GLENDALE Khari Willis Jersey , Ariz. (AP) — C.J. Beathard lined up in the shotgun with 7 seconds left, hoping to get one more completion to set up a potential tying field goal.He and the 49ers never got the chance.The snap sailed over Beathard’s head and San Francisco’s chances went with it, punctuating a disheartening 18-15 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.“Guys are really hurting in there and they should be,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said. “If they’re not, something’s wrong with them. But it’s our job, it’s what we do. We’re not happy at all with where the season’s gone. We need to step it up and we’re going to do something about it.”Arizona won the NFC West rivals’ first meeting on Oct. 7 by forcing five turnovers.The Cardinals completed the season sweep behind rookie quarterback Josh Rosen’s late-game poise.Rosen spent the first three quarters frustrated by San Francisco’s near-constant pressure. He was sacked three times, including once for a safety in the first quarter, and often had to throw before he could go through his progressions with hands and bodies all around.Once the fourth quarter started, the 49ers couldn’t get the same kind of pressure and Rosen flourished with the extra time.He led Arizona on a pair of scoring drives in the quarter, hitting Larry Fitzgerald on a 13-yard touchdown pass early, then finding Christian Kirk on a 9-yard score with 34 seconds left.San Francisco (1-7) has lost six straight, including three games by three points or less.“We didn’t expect to start this way Josh Allen Jersey , obviously,” said Beathard, who threw for 190 yards and a touchdown on 14-of-28 passing. “But we have and this is where we’re at right now, and we’ve got to move forward.”The 49ers put themselves in good position to end the losing streak by dominating Arizona on defense and doing just enough on offense through three quarters.The Cardinals labored against San Francisco’s defense in their first game under new offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, held to 135 yards and one field goal by Phil Dawson.The 49ers had their own offensive problems in the first half, leading 5-3 despite gaining 61 total yards.San Francisco finally revved up its offense in the second half, going up 15-3 after Beathard threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Goodwin and Robbie Gould kicked his second field goal, from 20 yards.Nothing worked in the fourth quarter.The offense sputtered when it could have helped run out the clock, managing a meager 59 yards. The defense scooped up a fumble after Rosen’s TD pass to Fitzgerald, but allowed the Cardinals to march for the winning score after getting the ball back at their own 27-yard line with 2:16 left.The 49ers still had a chance for a tying field goal, reaching Arizona’s 45-yard line with 10 seconds left, but Beathard threw a completion and had to scramble for the ball after Erik Magnuson’s snap sailed over his head.“Last time we played them Parris Campbell Jersey , we dominated them,” said San Francisco receiver Kendrick Bourne, who had seven catches for 71 yards. “It’s just not finishing when we need to. We’ve got to figure out how to fix that.” DETROIT (AP)Matthew Stafford and Jim Caldwell could offer no easy solutions to the problem that won’t go away for the Detroit Lions. Another slow start forced the Lions to try to come from behind Thursday, and they fell short in a 30-23 loss to Minnesota that likely ended Detroit’s chances of winning the NFC North. The Lions trailed 13-0 early, and although they’ve spent much of the past two seasons pulling off fourth-quarter comebacks, they weren’t up to the task this time. Afterward, Stafford and Caldwell were asked about Detroit’s poor starts and what can be done about them. ”Nothing other than what I know,” said Caldwell, in his fourth season as the team’s coach. ”It’s just hard work. Just keep working at it.” The Lions have been outscored 73-30 in the first quarter this season and 68-57 in the third. They’ve outscored opponents 106-79 in the second and 101-44 in the fourth. That pattern continued in their Thanksgiving matchup with the Vikings. Detroit wasted solid field position after the opening kickoff, going three-and-out and then punting. Minnesota promptly drove 80 yards in 14 plays, scoring the opening touchdown on a 1-yard pass when the Lions had only 10 men on the field. Then Detroit turned the ball over on a fumbled exchange between Stafford and Ameer Abdullah. The Vikings quickly added another TD to make it 13-0. ”I think we’ve just got to execute better,” Stafford said. ”Obviously http://www.coltsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-bobby-okereke-jersey , we had the turnover that wasn’t good there early. We got to find a way to avoid that and just as a team, we got to start a little faster.” The Lions can still make the playoffs, but in Thursday’s loss, two of their biggest problems – slow starts and a poor running game – were crucial. Detroit didn’t come any closer to solving either. The Lions weren’t sharp at the beginning of the game, and they were just as bad coming out of the locker room to start the second half. Minnesota drove 75 yards on four running plays, scoring a touchdown that made it 27-10 early in the third quarter. ”They just took it right down the field,” Caldwell said. ”Up until then, I thought our guys had been doing a pretty decent job of getting (them) stopped in that first half, but that one was tough. It didn’t knock us out of it, but nevertheless it made things more difficult.” Stafford seems well on his way to throwing for over 4,000 yards again, but he’s done some of his best work when his team has been behind Khari Willis Jersey , and sometimes that’s not enough. When the Lions have tried to establish the run early, it hasn’t worked. On Thursday, Detroit elected to receive after winning the coin toss, and Stafford threw on two of the first three offensive plays – but those completions netted only 2 and 4 yards, and the Lions were unable to make a first down. Then the defense allowed three third-down conversions on Minnesota’s long drive. Stafford seemed tired of all the talk about slow starts. He said if the Lions had played well at the beginning of the game and then poorly for the rest of it, there would have been questions about that. True enough, but if the Lions are going to take another step toward becoming an elite team, they’ll need to play more consistently for 60 minutes a game – and right now their biggest deficiency is at the start. ”We didn’t win the game. We didn’t play well enough to win,” Stafford said. ”Didn’t make enough plays. Would love to start fast early and we didn’t, but we fought tooth and nail to get back in.” —