SANTA CLARA Nick Bosa Jersey , Calif. (AP) — Nick Mullens remembers getting the phone call from Archie Manning inviting him to the prestigious Manning Passing Academy two summers ago.Mullens savored the chance to take part in the four-day clinic run by Archie and his two NFL quarterback sons, Eli and Peyton. Mullens especially relished the opportunity to watch Eli Manning take part in some of the drills.“To see how he moves in the pocket, he has very quick feet and is just very smooth,” Mullens said. “I definitely remember just sitting there and watching him throw. I took that all in.”Mullens now will get another chance to see Manning up close when he makes his second career start for the San Francisco 49ers (2-7) on Monday night against Manning and the New York Giants (1-7).Mullens is coming off a scintillating debut, completing 16 of 22 passes for 262 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 151.9 passer rating in a 34-3 victory over the Oakland Raiders. That’s the highest rating since the merger for a player in his debut with at least 20 attempts.Things might not be as easy now that the Giants have an idea of what Mullens can do.“I think they’re going to be like, ‘Oh crap. This guy is good,'” running back Matt Breida said. “I think they’ll put more people back there to cover because of the throws he made and can do.”While Mullens is just getting started, Manning is nearing the end of his career as he plays his 15th season for a team that is struggling mightily. New York has lost five straight games and the questions are mounting about how much longer the two-time Super Bowl MVP Manning has as quarterback.“I think there’s urgency to get things going, for sure,” Manning said. “We got to get some wins. We got to get going, and everybody wants it. The team needs it, for the morale and for just the hard work and everything we put in. Just need to reap the benefits of the work, and feel good about what we’re doing.”Here are some other things to watch:SPLENDID SAQUONRookie Saquon Barkley has been a rare bright spot for the struggling Giants, topping 100 yards from scrimmage in seven of his first eight games. Barkley has been a bit hit and miss with 16 runs for negative yards Dwayne Haskins Jersey , tied for fifth worst in the league, and 11 plays that gained at least 20, which is tied for second most among running backs. Barkley is just the ninth player to gain at least 1,000 yards from scrimmage in the first eight games of his rookie season.“I’m not one of those guys that says, let me see my stats, let me see how much I ran for this or that. I just play,” he said. “I’m not going to stand here and lie, I am very active on social media, so there’s fan pages of me and I can go on Instagram or even on my explore page and they just happen to pop up. I’ve seen predictions of what I’m capable of doing, but it means nothing to me.”PRESSURE POINTThe struggling pass rush for the 49ers broke through in a big way last week with eight sacks against Oakland. Cassius Marsh led the way with a career-best 2 ½, and Dekoda Watson had 1 1/2 in his first game after coming off IR. San Francisco had eight sacks in a game only once in the previous two decades, doing it against the Rams in 2009.KITTLE’S CATCHESSan Francisco tight end George Kittle has been a big-play threat all season. He had a 71-yard catch and run last week against the Raiders, making him the first tight end since Rich Caster in 1972 to have two 70-yard catches in the same season. Kittle ranks second among all tight ends with 692 yards receiving and is second to Barkley among all players with 496 yards after the catch.STRUGGLING FRANCHISESTwenty-eight years after these franchises met in the best matchup in “Monday Night Football” history, they now play in one of the worst. Back in 1990, the 49ers beat the Giants 7-3 in a matchup of 10-1 teams that provided the highest winning percentage ever for a Monday night game played after Halloween. The teams come into this meeting with a combined winning percentage of .176 http://www.ravenscheapstores.com/marquise-brown-jersey-cheap , the second lowest for a Monday night game played Nov. 1 or later. The lowest combined winning percentage is .167 for a matchup of the New York Jets (3-9) and the Chargers (1-11) in 1975 that featured Hall of Fame QBs Joe Namath and Dan Fouts. DETROIT (5-4) at CHICAGO (3-6) Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox OPENING LINE – Lions by 2+ RECORD VS. SPREAD – Lions 5-4, Bears 6-3 SERIES RECORD – Bears lead 97-72-5 LAST MEETING – Lions beat Bears 20-17, Dec. 11, 2016 LAST WEEK – Lions beat Browns 38-24; Bears lost to Packers 23-16 AP PRO32 RANKING – Lions No. 13, Bears No. 27 LIONS OFFENSE – OVERALL (15), RUSH (29), PASS (8) LIONS DEFENSE – OVERALL (22), RUSH (10), PASS (25) BEARS OFFENSE – OVERALL (29), RUSH (9), PASS (31) BEARS DEFENSE – OVERALL (9), RUSH (15), PASS (10) STREAKS Jaylon Ferguson Jersey , STATS AND NOTES – Detroit has won seven of eight against Chicago. …Lions are 2-0 against NFC North, while Bears are 0-3. … Detroit trails division leader Minnesota by two games, Lions play Vikings on Thanksgiving Day. … Detroit has won two straight after losing three in row. … Lions’ maligned running game finished with 104 yards on 19 carries against Cleveland team that entered game ranked fourth against run. … QB Matthew Stafford ranks fourth in NFL with 2,461 yards passing. He’s thrown for 1,033 yards, five touchdowns, one interception in past three games. … Since 2015, Theo Riddick leads NFL RBs with 165 catches, ranks second with 10 TD receptions. … DE Cornelius Washington – coming off first career two-sack game – played first four seasons with Bears. … CB Darius Slay ranks third in NFL with four INTs. … CB Nevin Lawson returned fumble recovery 44 yards for TD last week. … In third season with Bears, coach John Fox is 12-29. … Chicago had 55 yards rushing against Green Bay. … QB Mitchell Trubisky threw for career-high 297 yards in fifth start last week, though he was sacked five times. First-round pick has been sacked 16 times in all. … RB Jordan Howard ranks fifth in NFL in rushing. … Fantasy Tip: Lions have struggled to stop run since Haloti Ngata (elbow) went on IR, meaning Howard could be in for rebound game after managing 54 yards last week. Lions have allowed 136.8 yards rushing in past four games without Ngata after holding opponents to 74.6 over first five. —