Giants Vs 49ers Highlights

Giants Vs 49ers : San Francisco 49ers defeats New York Giants at 30-12

SANTA CLARA (AP) The San Francisco 49ers managed to get the ball into the hands of their playmakers while the New York Giants continued to intensify their blitzes.

To begin the third week of the NFL season, the San Francisco 49ers (3-0) defeated the New York Giants (1-2) at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Week 2's Giants triumph over Arizona was made possible by Daniel Jones and the team's incredible comeback victory, which just could have rescued the season. They had been outscored 60-0 in the season's first six quarters before the narrow victory.

The NFC West's second-best unbeaten team, coached by Brock Purdy, is still in the lead. Brandon Aiyuk of the 49ers and Saquon Barkley of the Giants were both forced to miss games due to injuries, depriving their respective teams of a key spark on offense.

3s on the board

San Francisco slowly pushed the ball down the field and into the end zone to start the game, but Jake Moody could only kick a 28-yard field goal. New York settled for a 44-yard field goal by Graham Gano after briefly moving the ball.

No one prevented him

Late in the first quarter, star 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa successfully sacked Giants quarterback Landry Jones after having an unobstructed road to him.

Bringing them in line

Early in the second quarter, the 49ers entered the red zone thanks to two screen passes that garnered a combined 47 yards for running back Christian McCaffrey and wide receiver Deebo Samuel. The San Francisco touchdown was scored when Purdy connected with wide receiver Ronnie Bell on a third-and-5 play from the New York 9-yard line. Bell did well to maintain his footing in the end zone.

San Francisco acting as usual

Purdy connected with tight end George Kittle to give the 49ers another first down on third-and-12 from the Giants' 20-yard line. The Giants' 4-yard line was reached when Leonard Williams, a defensive tackle, was charged with roughing the passer. McCaffrey's 4-yard rush on the following play led to a touchdown.

An overview

The Giants' ability to cover

In Week 2, New York's defense significantly improved in the second half, which helped the team pull off a victory. After two weeks, the Giants' passing defense ranks among the top 10 in the NFL, allowing just 187.5 yards per contest. Opponents have only managed one passing touchdown against New York. The Giants have allowed just 322.0 total yards per game, which is an improvement over their stellar 2022 results in important categories.

Last season, New York allowed just 6.9 yards per attempt with 41 sacks and ranked in the top five in terms of red zone efficiency allowed (49.2%) and third down efficiency allowed (35.1%).

On offense, New York destroyed the Cardinals last week, amassing 358 total yards and 8.7 yards per play in the second half. Through two weeks, the team is also converting nearly 43% of third down opportunities. The Giants, behind quarterback Daniel Jones, fielded a highly effective offense that avoided errors in 2022. Jones's dual-threat ability helped the team rank in the top five for rushing yards, yards per carry, and rushing touchdowns.

Why the 49ers are able to Cover

San Francisco has home-field advantage on a short week, and the 49ers look to be completely dominant on both sides of the ball this season. This season, San Francisco has led the NFL in both yards per carry (5.6) and rushing touchdowns (four). The 49ers rank in the top five in terms of rushing yards (347), points per game (30.0), and scoring percentage (54.5% of possessions).

On Thursday night, the San Francisco 49ers defeated the New York Giants 30-12 to win their 13th consecutive regular season game. Christian McCaffrey scored a touchdown in his 12th straight game, and Deebo Samuel caught one of Brock Purdy's two touchdown passes.

"They put a lot of pressure on Brock and forced a few three-and-outs, but the question is how long you can keep up that pressure," Samuel remarked. "So we executed well in the second half."

In their home opener, the Niners' offense wasn't very effective in the beginning, but McCaffrey and big catches by Samuel and George Kittle helped them score enough runs to secure their second 3-0 start in 25 years.

"They put a lot of pressure on Brock and forced a few three-and-outs, but the question is how long you can keep up that pressure," Samuel remarked. "So we executed well in the second half."

310 yards of passing, including the touchdowns to rookie Ronnie Bell and Samuel, came about as a result of the Giants blitzing Purdy on 33 of his 39 dropbacks, according to NFL NextGen stats.

With only a week to prepare for a scheme like that, coach Kyle Shanahan stated, "I thought it was just a huge challenge, one of the bigger ones Brock has been in." Throughout the entire game, not a single play is comfortable. As the game went on, I believed he calmed down.

Late in the second quarter, McCaffrey scored on a 4-yard run, added 34 yards of receiving, and ran for 85 yards, making the score 17-3. That fell three short of the NFL record and tied Jerry Rice's team record for the most consecutive games in the regular season or playoffs with a touchdown.

Against the inexperienced Giants (1-2), who trailed by double digits at the half for the third time in three games this season, the defense did the rest.

The Giants struggled to move the ball and ended with 150 yards of offense because their running game was hindered by the absence of injured star Saquon Barkley and their offensive line was overmatched without left tackle Andrew Thomas and left guard Ben Bredeson.

Coach Brian Daboll declared, "No excuses with anybody who missed the game or who played."

Due to two Niners penalties, they were able to score on an 8-yard run by Matt Breida during a third-quarter drive that required just 15 yards. They had already scored twice in the first half.

Daniel Jones was a man always on the move, unable to get anything moving downfield. For 137 yards and an interception, he completed 22 of 32 passes.

Jones stated, "We didn't establish a rhythm." This is a good defense and team, and you can't afford to play like that when you're up against good teams. We didn't execute and didn't capitalize on our opportunities. Our performance was insufficient.

A GOOD JOURNEY

Despite being off target in the first half, Purdy's numbers were respectable because of some lucky bounces and support from his teammates. On the first drive, Kittle stopped a potential interception, and then Purdy had a pass to Samuel that was deflected, bounced high in the air, and then Bell caught it for a 15-yard gain.

On the same drive, Purdy also converted a third-and-15 and a third-and-13 into first downs by hurling fast passes behind the line of scrimmage to McCaffrey and Samuel.

COLD STARTS

The Giants were behind 17–6 at the half, and they were in a major hole once more. Compared to the first two weeks, when they fell behind Dallas 26-0 in the first game and Arizona 20-0 in the second, it was better. With a powerful second half, they came together to defeat the Cardinals.

Additionally, New York lost to the Eagles 28-0 in a playoff game last season, which was the first time since 2003–04 that they had trailed by double digits in four straight games at the half.

Crackle

When the Niners attempted to take a knee to extend the play, there was a brief altercation towards the end of the first half. When Aaron Banks was shoved by A'Shawn Robinson of New York, San Francisco left tackle Trent Williams retaliated by pushing him with both hands. Williams retaliated with a punch to the facemask after Robinson seemed to jab at him.

Williams wasn't sent off despite the call of counterpunching penalties.

When we finally looked at the footage we had at our disposal, we simply couldn't find anything that met the flagrant standard, which is what we need to use in order to disqualify the player. Walt Anderson, Senior Vice President of Officiating for the NFL, told a reporter in the pool.

INJURIES/INACTIVES

Giants: In the second half, rookie wide receiver Deonte Banks (arm) and defensive lineman D.J. Davidson (elbow) got out.

Niners: CB Ambry Thomas (knee) was also sidelined, and wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (shoulder) missed his first game since his rookie campaign.

Future Up

On Monday, October 2, Giants will host Seattle.

Oct. 1: 49ers: Play Arizona at home.

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