Goodwin Showed 49ers and NFL He’s More Than Fast

Niners wide receiver Marquise Goodwin had the best season of his NFL career in 2017, catching 56 passes for 962 yards and two touchdowns.Yet Goodwin believes he's the same player he was his previous four seasons in Buffalo, when he caught a combined 49 passes. He just didn't have the same opportunities he had with San Francisco.When Santa Rosa Press Democrat columnist Grant Cohn recently asked him if he'd grown as a wide receiver in 2017, Goodwin said no."I'm the same player," he said. "It's not like I changed overnight and became this person who can catch or run a route. I won't elaborate."What changed, he told Cohn, was the fact the 49ers threw him the football. First, it was Brian Hoyer and C.J. Beathard. At the end of the season, it was Jimmy Garoppolo. Over two games in December against the Texans and Titans, Goodwin was targeted 25 times by Garoppolo and had 16 receptions for 220 yards.To Goodwin, all the hard work he's put into his craft since being taken in the third round of the 2013 draft by Buffalo out of Texas paid off this past season with the 49ers, who finally gave him a chance to make plays.Though known for his speed in Buffalo – he's a former track star at...