Kurtenbach: 49ers LB Dee Winters heard the Colts’ call. Then he ended the game

The 44-year-old grandfather looked like he was throwing the football without a thumb. He had been retired for five years, presumably spending his Sundays arguing with a lawnmower or organizing a crowded minivan, before unretiring last week. And yet, there he was, carving up the San Francisco 49ers’ defense on national television like a Whoville roast beast. It was some truly woeful stuff for a Niners squad that was in the driver’s seat for the NFC’s No. 1 seed. Snap after snap on Monday night, Robert Saleh’s defense lined up in the same static looks. And snap after snap, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers — hiding his dad-bod pot belly under a flak jacket that looked...