49ers @ Saints live blog: First quarter

This is the live blog for the first quarter of the 49ers’ Week 10 road game against the Saints. I will update this frequently with information and analysis from my living room.

10:02 The 49ers win the toss and defer.

10:04 Cadet returns the kickoff to the Saints’ 24.

10:06 Jim Harbaugh calls the first timeout on the third play of the game. The Niners had 12 men on the field.

10:07 Third play of the game — third-and-8 — Brees floats a pass to Marques Colston who was running a corner route. Antoine Bethea undercuts the pass, picks it off and runs it to the Saints’ 20.

10:08 The 49ers’ first play is a run.

10:09 Greg Roman calls three straight Frank-Gore runs and the 49ers score a touchdown. 7-0 Niners. Good going, Greg.

10:13 Cadet returns the kickoff to the Saints’ 23.

10:15 Brandin Cooks drops a short pass on third-and-3 and the Saints go three and out. Bruce Ellington gets tackled right away on the punt return at the 49ers’ 21.

10:27 Carlos Hyde scores easily on a crack toss to the left from the Saints’ 9 yard line. 14-0 Niners. Gore gained 18 yards on three counter runs during that 13-play drive. Kaepernick converted a third-and-10 by stepping up in the pocket and throwing a rope to Anquan Boldin for 12  yards. And Kaepernick converted a third-and-5. The Saints blitzed and Kaepernick scrambled for 19.

10:31 Cadet returns the kickoff to the Saints’ 24.

10:31 Roman has called 11 runs and 5 passes — about 2 to 1. Good going, Greg. The past weeks, the run-pass ratio was 2 to 1 the other way.

10:35 Brandin Cooks beats Tramaine Brock on a double move for a 35-yard catch on third-and-12.

10:40 Perrish Cox misses a tackle on third-and-7 gives up a 12-yard gain to Marques Colston. Chris Borland ends the Saints’ drive with back-to-back tackles on second down and third down near the 49ers’ red zone. The Saints make a 40-yard field goal and the score is 14-3 Niners.

10:42 The Saints tackle Ellington at the 49ers’ 15 on the kick return and the first quarter ends.

This article has 54 Comments

  1. Road grate time! !! I told you were going pound the meat! !! Grind!!!! This offensive line is angry!!!

  2. Just read the thing about Aldon Smith not completing his counseling. real, real disappointing.

  3. The radio broadcast is behind the TV. So I can’t sync the broadcasts by delaying the radio. So today i have to listen to the TV guys.

  4. Oh, OK. i get it. the niners are treating this like its a play off game. in a sense – it is

    1. He just looked pissed in general. i think BL and others were just talking him down. not sure why he was upset. maybe a saint punched him in the nuts?

  5. Why does Roman keep calling runs? Not fair that Hyde scored. That TD should have gone to Colin.

    1. OK, we get it Bay. You can stop with whoever you think you are aping, it’s not as clever as you think it is.

  6. Are those swamp people really going to play that stupid siren every 3rd down? It’s frickn annoying!

  7. This kid Borland is a baller. I was hard on him against the Broncos. He has a nose for the ball. I love it

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