SANTA CLARA — This is the live blog for the third quarter of the 49ers’ Week 4 game against the Eagles. I will update this frequently with information and analysis from the press box.
3:14 The 49ers will receive the ball.
3:17 Touchback.
3:19 Bruce Ellington gains 15 yards on jet sweep around the left side on first down.
3:20 Next play, Vernon Davis makes a 5-yard catch and seems to hurt his back when he gets tackled. He’s walking trudging off the field to the locker room.
3:22 Bradley Fletcher knocks away a pass intended for Brandon Lloyd on third and three. Lee has to punt.
3:23 Kassim Osgood tackles Sproles at the Eagles’ 16.
3:25 The stadium is half empty.
3:26 LeSean McCoy gains four yards up the middle on first down and Jason Peters limps off the field.
3:27 Next play, Foles completes a pass to Ertz in the flat. Antoine Bethea strips it and Perrish Cox recovers.
3:28 First and 10 at the 23.
3:30 Vernon Davis, back, out. Anthony Davis, knee, out.
3:31 Kaepernick gets sacked on first down. Loss of 5. Gore missed the blitzer.
3:37 The 49ers use their first timeout to avoid a delay of game penalty on third-and-11 from the 12. Cary Williams kept this drive alive by committing a defensive holding penalty on third and 15 from the 28.
3:38 Kaepernick rolls left and throws a TD pass to Stevie Johnson in the front right corner of the end zone. 21-20 Eagles.
3:42 Touchback.
3:44 Chris Cook knocks away a pass for Maclin on third and 5 and the Eagles go three and out. 49ers’ ball at its 36.
3:50 Carlos Hyde loses two yards on second and 12 from the Eagles 29 and Joe Staley is down.
3:52 Roman calls a handoff for Gore and he gains three yards. Daring.
3:53 Dawson makes a 46-yard field goal and the score is 23-21 Niners with 3:33 left in the third quarter.
3:54 Touchback.
3:55 Foles throws deep for Maclin while taking a hit from Justin Smith. Antoine Bethea picks off the pass. First and 10 at the 49ers’ 26.
3:57 Kaepernick bounces a pass to Hyde in the flat and its third and 9.
3:58 Complete over the middle to Boldin for 12. First down.
4:00 Second and 7 from the Eagles’ 48 when the fourth quarter starts.
A fly sweep!!!!
love it
Bug Ellington for 15!
VD dwn,1
Didn’t quite get to that second gear Ellington.
Oh come on ref! That was clearly a late hit.
Why is VD holding his hip when he was hit around his shoulder? Come on Vernon!
He took a knee to his lower back which can affect the hip area.
VD has been protecting his brand this season, at the expense of the team.
Not arguing with that 23, but still…taking a knee in the small of the back can result in a serious injury.
And yet another late hit, this yime on Gore.
Hyde was open at the marker. Need to hit that.
Is CK going to ever pass to an open RB on a 3rd and short situation?
Why is Kap not running for 3 years instead of forcing passes underneath? He’s gotta keep the chains moving right there. He’s actually getting decent protection now. What is going on?
That’s the problem he has been running for 3 years instead of playing the complete QB position
Looked to me like Kaep had the check down option open if he’d seen it earlier on that 3rd down.
I wish the team would run on 3rd and 3
with the usual caveat that i’m just a fan: Kaep has regressed – those receivers are “wide open” by NFL standards, and whereas when he replaced Alex Kaep came out firing decisively, now he’s either thinking when he should be unloading or he has an unnaturally high standard for “open”
He does seem to be playing tentatively. I think he is trying to hard to not run and hold the ball longer to pass. He sort of did that in the early part of the season last year as well.
There goes Cox again!
>>3:25 The stadium is half empty.
At least the WE WANT GABBERT chants won’t overwhelm.
Great dual play by Bethea and Cox!
Cox is a much better at outside corner, as opposed to a slot.
More good play by the D. Come on offense, do something good!
Does Buck EVER shut up??…Joe Buck yourself!!
RUN THE DAMN BALL!
Jeez c’mon guys!
Catch the ball Crabtree!! Pathetic
Remember when we thought that this offense was much better?
unbelievable how porous our OL is
Lucky break there, because this series has been horrible upon horrible so far.
our O-line is making the Eagles look like the 85 Bears
thank you #26
What a break.
Roman bailed out of more horrible play calling with a penalty
Run frank run
Muscle Beach ref bails us out again…I love that Arnold wanna be!!
This oline cannot pass block.
Time for Hyde to bulldozer somebody
C’mon Kaep!! You HAVE to hit that
Kaepernick is horrible
Wow. Gotta hit that.
Joe Buck is annoying even with my TV muted and the captions on.
Hilarious
And then the play clock runs down.
That as a TD
There is no reason that Kaep didn’t connect with Crabtree there.
Horrible pass. Kap hearing footsteps. He’s come unglued because of the pass rush.
He is having an off day. He started inaccurate this game. You are assuming it’s because of pressure. QB have days like this but when it’s Kaep everyone keys in on the negative perception. Foles has missed quite a few open players himself.
nice hands!
All right!
unbelievable catch
That is a fantastic catch
well done
wow!!!!!
Outstanding reception.
What a catch!!!!!!
Nice catch and concentration to tap his toes by Johnson there.
Kap!!!!!….Stevie Wonder Johnson!!!! …Kap made up for missing Crabtree
Hey we finally scored in the 2nd half!
Best TD catch by Niners receiver since Vernon Post.
Rib…….really? :)
Trying to pump up the team ;) CAN THEY HEAR ME?????
Yes Rib…you are the man bro!
This was what I wrote prior to the game… it hasnt turned out to be completely correct so far and God I hope I am completely wrong and the niners win.
Prediction.
Eagles 34
SF 23
It is a close game until late in the 3rd when the 9ers defense gets worn out and demoralized from watching the offense settle for field goals off of the short fields the D gave them early in the game from turn overs. The Pass rush goes and the niners give up multiple tds in the 4th.
The formula says go for 1 but I don’t give a sh_ _ I go for 2 with Hyde
Gotta get to Files now. At least knock him down a few times. We have to be as aggressive offensively as they are! Come on Defense!!!
Johnson really bailed Kaep out there, because he should have had the TD to Crab a play earlier.
He makes a great catch which has been something that was missing from this teams WR all season.
Foles
Who was saying Bethea wasn’t a good pickup during FA this year?
Bethea and Wilholte are having some good plays today. Feeling good about our d
Just win Harby!!
nice work D!
big play D
yikes that was close to diaster
Good job defense!!!!
i feel a change in momentum. maybe for this game. maybe for this season
Whatever it takes……Get er done Harbs!! By any means possible.
Yes!
TG for FG
Gore is the man!
Scream bloody gore
IUPATI!! Great block!
Gore is making a statement. ” to win I have to get the ball”
Muscle Beach is best ref in NFL!!!..That’s not saying much
Gore rushes for 100, for the first time in a year, i think.
12/08/13 last 100 yard rushing game. Had a 97 yard game after through.
Good job by Martin his man despite the defender having his hand underneath Martin’s chin.
Great, looks like a hammy for Staley.
Shut the Buck up!!
oh no. not another tackle. Now boone has to go play tackle
At least Looney and Martin have a lot of practice time playing on that right side
Bad play call on that run.
Have to settle for 3
Dr. Phil is back!!!! 3!!!!
c’mon D don’t back off now
This is shaping up for a titanic ending.
Hey, hey hey, we are winning!!!!
Yes sir Lou!
Hopefully the D keeps it up because our offense still looks pretty anemic
Bethea, you beauty!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Bethea, I’m liking this guy
starting to like Bethea ;-)
Cowboy!!!!!!
Pick six by Bethea! He’s having a great game.
Cowboy was huge
What kind of throw was that?
That was a signature Kaepernick throw…..if our receivers ran their patterns in reverse, he could probably lead them….running them forward, its anyones guess where the pass will be….sometimes high but more often than not, behind the receiver…..
Kaep had space in front of him
He is playing tentative like he did early last season. Could have picked up a lot of first downs by running rather than waiting for pass plays to develop.
Why won’t Kap take off for 5???
wow. rocket
Boldin!
Staley is back!
Prime Time – You are too quiet today ;)
nah that was good
They’re lucky that catch by Boldin wasn’t challenged.
hitting on all cylinders now
Gore makes this line, not the other way around
I strongly suspect that is true. He is running hard today. I think that he made the line seem better than they actually were has a lot of truth to it. They still need to keep his carries down so he stays fresh or his production will slip as the season wears on.
Now IUPATI is doing his job in the run game.
Switch to 4th qtr blog fellas
Kap is a bonehead!
doh!
What a waste of a time out.
CK is the biggest moron! Why call time out there? Idiot!
Dumb!
Did you ever consider that he was not told to take the penalty? Perhaps it was a communication problem like last week on the called of fake punt. The staff is famous for that. But you guys want to put everything on Kaep whether it was his fault or not. It’s a wonder you didn’t blame the botched field goal last week on him as well.
I’ve said it million times, you cannot teach intelligence. Franchise QB my bare a$$!!!!!!!
This is at good as it’s going to get with kaep.
The defense has it’s groove back.
First points in the 4th qtr since at least the Green Bay game last year.
3 4th qtr points in 5 games. That’s not on Roman. That’s awful game management by the HC.
D shut out the Eagles.