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However Chuma Edoga Jersey , the last few weeks have given them some hope for the future. Jimmy Garoppolo threw for a career-high 334 yards and a touchdown to help the 49ers to their second straight win, 26-16 over the Houston Texans on Sunday. The 49ers have won three of their last four after opening the season 0-9 under first-year coach Kyle Shanahan. ”It’s definitely exciting,” Shanahan said. ”You can feel it in our building. Guys are gaining that confidence.” A big part of San Francisco’s recent improvement has been the play of Garoppolo. Tom Brady’s former backup showed that he could be the answer for the 49ers at quarterback, going 20-for-33 in his second start for the team. Acquired before the trade deadline from New England, Garoppolo threw for 293 yards in his debut last week to help the 49ers to a 15-14 win at Chicago. Shanahan said Garoppolo has a knack for making the players around him better. ”When you’ve got a guy like Jimmy who has been making some impressive throws, who’s been doing it on the practice field and he’s carried it to the game, I think guys always know they’ve got a chance,” Shanahan said. ”And they’ve lived up to it.” Garoppolo, who has started just four games in his four-year NFL career, is excited about the progress he’s seen from the offense in his short time with the team. ”We’ve got a little bit of momentum with us right now and we just need to keep plucking away … and just keep getting better,” he said. ”That’s what it’s all about, especially this time of year. We only have three games left now, so we just have to keep getting better and good things will happen.” Garrett Celek http://www.jetsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-trevon-wesco-jersey , who had two receptions for 67 yards and a touchdown on Sunday, is impressed with the way the offense is running with Garoppolo under center. ”We’ve been playing a lot better, a lot smoother just all around,” he said. Some things to know about San Francisco’s win over the Texans: CLOWNEY STARS Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney continues to carry Houston’s defense with J.J. Watt and Whitney Mercilus out for the season with injuries. On Sunday, the top overall pick in the 2014 draft had a career-high four quarterback hits and added two tackles for losses to add to his career-best total of 20 this season. But he couldn’t appreciate his big day because it came in yet another loss. ”I’m very upset,” he said. ”Man, we’re 4-9. I’m upset about that. We’re a lot better than our record says.” Coach Bill O’Brien appreciates the work Clowney has done. ”He plays very hard,” O’Brien said. ”He’s a good player and … it’s been a tough year, but he continues to play hard and that’s good to see. That helps our team.” GOOD AS GOULD A week after tying a career high by making five field goals, San Francisco kicker Robbie Gould had another good game, hitting four field goals in Sunday’s win. Gould connected from 52, 35 and 25 yards before securing the victory with a 41-yarder in the fourth quarter. DeANDRE’S DAY Houston receiver DeAndre Hopkins had two touchdown receptions on Sunday to give him a career-high-tying and NFL-best 11 this season. He also had a season-high 11 receptions for 149 yards to give him 1,233 yards Clelin Ferrell Jersey , which is second in the league behind Antonio Brown. He needs 289 yards receiving combined in the last three games to surpass the career-high 1,521 yards he finished with in 2015. ”You see it on the film and you see the numbers,” San Francisco cornerback Adrian Colbert said. ”I don’t care who your cornerback is, you have to double cover the guy. He’s a great receiver. He’s always been a great receiver.” INJURIES Houston quarterback Tom Savage and offensive tackle Kendall Lamm sustained concussions in the first quarter. Six Texans players have suffered concussions in the last two games combined. … 49ers rookie receiver Victor Bolden injured his ankle in the second quarter and didn’t return. … San Francisco cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon injured his knee in the fourth quarter. … 49ers cornerback Dontae Johnson injured his knee, and Shanahan said he would know more about the injury after he had an MRI on Monday. — OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Eric Weddle insists his acrimonious split with the Chargers happened too long ago to be relevant and contends his motivation to win on Saturday night is solely about helping Baltimore enhance its playoff position.“Everything is right there for us,” Weddle said Wednesday. “That’s the exciting part, not so much going up against my old team.”Weddle talks a good game, but it appears as if the Pro Bowl free safety is hiding his true feelings in much the same way the Ravens‘ top-ranked defense disguises a blitz. Truth is, Weddle couldn’t wait to get out of San Diego after a 2015 season in which the Chargers fined him $10,000 for watching his daughter perform at halftime of a game; kept him on the sideline with an injury he insisted was not serious; and barred him from flying with the team for the season finale.This will be the first time since Weddle left for Baltimore that he will face his former team. Regardless of his win-one-for-the-team attitude, those around him know how much this game means to him.“Doesn’t everybody want to flex on their ex? There you have it,” Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith said. “Sour note http://www.raidersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-josh-jacobs-jersey , sour ending, something to prove.”Strong safety Tony Jefferson said, “Eric has been watching the Chargers on film since OTAs. I’ve caught him a few times in meetings looking at (Chargers quarterback) Philip Rivers and what they do. It’s definitely a big game for him.”Weddle was selected to three Pro Bowls in San Diego and has made the Pro Bowl three times in three years with the Ravens. Although he has knocked away only three passes this season and does not have an interception, his savvy and leadership make the 33-year-old one of the best in the NFL as the last line of defense.“He’s the quarterback of the back end,” defensive coordinator Don Martindale said.Weddle remains close friends with Rivers, his former teammate. Back in the day, the two would compare notes after practice in an effort to improve both the offense and defense.They continue to communicate, and kept the banter going this week.“I congratulated him on the Pro Bowl and told him how great they look on film,” Weddle said. “It’s been good talk. He’s one of the best men I’ve ever been around and I look up to him in a lot of ways. I’m grateful that I can say he’s one of my friends, one of my brothers.”Rivers feels much the same way.“He was a great teammate, great player and great friend,” Rivers said this week. “Our boys played ball together, so there was obviously a lot of great years together. He and I still keep in touch throughout the year.”They’ll be matching wits on Saturday night in a big game for both teams. Baltimore (8-6) remains in contention for the AFC North title and a wild-card spot Johnathan Abram Jersey , while the Chargers (11-3) are in the running to finish with the best record in the AFC, which comes with home=field advantage up to the Super Bowl.“What better way than to go across the country and play one of the best teams — if not the best — right now in the league to earn our way into the playoffs,” Weddle said. “That’s what I’m excited about.”On the day he signed with the Ravens, Weddle had this to say about his final weeks with the Chargers: “It was hard to deal with every day, going to work at 4:30 in the morning knowing that the organization doesn’t want you after this year.”Now, he claims, there are no residual hard feelings.“The past is in the past. I have no discomfort, hatred, whatever,” Weddle said. “That was almost four years ago. They’ve moved. They’re basically a different team. I wish them well and I’m excited to go lead my team to get the win.”