It was a wild game full of failure and redemption for the 49ers.
The 49ers erased a 17-0 deficit with physical play, had a chance to take a late lead, then self-combusted on a poor pass from Jimmy Garoppolo and a long go-ahead drive by the Rams authored mostly by Cooper Kupp.
And then Garoppolo and his receivers authored a last-minute drive to force overtime. Then, they did it again to score in the extra period before an Ambry Thomas interception sealed the 49ers’ sixth consecutive win over the Rams and a trip to Dallas next week.Shut down the Rams’ opening drive with a sack of Matt Stafford that forced a field goal attempt. Then combined with Nick Bosa for a third-down sack on the Rams’ final first-half possession.
Juszczyk assumed Wishnowsky’s other duty, holding on all of Gould’s field goal attempts, which were 2-for-2, and extra points, which were 3-for-3.In the first half, there was no indication Garoppolo would find himself in the positive end of this evaluation. But he overcame a fumble, a truly ugly interception and a thumb injury that was apparently very painful to lead his team back into the game.In the first half, he was an obvious dud. Then he helped his team’s massive comeback.
Hampered by a thumb injury, the Niners’ quarterback and captain struggled without his top protector in Trent Williams. Sacked on San Francisco’s second drive, Garoppolo fumbled the ball. On the Niners’ third drive, he wobbled a deep pass that was intercepted. With the chance to take the lead midway through the fourth quarter, he threw to a well-covered George Kittle for a Jalen Ramsey interception.A costly penalty in the first quarter was followed by a costlier penalty in the fourth quarter.