by The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Los Angeles Rams in a 26-23 Overtime Thriller on Thursday evening football, with a fourth-down stop in the red zone to close the deal.
It was a game of highlights and lows when the 49 people ended up, who encountered adversity, eventually went to the extension and discovered a way to win despite the fact that 456 Yards were given up defensively.
San Francisco improved to 4-1 in the season with their third division victory, sitting on top of the NFC West, and also became 3-0 with Back-up Quarterback Mac Jones at the helm.
Here are three fast take-away restaurants of the 26-23 victory of the 49 people over the Rams on Thursday.
In my preview I shared how it would be important for the 49 people to retain long discs to slow down the pace of the game and to wear the defense of the rams.
That is exactly what they did to start the game. San Francisco opened with an eight-play, 72-Yard Touchdown-Drive who spanned itself 4:51 of the clock. Then, after a fast point of the rams after a first down, the 49 people went on a 17-play, 91-Yard Touchdown who took 8:15 from the clock and gave them an early 14-0 lead in the second quarter.
Those two discs were early Toonetetters for the 49 people, who needed every advantage they could get.
To end the second half, the 49 people needed a reaction after Los Angeles came to the board with a touchdown. And they took the clock to rest, got a field goal on a 12-game, 48-Yard Drive that lasted 2:09 and gave the team a 17-7 lead during the break.
San Francisco had another 12-game, 55-Yard Velddoeldrive that spanned off the clock at 6:13 to open the third quarter and extended his lead to 20-7, and the last scoring ride in regulations was still a 12-play drive for a field goal.
Things would not be easy for the 49 people and their exhausted selection. But they set the tone early with long -term discs and found ways to chew and score the clock.
Special teams come in handy
It feels like it was a while since the 49 people finally won a competition in special teams. Well, that was the case on Thursday, because San Francisco received great contributions from Kicker Eddy Piñeiro, while he benefited from several mistakes by Rams -Kicker Joshua Karty.
Piniero was a perfect 4/4 on field goals on Thursday and hit 37, 20, 59 and 41-yarders, with the last the go-ahead score in the extension. The field goal of 59 meters was huge, giving the 49 people a lead of 23-20 with less than three minutes in regulations.
If he had missed it, Los Angeles would have had a great field position with the game that took and a chance to win by performing the clock for a field goal.
Joshua Karty, on the other hand, missed a field goal of 53 Yards to open the third quarter, and also had a missed extra point with Los Angeles ready to take a 21-20 lead after a touchdown. Those four points turned out to be the difference in the game.
Karty also had a missed Knuckleball kick to open overtime that gave the 49ers field position on their own 40-Yard line on the ride that brought them the Go-Ahead field goal.
San Francisco almost had a big mistake when Isaac Guendo lost football on a mess, but it was ruled because his forward progress was stopped. In addition to that, they won the special teams in a large way on Thursday.
Niners win the sales struggle
In the game, the 49ers 30th were in the NFL in the turnover margin, while the rams were sixth in the NFL.
Well, the tables turned around, and at great moments on Thursday, with two huge messy recovery from the 49 people.
In the second quarter, where the rams rode 14-0 down, Blake Corum was unable to reduce a throw from Matthew Stafford, float the ball and put it on the floor. Recently called up defensive Lineman Trevis Gipson there and received the recovery.
When, late in the fourth quarter, with the match on the line and Los Angeles on the three-year line of the 49ers on 1st & Doel with 1:03, Kyren Williams got the ball on a great move by Rookie defensive Lineman Alfred Collins. Collins recovered the ball, which may have saved a touchdown and the game for the 49 people.
Yes, Los Angeles scored a field goal a minute later to send it to extension, but the touchdown would have forced San Francisco to get one of himself with a minute with one time -out and a Hobbled Mac Jones.
San Francisco did not work great this season with the turnover battle, but they came when it mattered on Thursday.
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