SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Observed and heard in the locker room after the San Francisco 49ers' 26-21 defeat of the Philadelphia Eagles at Levi's Stadium:
Tight end Vernon Davis, who left the game with a back injury early in the second half, briefly held court outside the Niners' locker room. He said he was not "worried" about the injury and added, "Everything should be cool." Then he grimaced and walked off gingerly. He missed the past week's game with left ankle and knee injuries.
The defense was such a story that defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was summoned into the auditorium to speak from the podium. One thing that stood out to him from his unit's play? "No penalties on defense," he said proudly. But as a team, the 49ers, the most penalized team in the NFL, had 10 penalties for 80 yards.
Coach Jim Harbaugh called it "sloppy coaching by me" when breaking down why quarterback Colin Kaepernick essentially wasted the team's second timeout when he could not get the Eagles' defense to jump offsides on fourth-and-2 from Philadelphia's 43-yard line early in the fourth quarter. Harbaugh wanted to take a delay of game penalty if the Eagles did not jump but did not tell Kaepernick of the plan, he said.
