Niners pull out the win after back-and-forth game with Rams

Inglwood, California. Having entered the game on Thursday evening against LOS -ANGELES RAMS, San Francisco 49ers He had exactly zero receivers or hard ends in the list that caught for them PAS in 2024.

It was not there George KittleIN Brandon AyyukIN Ricky Pirsol or Jauan JenningsTheir field did not have a starting quota Brock Fertyor. On paper, on Thursday evening, Rams screamed in fugitive.

Everything, that is, except for the final scoreboard. Niners performed with the most funny performance in the first five weeks, stole the victory from Rams and putting them out to the first place to the NFC West to 4-1 and 3-0 in the division.

As this happened in each of the three other victories, Nineers had several amazing heroes on Thursday evening. This time it was a beginner in defense Alfred Collins coercion and restoration of the ball on his own line of goals in regulation with a large number of defender Mac Jones And the receiver Kendrick Born And Kiker Eddie Pignero mixed. And then they received a stop needed in the fourth and 1 to remove it.

In the process, the coach Kyle Shanakhan provided a lot of evidence that this is a team made of the right things. For several additional days for relaxation, Niners slate does not become easier, since they go to Tampa Bay for the 6th week.

But for some time, downtime should help them become relatively healthy, and the victory on Thursday should give great hope that this is a season with great potential.

San Francisco 49ers (4-1)

Statistics to know: 49ers did not record interception on Thursday evening that there are 12 of themtour A game in a row without one, starting from last season. This is a point of disappointment for Nines, which continue to receive passes into their own hands, but are not able to transport them repeatedly.

The most amazing performance: WR Kendrick Bourne.

Given all the injuries in the receiver, Bourne delivered for Nineers on Thursday evening. He had a pair of failures, including the third fall in the first half, but he bounced stronger after a three -sized performance against Jacksonville on Sunday. Bourne was the best option QB Mac Jones in a passing game, finishing with 10 He will catch for 142 Yard, career and only the second time, reaching triple numbers in the game in his career.

What to do with QB performance: Jones has already proved his strength to his teammates in his two previous starts against saints and cardinals, playing through the injury of the left knee in the later stages of victory over Arizona.

But Thursday only strengthened this status when Jones made a few big strokes and continued to get up. Jones went to shoot, and even after he stopped, holding this left leg in the second half, he returned again.

Jones finished 33 out of 49 for 342 yards with two landings and without interceptions. This is still unknown when Brock Ferty returns from the injury of the finger, but the nine in good hands with Jones at the same time.

Next game: V Tampa -Bay Bukkaners (16:25 and, CBS)

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Los Angeles Rams (3-2)

While just five weeks after the season, Los Angeles Rams missed the opportunity to take the initiative – at least temporarily – in the competitive NFC West.

Despite the fact that he played against the injured team of 49ers, missing the starting quoterbeck Brock Perdi, the wide receivers of Jauan Jennings, Ricky Pirsolla and Brandon Ayuke and the hard end of George Kittle, Rams fell to 3-2, could not take advantage of his first game in the season.

A big blow was a ball on the line of the gate of San Francisco, running back Kiren Williamswho also had a pass with a remote at the beginning of the game at the beginning of the game. It was their second one inside 49ers '25.

According to ESPN Research, this is the first time that Rams lost several balls in the regular season game under the leadership of the head coach Sean McVay.

Rams also had three missed passages (one from Williams, running back Blake Korum And run back Jordan Whittington) on Thursday evening. According to ESPN Research, in the first four weeks in the game Rams had four drops.

What to do with the result QB: Stafford placed Rams in his post to win the game at the end of the fourth quarter and overtime. Stafford completed 30 of 47 passes for 389 yards and three landings. Its 11 passing landings this season become its third largest in his first five games of the season in his career in the NFL after 2011 (13) and 2021 (12 years, Ramsa led to the Victory of the Super Cup).

Trend to watch: Rams is a wide receiver Puka Nakua He continued his hot start of the season, having caught 10 of 12 targets for 76 yards and landing. With 10 catches, he passed the former teammate Cooper coup (49 in 2022) for the majority of the player’s techniques in the first five games of his team of the season in the history of NFL, ESPN Research reports.

Statistics to know: Rams running back, Kiren Williams had 12.2 yards of division upon arrival of the throw to land his second quarter from Matthew StaffordAccording to NFL Next Gen Stats. This is the second largest division into any passing landing this season. This was the third largest division on any passage of Stafford’s landing since the beginning of 2016, when the statistics of NFL Next Gen began tracking the metric.

Next game: V Baltic crow (13:00 and fox)