Fortunately, this week the fourth quarter was the Giants’ friend, as Manning hit tight end Larry Donnell with a 12-yard strike with only 21 seconds left to win the game 30-27 for New York. We need to finish games. “Let’s grab that, hold it tight, and keep going through it”.
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The 49ers, who fall to a one-win, four-loss record, have a good chance to score a victory next week when they host another 1-4 team, the Baltimore Ravens, at their Santa Clara, California, stadium. According to the 49ers, Kaepernick completed just four out of 10 pass attempts under center this season before Sunday, with most of his snaps coming in the shotgun formation. He showed that tonight, throwing two touchdowns and 262 yards without an interception-his first game with a score and no turnovers this season. The two-time Super Bowl victor passed for 441 yards and became the winningest quarterback in team history with 102.
“I figured if he didn’t start the drive, he wouldn’t be back in”, Manning said. The 49ers linebackers and safeties, which are generally considered the strength of the defense, looked slow in coverage, particularly NaVorro Bowman, who continues his road back from his gruesome knee injury two years ago.
“That’s what I really appreciate about this group, when you go through tough times”.
The Cardinals (4-1) have a two-game lead in the NFC West. The Lions (0-5) have the dubious distinction of being the NFL’s only winless team and are off to their worst start since becoming the league’s only 0-16 team in 2008.
New York has now won three straight and sit at 3-2, while the Niners fall to 1-4.
Defense: One of the biggest differences between previous incarnations of San Francisco’s defense and this one is that the 2015 version gives up a lot of big plays.
Eli would dump his passes to Shane Vereen on the drive a couple of times.
The fateful pass and catch capped an eight-play, 82-yard drive that Manning led while Odell Beckham Jr. nursed a hamstring tweak that caused him to miss half of the fourth quarter.
“He was on”, said Carlos Hyde, who rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown after totaling 12 yards in the first half.
“It’s good offensively to get in a rhythm like that”, Kaepernick said.
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There are still a few glaring concerns, most notably defensively after surrendering 525 yards of offense Sunday to the Giants.
Colin Kaepernick had a solid bounce-back game against the New York Giants. Vereen caught three passes for 51 yards on the winning drive, including a 24-yard gain on third-and-10 that set up the Giants at the 20 with 30 seconds left.
Beckham had seven catches for 121 yards and a touchdown, but he was pulled from the game in the second half for what was reportedly a strained hamstring. On a third down and two, Kaepernick was able to throw an over the shoulder pass to Anquan Boldin that was his first deep pass of the night. From then on, the 49ers stayed aggressive and Kaepernick stayed efficient. Josh Brown made 22- and 41-yarders for the Giants, and Phil Dawson countered from 43 and 22. They were 3-2 heading to Philadelphia for a nationally televised game and got blown out. He finished it with a 3-yard reception from Kaepernick for a 13-13 tie.
With one more down left, Hayne was taken from the field.
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It’s all very positive, but this is the same spot the Giants were in last season. It worked. Tomsula wanted Kaepernick to play on Sunday like he regularly does in practice, and he finally did in the narrow loss to the New York Giants.
