If you were to only look at the box score, you’d think the 49ers came out in the second half and ran all over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
This is why it’s important to actually watch the game. You can feel the contest.
Brock Purdy threw for three-times more yards than Baker Mayfield on Sunday. Did it feel like he had a better game?
The Niners nearly doubled the overall offensive output of the Bucs. Did it feel like it?
The Niners might have won 23-20 on Sunday, but if you watched it, you’d be hard-pressed to say the victory was deserved.
But a win is a win, and the Niners aren’t in a position to turn any of them down.
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Ricky Pearsall • WR
Wide open most of the game, Pearsall looked like the perfect Niners’ receiver on his 46-yard touchdown catch, running a deep dig behind the linebackers. Then, he was instrumental in setting up the game-winning field goal.
It’s a shame Purdy — who spent the first eight weeks of the season not looking at his X receiver; a byproduct of not having Brandon Aiyuk in training camp — so rarely looked his way.
Jauan Jennings • WR
The only receiver that Brock Purdy seems to trust, Jennings caught 7 passes for 93 yards. But his most important play of the game was his recovery of Brock Purdy’s sack fumble int he final minutes of the fourth quarter. He’s the Niners’ new No. 1.
Christian McCaffrey • RB
Kyle Shanahan was always use McCaffrey like he was 100 percent healthy.
The 49ers running back looked like his old self, and Shanahan didn’t hold back on making him the offense’s focal point.
That was a smart play, because his impact was necessary, not only in creating zone-coverage looks in the pass game, but also as a running back and pass catcher.
McCaffrey was dynamic as a runner and receiver, and without him, one wonders if San Francisco would have been in this game at all.
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Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment
