Well, it wasn't pretty, but the Niners won 13-0. Paulson Adebo, former Stanford safety played well for the Saints.
The Niner defense stepped up brobdingnagian. The Saints had the longest streak in the NFL of not being shut out, not since the last week of the 2001 season (think of all the games with Drew Brees) and the Niners were the last team to shut them out. Niners haven't given up a point in six straight quarters.
Niner offense was not great. 221 passing yards, 96 rushing yards, 21 first downs, 67 plays, each team gave up a sack, each team had 6 penalties. One of the penalties cancelled out what would have been Garoppolo's first interception in four games. Niners owned time of possession, 34:50 to 25:10. Mitchell carried 7 times for 35 yards, but has a sprained MCL. McCaffrey was 11 carries, 32 yards. Jordan Mason looked terrific at the end of the game with 5 carries for 25 yards.
Garoppolo's rating was 94.7, his QBR was 77.5. He ranks 5th in the NFL for rating, and 18th for QBR. His record in his first 49 games as a Niner (including playoffs) is 40-19, same as Steve Young's, and better than Joe Montana's 37-22.
Niners have the third best point differential in the NFC (+76), right behind the Cowboys at +92 and the Eagles at +80. The Vikings are 9-2, but their net point differential is +5.
Niners (7-4) are currently ranked third in the conference, per NFL.com/standings/conference/2022/REG. They have six games remaining, four at home, and the road games are in Las Vegas and Seattle.
The Niner defense stepped up brobdingnagian. The Saints had the longest streak in the NFL of not being shut out, not since the last week of the 2001 season (think of all the games with Drew Brees) and the Niners were the last team to shut them out. Niners haven't given up a point in six straight quarters.
Niner offense was not great. 221 passing yards, 96 rushing yards, 21 first downs, 67 plays, each team gave up a sack, each team had 6 penalties. One of the penalties cancelled out what would have been Garoppolo's first interception in four games. Niners owned time of possession, 34:50 to 25:10. Mitchell carried 7 times for 35 yards, but has a sprained MCL. McCaffrey was 11 carries, 32 yards. Jordan Mason looked terrific at the end of the game with 5 carries for 25 yards.
Garoppolo's rating was 94.7, his QBR was 77.5. He ranks 5th in the NFL for rating, and 18th for QBR. His record in his first 49 games as a Niner (including playoffs) is 40-19, same as Steve Young's, and better than Joe Montana's 37-22.
Niners have the third best point differential in the NFC (+76), right behind the Cowboys at +92 and the Eagles at +80. The Vikings are 9-2, but their net point differential is +5.
Niners (7-4) are currently ranked third in the conference, per NFL.com/standings/conference/2022/REG. They have six games remaining, four at home, and the road games are in Las Vegas and Seattle.
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