San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk catches a ball that hit the mask of Kindle Vildor of the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
When everything seemed to be going against San Francisco 49ers they came back one 17 point disadvantage in it NFC Championship Game before the Detroit Lions and they will go to Super Bowl LVIII, after win 34-31. The comeback tied the all-time record in these types of matches… and it all happened in just 8 minutes.
Christian McCaffrey He once again led the 49ers attack, with 132 total yards, 90 of them on the ground, and 2 touchdowns, while Brandon Aiyuk caught had 3 receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown, including the play of the game on a 51-yard pass when they trailed 24-10 in the third quarter.
After winning the NFC Championship Game against the Lions, the 49ers will face the Kansas City Chiefs in it Super Bowl LVIIIto be held in Las Vegas on February 11.
Christian McCaffrey was key to the San Francisco 49ers’ victory over the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
A return for history
Curiously, the brand belonged to the 49erswho in January 2013 overcame a similar disadvantage against the Atlanta Falcons. The Niners would win the game 28-24 and later on they would lose Super Bowl XLVII against the Baltimore Ravens 34-31.
Los Lions they left at halftime of the NFC Championship Game up 24-7 after a dominant first half in which San Francisco could not stop Jared Goff and the Detroit attack, but the 49ers scored a 43 yard field goal by Jake Moody on his first drive of the third quarter.
On Detroit’s next offensive series, a pass from Goff on fourth and 2 was incompleteand the 49ers were fortunate when a Brock Purdy pass of 51 yards stuck in the Vildor Kindle case already in the hands of Brandon Aiyuk. Two plays later, San Francisco made it 24-17 with another pass to Aiyuk, this time from 6 yards.
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One series later for the Lions, Jahmyr Gibbs dropped the ball on the first play and was remembered by Arik Armstead. Later, McCaffrey would tie the game with his second touchdownnow on a one-yard run.
Los 49ers they would add a field goal more of Moody, and they would ice the game with a cElijah Mitchell’s 3-yard run with 3:02 left. A Detroit late touchdown would bring them closer on the scoreboard, in a 3-yard pass to Jameson Williamsbut time was no longer going to be enough for them.
San Francisco had another bad start to the game
If the second half marked a dream comeback for the 49ers, the first part was a nightmare and they exposed some recent flaws for San Francisco, which they will have to solve before Super Bowl LVIII. Detroit finished the match with 182 rushing yardsincluding a career of 42 yard touchdown de Williams.
Jameson Williams opened the scoring for the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship game. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
During the first half, the only lost ball It was from the 49ers, through a interception of Malcolm Rodriguezand Gibbs would later score to give the Lions the lead. David Montgomery was also present on the scoreboard with touchdown race.
In total, the Lions They scored three times on the ground, while Goff had a solid first half. San Francisco will hardly be able to return If they go down on the scoreboard against the Chiefswhich do not usually commit mental errors that Detroit and the Green Bay Packers had the last two weeks.
Campbell gambled and lost at the worst possible time
Throughout the season Dan Campbell was the coach more aggressive of the NFL, and generally speaking things went well. His detractors indicated that at some point the scales were going to balanceand that moment was NFC Championship Game.
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell’s aggressiveness finally caught up with them in the NFC Championship Game. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
After resisting his urges and kicking a short field goal before halftime, Campbell risked again In the second half. Up 24-10, the Lions took it on fourth at their rivals’ 28-yard line, when a field goal would open the game. three possessions the distance between both teams. Furthermore, the play gave the match moment slightly to the Ninerswho still seemed to be out of the game.
But that was not all. With 7:32 left, Detroit reached the San Francisco 30-yard line, and again Campbell played it on fourth and 3, with the same result. A field goal would have tied the cartons at that time.
The Lions made other mistakes. Sam LaPorta y Josh Reynolds They threw passes at key moments to Goff, Gibbs dropped the ball and the defense was able to generate more impact actions. However, in the playoffs points are usually the priorityand by playing fourth on those two occasions, the Michigan team left 6 units on the land that weighed in the end.
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