The biggest takeaway from Thursday night's unprecedented two-point craziness was obvious: If you see a loose ball, pick it up.49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, whose team now controls its path to the No. 1 seed thanks to Seattle's unlikely overtime win over the Rams, was asked by reporters on Saturday whether he has talked about it with his team."Yeah, we actually did today," Shanahan said. "I remember when I first got in the league, and I think we scrimmaged New Orleans and there were just obvious incompletions on the ground and defensive guys were running and jumping on it. I remember how much I used to make fun of them for it because I'm like, â??Don't they know that's incomplete?' But then it was actually Denver versus the Chargers. Jay Cutler fumbled a ball on a pass. They blew a whistle and the Chargers recovered it and the game should have been over, there was like a minute left. Denver was down seven. But, because they blew the whistle, they weren't allowed to give it to the Chargers. And since that day they realized that, even if you blow the whistle, you get [the ball] if someone recovered it. So, since that day everyone's been coaching,...
Kyle Shanahan has reminded his players to pick up any loose balls
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