FOXBORO, Ma. — This is the live blog for the second quarter of the 49ers Week 15 game against the New England Patriots. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis from the press box.
6:13 The 49ers lead 7-0, and they face fourth and one at the Patriots’ 25 yard line.
6:15 The 49ers are going for it, as they should.
6:16 Roman goes ultra conservative again, calls a Kaepernick sneak, and Kaepernick loses a yard. He fumbled the snap again. Patriots ball at their 25 yard line. Kaepernick has fumbled three snaps.
6:22 Brady slowly drives the Patriots over 9 plays down to the 49ers’ 32 yard line. It’s fourth and four and they’re going for it.
6:23 Brady’s QB rating in the first quarter was 26.4. Kaepernick’s was 110.9.
6:25 Brady hits a wide open Deion Branch on a slant for a 10-yard gain. First and 10 at the SF 23. Next play, Woodhead gains nine yards up the middle.
6:27 On second and goal from the seven, Rogers blitzes and hits Brady, forcing him to throw it away.
6:27 On third and goal, Ray McDonald beats his man and sacks Brady for a loss of six. Gostkowski makes the 32-yard field goal. 7-3 49ers. 16 play drive, 62 yards, six minutes and 24 seconds.
6:33 First play of the drive, Crabtree gets open down the left sideline on a double move. Talib catches up and knocks the pass away, but he’s flagged for face guarding. 35-yard penalty. Fist and 10 at the Patriots 45.
6:35 Kaepernick looks left, then look back to his right and hits Delanie Walker in the end zone for a 34-yard touchdown. Walker was running a wheel route. He beat Alfonzo Dennard. 14-3 49ers with eight minutes left in the second quarter. The Patriots are lucky the game is this close.
6:42 The Patriots go three-and-out again. Brandon Lloyd dropped first down passes on second and third down.
6:43 The Patriots kick a low line drive punt. Ted Ginn Jr. lets it bounce, and the ball comes close to hitting him in the shin. The refs are reviewing the play to see if the ball did indeed hit Ginn.
6:45 Belichick is challenging.
6:49 The refs say Ginn did not touch the ball. The 49ers will start at their 22 yard line.
6:54 Gore gains seven yards up the middle on second and 10, and Iupati is hurt. Now he walks off the field under his own power.
7:00 Two minute warning. The Niners face third and eight from the Patriots 34 yard line.
7:01 Mike Iupati has a shoulder injury and his return is questionable.
7:03 Kaepernick steps up in the pocket and scrambles for 19 yards. First and ten at the Patriots 15 yard line.
7:04 Kaepernick throws to Moss in the end zone, and Dennard knocks it away.
7:06 The 49ers call timeout. They face third and six from the Patriots 11 yard line. 25 seconds left in the first half.
7:06 Gore gains seven yards up the middle on a zone read handoff. The 49ers call another timeout.
7:08 Kaepernick throws a fade to Moss in the end zone on first and goal. Moss pushes off and still can’t catch it. Moss gets flagged. First and goal from the 14.
7:09 Kaepernick runs a called sweep around the left end gains 10 yards before going out of bounds. Second and goal from the four with eight seconds left.
7:11 Roman goes conservative, calls a zone read handoff from the diamond formation. Gore gains just two yards. He should have let Kaepernick throw it into the end zone. Now Akers will attempt a short field goal.
7:11 He makes it. 17-3 at halftime, and the 49ers get the ball first in the second half. The 49ers absolutely dominated the Patriots in the first half, but it’s still a game.
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Go for it!
Go 5 wide and let kap run it!!
Damn it Kaep
This iis just stupid!
is
Ok CK thats three times geez
come on
Yougotta be kidding me??
Another bad exchange between the center & qb.
We can’t keep giving the Pats opportunities to get back in this game.
The 49ers are one of the first of the worst short yardage running teams in the league. I hate it when they get in that position.
Defense is NAILS!!
Dumbest formation ever!!!!!
Amen!
Dear Roman,
That first drive was amazing.
More passing please.
Sincerely,
Niners fans everywhere.
Yep
GRANT GRANT GRANT
Hey, Bud. Would you mind running up to the Niners booth to tell Roman to keep his f*cking foot on their throats!!!
T Brown getting abused again
Maybe Kaep is just too tall to be a QB- way too many messed up snaps.
Hes the same height as Alex Smith…
no alex is 6-2 or 3. kap is 6-5
They’re both 6’4″ at least they are both listed at 6’4″. Regardless I don’t think thats the problem. Just gotta hold on to the ball
Kaepernick = fumblitiz
Momentum GONE!!
I’m telling you guys.
Snap to FG. If it is a pass he can hand off to CK.
CK sucks -first drive. He missed VD who was wide open for a TD by 7 yards.
Shut up Stupid!!
It’s 7-0 because of a perfect strike to Moss. If VD had hands it would be 14-0. If Roman had nuts it would be 28-0.
Get up brown!
TB!
Great play! Get up man.
Come on DDDDDD
wear a glove on your left hand kap
Way to go DDDD
We should be up 2 scores AT LEAST by now……
Alex would have managed a game liike this better.
Please. Alex couldn’t make that throw to Moss or Vernon Davis. This game is going to need big plays ala Kap!
D is doing so much more to win this game right now. We need to get the snapping problem under control
Akers has changed the complexity of the game. We are afraid to kick field goals now.
yes
I don’t know who’s worse this year….Akers or Mason Crosby for Green Bay? Crosby has missed a field goal in 8 straight games!
Don’t leave this freaking game up to the kicker!
That’s probably a good thing. Quit settling for FGs and the CK7 offense will do better.
Maybe Tolzien is active to take snaps. And have CK/FG in the backfield.
STFU
Kap to Walker for a TD just now. The 49er faithful are gonna have to ask you haters to sit the f*ck down right now! Kap is rollin….
Come on D line
Tackle!!!!
Small white guy running down our throats
Does his color matter?
Philly – inside joke with Msclemons.
Hold em to 3 defEnse!!!
Cmon’ defense, we have to hold them to 3…
we should be up more…
@ 5 yrds to goal we were throwing 2-3 yard passes. If Alex was in there it wuld have been runs or a pass to crabtree.
He doesn’t play here anymore. Get over it!
Alex would have never completed that pass to Moss for the TD.
Go away Smither. Find a spot on the Cardinals’ blog.
Ray MAC with the sack!
Thats my DEFENSE!!!
nice job mac
Ok D way to hold tough
The best D in the AFC last week did what?
Proves Houston’s rank is BS. Niner D is WAY BETTER!
Hey Ed. That wasn’t a NE WR
Kap needs a glove on his left hand.
We really need to get something going, Danny Woodhead is finding some daylight and I’m a little worried about our D getting tired from the Pats No Huddle
What a luxury to have a kicker that actually makes kicks. Should be 13-3
Roman,
really $hitty formation on that 4th down.
I thought so too
Gottablock someone on the return Delaney!!!!!!
I call it like I see it: Colin has been lousy since that 1st drive. Needs to show something here. Needs to be a leader of this offense and drive this team down the field.
And finish the drive with a TD
Thank you. We needed that.
James I know you ar fast but you need to set up your moves in the NFL.
I hope we got that snap thing figured out. Let’s go O!
I care less about what the score should be. It is 7-3, line up and execute.
GO NINERS!!!
Roman is an evil genius… if that genius is Dr. Evil.
I hate these damn wish bone, Diamond, etc formations. There is a reason no one uses them in the NFL anymore. Whats next the Double Wing. Come on man, just because a formation hasn’t been used in 40 years doesn’t mean its original.
Ok nice long drive
good things happen when you aggressively go downfield
AMEN!!!
face guard. That’s a P.I.!!!!!!!
Face guarding is only PI in college football.
I hope the refs don’t let the Pats DBs mug our recievers like they did the Texans last week.
I see you GORE!!
Yesssssssssss
Explose play!
who’s complaining now?
KAP!!!! That’s my QB!!
That’s my QB
Yes Walker! and Kap
That is how you throw it to the TE that itime.
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smith couldn’t do that.
nope
No Way!!!
woooooooooooooooooo
That’s how you hang in the pocket.
Way to make it up Delanie!!!
Holy **** Walker caught a pass
We are pass blocking well tonight. Let the kid wing it!
Way to go Kap!!! 34 yrd TD that Walker finally does not drop!!!
YES.
Haha gotta love Walkers inconsistency. Fumbles it at the 10, catches a 3o yd td pass
Seriously, every other play I’m saying “Cut Walker!”… “Sign Walker to a long term contract!”
Lol. Walker drops too many passes. I agree cuz I was just saying the same thing
Aggressive in looking downfield and going for it
Nice play. Both TE were open on that play
Kaaaaaaaaaap!!!!!!
TD NINERS!
Execution. No Fumbles. TD.
Go Niners!!!
VERNON was open as well. Just not as deep.
I’ll take the TD everytime..
The O line is playing well tonight. This game is for the pro bowl guys!!
Wow. Akers made an extra point……
Are you guys still wondering why AS isn’t starting… That TD pass should answer your ?s b/c AS would have thrown it 3 yds out of bounds!
He wouldn’t even attempt that throw. Though he may have hit VD in the seam though.VD was wide open too.
he wouldnt have tried the long pass to Crabs that got the PI penalty – a key play on the drive
OK D need a stop! You have played damn well but we need a stop!!
Great job guys, although this game realistically be 28-3…I just hope Harbaugh makes great halftime adjustments rather than go conservative
Looked like Davis was open as well on that play even though the safety bit he didn’t look like he was in position to catch him. It was nice to see Walker finally catch one… he was starting to remind me of stone hands.
Look at the poise Kap is showing on the big stage again. He is not nervous at all right now.
Dontlet up on em dddd!!
OUR defense is Ballin!!!!
no touch!!
Oh noooooooooooooooooo
I swear Ted Ginn is making me want to inflict serious bodily harm. The defender is in front of you, let the dam ball go!!! You won’t get a return anyway!!
Hopefully Ginn can have some redemption this week for not falling on the fumble in St. Louis. So far D.Walker is bouncing back….
I hope so but this dude is killing me… And I’m loving the gameplan using Vernon as a slick decoy. I’d prefer to get him the ball but if they’re gonna key in on him hit Delanie. He just better catch and hold on to the ball!
No touch!
The ball did not touch him
It didn’t touch him. The spin didn’t change.
Holding on New England!!!
Strange Days have found us
Is it just me or does it seem like collinsworth wants desperately for that ball to have been touched by ginn.
he’s bad…It’s so obvious it wasn’t touched.
He’s still bitter about those two Super Bowl loses…
Replacement refs!
The ball did not touch Ginn
man these refs need to get it together
What the heck is going on?
Bellicheat is hoping for some home cookin’ by the refs right now.
Well, its in New England so they will say he touched it.
Whats Ginn doing around that ball anyways. Still havent learned
replacement Refs!
Dumb mental mistakes again. If Ginn didn’t touch it why was he going back again to recover it.
I can’t even tell if he touched it.
wow- I am really scared- even though there is no evidence ginn touched it. The refs seem to want to give the patriots the benefit of the doubt on all these calls.
I think i am still hurting from Aldon Smiths sack robbery.
Will this be our version of the Tuck :).
NE is getting another dose of West Coast DEFENSE. They don’t do very well, do they?
What? Spit it out ref we can’t hear you!
That’s right.
Let Kaep heave the ball.
????? Whatever!
No mistakes down here. Dont get cute.
I coulda went the rest of my life without seeing those replays of the Giants game!
Bill Belicheck looks pissed!!
these refs suck!!
lets get 7 more Kap!
Kaep no mistakes
A little over 5 minutes to go in the first half. We gotta go for the dagger right now. Smell blood!
Alex found use for his helmet (earmuffs)
Oh no….not Leonard Davis time!??!?
Iupati is hurting….no.!!
Never seen so many Brady passes dropped. Not funny,but true.
why the heck is the ball way back there ???
Kaep has a QB Rating of 120.8 right now. 2 TD’s and NO turnovers…
Who took the blame for the fumbled snap?
Can’t lose Mike. Hope he is going to be ok.
No turnovers!
good job kap
3rd down conversion vs the blitz
I think this game is a prime example of the missed points Kaepernick is asked to overcome. This team should have another 17 points tonight. That’s the only apparent reason that his numbers are so similar to Smith’s.
As I said earlier in the week, Kaepernick has only asked for support from Akers once and he failed him. Akers and the team have needed Kaepernick to win the game 4 times.
KAP!!!
CrabThree! Clutch!
Gore is the heart and soul of this football team!!!
Kaep’s pocket presence and mobility is on display right now on that last throw to Crabs.
Run backwards Davis
someone has to coach Vernon that he’s straight-line fast, not shifty-fast ;-)
Where Are you going Vernon?
Damn VD go down don’t go backwards
why is VD running back wards?
Keep taking shots Kap. Just put some air under it!!!
Vernon needs to put his hands up and catch the ball.
Attack!!!!
stinger
I hope so
That pass to vernon was just off- that would have been a beautiful play.
If we can score a TD here, hold them and get the ball in the second half, score again, then it will be Aldon time.
So they want CK to throw it up instead of Rifling it in there? And is it just me or are the deep routes to the TE’s working well right now?
Yep, they can’t run with our TE’s
Our depth has been getting tested lately. First K.Williams, K. Hunter, Manningham, Jacobs, now Iupati….
Is it just me or does it appear Vernon isn’t outstretching his arms on these deep passes
Jason,
I want to see VD sell out 1 time.
Funny. Smithers no longer cheer during games…
Notice that BS has left the building!
she/he/it …can’t handle the truth.
i know. because they dont love the Niners, they just love Alex
Nice CK
There’s our running QB!
Kaep is feeling it
3rd down and 8 converted!
Kap!
Crabs,
How’s membership to the Kap club looking?? LOL
There goes that running QB again!
Got away with a bad throw there
DB dove and made a good play. Too much heat for him to intercept it.
yep, that was a really bad decision/location combo
Higher to moss!!!
Moss signalled to him after, “up high”
That should have been a throw to the back pylon
Keep Brady off the field!
and score more points!
N.E. defense is tired
A TD would be nice here
Scoring points in the last 2 minutes of the half is HUGE.
GORE!!!!!!!
Punch it in!
Kaep is ballin but give a big props to the O-line right now. Great Job so far!
OH NO! the penalty just took us out of field goal range!
haha!
There goes that running QB again!!!!
Screw the 3 points 2 down territory
bold.
sprint right option here.
Nice to have timeouts left.
We need a quick throw in the endzone right now. Look for Vernon or Gore/James in the flat. Might we see a fade to Moss?
WTF a run up the middle with 8 seconds to go inside the ten yrd line!!!???!!!
argggggggggggggggh
Kap runs too much. He’s gonna get hurt. Running QB’s can win!! ( Sarcasm!)
hopefully Akers can make this one ;-)
What kind of conservative play call was that?
Throw the damn Ball!!!
a run? really Roman…..sigh
F Akers!
Stupid. Ackers has done a great job for us over the two years. He’s not so hot now but no need to get personal. Tool award with crossed dildos…
see if he can make one.
We should be up by at least another 14 points right now
This game should be 35-3…at least they get the ball to start the second half…
What a horrible play call- the niners could have kaep run either edge
Roman you damn fool! Throw the ball
Should have used James there.
Ackers good deal!!
17-3. I’ll take it!!!
I’ll take it as well, but they left a lot of points on the field…let’s see how Jimmy adjusts in the second…
Is it just me or does this game seem like it’s been 8 quarters?
Refs took some Quaaludes before the kickoff…
What a terrible play call, let Kaep throw it up one time
Wooo HOOO AKERS AKERS AKERS… the play of dreams.
lol finally he makes one.
The 9ers should have way more points right now. Wasted Domination. This shouldn’t even be this close.
True this seems to be a common theme regardless of the Qb.
Too bad that field goal hurts us a bit that was a solid drive that could have delivered staggering blow to NE.
Offense did what was needed, Time of possesion is on the Niners side by about four minutes. Got another half to go.
I think we have all seen tonight what a great QB Kaep is gonna be in this league. Yep, there are still some wrinkle but the sky is the limit for this guy!
I gotta add, the 49ers are pass blocking tonight. For a change!
key stat= 3rd downs
49ers 4/8
patsies 0/7
How about that defense? !? Just dominating the best offense in the league. Best game of the year so far. Have to keep it up on D, and hit a couple more deep passes. Guys are getting way, way open.
Kaep looks cool and composed under the lights, only blemish is 3 fumbled snaps…..heck of a game so far.
Yeah but we need two halves against Brady… Im still nervous.
Oh, you bet Shoup,
We left at least 11 points out there, and the Pats could get right back in this with 1 play. Hoping for a nice drive with points to start the 3rd!
See if the offense shrivels up in the second half. tThat’s been a trend over this year. gotta let it rip or we will bog down…
Hope Aldon can pick up sacks in the 2nd half.
yeah he’s just missed a few.
Hopefully now everybody can see why I have been saying since the QB switch that we should all trust Harbaugh. If JH thinks Kap is the guy, that is good enough for me.
We need to get to Brady in this second half.
Frank fking Gore
Oh no…..
Miss long young man…