49ers try to move past 最高の Bowl loss in opener vs. Cards
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - The 苦痛 from a fourth-４半期/4分の1 最高の Bowl 崩壊（する） remains 激烈な／緊急の as the San Francisco 49ers are 始める，決める to start their 追求（する），探索（する） for a 肩書を与える once again.
As much as the Niners may want to avenge that loss in their first game in more than seventh months, they know they first must 耐える the long 過程 of the 正規の／正選手 season starting with the opener at home Sunday against Arizona.
"We can´t やむを得ず get ahead, because as soon as you start getting ahead, that´s when you lose 焦点（を合わせる） and lose sight of what the actual goal is, to 勝利，勝つ the 選手権," running 支援する Raheem Mostert said. "So for us, we have unfinished 商売／仕事. That´s our motto. That´s what we believe in. But at the same time we´re looking Week 1 against the 枢機けい／主要なs. That´s our main 客観的な 権利 now."
ーするために get 支援する to where they were on Feb. 2 when their 20-10 lead over Kansas City with いっそう少なく than seven minutes to play ended in a 31-20 loss to Patrick Mahomes and the 長，指導者s they must first 生き残る an 改善するd NFC West.
Perhaps the most active team in the offseason was the 枢機けい／主要なs, who are looking to build on last season´s 改良 in the first season under coach Kliff Kingsbury and quarterback Kyler Murray.
Arizona 改善するd its 得点する／非難する／２０ing by 8.5 points per game and went 5-10-1, hanging 堅い in two losses to San Francisco. Now they´ve 追加するd a dynamic No. 1 receiver in DeAndre Hopkins and a versatile 防御の playmaker in 新人 Isaiah Simmons to の近くに the gap.
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2020, とじ込み／提出する photo, Kansas City 長，指導者s 防御の end Frank Clark, 権利, tries to 取り組む San Francisco 49ers running 支援する Raheem Mostert during the first half of the NFL 最高の Bowl 54 football game in Miami Gardens, Fla. The 49ers open their season against the Arizona 枢機けい／主要なs this week. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, とじ込み／提出する)
"They were 10 minutes away from winning the 最高の Bowl and really looked very 支配的な during the プレーオフs for much of the time, except that last 10 minutes against the 長，指導者s when did his thing and the 長，指導者s were rolling," Kingsbury said.
"So, they´re one of the best teams in the league, one of the most talented teams in the league, one of the best-coached teams in the league. They´ve got it rolling, and I know they have high 期待s this season. So, to roll in there Week 1 against them, we´ll definitely find out where we´re at in a hurry."
MUSCULAR MURRAY
Murray is 支援する after an encouraging 新人 season. The 2019 No. 1 全体にわたる 選ぶ 伸び（る）d some 負わせる during the offseason by hitting the 負わせる room, 追加するing some muscle that he hopes can help him 吸収する the 続けざまに猛撃するing of a 16-game NFL season. The 5-foot-10, 207-pounder 証明するd during his 新人 season that his short stature wasn´t a problem. Murray had some of his best games of 2019 against San Francisco: He 完全にするd more than 70 パーセント of his passes over the two games and threw four touchdowns with no interceptions.
COMEBACK KID
Few players have been を待つing the opener as long as 49ers left 取り組む Trent Williams. After sitting out last season because of 傷害s and a 論争 with the 前線 office in Washington, the seven-time プロの／賛成の Bowler is excited to get 支援する on the field as Joe Staley´s 交替／補充 in San Francisco.
"It´s probably the first thing on my mind when I get up and the last thing on my mind when I go to sleep. How is Week 1 going to be," he said.
HAPPY HOPKINS
Hopkins makes his much-心配するd debut with the 枢機けい／主要なs after the blockbuster 貿易（する） with the Texans that brought him to the 砂漠. The 6-foot-1, 212-続けざまに猛撃する 退役軍人 is a three-time All-プロの／賛成の who has been one of the NFL´s most 持続する and 生産力のある receivers over his seven seasons.
He´s also 追加するd a little cash to his bank account: The 枢機けい／主要なs 発表するd on Tuesday that Hopkins agreed to a two-year 契約 拡張 価値（がある） a 報告（する）／憶測d $54.5 million. The 取引，協定 keeps him in Arizona through 2024.
QUIET PLEASE
Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said the team was playing with different decibel levels for the background noise at the stadium but wouldn´t 明らかにする／漏らす what the final 決定／判定勝ち（する） was ーするために keep the 枢機けい／主要なs guessing. The league is 許すing teams to play background noise between 70 and 75 decibels. Whatever the final 決定／判定勝ち（する） is, Shanahan doesn´t 推定する／予想する to like it.
"I think it´ll be a 抱擁する 調整 for everyone out there," he said. "You don´t realize just what constant noise is like. It´s not about 存在 loud or too low. It´s about just constant. I mean, usually when the play starts, you get to hear the pop and you get to hear football. When things aren´t going on, you can have conversations with people and stuff. So just the constan t noise, it´s a little 堅い to を取り引きする, but fans won´t be having to を取り引きする it. That´ll just be us."
REBUILT DEFENSE
Arizona´s 弁護 will look much different than it did in 2019. The 枢機けい／主要なs hope it 成し遂げるs better, too, after giving up the most total yards in the NFL last season. The 枢機けい／主要なs 追加するd versatile linebacker Isaiah Simmons with the No. 8 全体にわたる 選ぶ. They were also active in the 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 market, 調印 linebackers De´Vondre Campbell and Devon Kennard, along with 防御の lineman Jordan Phillips.
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AP Sports Writer David Brandt in Glendale, Arizona, 与える／捧げるd to this 報告（する）／憶測.
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FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2020, とじ込み／提出する photo, Arizona 枢機けい／主要なs' Isaiah Simmons (48) and Evan Weaver (50) run 演習s during NFL football training （軍の）野営地，陣営 in Glendale, Ariz. The 枢機けい／主要なs, who play the San Francisco 49ers this week, have 追加するd a dynamic No. 1 receiver in DeAndre Hopkins and a versatile 防御の playmaker in 新人 Simmons. (AP Photo/Matt York, とじ込み／提出する)
