NFC West

As hard as he tries, you’d think Nick Mullens would get a break. That’s not how this works

By now it almost seems cruel to keep running Nick Mullens out there as the 49ers quarterback. Everyone can sense the poor guy is giving it everything he’s got. He’s energetic and enthusiastic. He is cooperative and honest in interviews. And he just can’t do it. Asked to assess Mullens’ performance in Sunday’s 23-15 loss to Washington, former 49er QB Jeff Garcia said he was “very sporadic, late on throws,…