NEW ORLEANS — This is the live blog for the third quarter of the 49ers Week 12 game against the Saints in the Superdome. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis from the press box
3:06 Kaepernick is still the QB. He hands off to Gore on first down. Gore gains 4 up the middle.
3:07 Gore gains another four yards on second down, and on third and two Kaepernick throws a rope to Delanie Walker for a 45-yard gain. First and 10 at the 27.
3:09 Hunter gains 21 on a sweep to the left. First and goal at the six.
3:10 Kaepernick play fakes, rolls right and hits Frank Gore for an easy touchdown. 21-14 49ers. That was a good series of play calls by Greg Roman.
3:13 Cadet jukes Bruce Miller at the 20 yard line and returns the kick to the 30 before Perrish Cox makes the tackle.
3:14 On first down, Justin Smith pushes Ben Grubbs back into Brees and sacks him for a loss of 8.
3:15 Next play, Brees throws high to Colston over the middle. Goldson takes out his legs and flips him. Whitner picks the pass off and returns the pass 42 yards for a touchdown. 28-14. The 49ers were down 14-7 about five minutes ago.
3:23 Brees has all day and completes a deep pass to Lance Moore, who was being covered by Tarell Brown. Gain of 43. First and goal at the 10. Brees is picking on Brown.
3:26 Culliver is flagged for defensive holding, setting up first and goal from the 3 for the Saints.
3:26 Next play, Brees play fakes and hits fullback Jed Collins out of the backfield for a touchdown. Bowman got beat on the play. 28-21 Niners with 7:19 left in the third quarter.
3:33 Jacobs gets his first carry of the season and gains five yards on second and four, but Leonard Davis is flagged for holding. Second and 17.
3:35 Hunter drops a pass, and then on third down Kaepernick is flagged for delay of game. Third and 19 from the SF 11.
3:35 Kaepernick hands off to Gore on a read option and Gore gains 11. Andy Lee punts it just 40 yards. Saints ball at their 41 yard line. Jonathan Goodwin keeps snapping the ball at Kaepernick’s feet when he’s in the shotgun.
3:37 The 49ers have been called for seven penalties and the Saints have been called for just one.
3:40 On third and four, Brees hits an uncovered Sproles for 11 yards.
3:42 On second and ten, Brees throws deep to Morgan. Morgan grabs Rogers arm and is flagged for offensive pass interference. That looked like it should have been a no-call. Second and 20 at the Saints 48.
3:44 On third and 20, Aldon Smith beats the right tackle and sacks Brees. Aldon Smith has 16 sacks this season. He’s tied with Derrick Thomas and one behind Reggie White for the most sacks in the first two seasons.
3:45 Kyle Williams call for a fair catch at the six yard line.
3:46 On second and eight, Kaepernick drops back and fires a missile to Crabtree for a 15 yard gain.
3:49 Kyle Williams has a left knee injury.
3:50 Kaepernick hits Manningham for a six-yard gain. He could have gotten the first down if he had dove forward instead of cutting back. Third and 2 at the SF 31 yard line.
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RUUUUUN the ball now
What a throw!
heck of a throw!!!
Walker!!!!!!!
Beautiful throw to DW!
Pressure again
That’s my QB!!
Should have been 15 yards against the saints
Should have been +15
Can we run the ball please….just a lil more Roman?
Are you seeing all the linebackers playing 4 yards away from the line of scrimage??? Do you not see that the saints are playing the run every first and second down?
NO is blitzing on nearly every play
OFFENSE
Explosive!!!!!
TD!
CK loves himself some red zone . TD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect opening drive
KAP TO GORE TD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gore with the dance!!
Scream bloody gore
That’s my QB!!!!!!
Umm… no. JJ is no longer with the team.
lol still crying? D just scored. Chin up buttercup.
Nice TD by FG
Great drive.
That was just lush on 3rd and 2
See JH should have started smith this half
I’d like to see some pressure now!!
Now smack them down with the D
Oh, and by the way…
ALEX WHO?
Let’s go fellas!!!! Call some plays down the field!
Open up ur Chest CK. Win or lose Siperman has arrived… Lol just kiddin. Go niners
Did someone put the handcuffs back on Vernon Davis? I didn’t start him in fantasy for nothing!
Still alot of game left. Its coming
That was a great drive. CK has balls!
Man, we got this. We are forcing the run down their throats and let them keep blitzing! We are going to tear their AZZ up. Kap’s when’s neutralize the blitz!! We just have to pressure Brees!
Will… This damn phone!!
Go D!
6 plays , 80 yards. Please show me just one of these from Smith in 2 years!!!!!!
Oh I forgot, in 2:43!
Justin smith!
There’s my pressure
JS and Brees getting reaquainted.
That’s my defense!!!!
Justin Smith, you beautiful beast.
who’s your daddy brees?
Cowboy is the man.
Yea!
Pick 66666666666!!!!!
Omg
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pick sixes galore
wooooooooooww what iup? who wants some???
Pick 6 Whitner! I love our defense!!!
No mercy!!!!!
What a hit and a TD!!!!
Please pay Goldson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pick 12s!
Nice Rib! I like that redhead!!! Lol
Yes
The Niners D just broke their foot off in Drew Brees.
Blow these bums out of their own stadium!!!!!
Brees is a lil off today. The pressure is getting to him now and some of his passes have been a bit too high.
Wooooooooo
Alex to NO next year? Looks like they could do with a QB who can look after the football ;-)
Colston and company will not be going across the middle again today!!!!
Dear Goodell, We won’t hit receivers high. We’ll hit them low instead. Happy now?
+1
Ck is the real deal, this kid going far.We have a QB
Suggestion: please provide a score update when you post a scoring play
Maybe if they get up by 4 tds Alex can get some back up reps
Lol
lol, why Kap never got them…lol
Bay,
We can’t afford to have our $ 8 mil backup concussed again! And tell him to take him helmet off and put on that SF giants hat. He won’t be needing the helmet anytime soon.
I’m shocked there wasn’t a flag on defenseless receiver hit. Wheeew
It only applies if he gets hit in the head neck area….not if he lands on it
the reciever jumped through the roof for that ball. Goldson didn’t propell his body at him. It was clean.
I was worried also.
I hope we keep pressing…please GR dont.go conservative
Now Aldon can really tee off on them. Right, Neanderthal? :)
Call on the Dogs!!!!!!! it’s Aldon time!!!
Oh yea. He’s even more deadly when he can pin his ears back.
Kap and the O sparked the D on the drive and then the D repay’s the favor. That is what I am talking about!
We’re ridin the defense today!
Almost surprised there was no call for hit against a defenseless receiver.
Don’t let up D.
I guess some slapping around took place in the locker room ! Lol!
Accept for S.Teams, the offense and especially the defense is kickin’ butt!
Can you say EXPLOSIVE!
What is this take a drive off for the defense? FOOT on THROAT
Has everyone noticed how all the experts are picking against the Niners in BIG GAMES?( GB,Detroit,Giants, Saints….) Its all because of qb play. When the world finally gets ahold of CK, I wonder if those picks will start changing with a stud qb with no limitations(Manning,Rodgers,Brady. Kaep??). We can only wait n see
Come on D!
The Ken Norton Jr game in 95′ ( punching bag, goal post) was the last time we got two pick 6′s.
Norton punching goal posts. Aaaah yes good times…. good times.
OK, Saints aint going big easy.
Where has this play calling been all year long?
Dont like that our D has let up after two brillant series’s.
T brown is getting baked. Gotta get a pass rush boys!!!
Our philosophy on d switched to bend but do break, sometimes. This game is not in the bag by far. Let’s go D!
Lucky crap. Brees had a clean @ss pocket and just tossed it up.
Every penalty against us
Penalties and more penalties.
Send bowman up middle again
To easy.
Really need a nice long run heavy drive now to shut up the Dome.
Our turn to run
We let them back into the game.
Come on d, put up some resistance!!! Kap is gonna get it right back. We knew it would be a shootout!! Lets outshoot them!!
The refs are doing their best to give NO an edge in this game
Grant, Why isn’t VD in the game plan?
I’ve been asking Roman that question all season.
I know. I’m not foreseeing VD saying “Kaps the man” after this one lol
The reason we need CK is our defense is leaky and Harbs knows we need to out score opponents this time around.
No worries we have CK
So is any ref going to call a penalty against the Saints that isn’t obvious? Tough physical D is called one way yet they slap our QB in the face and nothing is called.
Time to get Vernon Davis involved. They can’t cover this guy.
Lets go offense!! keep the pressure up!!
I haaaate that prevent type bend don’t break defense. Keep doing what you were doing damn it! We have to score 35 to have a chance here
Nice read Kap on the blitz hitting crabs!
Damn refs again!
Refs blowing this game wow
Jacklye and Hyde syndrome for sure!
Brandon Jacobs sighting lol
The refs are taking this game over
FCUK the refs
This is absolutely ridiculuous
Wow the refs had some bourbon street love last night it’s sickening MC was not close to being down
Refs are terrible
JACOBS SIGHTING……………but we get a penalty. *oof*
Penalties are killing us man!
The snaps are all low. wtf???
I noticed that too
The refs killed that drive
These freaking low snaps man!!!!!!!
That 1/2 second he is losing and they(low snapS) are hurting his ability to see the field with them blitzing.
one low snap aftyer another
goodwin still hiking low
Wow. Now they are marking us down when we aren’t. Getting a bit obvious.
Cmon Kap we needed a touch pass in the flat to hunter. Bad series with penalties and now a delay of game.
lets go Lee!!! pin em deep!!
O line is struggling
Worst punt of the season by Andy lee. In the dome too!
Man the refs blew that but we can’t keep making stupid errors.
God I can’t stand Buck. We give up 15 yards in penalties and his summary is that the Saints defense is starting to come on. Are you even watching the game you dink?
Grant, do you know who the Niners sat so they could dress Jacobs?
That crabtree reception would have been huge.
The holding penalties are insane-
And all these drops- ugh- it feels like the niners should be down by a few touchdowns if i didnt know the score.
We need to get pressure on Brees on this drive. Sack him for a 10 yard loss right here
What’s the penalty yardage for each team?
Bowman got blown up.
CK is the change and hope QB.
Where are the long passes, i.e the executive orders.
Lets go with a stunt Aldon!!
Make a big play right here see!!
Back coming out of the flat is killing us every time!!!
@AdamSchefter: Filed to ESPN: Seattle CBs Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner facing 4-game suspensions for violating PED policy
Sweet!
good those cheaters!!
That’s big news if true. WOW
Thats an awful flag
Nevermind great flag ahaha
Nooo refs.
yesss refs.
7 to 2 one in penalties now
WOW! Really? We got one our way!
That’s right!! Refs finally gave us a call!
We finally got one. Payback maybe.
Save an int for the Aints!
Way to go dee!!! Don’t give up nothing on this 3rd down!!
#16!
Aldon Smith!
Aldon!!!
Way to go dee!!! Don’t give up nothing on this 3rd down! Get him Aldon!!
lmao trying to block Aldon Smith with a half hearted Jimmy Graham block.
Aldon !!!
Get the snaps up, Goodwin
WHY WHY WHY WHY – I DON’T GET THE FAIR CATCH INSIDE THE 10. WHEN DID THAT BECOME SOMETHING YOU DO???
you’re right!!
Put Ginn back in. This game is too big for Kyle. Fair catch at the 5?????
K GUN!!!! Son!!!!!
Gun not so great when you have to pick the bullets off the turf first.
We are winning & Kap just made a great throw and a smither is crying. *Shocking*
Hit em k gun style! Heyyy sexy lady. Yup… I like it!
What a throw to Crabs! Kap can spin it can’t he? Wow.
Ugh hope Hunter is okay
Kyle Williams too
Jeeze.
Looks like Sealy finally made a good in- game decision
But KW goes down with an injury – wow
Time to bring out the 1st and 2nd round picks next week!
looks reallt possible….who do we play next week?
Mario, get the 1st down bro!!!
Yeah, he needs better awareness than that. Now its 3rd n 3
MM is just not shifty enough to be dancing like that
stupid by Manningham.
He had 1st. Just run don’t dance.
Well i guess Ginn is coming back now. Hope its not too serious for Williams
oh boy!!! please no injuries!!
Dang, Mario had a first down.
Nice catch!
Nice!!!!way to go 15
Wow. Kap don’t look crabs way often!
KW sprained knee. KH high ankle sprain..hopeful
opportunity to see rookie rb and wr next week
our Oline is not opening holes.
Saints are not playing the run like the worst in the league.
I think I said that yesterday!
where’s the draw or counter play?
No block from Manningham!
The Kapper!
yesss. nice throw
dw!!! does AS make that throw?….
We ALL know the answer to that one.
K gun son!!!! K gun SON!!!!
good one not to drop
What a catch and throw
We need to burn some clock here and end with a td!
3rd down conversions getting better.
3 3rd conversions. I think I’m a convert
Lets Kap this drive off!
Nice run!
Kap needs to work on that throw to Moss.. We got away with one there