Garrett Celek caught the two TD passes while Phil Dawson kicked a 44 yard FG.
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Credit the 49ers defense for stopping Atlanta, but there’s no fathomable reason why the Falcons’ rushing attack should have stunk like it did.
Gabbert threw two touchdown passes in winning his first start as a 49er, 17-16 over Atlanta.
The benching of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick this week has only heightened the frayed relationship between him and the upper management of the team and created a climate in which it is virtually certain he is not back in San Francisco in 2016, according to team and league sources… San Francisco (3-6) has a bye this week, which will give Gabbert an extra week of preparation.
Gabbert threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns, leading the 49ers to a 17-16 victory against the Atlanta Falcons at Levi’s Stadium.
Kaepernick has lost his last four starts against the Seahawks.
By most accounts, the start to the season for the Atlanta Falcons season has been nothing short of awesome by first year coach Dan Quinn.
The team looked inspired, in fact, the team looked like the 2013 49ers with a grinding running game, a stifling defense and with a quarterback who does just enough to win. There are a lot of questions surrounding the team as it heads into an important bye week. It sure seemed the reeling 49ers were at a bigger disadvantage than the 4 1/2-point underdogs they were to begin the week, when tight end Vernon Davis got traded to Denver. I don’t think so. “And we found something that works for us”. The fact that this rag-tag group of dudes being lead by a QB the entire world had written off managed to pull out a win is really impressive; I don’t want to take away from that. “You play well when you having fun, and that was the biggest thing”, Gabbert said following the win in a report by ESPN. There were a few good play calls, but we just couldn’t get it in.
Tomsula said players would be at the 49ers’ facility Monday and Tuesday this week.
“We can build on this”, nose guard and defensive leader Ian Williams said.
Matt Ryan led his team on a late game clock eating march that was effective right up to the point where Coach Quinn settled for a field goal with just under three minutes to go. Kendall Gaskins rushed for 20 yards on seven carries, and former New Orleans Saint Pierre Thomas gained 12 yards on four carries in his 49ers debut. “He really did a nice job, so congratulations to him”. Tomsula said the statuses of Hyde and Boldin will be day-to-day.
Gabbert ended a 10-game losing streak as a starter since beating Indianapolis on September 23, 2012, improving to 6-22. He completed 15 of 25 passes with two interceptions.
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“One of the best parts about this team is that guys are willing to go for it as hard as they can to get it right”.
