SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Without any real practices and after finding out he was starting just hours before Thursday night's game against the Oakland Raiders, all San Francisco 49ers' Nick Mullens did was put together one of the best statistical debuts by a quarterback in league history.
Mullens, who replaced an injured C.J. Beathard in the starting lineup, was unfazed by his primetime debut, calmly directing the Niners to touchdowns on the first two drives of his young career and going on to post the best passer rating by a quarterback in his first start since the merger in 1970.