The San Francisco 49ers visited their divisional rivals, the Seattle Seahawks, on Thursday Night Football and earned a huge victory by a score of 36-24. With that, San Francisco now has a 3-3 record and is leading the NFC West division. In addition, they managed to obtain their first victory as visitors of the season. It was a tremendous game by several 49ers rookies who raised their hands at a key moment where the team has many injuries. Some of the team’s veterans also showed off quite well as we are used to.
Purdy’s Big Night
Quarterback Brock Purdy had an outstanding night. Purdy completed 18 of 28 passes for 255 yards and threw three touchdown passes. His passer rating was an excellent 129.3. But that wasn’t all, on the ground he added 19 yards on four carries. Purdy continues to show tremendous ability to improvise and move very well in or out of the pocket.
Kittle Continues Making History
George Kittle, star tight end of the 49ers, continues to make history. Today he tied the legendary Kellen Winslow as the third tight end in NFL history to reach 6,500 receiving yards in the fewest games possible. Kittle surpassed that yardage mark today against Seattle in his 103rd game. He came into this game with 6,499 and finished with 6,557 career yards with the 58 receiving yards he added tonight in Seattle after catching five passes. In fact, Winslow stood at 6,504 career receiving yards as he reached his 103rd NFL game, surpassing Kittle in yards. Additionally, Kittle managed to catch two of Purdy’s touchdown passes against Seattle.
Explosive Deebo
Wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. made the most explosive offensive play of the night when he caught a 76-yard touchdown pass thrown to him by Purdy. Samuel Sr. had two more receptions for a total of 102 yards. On the ground, he added 15 yards on four carries.
Outstanding Rookies
Four 49ers rookies stood out with clutch plays. First, safety Malik Mustapha, a rookie from Wake Forest University, recorded his first interception of his career after taking a ball thrown by quarterback Geno Smith in the first quarter, when it seemed that Seattle was going to score at least one goal. field in that series. Then, Florida State rookie linebacker Tatum Bethune appeared on special teams, recovering a fumble caused by cornerback Darrell Luter Jr. in the second quarter.
We go to the last quarter and another key moment of the game, when the score was only 23-17 in favor of San Francisco and Seattle had the ball. At that moment, rookie cornerback Renardo Green, also from Florida State, appeared to intercept Smith and leave the 49ers at the Seahawks’ 15-yard line. Moments later, Kittle would receive his second touchdown pass to take the lead again. Seattle did not stop fighting and they got close again on the scoreboard, now 29-24, but when San Francisco had the ball and only needed a first down to begin, they secured the victory. Louisville rookie running back Isaac Guerendo went on a huge 76-yard run, leaving the 49ers at the Seahawks’ five-yard line. A few plays later, fullback Kyle Juszczyk would take advantage to score a six-yard rushing touchdown to end the Seahawks’ hopes.
Incessant Pressure
Looking at the numbers, we will realize that today the 49ers defense only had one sack with defensive lineman Sam Okuayinonu for a loss of six yards. However, there could have been many more and although more quarterback sacks were not achieved, what the 49ers defensive line did today was sensational, putting great pressure on Smith the entire game. In fact, the first interception that Smith suffered and that Mustapha got was caused by tremendous pressure from defensive linemen Nick Bosa and Maliek Collins.
Additionally, linebacker Fred Warner led the team in tackles with 11 and caused one fumble.
Injured
Unfortunately, there were some injuries that we hope do not have serious injuries or that will leave them out of action for a long time when they undergo further tests in the following days. For now, Kyle Shanahan, the team’s head coach, reported that running back Jordan Mason suffered a shoulder injury, managed to return for a moment, but then simply watched the rest of the game “available in case of emergency.” the coach added.
Mustapha sustained an ankle injury and did not return to the game. Offensive lineman Aaron Banks suffered cramps and kicker Matthew Wright injured his shoulder trying to make a special teams tackle late in the game. By the way, Wright managed to score a field goal in the three opportunities that were presented to him. Of 25, 41 and 35 yards.
Next Opponent
In Week 7 the 49ers will be receiving a visit from the Kansas City Chiefs. That game is played on Sunday, October 20 at 1:25 pm Pacific time, 2:25 pm Mexico City time. You can listen to it in Spanish on 49ers.com/esp, on W Radio, W Deportes and on the official 49ers application.
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