SANTA CLARA — This is the live blog for the second quarter of the 49ers’ Week 2 game against the Bears. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis from the press box.
6:20 Cutler fakes a handoff to Holmes on a jet sweep and pitches the ball to Forte who gains seven yards and a first down around the left side of the Bears’ offense.
6:21 Cutler has forever in the pocket to throw and overthrows an open Marshall. Cutler looks scared.
6:21 Next play, Cutler stares down Marshall and throws to him late on a comeback route and Perrish Cox easily breaks up the pass. Third and 10.
6:22 Next play, Cutler floats a perfect pass over Patrick Willis to Martellus Bennett for a 22-yard gain. Harbaugh is challenging the ruling.
6:26 Call reversed. Bennett was juggling the pass when he had his feet in bounds.
6:27 The Bears punt the ball into the end zone. Touchback.
6:29 Gore gains 7 yards on a weak lead on first down and gains two yards on a trap play on second down. Bruce Miller gains nothing on a third down run up the gut. The 49ers commit a delay of game penalty on fourth down.
6:30 The Bears are flagged for holding during the punt return. Bears’ ball at their 13.
6:35 Justin Smith sacks Cutler on third-and-9 from the 14.
6:36 Raise your hand if you expected the Bears to score more than 13 points.
6:36 Ellington fumbles the punt and recovers it at midfield.
6:38 This game is painful to watch. Zero continuity or flow. Over-officiating and ticky-tack calls.
6:38 First play, Kaepernick stares down Boldin who’s running a deep post. Kaepernick throws to Boldin and Chris Conte makes a diving interception. Bears’ ball at their 32.
6:41 The Bears gain one yard and punt.
6:42 The Bears committed three fouls on the punt return. The 49ers accept the holding penalty. The Bears have to re-kick. Wow, this game.
6:44 Borland is flagged for holding on the return. Niners start at their 15. Every play there’s a penalty.
6:45 There have been 125 yards of total offense between the two teams in this game.
6:48 Boldin is flagged for holding, which brings back a 54-yard touchdown run by Gore.
6:50 Kaepernick fumbles and the Bears recover at their 20. Kaepernick kept the ball on a read-option, ran left, took a shot and coughed it up. He has turned the ball over two possessions in a row. He played better the last game against the Bears.
6:53 Cutler fumbles the snap. Lynch could have fallen on the ball at the Bears’ 3 yard line but he tried to pick it up and run it and missed it. The Bears fall on it at their 2. Third and 28.
6:54 Cutler throws deep for Jeffery and Cox dives and drops the interception. The Bears punt from their end zone, but not before they commit a delay of game penalty. Fourth and 29 from the 1.
6:55 Ellington catches the punt at the Bears 48 and returns it to the Bears’ 30.
6:58 Gore cuts back a read-option carry into a wide open hole and scores an 8-yard TD run. 17-0 Niners with 2:22 left in the first half.
7:00 Vance McDonald has a knee injury and his return his questionable. Derek Carrier made a tough 22-yard catch in the middle of the field during that drive. He took a shot from Charles Tillman as he caught the ball.
7:01 Touchback. Bears’ ball at their 20. They lave fewer than 40 yards of total offense.
7:02 Cutler completes a 10-yard pass to Bennett in the middle of the field on first down and it’s the two-minute warning.
7:08 Cox is flagged for illegal contact on third and 10 from the 49ers’ 40. Automatic first down.
7:09 Next play, Forte is flagged for illegal touching. Next play, Quinton Dial is flagged for roughing the passer. Flags three plays in a row.
7:12 Brandon Marshall makes a falling one-handed 17-yard touchdown catchcatch over Jimmie Ward. 17-7 Niners with 13 seconds left in the half.
7:17 Kaepernick throws a deep line drive behind Ellington and the half ends.
7:29 17 penalties and 3 reviews in the first half. Disgusting.
Can only get pressure by blitzing.
What’s going on with the play clock? That was delay of game, now its even.
That challenges gonna be close!
Harbaugh wins a challenge!
Wow. That is a surprise. Thought he had it. Nice Jim!
Wow, Bears can’t catch a break. Good news!
as i said before, that’s a stupid rule, as confirmed by Michaels/Collingsworth, but Harbaugh smart to throw the flag.
Im biased but I didnt think it was that bad of a call… the player bobbled the ball while trying to come down in bounds with it. No football move was made and the ball spun in his hands. A good way to look at it is if he had dropped the ball at that point do you think the niners could have gotten a fumble out out of it?
agree ball was moving (the rule) but i’d suggest that the player had substantial control of the ball. anyway, the rule is the rule (for now)
wow- 75 really whiffed on that one.
Bad block by Boone on that one. If he gets one of those guys, Miller gets the first.
That was a fantastic punt.
Run defense looks a lot better today
Justin Smith is too old, right guys?
Not even holding can stop Justin Smith!
I know… Lynch should get an assist though.
Sloppy…
Cowboy!!!! Love that man!!!
COWBOY!
Justin will pick up the slack during Aldon’s absence, and will be sure for a Pro Bowl this season barring an injury,
Wow, Kap stared down the receiver there… that was horrible.
Yeah, still learning,……….
HEY HARBS…..RUN THE F*CKING BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kap still staring down his primary target. No bueno!!!
Agree. Can’t do that! Nice pick by the safety.
Defense is Ballin!!!
At least the D is getting it back quickly. Shake off the int and move on, Kap.
4 flags!!!! Come on!!!
Dang…go grab a beer and sooner or later you realize you’re talking to yourself on the Q1 blog..
Lol
Rookies! They make so many mistakes.
Home opener at Levi
1st TD – Crabtree
1st FG – Dawson
1st NFL record – most flags thrown in a single game.
So we traded 4 penalties on them for one of ours. Nice!
Wow… are these Refs trying to drum up some publicity for something? They certainly want their TV time.
Niner cheerleaders are better than ever……performance wise ;)…….Sorry 9erGirl….Just sayin
Lol – I live with two boys and a grown man…..if I got offended whenever they checked out cheerleaders I’d have to move out of my own home. :-)
Atta girl! Thanks
Defence is playing well, Offense is looking bad. We need a drive for a TD.
The penalties are crazy. Is it the players or the reds?
this is torture to watch these refs instead of a football game
Nice run by Gore…too bad it doesn’t count.
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Crabtree has meaty claws and he can block!!!!
Take that flag and shove it up your a$$!! Frank deserved that TD!
Frank Gore, Hall of Famer
Bad call on the hold
wow, a flag.. shocking.
wtf that’s not a hold
What!!!! Boldin didn’t do $@&t!
that was holding??? that is a crime to take that run away from gore.
Obviously Gores legs are gone. That’s the takeaway from that play.
Come Kap!!!! Can’t keep running!!! Give to Gore/Hyde!!!!
Wow…just wow.
Wow, Romo… i mean Kap.
Put Romo on this team …we’d be up by 30 by now
We go from would-be touchdown to turnover. That hurts.
SMH, why abuse our QB when everything else is working. We just can’t put away teams, driving the ball with authority and the Bears have done nothing but are still in the game.
Stop Running w/ Kap Roman! Gore scores and is tired but run the ball with Hyde!
Lynch with the rookie mistake
I’m guessing the only people watching this game after that play are Niner fans…Chicago just checked out
Fall on the freakin Ball!!!!!
Yup yup
Lynch sees the end zone when he should have fallen on it. Dang it.
But considering that he got a block earlier, I’ll cut him some slack. Still good field position after a decent return.
We are playing poorly and letting the Bears stay in the game. This is ugly.
Lynch …….Nooooooo!!!!!! No biggie…..Steal in the draft!!
Our defense is playing awesome. Keeping our offense in it!!!!
ok, wheres the flag?
No turnovers!!!!
Yes!! No flag, lol!
I hear ya; I was waiting for defensive holding on the 3rd and 28.
Gore! No flag this time!
Mr no legs
FRANK GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTG Frank!! Get that TD back!
Good job Gore!!!!
Worst run defense in the NFL and we go single back, and trips. Roman, some times you dont have to trick the other team.
33 yards? I thought Chicago’s offense was supposed to be the good part of their team.
Nice to see Gore and the defense back to their usual brilliance, but I’m a bit disappointed in Kaep’s play right now. Way too much staring.
Frank!
he is so good, we have been lucky to have him.
Vance McDonald is questionable to return with a knee injury….I’m more worried about this hands than his knees. Carrier may have just moved up to the #2 TE spot.
+1. his rookie/nervous “drops” period seems to be lasting longer than it should
That was certainly a nice catch he made on that drive.
I’ve always thought we’ve had a big hole in the #2 TE spot since Walker left – maybe Carrier can pick up where he left off. (I’m not a huge VMac fan).
Bears coach is too soft for NFL (Not For Long).
So first the Niners are handed a TD
by the Bears kicker. Then…
after a 13-play “drive”… we manage
only a field goal. Note to Coach Harbaw:
go ahead and get your offense on track.
Colin has played ‘for the cycle”
(fumble, sack, and “dropped” interception).
DS – Stay on KC blog with HoferFan67……Ask mommy to heat up some Top Ramen for you.
Obviously you r troll from Raider Nation!
wtf ref
heck even the WWF outlawed that one… ;-)
Nice shot Dial!
Can’t do that, Dial. He’ll be hearing from the league office for that one, and it won’t be cheap.
BS!!! Good hit I say!!!!
Would you be saying the same thing if Kaepernick was hit like that? I wouldn’t.
Ala Jim Burt vs Joe Montana.
I don’t care. That was a good hit Dial!!! Can’t drop the f$$king helmet. What is this! Pee football you can drop the helmet!!!!
Qb’s can no longer be considered football players. They are on the same level as punters.
Ugh. Not much they could do about that.
Nice Refs!!! Let them have that TD. Hopefully it will be the only one!
Can’t even blame Ward on that one, just a great catch.
Wow Great catch
What a play by Marshall ! Respect for good!Go Niners ! Cutler is a warrior but those ribs are ready for barbecuing!
Sloppy mistakes by Kaep is the only reason this game isn’t 28-0. If he can’t learn to look off safeties he’s only going to throw more of those picks and the fumble was just lazy ball handling.
Not the only reason. Some yellow fabric figures into it as well.
Are we getting close for the record for penalties yet? I need something to look forward to in the second half. That, and the usual Cutler picks.
22.
We got 17 in one half. GO refs! :/
Oops, 22 was for one team, combined is 37. We *should* be safe.
Wow….that was a quick half
Two turnovers, but still up by ten. Clean up the mistakes and blow this game open in the second half.
I’d be willing to bet there are a lot less flags second half. The league will put a can on it.
I hope so
Frank Gore is out to prove he still has the juice. The refs are killing us with that ticky tack calls. We’ve made mistakes as well but I’m feeling pretty good with the offense. Kaep is going to his check downs. He did stare down his receiver on that pick but overall our offense looks good. I’d like to see Hyde run more.
Defense looks a lot better today. You can only contain a 6’4 monster for so long. What about lynch making a play early in the game.
Kap is having an up and down game so far. But the defense and offense should do enough to win.
Marshall made a fantastic catch to make the score closer but how many of those does he have to make?
Colin Kaepernick meets George Thorogood
[ one bourbon, one whiskey, one beer ]
or…
one sack, one interception, one fumble
That will not cut it against Seattle, fella.
Kap lost the game. Not only the interceptions but he was inaccurate from the beginning first pass to Boldin, second to Crabtree. I’m worried if he cannot be ready for the opening home game of the season when will he be. CANDIDA
KAEPERNICK IS A BUST