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

That is an article model of the CBS Sports activities HQ AM E-newsletter, the last word information to daily in sports activities. You possibly can signal as much as get it in your inbox each weekday morning right here.

---

🏈 Good morning to all, however particularly to …

THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

The 49ers‘ dramatic offseason took one closing twist when Christian McCaffrey (calf/Achilles) was dominated 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 yr, 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 spanking new defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen.

All that results in these outstanding 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 crew dealing with Rodgers.
• Scorigami!!!

The machine rolls on.

Honorable mentions

😬 And never such a very good morning for …

THE NEW YORK JETS

Rodgers ended final yr’s season opener watching as a result of an harm. This yr, he watched once more, this time because the Jets received blown out. There is not any want for him to play in rubbish time, after all, however the Jets are going to wish him to be lots higher going ahead.

I feel he can be. His harm was a actually a yr 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 is going to be all yr — opened up little or no for Corridor.
• The run protection (180 yards allowed) seemed 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 accommodates disturbing content material.

Civil sexual assault lawsuit filed in opposition to 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 particulars of the case could be discovered right here. “Jane Doe,” the girl suing Watson, seeks damages in extra of $1 million as a result of Watson allegedly violating three sections of the Texas Penal Code: indecent publicity, assault and indecent assault.
• Tony Buzbee, who represented dozens of ladies who beforehand sued Watson for varied ranges of sexual misconduct, can also be the consultant for this case. Buzbee instructed CBS Sports activities NFL insider Jonathan Jones, “We intend to pursue this case with the identical aggressiveness with which we pursued the others. We wish a jury trial. So far as any particular feedback on the details of the case, we imagine the lawsuit speaks for itself.”

Watson was suspended 11 video games within the 2022 season for related incidents from 2019-21. Roger Goodell known as Watson’s habits “predatory” and stated the league’s proof known as 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 this can be a civil case and never a prison one, the NFL may view it as proof of a private conduct coverage violation, notes Will Brinson.

🏈 Tyreek Hill detainment: Star large receiver contemplating authorized motion, physique digital camera footage launched

The fallout from Tyreek Hill‘s detainment Sunday continued into Monday as police physique digital camera footage was launched. Listed below are some notable components:

• An officer knocked on Hill’s window and instructed Hill to maintain the window down, to which Hill responded by telling him to not knock on the window and that he can be late to the Dolphins‘ recreation in opposition to the Jaguars. Hill then rolled up his window once more, which led to issues escalating.
• Hill seemed to be on his cellphone with agent Drew Rosenhaus when officers forcibly eliminated Hill from his automotive, 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 instructed him he is beneath arrest.

Here is what Hill needed to say Monday. Upon seeing the video, Hill’s Dolphins teammate Jalen Ramsey known as for the officers to be fired instantly.

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

Here is extra …

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

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

Brad Crawford says the Longhorns deserve much 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 crew, and it is a message price listening to. Nationwide championships aren’t handed out in September, however desires of successful one could be erased earlier than October.

Has Notre Dame already fallen to that destiny? Will Backus and Shehan Jeyarajah debated whether or not the Combating Irish can nonetheless make the playoff.

• Backus: “If the 2023 season taught us something, it is that the choice committee could be forgiving beneath the best circumstances. … It is not like 10 extra wins aren’t attainable for the Irish, both. They’re going to have an opportunity to pad their résumé in opposition to 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 crew that simply stumbled in opposition to a MAC crew — to win 10 straight video games, together with difficult matchups like Georgia Tech, Military and No. 19 Louisville. Then, it has to hope that these wins truly stay spectacular by the tip of the yr. After which even on high of that, it has to hope that each at-large crew within the nation finishes with a number of losses.”

I nonetheless cannot get sufficient of Northern Illinois and coach Thomas Hammock, which implies I beloved John Talty’s story on Hammock’s emotional postgame interview. His Huskies had been, unsurprisingly, the greatest riser within the CBS Sports activities 134.

Here is extra:

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

James Earl Jones, the long-lasting stage and display screen 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 Information has a full obituary, however relating to sports activities, Jones loomed giant in baseball, too, Matt Snyder notes.

• Snyder: “He performed (spoiler alert, however c’mon, the film is greater than 30 years outdated) the proprietor of the canine — aka “the beast” — in The Sandlot. Way more famously, Jones was in ‘Area 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 truly 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 Crimson 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