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 game-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 drive of overtime. New York had sent the game to overtime on a 50-yard field goal by Nick Folk with 38 seconds left. 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 prim-time loss that raised questions about their engagement level. [...] the early explosion was highlighted by Hyde, who set the tone for his big day by catching a seven-yard touchdown from Kaepernick 63 seconds into the game. 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 five-yard run by Bilal Powell and two-point conversion scamper by quarterback Bryce Petty with 5:04 left. Wide receiver...