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The questions are becoming deeper, more philosophical and they’re looking ahead to next season. That’s a sad state of affairs considering what the 49ers accomplished last year and the fact that we haven’t even had Thanksgiving yet. But it’s to be expected after the team’s dull performance in Green Bay. Advertisement Thanks for the truly great questions, which have been slightly modified for clarity. Most of you know where to find me on X. I’m also on Bluesky — @mattbarrows — and I took some of the questions from there, from X and from the comments section of recent stories. Why Brandon Allen and not Joshua Dobbs ? – JT S. That’s a question I’m sure Dobbs is asking as well. Earlier this season he told The Chronicle’s Eric Branch that he thought he’d earned the No. 2 role coming out of training camp and the preseason. This is how I’d characterize it: Dobbs looked rough when training camp began, missing even short, easy throws. But that’s what you should expect from newcomers at the start of training camp. You’d expect a rookie offensive lineman, for example, to get whupped in his first few one-on-one blocking matchups. If that lineman is still getting beaten handily in late August, it’s a problem. But good players improve as time goes on. That’s what Dobbs did. To his credit, he didn’t try to be careful. He tried to be aggressive. I thought he pushed the ball down the field more than Allen and was certainly a better runner. I thought he was the better — or maybe the right description is, the more promising — quarterback by the time the preseason ended. The 49ers, obviously, didn’t see it that way. They liked Allen’s experience in the system, which not only included a 49ers backup role in 2023 but having played in a similar offense in Los Angeles and Cincinnati. And we don’t know what happened behind closed doors: It very well could be that when Kyle Shanahan, Brian Griese, et al. examined the practice tape, they concluded that Allen simply was making better decisions than Dobbs. And though the 49ers *said* there was a competition for the No. 2 job in training camp, Allen always was the second quarterback to get repetitions in practice. Without fail. It was a watch-what-we-do situation. They said there was a competition, but they never really conducted practices like there was a true competition. Advertisement Having said all that, Allen was far from the sole reason the 49ers lost on Sunday. Was he shaky to start out? Absolutely. Should he have put on longer cleats? You betcha. But from the second quarter onward, he was 16 of 28 for 190 yards with a touchdown and an interception. The interception was due to one of Deebo Samuel ’s two drops in that span. Eliminate those drops and Allen has at least a 100 passer rating in the game. GO DEEPER 49ers minutia minute: Brock Purdy passes first test; Dre Greenlaw's window opens Obviously injuries have been problem Nos. 1, 2, and 3 for the offense. But it also feels like Shanahan has been a step behind defensive schemes this season. Does he take some time this off season to reimagine things? Bring in a true OC? Or just run it back and hope for better luck next year? – Nathan W. Bring in an OC? Surely, you jest, sir! If Shanahan heard you ask that, he’d remove a white glove from his breast pocket and strike you across the face. But I do agree that his vaunted offense hasn’t had answers for some of the things defenses are throwing at the 49ers this year. At the top of the list is the uptick in man coverage. I’ll be writing more about this in the future, but the bottom line is that defenses aren’t intimidated by the 49ers’ receivers and are playing more aggressive man coverage as a result. If Brandon Aiyuk returns to full strength, maybe this is a moot point. He’s their best man-coverage beater. But Aiyuk wasn’t as good at that this season as he was in season’s past – do you think it had anything to do with his five-month contract holdout? – and will be coming off an ACL tear when the 2025 regular season begins. If I’m the 49ers, being better prepared for man coverage is high on my offseason to-do list. I’m really puzzled. Why doesn’t Shanahan use Jordan Mason and Ricky Pearsall more? – Rick R. I asked Shanahan about Mason – and wrote about it – last week. Pearsall? He’s playing a lot. He was in on 67 percent of the snaps Sunday, the same as Samuel. The 49ers quarterbacks just haven’t targeted him the last two weeks. Advertisement Samuel is dead weight. Can the 49ers release him after the season? What’s the situation with his contract? – Tsundoku S. According to Over the Cap, If he’s traded or released before June 1, the 49ers would incur a $31.5M dead cap hit, which is about $15.6 million more than his slated 2025 cap hit of nearly $16 million. So cries of “Trade Deebo!” don’t make much sense. So if you hear anyone say, “Trade Deebo!”, remove your white glove and whap them across the cheek. If they waited until after June 1 — or released him earlier with a post-June 1 designation — they would save $5.2 million against the 2025 cap and spread the $31.5 million hit over two seasons. He’d count for $10.7 million against the cap in 2025 and $20.8 million in 2026. Very carefully, with sterile gloves, you addressed Allen’s left hand injury without mentioning the splint he was wearing on his middle finger. Sir, what’s the deal? – Luis A.A. You are a careful reader and there is a distinct glove theme to this mailbag. The splint — and the fact that the digit is broken — were surprises. As I noted in the most recent Minutia Minute , Allen appeared on the practice participation report in the run-up to the Nov. 10 game in Tampa. I asked Allen about it that Friday and he sloughed it off, saying it happened on an errant snap and that it was no big deal. The following week, he not only wasn’t on the practice participation report, he’d ceased wearing any protection on the finger and was practicing in full. So it seemed like a non-issue for two weeks until – voila! – he had a bulky, black brace on the finger against the Packers . Since Deommodore Lenoir got his extension early, do you have any indications that John Lynch is trying harder than ever to have extensions signed before free agency or the draft? – Dan B. No, I don’t have any indication of that. But I know that it would behoove them to get a Brock Purdy extension completed shortly after the season ends. (The 49ers can begin to negotiate after their season ends. They don’t have to wait until the league year ends in March). Two other players will be interesting to watch. Dre Greenlaw and Talanoa Hufanga are both scheduled to be free agents in March. You have to wonder, however, if their recent injuries will dampen their markets and whether the 49ers might be able to re-sign them to short-term, maybe one-year, deals. Hufanga has the additional obstacle of playing a position, safety, that seems to always have a soft market. Greenlaw may have a month’s worth of games to prove to the league that he is indeed back to being himself after his Achilles tear. It’s still unclear whether Hufanga (wrist) will be back this season. GO DEEPER 49ers, Deommodore Lenoir agree to 5-year, $92 million extension Looking at the division, this season isn’t over. Do you have any faith based on performances so far that the team can make a push for the division title? – Matt A. Here’s how I look at it: The 49ers needed to be ultra-sharp — the best version of themselves — at the start of the game in Green Bay. Instead, they could barely stay on their feet. A Herculean effort, possibly in the snow, in Buffalo, would change my mind. But Sunday’s performance made me more skeptical than I’ve been all season. The 49ers knew they had to reach down deep to win in Green Bay. When they did they came out with a fist full of nothing. Austin Mock, who handles our playoff odds, is similarly skeptical. At one point, his odds for the 49ers making the playoffs were 90 percent. Now his graph looks like a Blockbuster stock report from the early 2000s. Is there a reserve/practice squad offensive lineman that you think can contribute next season? With Jake Brendel and Colton McKivitz being subpar and Aaron Banks being a free agent, it seems like the o-line has room for new faces. – Mario M. One of the issues is that teams keep poaching the 49ers’ developmental linemen — Keith Ismael , Ilm Manning and, most recently, draft pick Jarrett Kingston . There’s one offensive lineman, a center, on the practice squad who has promise, Drake Nugent . He’s squattier than the ideal center – a bit over 6-1 – but has longer arms, 33 inches, than you’d expect. Advertisement Here’s what offensive line coach Chris Foerster said about Nugent in the summer: “We got to the week before the draft, we started looking at the guys that we thought were going to be drafted sixth, seventh or not be drafted at all. He fits our style. He is the more undersized, quick guy that plays with a lot of leverage and things like that, that may not be big enough. May not quite be the prototypical starter guy. But he does have some of those traits that we really like, and he fits our system really well. That’s what we saw. Even though Michigan really didn’t highlight the outside zone at all. PFF has this thing where they categorize the play by outside, inside, and gap scheme. They had, like, 17 outside zones the whole season, and they ran the crap out of the ball. So it was hard (to evaluate). But you had to look at his testing, and we did like him a lot. Really good kid.” If there are changes to the defensive coaching staff, do you foresee the Niners reevaluating their defensive philosophy as a whole? Perhaps pursuing someone from the Mike Macdonald or Brian Flores tree? – Taylor H. No, I see them pursuing the guy they really wanted this year, Jeff Ulbrich. Do you think the lack of big moves by the 49ers front office in the trade deadline was because they kinda knew this was coming? – Lucas T. I don’t know. Heading into the trade deadline, my thought was: What happens if Nick Bosa or Leonard Floyd has to miss a game? What will the 49ers do at defensive end? Now we know the answer: Play Sam Okuayinonu on 62 percent of the snaps. 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Kansas City Chiefs fans and Hallmark movie lovers alike are in for a treat this Thanksgiving weekend. “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story,” premieres on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 (11/30/24) at 8 p.m. ET on the Hallmark Channel . The movie spent time filming at Arrowhead Stadium and includes several, star-studded Kansas City Chiefs cameos. How to watch: Fans can watch “Holiday Touchdown” for free via a trial of Philo , DirecTV Stream or fuboTV , which is offering $30 off this month. Here’s what you need to know: What: “Holiday Touchdown” premiere When: Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 Time: 8 p.m. ET TV: Hallmark Channel Live stream: Philo (free trial), fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial) Kansas City Chiefs’ cameos: Head coach Andy Reid , offensive guard Trey Smith , wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr. , running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire and defensive end George Karlaftis . Donna Kelce , the mother of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce , also plays a role in the Hallmark original. Film Synopsis: Chiefs superfan Alana [ Hunter King ] tries to win the Fan of the Year Award as a Christmas gift for her family, falling in love with someone in the Chiefs front office [Tyler Hynes] along the way. *** Here’s an entertainment story via the Associated Press: Two new Christmas TV movies have a Taylor Swift connection that her fans would have no problem decoding. “Christmas in the Spotlight” on Lifetime. It stars Jessica Lord as the world’s biggest pop star and Laith Wallschleger as a pro football player, who meet and fall in love — not unlike Swift and her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. “It’s clearly inspired by Taylor and Travis, but I don’t know them and I don’t know what is going on behind the scenes. I only know what’s been put out there,” said Eirene Tran Donohue, a longtime, devoted fan who jumped at the opportunity to write a script even loosely based on her favorite musician. She was inspired by the couple’s support of each other’s accomplishments, particularly Kelce’s ease with dating the star despite the glare of the spotlight, adding, “I love the way that he celebrates her.” Tran Donohue wants fellow Swift fans to know she wrote the script with them in mind. “There are so many Easter eggs,” she said of little details added that a Swift fan would pick up on. “I put in as many as I could.” Then, on Nov. 30, Hallmark will air “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.” Instead of a nod to Swift, it’s an ode to family traditions and bonding, like rooting for a sports team. Hallmark’s headquarters is also in Kansas City, so it makes sense why the company chose the Chiefs to be highlighted. In this story, written by Julie Sherman Wolfe, sparks fly when a new employee for the Chiefs organization (Tyler Hynes) meets a woman — played by Hunter King — whose family’s dedication to the team goes back generations. Sherman Wolfe, a San Francisco 49ers fan, said she got the call a week after Super Bowl LVIII, when the Chiefs beat the 49ers 25-22. “I was still nursing my wounds,” she said adding that Hallmark asked, ‘Can you can you separate yourself from the loss and do this movie? I said, ’Absolutely. I mean, I’m a professional,‘" Sherman Wolfe said, laughing. While “Holiday Touchdown” has no mention of Swift or Kelce, it does feature a few Chiefs player cameos and Donna Kelce also has a small role. “I kept botching my line,” Hynes said of working with Mama Kelce. “I was just like, Donna Kelce’s about to speak and I’m beside myself. It was so fun.” The actors also got to film at Arrowhead Stadium and on the field. RECOMMENDED • nj .com Which Kansas City Chiefs stars have cameos in Hallmark’s new Christmas movie? | How to watch ‘Holiday Touchdo Nov. 30, 2024, 6:00 a.m. How to watch the Las Vegas Raiders Black Friday game today (11/29/24) | FREE LIVE STREAM, time, TV channel fo Nov. 29, 2024, 6:00 a.m. “Those were just some of the coolest moments I’ve ever gotten to have working on a movie,” King said. (The Associated Press contributed to this report) Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription.Report: Lakers eyeing trade for former JJ Redick teammate

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NoneMaharashtra deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar on Saturday won from his traditional Baramati assembly constituency by defeating his nephew and NCP (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar by more than one lakh votes. The 65-year-old politician, thus, settled the score with his uncle Sharad Pawar (83), inflicting on him the first-ever defeat in this family bastion. Though Sharad Pawar himself was not in the fray, the high-stakes contest was being seen as a battle between him and Ajit. Ajit Pawar, who parted ways with his uncle last year and was seeking an eighth term from this seat in Pune district, polled 1,81,132 votes while Yugendra Pawar polled 80,233 votes. He, thus, defeated his younger brother Shriniwas' son by 1,00,899 votes. Five months ago, Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) had triumphed in Baramati in the Lok Sabha elections, with incumbent MP and Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule defeating Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra by a margin of 1.5 lakh votes. Both the NCP factions did not leave a single stone unturned during the assembly campaign, and even Sharad Pawar's wife Pratibha Pawar and Sule's daughter Revati were seen campaigning for Yugendra, while Ajit Pawar brought his mother on stage during his concluding rally in Baramati. While Sharad Pawar told the people of Baramati that they needed a new leadership, alluding to Yugendra Pawar whom he described as a highly-educated candidate, Ajit cautioned people not to fall prey to the "emotional pitch" by the senior Pawar. The deputy chief minister also highlighted his development record in the area, and vowed to make Baramati "the number one tehsil in the country". After Saturday's results, Ajit Pawar, who along with several other NCP legislators sided with the BJP-Shiv Sena government in 2023, could claim to be the real political heir of his estranged uncle who founded the NCP in 1999. Sunetra Pawar, now a Rajya Sabha member, thanked the people of Baramati for reposing their faith once again in `Dada' (elder brother in Marathi, as Ajit is fondly called). Sharad Pawar, 83, started his political career in Baramati where he contested his first assembly election in 1967, and so far, he or a candidate backed by him had never tasted defeat in the constituency. Following the split in the NCP in 2023, Ajit Pawar managed to get the party name and symbol from the Election Commission of India, forcing the Sharad Pawar faction to rename itself as NCP(SP) with a new symbol -- 'Man Blowing Turha'. With his party winning 37 seats (out of the 59 it contested) so far and leading on four seats, Ajit in a post on X on Saturday evening said, "Our victory today makes our shoulders heavy with the huge responsibilities the people of Maharashtra have bestowed upon us for the next 5 years. We shall spend every moment working to fulfil their aspirations. We shall not spend a single moment speaking against anyone, we will speak only and only for the development of Maharashtra and the welfare of its people."

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Kromenhoek completed 13 of 20 passes in his first college start, including a 71-yard touchdown pass to Ja’Khi Douglas, as the Seminoles (2-9) won for the first time since Sept. 21. The true freshman also connected with Amaree Williams for a 4-yard TD and Hykeem Williams for a 10-yard TD. Florida State had the nation’s lowest scoring offense at 13.3 points. The Seminoles hadn’t scored more than 21 points or surpassed the 300-yard mark in 2024. But Florida State overwhelmed FCS Charleston Southern (1-11), accumulating 415 offensive yards. Kaleb Jackson completed 22 of 32 passes for 218 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown pass to Landon Sauers, and an interception for the Buccaneers. The takeaway Charleston Southern: While the Buccaneers found some success through the air, they couldn’t sustain drives and managed just 57 rushing yards on 29 carries. Florida State: The Seminoles picked up a season-best 176 rushing yards, scoring 17 points in the second quarter and 14 points in the third quarter to take control. Up next Charleston Southern’s season is over. Florida State plays host to Florida on Nov. 30. AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football . Sign up for the AP’s college football newsletter: https://apnews.com/cfbtop25

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