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49ers report card: George Kittle’s record masks team’s woes

LOS ANGELES — Here is how the 49ers (4-12) graded in Sunday’s 48-32, season-ending loss to the host Los Angeles Rams (13-3):

PASS OFFENSE: C-

Three interceptions in the opening four series should merit a harsher grade for Nick Mullens and his pass protectors. But the 49ers achieved their goal of getting George Kittle the NFL record for most receiving yards in a season by a tight end. Kittle capped his nine-catch, 149-yard day with a 43-yard, catch-and-run touchdown. That gave him 1,377 yards, vaulting him past the record set earlier Sunday by the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce.