to beat rival San Francisco in the finale for a first-round playoff bye.Although their high-powered offense did its part as usual, a four-takeaway effort by the defense was even more exciting while the Rams secured a well-deserved week off.Brandin Cooks and Josh Reynolds caught two touchdown passes apiece from Jared Goff, and the Rams wrapped up a six-game sweep of their NFC West opponents with a 48-32 victory over the 49ers on Sunday.Cory Littleton returned one of his two interceptions for a TD as the Rams (13-3) completed their winningest regular season since 2001 by making sure they get a few days off before they attempt to earn their first playoff victory since the 2004 season.“We’ll enjoy all of that tonight, and understand how big of an accomplishment that is Earl Mitchell Jersey ,” said Goff, who passed for 199 yards. “You feel great at 13-3. We’re coming off two great wins, and we get to finish the season 6-0 (against the division). Only team in the league that did that.”The Rams needed the win over the Niners or a loss by Chicago to clinch the No. 2 seed in the NFC postseason. Los Angeles didn’t count on the Bears, who ended up beating Minnesota. The Rams played nearly every starter except Todd Gurley and jumping to a 14-0 lead in the first five minutes before stretching it to 28-3 midway through the second quarter.C.J. Anderson rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown in his second 100-yard game in place of Gurley, who sat out again to rest his knees.The Rams hadn’t swept San Francisco since 2004, but coach Sean McVay dropped 87 points on his friend Kyle Shanahan’s club in two meetings this season.“We’re going into (the bye week) with a lot of confidence after this,” Reynolds said. “The rest is going to help us out, and we’ll be at our best when the playoffs start.”Nick Mullens passed for 282 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions for the 49ers (4-12), who wrapped up their fifth consecutive non-winning season. San Francisco went winless on the road for the first time since 1979, Bill Walsh’s first season in charge.George Kittle set the NFL’s single-season record for yards receiving by a tight end with 1,377 when he caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from Mullens with 2:20 left. Alfred Morris rushed for 111 yards and a score.While the Rams’ defense put together a series of big plays to cap a strong month of work, San Francisco’s defense set an NFL record with just seven takeaways all season after failing to force a turnover by Goff and his teammates.“That was the disappointing thing about the game,” Shanahan said. “Not just Nick. It was about everybody. Starting that game off with four turnovers, same way we did the last time versus them Adrian Colbert Jersey , it doesn’t give yourself much of a chance to play.”The Rams clinched the division four weeks ago, but missed the chance to secure a week off when they lost at Chicago two weeks later. The Bears pushed LA until the final week, but the Rams took control quickly at the Coliseum.On the game’s fourth snap, Aqib Talib returned a fumble inside the Niners 10. After Cooks caught a TD pass, Littleton returned his first interception 22 yards and Anderson punched it in.Littleton, the Rams’ do-it-all linebacker and Pro Bowl special-teamer, took his second pick 19 yards to the house early in the second quarter for what he claimed was the first defensive touchdown of his football life.KITTLE’S MARKKittle got the record with nine catches for 149 yards, including five for 95 yards in the fourth quarter. He surpassed both Rob Gronkowski‘s 2011 record of 1,327 yards and the new mark set earlier Sunday by Kansas City’s Travis Kelce, who finished this season with 1,336.“I was like, ‘Well, I’ll let (Kelce) have it for a little bit, and then I’m going to take it Tevin Coleman Jersey White ,'” Kittle said.The Niners were determined to get the record, targeting Kittle 14 times — including six times in the fourth quarter of a blowout. Shanahan said he wanted this record after Kittle had 210 yards receiving in the first half against Denver earlier this month, but failed to top Shannon Sharpe’s single-game record of 214 yards for a tight end because he didn’t catch a pass in the second half.“My position coach and some other guys were giving me little updates,” Kittle said. “Definitely going into the last drive, ‘Hey, you need 9 yards, so make it 15.’ I said, ‘Hey, I’ll take it to the end zone, I guess.'”DONALD’S DOMINANCEAaron Donald had one sack to finish with 20½ for the season. The Rams’ peerless defensive tackle fell short of Michael Strahan’s single-season sacks record of 22½, but Donald still set an NFL record with 183.5 total sack yards when he dropped Mullens for an 8-yard loss in the first half.INJURIES49ers: LG Laken Tomlinson left the field on a cart in the second quarter with an apparent right knee injury.Rams: LT Andrew Whitworth injured his knee in the second quarter. He didn’t return, but rookie Joseph Noteboom appeared to play well in his absence. McVay is cautiously optimistic Whitworth’s injury is no more than a bruise. … The Rams rested Gurley and safety Lamarcus Joyner. Blake Countess started in Joyner’s place, but left early with a concussion.