Panthers vs. 49ers: Full San Francisco grades and analysis

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SANTA CLARA, CA – SEPTEMBER 10: Brian Hoyer #2 of the San Francisco 49ers looks to throw a pass against the Carolina Panthers during the second quarter of their NFL football game at Levi’s Stadium on September 10, 2017 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

The San Francisco 49ers hosted the Carolina Panthers in the opening game of the NFL regular-season. It was a long day for the home team, with the Panthers easily winning 23-3. Here are the full postgame grades and analysis for the matchup.

Things are off to a rocky start in San Fransisco. In the inaugural game of the Kyle Shanahan era, the 49ers walks away from their Week 1 game having failed to reach the end zone against the Carolina Panthers.

It is not the most ideal start to a head coaching career, as the team’s offense couldn’t get anything going and there were a number of mistakes made on both sides of the ball. In all, San Francisco committed 11 penalties for a total of 74 yards. This is something that was an issue in preseason, and it seems to have carried over into regular season play as well.

Offensive line play–another issue in the preseason–appears to be a work-in-progressal as four sacks were allowed alongside a handful of quarterback pressures against the Panthers. All of this, combined with the 49ers inability to generate big plays, factored into the 23-3 drubbing.

To sum it up, it was not an impressive performance for San Francisco and it is reminiscent of how they played in 2016.

Here are the full grades and analysis from the 49ers season opener versus the Panthers, broken down by positional groups.