49ers drop to 1-12 with overtime loss to Jets
On Sunday, the 49ers squandered their best chance to avoid a 1-15 season by losing an 11-point, fourth-quarter lead in a 23-17 overtime loss to a fellow featherweight, the New York Jets, at Levi’s Stadium.
The winning drive was set up after 49ers running back Carlos Hyde was stuffed on 4th-and-2 at New York’s 37-yard line on the first possession of overtime.
New York had sent the game to overtime on a 50-yard field goal by Nick Folk with 38 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Before kickoff, a circling plane towed a sign around the stadium calling for CEO Jed York to fire general manager Trent Baalke.
The Jets arrived having traveled 2,500 miles six days after a 31-point prime-time loss that raised questions about their engagement level.
Trailing 17-6 early in the fourth quarter, the Jets began breathing some unexpected suspense into the game with a 15-play, 66-yard drive that lasted more than eight minutes and was capped by a 5-yard run by Powell and two-point conversion scamper by quarterback Bryce Petty with 5:04 left in regulation.
Wide receiver Torrey Smith sustained a concussion and was motionless on the field for several moments when his helmet slammed to the field after he jumped for an incomplete deep pass in the third quarter.
Cornerback Keith Reaser left with a migraine and was taken to the locker room for treatment.