2012 Lions @ 49ers

but a perfect evening in San Francisco Candlestick Park is the site of a much anticipated matchup between the Lions and 49ers on Sunday Night Football [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you want [Applause] Sunday but three sixty-two degrees and breezes at Candlestick Park not since grant mentally and appomattox as a handshake got this much coverage they meet again tonight Jim Bob all leads to San Francisco 49ers against Jim Schwartz and his Detroit Lions and a great matchup on NBC's Sunday Night Football now Michael Smith Don's work Michele Tafoya welcome to San Francisco the place is already a rockin great matchup tonight neither of these teams will sneak up on anybody this year last year the 49ers 13 and 3 went to overtime an NFC Championship game before succumbing to the Giants start of the year this season with a big time road win at Lambeau against Green Bay Detroit meanwhile to the playoffs for the first time in 12 years last year before losing to New Orleans it's very much a team on the rise last week struggled against st. Louis but Matthew Stafford led them down the stretch and they won the game with 10 seconds to play so each team comes in with a mark of 1 2 no Chris it's interesting to think of the 49ers were 6 and 10 two years ago higher Jim Harbaugh now a lot of people think this is the best team in the National Football League where do you rank them New England's lost today I've got him number one in my poll right now so we'll see and everybody knows about the defense of the 49ers a running game with Frank Gore but what people may not know is Alex Smith and what he's done he hasn't turned the ball over on an interception since Thanksgiving a year ago so this team's doing a lot right believe me the 49ers are back and they face a team in Detroit Matthew Stafford and emerging quarterback almost two elite status and he's got the best receiver and the loser does Calvin Johnson and we've seen it before it's almost comical some of the defenses that they put up against this guy but if the Detroit Lions are going back to the playoffs again they're gonna have to ride the backs of their defensive line guys like in dhama can sue and they can be dominant now in Johnson caught 96 balls Megatron he'll be an action tonight against that haunted San Francisco defenseless Patrick Willis Detroit and the 49ers on Sunday Night Football like Sunday Night Football on NBC on Facebook and follow SNF on NBC on Twitter catch Michele Tafoya is live video updates from the sidelines all season long NBC Sports welcomes you to the following presentation of the National Football League from the Golden Gate to the reprieve handshake gate before tonight's game must go down to the field for more on that here's Michelle well al leading up to this game this is what people wanted to talk about the infamous post game exchange between head coaches Jim Harbaugh Jim sports last October at Ford Field after the Niners have come from behind to handle Lions their first loss of the season the handshake went awry and the two nearly came to blows now neither of the coaches wanted to comment on this this week Schwartz declined to answer any of our questions but when we met with Harbaugh it was apparent there's a bit of an edge between these teams Harbaugh called the Lions quote a chippy team I hit you after the fact team and he said it's been well-documented so he said his players need to keep their heads on a swivel and not retaliate in order to avoid penalties now before the game the coach is met on the field they shook hands they smiled but al either way one of the most anticipated moments of this night will be when the clock hits zero and these two coaches meet at midfield or don't so we will be there to cover it Chris all I can say is it's a gripping tale jim harbaugh tremendous success at Stanford that helped him get this job with the 49ers laughs here Jim Schwartz in his fourth season so right when two games is first year six teams a second year and ten games in the each team comes in one and oh and tonight on a perfect night temperature in the low 60s a little breezy as it normally is a candlestick mark the Lions won the toss they'll receive and that's David Akers who tied the NFL record last week in Green Bay with a 63-yard field goal Stephon Logan is back deep to receive for the Lion [Applause] roaring [Applause] San Francisco with the touchback and let's take a look at the Lions offense fancy Stanford University of Georgia Kenneth Smith central florida knights Calvin Johnson Georgia Tech Nate Burleson Reynard View Elementary Tigers young Boise State Brandon Pettigrew Oklahoma State Jeff Backus Michigan Rob Simms the Ohio State University Dominic Raiola Nebraska student Peterman LSU Tigers dodge - Arliss Boston College the Lions who passed twice as much as they ran last year goes to Kevin Smith and the outside linebacker the spectacular at 14 sacks he's here to stop him Alvin Smith really known for his ability to rush the passer 14 sacks last year in his work are you good against the Lund as can play soft in the secondary this one seven can just dominated now the white Avenue we're next dude snacker and takes the cost of him and doesn't [Music] to the outside in his 12th year out of Missouri a one-time number-one draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals who makes the stock regardless of which team that was that we were talking to they were all talking about Justin Smith that's the guy they feel [Music] [Applause] he'll navel linebackers to get up the field that the cowboy as they call him is the force third and six as the Lions be and with a couple of ones they will spread it out and they will take a timeout so Detroit a minute and 12 seconds into the game already has to use the timeout before this roaring throng when the Matthew Stafford did it again last week didn't he after all that come-from-behind wins of a season ago he comes out an opening day for his three interceptions in the first half and it looks like the sky is falling and then with everything on the line last two drives takes him down the field and it's just getting to be amazing how many times this team has gotten way behind and found a way to come back and win we talked about two-to-one ratio there it is most master oriented team in the league last year by contrast the 49ers were a team that was just about 5050 one pass Patrick Lewis he and Navarro woman might make the best pair of inside linebackers always six after the timeout completely Calvin who's always going to draw a lot of attention the intended receiver for down Johnson's is going to come inside but Ahmad Brooks who looked like he was going to rush the passer there was actually covering Brandon Pettigrew and just got in the way Bolman got a little tip of it but they don't do much tricky back in the secondary they don't [Applause] Williams is back to receive it and we'll handle that one out of bounds at the 31 here comes Alex Smith and the Niners what's beautiful Alex Smith Utah Francoeur the new Bruce Miller central florida michael crabtree Six's to Randy Moss Ryan University Vernon Davis University of Maryland Joe Staley Central Michigan University Mike you party Idaho Jonathan Goodwin University of Michigan Alex Boone the Ohio State University Anthony Davis rookies and yes Randy Moss back of the National Football League last seen at Tennessee two years ago sat out all of last year and now they hope to get him in for 20 to 25 plays again start last week's Nathan first down that pass is incomplete and looking for the flag is Vernon Davis he won't get one Alex Smith take a look at this 186 passes without an interception that is a team record not bad for a team that's had people like Hawaii a tittle and Joe Montana and Steve Young and John Brodie but is only about half way to the NFL record set by Tom Brady a couple of seasons ago that's interesting though counting his playoffs which don't count on that streak he's at 254 right now which would be pretty close to the road Kendall hunter is the running back we're going to cross it out Amari the Super Bowl here join us and learning a meter block the full-back helping to spring him and it's a 30 yard gain for Manningham or the Kita's clip April gets beat just by what happens he sinks down inside which is going to allow Bruce Miller the full-back to bypass him and go get the next guy the safety down the field and then it's just all Mario Manningham from there Michael Crabtree working on the outside against Jacob Lacy with a key block as well Miller up ending the safety Coleman on the 38 of play-action and good protection outside caught by Crabtree that abouts he goes at the 22 yard line if Crabtree can be healthy with Manning incoming and moss coming and him can get healthy the 49ers all of a sudden with a far better passing attack imminent this year there's Crabtree right there and because you have to play so honestly against this team and the way they can run the football now that they have the ability and the trust really in Alex Smith to throw the ball that combination of run and play action is tough to defend war is the running back nor is the fullback play clock at one just does get the snap [Applause] and Davis this time who missed a dunk at Lambo just shoots a layup over the crossbar what a perfect start for the lineup ran out on defense and down the field to go to score the touchdown checked out of the play they yelled out kill kill kill which penny had a run on the chillip sect it to a pass and saw the one-on-one with John Wendling a special teams player substituting for their great safety Luis dolmas down there he saw the one on Wow 235 into the game acres to try to make it seven to nothing [Applause] play being reviewed as for scoring plays are upstairs and now acres ticking as well as ever in his 14th year in the 63 yards and so for the 49ers a spectacular start g35 into the game that his San Francisco seven Detroit nothing [Applause] the by Southwest Airlines you can find our fares online only as southwest.com by Verizon whatever you do droid does buy Audi's truth in engineering and by frost brewed Coors like the world's most refreshing beer world's great sights the skyline of San Francisco on this mid-september Sunday Candlestick Park walking seven to nothing 49ers with acres to kick walk and Logan back to receive [Applause] and the 49ers were off shine as Stefan Logan takes it from the three and brings the ball back down to the 27 yard line but one of the Niners came across the line before the kickoff and the referee tonight is Matt Nicks [Applause] first penalty of the game called by the replacement crew no sign of progress with the regular officials as far as we know and Knicks will make the Kolbe another the Lions have to decide whether they want the 49ers to kick again or take the play they did attack it on here to write off five on the kicking number 83 five yards first out and that's what they do after the 32 yard line let's go back to the touchdown for a minute you're gonna see Alex Smith on kill kill kill and even had motion on the play sent the motion the other direction to isolate John Wendling the safety in a one-on-one situation and through the touchdown pass they would not a season ago in this offense from the 32 yard line straight up in the and of one Smith let's take a look at that 49er wanted defense Ray McDonald the University of Florida South Pole tsubame Hawaii Justin Smith Missouri a mob Brooks UVA Navarro Bowman Penn State Patrick Willis Ole Miss Alden Smith the University of Missouri Carlos Rogers copper University Dante Whitner the Ohio State the sound goes to Washington the defense which played stubbornly last year they give Candice Smith for the 36 the Lions doing a lot of running when they run it's almost always a draw play they run so much draw action because they normally line up out of the shotgun they hand it to the back on an inside give and if you're a Lions fan and your supplies because this team does throw them so much don't be feeling they have to stay patient with the one third down and six Johnson comes out of the slot and then makes the catch in an orange attacker and picks up the first down so Calvin lined up in the slot to the left to the 44 yard line first down the first of the game for the Lions same play they tried earlier and all they're going to do is try and get some catch and runs here out of Calvin Johnson little pick right in the middle of the field almost had a chance tomorrow Bowman to make the play if you Stafford a little 3/4 like a spoilers shortstop days nice cool pressure on the budget retreated Stafford in Texas great protection kinds of time that the secondary does he checks it off underneath and goes to one of their three tight ends will Heller who has it to the 49 to 49 and it'll be second down at about four well that was just a two-man pass rush out of the San Francisco 49ers they dropped their two outside guys off so there wasn't going to be much of a rush so Stafford smartly took advantage of it and just moved around until he was able to find somebody Oh [Applause] Lyons second down to the ground of the outside here goes Smith and Smith gets taken down he's flag his throne Dashon Goldson getting them up high and a flag comes right in the shot Golson came from about 15 yards deep that time to make the play just about the line of scrimmage [Applause] holding number 76 only offer senior penalty check it out that would be the 12th year love tackle Jeff package forty-niners are always going to start with their two safeties deep but when you've got a guy who went to the making plays like that willing to come up and stop the run at the line of scrimmage not so hard to play in that deep second down and 13 a four-man rush going the penalty right there Chris Culliver and Titus young the speedy white at number 16 and the flag what they're hoping for [Applause] at their parents [Applause] you're gonna cover Calvin Johnson with multiple guys somebody has to be one-on-one and this time it's Chris Culliver and I guess hook the arm a little bit there and grab in the Jersey and that was that 34 yard penalty and swatted away at the last moment intended for Scheffler and Carlos Rogers is able to bat it Raju is a one-time Washington and his eight year out of harbor at second down to ten but what a great play by Carlos Rogers right here this ball looked like it was going to be completed but he gets his arm between the two hands and the ball of two Scheffler and just strips it away you know Rogers one of those guys in Washington maybe was thought of even as a little bit of applause has come here Julie Bell is the running back and think of the him and give it the and his second pairing on this time it is Culliver it is flag for that past interfering school who comes up to make the tackle it'll not be third down and eight and run defense for San Francisco especially here yards allowed per game TVs allowed take a look at that last year at home they did not allow a single rushing touchdown good measure because of guys like that Smith [Applause] pressure and then the patches made the category gets taken down immediately by Dante Whitner and the lions will have to settle for a field goal attempt from Jason Hanson going to get in third and hu can bring pressure and know that the offense has to throw the ball hot because they can't get it all protected all you have to do is come up and make the tackle just like that and one thing you will see how the 49ers that is a real rarity when they miss a tackle and Dante Whitner is not going to miss it 38 yard attempt Jason Hanson [Applause] he has spent his life in the National Football League season Graham puts it down and Hansen bangs it throws 747 left in the opening quarter 7 3 49ers complete viewing experience NBC sports.com SNF extra Mike Florio Michele Tafoya reporting barry sanders is aboard tonight social media analysis hey Barry did you ever have a moment of regret this is my question to you 30 years old you're retired you shocked everybody after the 98 season was there ever a minute of regret anyway you can pluck the Barry Sanders at SNF extra I had a few regrets we retired I would like to sing that guy play about another six or seven years me too [Applause] Jason Danson [Applause] kick-off and it's a one hopper he comes Rutgers the seven his way to the 25 min Alliance think that the ball came out they're signalling they have it [Applause] and they come away with the football and that's kasym Osgood the longtime special teams ace formerly with San Diego who comes away with the bowl al it's ounds strange but there are times in the NFL where you have to get down when you're in the middle of a pile like that defenses will actually try to hold you up so they can strip the football out of there and that's exactly what happened to Kendall Hunter so the 49ers have that long streak and no turnovers and that would figure on a return and you have to tell 49er fans though what happened in the playoffs last few of the Kyle Williams team returns against the Giants so the turnover here the ball is at the 25-yard line the Lions try to cash in and the handoff goes to joy Bell that his first ever carry lastly gonna went to a touchdown there was several teams and played as Collins wolf in Detroit at Wayne State second and eight Alice it's almost amazing to me that with just six guys in here that you can play the run like this they did the same thing to the Green Bay Packers a week ago they just played one-on-one football they didn't try to overload anything they protected their back-end and their secondary and guys like Justin Smith only need a helmet to play second down and eight and Stafford swings again to that side and that's incomplete we'll see blanketed by Rogers it'll be third down and eight for the Lions and one of the things that makes it doubly tough to run on these guys a lot of teams when it gets the third down they have to take their two inside linebackers out of the game well the 49ers don't do that because they had two of the best cover linebackers and Patrick Willis and Navarro Bowman so they're willing to hang in there with those linebackers so now there's almost no way to run [Applause] balance six runs six passes [Applause] it's not the way at the line of scrimmage batted down Ahmad books coming in and it will be fourth down and Hanson will come in again ma Brooks really was just in man coverage right here but when Kevin Smith stays in the block he's just going to hang around and wait for him and just happen to be in the throwing leg Stafford staring it down and what's happened all the way Jason Danson and at the record-holder most games played in the history of the league this is his 313 and this is a 49 heart attack bobbled snap and the kick hits the upright and bangs through so a little trouble on the fold right there by Graham on the snap a wheel balk but Hanson puts it through to make it 7 to 6 7 system spill Bay on this gorgeous Sunday night mystic park is for seven to six San Francisco handsome with two field goals I said before Hanson 313 games that's the most by anybody who has never played on the winning side in places the warden Anderson at 382 that's how long it's been since the Lions have won in postseason Kendall Hunter flare comes in takes the ball on the return up to the 18 yard line six and a half to go in the quarter that next a lot of NAIA experience thirty years as an official lives in Tennessee is an environmental engineer attorney unit to the 49ers start deep in their own territory the lights went out for good producer JJ Abrams brings a new drama to NBC the crews power is everything revolution premiering tomorrow night at 10:00 Eastern the Pacific nine central and mountain right here on NBC they get out the trash back to Candlestick the bold is at the 9 yard line first down here is fight for the all time on his first carry of the night almost amazing that the 49ers keep hitting the Lions on this play it's a tight end trap when the tackle goes up the field Delanie Walker kicks him out and that was the play more than any other in the game in Detroit last year that beat the Detroit Lions and you would think that after a year looking at it they would have had it figured out a little variation there but it still worked he had 141 on the ground at Ford Field last year [Applause] 26 let's take a look at that Detroit defense cliff Averill Boilermaker for Williams Arkansas State Dom casued University of Nebraska Portland Morgan Cal Grant and Bosh Nebraska Justin Durant relay to Steve intelligent work on State University DeAndre Levy walk against in high school Jacob Lacey Oklahoma State Eric Coleman watching this state John Wendling University of Wyoming Jaden Florence Tuskegee University and that's a secondary that it was of concern at the end of last year and is still a concern right now with Green would be starters inactive tonight second down and six years war again to the outside swings and gets pushed out of bounds the first now but there - Chris used in there - build Bentley in the - Luis Tomas who would normally be starting the backfield the place we were talking about in the game last year you'll watch the tight end Lane Walker come down kick out in dama can sue their goats Frank Gore for one of them and remember the 49ers weren't doing a lot offensively same theory again got him again popped them for another big play and very close game came down fourth-quarter completion late for a touchdown and that was really the difference and then they decided to shake hands 49ers now come in with their super jumbo package they've got a defensive lineman in the backfield and gore will try for a first time but Tiant will cool off ooh was in the backfield a nose tackle helping to lead the way they'd like to bring extra wyman in use defensive lineman to provide leverage but this time the Lions are equal to this task and create a fourth down Stephen taluk looked like in there to make that play against his old buddy then he played against all the way back to Little League football is gonna be come up from right there and squeeze down in there and there's a relationship between Tullock and Frank doors that rank or even called him after the Green Bay win and said get ready you're next a little only back to Miami and now Andy Lee comes in to punt and they want to reset the play clock Angie Lee he's got that bad thumb - I was asking about it before the game and on the Randall Cobb return last week that they all feel like shouldn't have been a touchdown on the ground and I don't think he'll admit it but I think he has a broken thumb there and he's the holder and the punter so we'll keep an eye on that's why Scott solji a 13 quarterback was activated tonight - sure can't do it we went to the Pro Bowl last year sends down a logo States the first man it's pushback from the 26-yard line of 49ers and so the Lions you have it was 300 go in the quarter before we little a break the penalties leg is thrown at the 26 yard line [Applause] 59 ladies first here white head snapping company back to work down by a point in San Francisco 136 pounds ninety six receptions last year that's an average of six a game and seventeen by is for man with many more cashews whoopsies history had over a thousand yards in road days and if anybody can go over the 2000 mark in the league he would have the best chance all-time record of course is held by Jerry Rice at 1,800 plus E former 49er [Applause] goes down they actually Stafford years away and he has trouble and he's out of the pocket in the pocket he's normally outstanding but outside the pocket we can get Stafford on the moon he has trouble second down Alvin Johnson is going to get all sorts of coverage you see 22 almost 23 yards off with another guy throw Brown right there watch Brown undercut him knowing he's got the safety over the top so Stafford scrambled right outside in a pocket checking down [Applause] joy Bell to the 20 yard with lions the offensive coordinator there is Scott Linehan who is the former head coach of the Rams so they've got Linehan they got Gunther Cunningham later woman head coach to Kansas City's we have head coaching experience [Applause] thirty-six [Applause] which coming around Bojan inside the 30 take invented the Bacchus pressure come on what is that now the Matthew Stafford a guy he did this some a week ago in that game against the ranch dropped down a little 3/4 and the ball just sailed on him that thing missed by 15 yards there was no receiver anywhere close on the back end of that [Applause] and if any stadium will create a problem with passing its this one [Applause] when it comes the sale in a frozen pile economy happening here since 1971 here's Gordon 20-yard line [Applause] now you got some action on the nearside here's okay it's a chippy a role and Delanie Walker cliff Averell in the game last year against Anthony Davis there were a lot a little pushing and shoving and fighting and Averell here is going to get driven all the way the sidelines didn't like it and really surprised that wasn't called and you could tell that when Davis won to take a shot but his coach said I'll kill you if you do and jumped over his head of course unfortunately both 49 are tied down again almost the 17-yard line and that will make it third down and four with a minute and half to play in the first quarter you know will to go off the defensive lineman now in there at fullback just trying to create a little space you know this is old school football here Bo Schembechler would be proud of what Jim Harbaugh was doing is when he took the first coaching job he said you're gonna have a fullback right he said yes coach so you have it tight in right he said yes coach you're gonna play them both the same time right and he said yes Jeff and he has these stuck to that hard-nosed philosophy over the years the lessoning boy said to his okay you'll be fine you'll be fine do you have a chance and now you get a timeout taken here with 53 seconds and you go back to Harbaugh as the Michigan quarterback in the mid 80s and the legendary Bo Schembechler and of course you know when you look at the Harbaugh's you know the father was the head coach at Western Kentucky for a long time we'll see John next week against New England he's the head coach at Baltimore and Jim of course has done a magnificent job at Stanford and here yeah and Jim you'll remember a few times back in the day was Mike Ditka getting in his face a little bit so sinem Harbaugh has never had the easy path when it came to his relationships with head coaches over the years just another guy who caught the ire of Mike Ditka through the years some legendary moments and how about before the game as a former quarterback and a very good one he just can't get it out of his system he's calling plays he came in the huddle and called the plays they were talking to some of the 49ers players they say the hardest day for him is Friday because they rehearsed making the calls from the sideline and he can't get out there in the huddle and do some of that but the whistles got the panties got the whole thing third down and cool [Music] Smith has to go back outside the 40-yard bar and then just blow it away so a bad snap Goodwyn Jonathan Goodwin is the center and the 49ers will have to send in the field goal unit yeah I like Smyth smart play it's it's over at this point now you just get it get outside the pocket throw it back towards the line of scrimmage and you're okay yeah well Schwartz was looking for a flag anyway contending it was grounding nobody in the neighborhood as he just flipped it away at the 35 yard line we heard four acres and that kick is Lag is down at the 24 yard line he got great in Florence who came in and made contact that's significant it's only fourth in a little less than five and see what it is this may be a first down [Applause] got running into the kicker then once working fool so they'll take the points off the board and give a a fresh set of downs here with 43 seconds to go in the quarter right off the edge here I think great and Florence is going to be one of the guys they're not sure he's the one that actually hits the kicker may have been the other guy that came in and actually I just it's not exactly a violent collision but good enough for a first down warrants on top and Coleman comes in low oh here we go look at this wall with a 13 and again unbalanced line balance to the left with a fullback there as well now it's Bohr who cuts it back over right guard after taking the handle up inside the ten hey don't see tackle shifting very often but watch Anthony Davis he shifted over to this side and then all of a sudden they've got the unbalanced line with the tight end on the right side Delanie Walker basically playing the tackler position just trying to offset the defense one position so that they can get an additional big guy blocking on that side second down at six they don't have to run a play before the end of the quarter line up here Randy Moss at the bottom of the screen [Applause] the bean pot what the zero of flag comes in but there was no call for the end of the quarter Jacob Lacey with the coverage getting the flag no doubt Jacob Lacey you hooked Randy Moss going in there but I agree with you I thought the clock went to zero before that [Applause] our rules take AB Lacy and cut by the Colts and we start now first and goal we come back seven 6a Francisco and something I put Balkan things after these passages the FOIA second quarter starts Davis Vernon Davis I think that poked in the eye by Cliff April's he's going to come out he's going to look at it last play of the first quarter and here's the interference goal that sets up a first and goal at the one and not not much doubt about the call either in to penalties here on this drive what should have been a three-point don't worry about it go get them looking dangerously close to a touchdown jumbo packaged boar is the running back put in front of them and they give it to him and any [Applause] Alex groan helping the way to the 49ers after the the field goal attempt take three points off the board and wind up with seven with the extra point end up with all the big guys on the right so you're thinking okay they're going that way instead they pull and go the other way and Alex Boone with a nice lead block to get gore in there but that was one that shouldn't have happened to this Detroit Lions defense a couple of bad penalties there gave him the opportunity third most penalties in the league against the Lions - fear of killing in a lot of circumstances Baker's in the extra point three seconds into the second quarter or scoring in it's 14 to 6 [Applause] Lawrence and Eric Coleman I think it's actually Coleman who is the one underneath david akers it draws the foul but sometimes you got to know what's going on and then jacob lacy on the backend so many guys on this back end that wouldn't ordinarily be playing Eric Coleman was cut by the Falcons Jacob Lacy cut by the cold straight and Florence cut by the Broncos and they're all starting tonight that beautiful shot aerial coverage tonight being brought to you by Geico looking past the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco all these the baybridge in the background Candlestick Park in southeast corner of the city on this Sunday night only a chance to work in Cincinnati Ohio a lot like for Thomas isn't it that's out right there Jim forts was a Tennessee for a number of years under Jeff Fisher and the help Walt him to the head coaching job of the Detroit Lions from two wins to six to ten and his three seasons and last year to the playoffs for the first time since 99 that happened last year at the end of the years they'd give up 45 in the last game of the season to Green Bay and that's the day that Flynn played Rodgers just sat it out and then 45 more in the wild-card game from New Orleans defense defense defense maybe the story as the wind blows the ball off the tee you really have to give Jim Swardson credit or Detroit Lions were down for a long time and he brought a little bit of that chip eNOS we've been talking about tonight he expects his guys to play with an edge and you put on the tape of any game that they're in and you see a little push and most shouting a little fight and more stuff going on that he took over team that hand in ole and sixteen the prior year [Applause] in the end zone Stafford has made 30 starts in his career this is his fourth season with most of his second year with the shoulder injury most passing yards only Kurt Warner had more through his first 30 games most touchdown passes will Marino at 72 in his first 30 than a Warner and then Stafford so he's keeping some fantastic company number one overall pick in on line out of the University of Georgia [Applause] who 511 220 pound running back on a Wayne State second down it really is amazing to watch the Shawn Golson coming out of the middle of the field but you can get away with playing this too deep safety I don't know how far that is that looks like 15 yards to me something like that that's a gain of two and and that tackle right there it is not one of those you hit and he falls forward he hits and goes backwards that's the motto around here in San Francisco Vic Fangio done a great job as their defensive coordinator check it out a flat and that's a nice move by Bell who makes the catch and turns it into the first time we're seeing Bell and we're also seeing Kevin Smith but two other guys Javid best who was their best back last year still hasn't played this year they hope to happen back in midseason concussion syndrome and Mikkel is sure another guy who has and that is serving right now a two-game suspension and they hope to have him back he was last year with an injury they hope to have him back perhaps by that tree [Applause] at the 32-yard line Dell again to the 33-yard line today by Eddie Smith Mikkel no sure is the guy that they're really hoping can make a difference they were talking about boy he'd be perfect for this game because they're trying to stay so patient with the running game to get it to third down give him a chance on third down and he's the kind of big back that can break a tackle fall forward for a couple of yards get you into some set at second and six and third and two and we're looking forward to getting him out here next week [Applause] second and nine bolsa blinds up behind Stanford his pork the price right away is Johnson with Willis the linebacker Portugal we talked about these cover linebacker this is not going to be a lot of fun here coming across the plan was to get some catch and ones get some motion inside Patrick Willis they're just sitting there waiting on the back door this time and I don't care how tough Calvin Johnson is mrs. Shapiro civil court have really done some excellent draft [Applause] good protection this time to the fascist 200 washing over the middle Culliver covering for town another for throat by Matthew Stafford that's an easy one I mean that was a exactly as they designed a little pic underneath play they had him open good chance for a catch in a first down he sailed it then grant to punt now when Angie's back to receive it [Applause] when the 17 to the 25 yard remaining in the opening and with the 49ers leading 14 to 6 [Music] being brought to you by a Geico look at the Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland Raiders losing today at Miami Ryan Tannehill look good yeah Reggie Bush look good down there that was a big comeback after what they did in Houston a week ago Miami one on one and the Raiders were rowing to 49ers begin this Drive from the 25-yard line [Applause] Walker Alex Smith it's a very interesting career path played at eutz on number one overall thick back in old five and never been a crowd favorite because during those years the 49ers just weren't very good in any phase of the game a lot of people thought he would leave here he had shoulder surgery along the way but last year he said the focus was on football nothing else with par ball coming in and he said finally last year for the first time when he's looking at gameful he said for the first time I didn't have to press Delete second down and three next part that's a first down picked up as a free agent new offseason and really had to shore up their wide receiver group and Trent Baalke their GM knew that happened well one of the things they've been preaching the Alex Smith is just take what the defense gives you I don't care if its third and forty if you're read say go to your check down throw the check down will punt the football we have a great putter where you have a great defense just play the game and Alex miss that it's just been so much less pressure on me to feel like I don't have to force plays then before they zoom the change of pace backhand puncture is the way the outside rates the tax the definite hall-of-famer last played a Tennessee two years ago sat out last year but he was retired but back he came makes the grab here this one looks like the old days of branding loss that was Jacob lacy playing about three four miles off it and if you're going to give him that much cushion they're just going to take this and that's going to be easy I have Randy mosses and still great player but you can't get out that much [Applause] see come across the line but he was induced [Applause] the closure well the Uniting on the defense five-yard penalty first down one official overruled together you had the line judge signaling a false start and then the other guy says ah uh I gotta say uh uh forty they got it right well the 39-yard line furs down mas gets that same panic cushion here that's a major con 5 spins away look it's the sex Sammy Hill first guy to come in and then sue finishes it off really singing the praises of Sammy Hill talking about how this guy has just become a force inside and nobody knows anything about him in Dominic ensue getting the double team allowing Samuel Hill to come in there make the play but you know it's one thing that Alex Smith will do he will take some sacks 44 on the Year last season four already in the Green Bay game too but that was one of the things they preached homes like don't worry about it they used to teach them it's as bad as an interception well no more ease that you got to take a sack take a sack there was the old days I'm sure of the NFL by frost brewed Coors Light the world's most refreshing beer by painting to the manly particular set of skills is back and by Geico 15 minutes could save you 50% on car insurance 49ers have played here since 71 and there is a new stadium in Santa Clara it's about a 45-minute drive south of San Francisco Silicon Valley it'll be open in 2014 in his right next door to the 14 line of practice facility in fact there's so much noise that comes from there could serve as crowd noise during practice from the 49 yard line on first half this is moving ahead that was actually a second down at 17 play after the sack and the timeout Wendling makes the tackle so gore picks up a big chunk here to make it third down and six that's what they're gonna do here we come a little tight in Wham and it just keeps working it's really remarkable but one play has been the Achilles heel where this Lions defense against the 13 items third down call at five from the 39 yard line Smith five out of seven for 69 yards in the touchdown corner blitz coming Smith steps up and it's trouble Crabtree put an egg on was Jacob Lacey coming in from the left corner timed it up pretty well I thought for a minute that Lacey was offsides he kind of leaned across the line and it would have been a first down if he had been gonna come in off the slot and Crabtree who probably has some of the best hands in the NFL let's watch it right here see if he leans in all sides probably not close needed a putt logan is back because for a fair catch and makes it at the 14 yard line 30 left in the opening half 49ers bite fantasy football sign up tonight Phantasy San Francisco now to Candlestick Park course from 10 wall 14 yard line begin this drive with a ship one and Kevon out to the 20-yard line and say the one thing you notice right away with the 49ers defense is their attack I haven't seen a miss a tackle yet today and usually these are violent plays especially after some of these passage the yards after the catch well this is back because that's where you end up after these guys hitch especially somebody like Patrick Willis yak is what we do too much probable second and four from the corner Smith again and he fights his way to the 25 and we talked about that SNF extra all the stuff he can do and Barry Sanders is on there tonight as a guest just tweeted back to me after that question that I asked him he said I must say I'm very happy with my life now no regrets I loved the game I respected it I just knew in my heart I was done I'm just so glad to hear you use the term tweeted back where we contemporary or what [Applause] as we are Russian season Sanders with ten of them everybody else settle who is this be a joy to watch baked abortion pump fake and he swims without the is open and he gets taken down you should have the first down willis makes the tackle but not until he crosses the 35 yard line Stafford wanted to go to Calvin Johnson but watch all the attention he's going to get out here on the outside so they faked the reverse to Burleson and because of the fact that thrill Browns got his back turned they swing it out to him now as the flare control guy and almost in do pick up the first day [Applause] [Applause] Smith Smith had been their key back a couple of years ago down by contact and then last year they drafted the shore they had job as best and they didn't offer spent the contract and he was out of football but he stayed in shape and then because of all of the injuries the Lions had they called him up and he was able to finish the season with Inter of course he was such a workhorse in college and a lot of people thought that took a lot out of that Central Florida one year [Applause] seconded a [Applause] if again and he also came back from injuries as well Patrick Willis making the tackle [Applause] section Smith stays in on third five and a half lift in the hand [Applause] they're coming passport Johnson inside the San Francisco 42 the 36 yard line Stanford hanging in under pressure admitting Johnson Ahmad Brooks is going to try and drop back underneath this thing and get Calvin Johnson I like this move though bringing Calvin Johnson down inside so now the double coverage isn't quite as effective because you can throw some back shoulders and do some things to take advantage of his big body when he's out wide much easier to double-team the Lively's slang quite like he is now works putting swatted away one Smith again and Justin Smith and pushes him back along with Bowman Justin Smith the guy they call cowboy around here and he has been an absolute monster and the reason that he's so effective is when you put on the tape there's almost never a play in which he's not double-teamed and when me draws all the double-teams that means Alvin Smith can have 14 sacks and Patrick Willis becomes salt but somebody has to eat up all those blocks and that dirty work they suggested [Applause] in his 12th year Stafford going complete find these young ones down there and it'll be third down there's a flag down on the outside two on the 23 yard line oh no what happened to titus young here we just quit on the pole and this girl is Rogerson automatic first down for the Lions it's just a bizarre play though by Titus young they had an opening down the middle right there see we picked this up the ball early titus younger should have had a chance for that boy just [Applause] and Smith takes it to the 22 yard line whose 40 to go in the half Bowman the tack on the Lions coaches talking to young after that play and run don't give up on a play speaking of not giving up I have to give Scott Linehan some credit I mean this looked like they were never going to gain an inch running the football and he is just hung with it here and it's kind of working this listen spot easy to do again some 49ers very situations fifteen watches with 45 yards second and four [Applause] incomplete Wallman hanging a light Calvin Johnson as he crosses over the middle third down and four now they're really just waiting on these crossing routes now by Calvin Johnson you'll see Navarro Bowman here just going to sit there and wait and pick on him you've got a right to pop out of there with a big maybe even a touch too Stafford now under 50% at seven out of 15 [Applause] go to the slot to go [Applause] the rights and everybody into the pattern tended for Johnson that was a mod book so that a shining on Sakura that pens the field goal group they bring Justin Smith's right over the center and just trying crammed Dominic Raiola back in but a really good play well actually Carlos Rogers got a little piece of Jersey on that one and got away with it Hansen comes in for a 40-yard field goal attempt brand to hold trying to pick his third of the game we unite [Music] [Applause] 240 yards away it hits the upright good so we had one boy that went through and another going that doesn't 253 left in the half it's 14 to 6 49ers here comes by Justin Timberlake buy all the day which will be their heart indirectly yes with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show all this week right here on NBC so the Lions went 65 yards 11 plays five and a half minutes got no points [Applause] the hands of Vernon Davis the tight end going deep downfield covered by the long time we see the Eagle in Buffalo corner Drayton Florence tight in against the corner is a mismatch but not when you're talking about Vernon Davis they say he is the fastest player on their team can you imagine a tight end the fastest player and Dragan Florence never turns around he was had a good shot at that one it just couldn't hang on master's player on the team switched me to 50 30 that of Miami their third round pick back in old five now expense calling a great game that was a check they're gonna trap this three technique over here on the other side that was an audible all the way say alex smith and his growth in this offense is significant I mean this is a different guy than what we saw a season ago now Kendall Hunter is the running back and check down the hunter at incomplete as he can't handle it at midfield Steven tell it covering on the ploy it'll be second down in ten with 2:05 left in the first half pretty good battle going on in the outside Joe Staley right here against Kyle vandenBosch and so far vandenBosch nothing to show for it Staley struggled a little bit last week in Green Bay he's probably their best offensive lineman went to the Pro Bowl but didn't have a great day but bouncing back here so far in this one [Applause] second and ten and we want to draw my punter cannot get out of the grass of the Andrea Libby and that will take us to the two-minute warning with 159 to go on the opening half in San Francisco where the 49ers lead the Lions 14 to 6 on Sunday Night Football the Eli's big day against Tampa Bay Michael Vick and the Eagles went again and the Cardinals shot the Patriots in Foxborough to go to two-and-oh Tooele so come on up third and Tanner Smith in the shotgun from his own 46 yard line [Applause] the air protection davus the 42 yard line Vernon Davis number one pick in post six Niners have one timeout left big time throw by Alex Smith down low only his guy could get it on third down doesn't take a chance no interception nice throw [Applause] and that's dropped and turning around was Gore to look up feeling it into his hands second attempt as interesting Frank Gore last year had only 17 catches in this offense it's the first time since his rookie season that he had fewer than 40 so he hasn't really been involved as much in the passing game as he once was this guy used to play a little peewee football against high school and good buddy trains with Steven Tullock in the offseason and sure they're exchanging pleasantries out there or fold him back to the game in an echo last week he said how about a we just did the whole country is saying that yeah second and ten Smith hangs in there and the pass is incomplete and that's Kyle Williams looking around for a flag and doesn't get one tolik with the coverage third and ten that was Steven Tulloch coming up got his arm in there and I thought it was a good play let's see [Applause] you're allowed to reach your arm around and knock that ball out yeah pretty good a little bit look the Buffs official going down fire what I'm sayin anyway it's lighting up fire on the last two minutes moves to that old position and the defensive side of the ball said finally the back ruff now Smith's gonna run it and he's been to also possibly a shuttle and Gor is stopped and for a minimal gain for that Detroit has two timeouts left and they will use one of them right here to save some time before the lead punt so they'll have one step on Logan is back to overseen early evening in San Francisco forget about an Uli's thumb now he's I saw him holding before the game he did fine with it but was definitely shaking it off after a few of the holes he was putting down Dawson I'm holding on the place fits on those two extra points tonight problem here lilies down putt and Logan airfare casket at the 10-yard line the Lions a little work here with sixty five seconds one thing you know if you're gonna beat the Detroit Lions you have to shut down Calvin Johnson a way to do it is just put everybody on take a shot into that's one way and you get the corner rolled up and it was playing underneath for the safety of Utah because he's got hell top being a superstar Rick Aries has been limited to 36 yards 24 of them on one catch and they going to keep it on the ground and give it this Smith from the ten yard line so the Lions will be apparently content to just go into the locker room down by eight would have been by five or fewer had the the wins of Candlestick not move Jason Hansen's last field goal attempt around that was a big mess I talked to Jason Smit and he knew Jason Hanson knew what an effort it was going to take to kick it well in this place cuz it is great I think this is the right Howard Cosell once called a monuments a political chicanery after I whispered it in his ear lawyers Ryder and that'll take us at halftime at the San Francisco 49ers lead the Detroit Lions 14 to 6 the halftime show with Bob and Tony header on D coming away after these messages from your local NBC this telecast is copyrighted by the NFL for the proud abuse of our audience any other use of this telecast or any pictures descriptions or accounts of the game without the NFL's consent is prohibited at the heart of every NFL game there's a mind that changes everything an adult report presented by Chevrolet Wednesday on the NBC Sports Network [Applause] the engine bar davus what a perfect start and one thing you will see how the 49ers rarity when they miss attacking Stanford throws by Coulson what was that now the math Stafford start of the third quarter 49ers on top of the Lions 14 to 6 and you can follow your favorite team all season long go to iTunes comm slash NFL now Michaels Cris Collinsworth Michele Tafoya Candlestick Park as you look at the Golden Gate Bridge and now down into the home of the 49ers since 1971 but not for much longer as they'll move down the peninsula 2014 the numbers through the first 30 minutes of competition 49ers two-to-one on the ground passing yardage even each team with one turnover you have to remember the Detroit Lions and Matthew Stafford passed for over 5,000 yards a season ago and to see 67 yards and a half that means they're playing Jim Harbaugh San Francisco 49er kind of football and somehow the Lions have to get it into Lion football you know they know they're being patient they want to get some catch and runs but at some point maybe you take a deep shot against the give Calvin Johnson a chance to go now the 49ers will get the ball first is endl hunter is back to receive the tick off the Brahma Hansen steam coming off the win and the 49ers will start from the 20 one of the things that you want to do against an aggressive pass rushing team are some of the lambs and the traps Randy Walker here is going come down in on and Domenic ensue there's a big run same theory on this one back down inside just a different angle way of doing it and then just the guard pulling across and trapping the way that the 49ers in each of the last two meetings now have been able to move the football against the Lions 49ers with 12 rushes in 20 and 15 passes into 27 players hunter starts his the running back here it it talks to him and then a toss back to Smith avoids the sack at first the Kenny's going to go down the arms of a Francophile vandenBosch got him and takes him down behind the line of scrimmage [Applause] portal file face man and there's vandenBosch signal for first half of the 49ers it just kills you because you've got a big play opportunity for your decrease helping the rebel they aren't replacement Rams he's gonna help him right in the middle of play there you know instead of it being a sack and move back and now momentum in the start second out here they get a first down the easy way yeah 31 personal foul calls against the team so that's two against against the Lions last year from the 32 that the Corps ranked up to the 34-yard line there we go yep Anthony Davis he was in the middle of all of it last year in that time when they say to the plate till the echo of the whistle he drove his guy about five or six yards down the field and just buried him see right there Averill ends up on his back and it was those two even on Twitter afterwards you'd be proud to know continued the bat I never heard of echo of the whistle it was her to do so shut the debate flip back to he command you pick up a first down to the 47-yard line that was close there was one of the DPS is going to end up circling down into this play and had a chance at the interception and just never really saw the ball look like diandra levy was looking more at the receiver than he was back at the ball might have had 100 without a pick [Applause] yeah Martin Davis block for first down to the detroit 42 yard line one of the things that you'll see is the way that they move various people in this offense start everybody right and then frank gore stay patient enough to stay in behind his fullback Frank Gore is one of those guys you talk to defensive players and they just hate him he's only about five nine or so and they say it's almost impossible to get underneath his shoulder pads to make attack and Vernon Davis was able to squeeze my hand and Bosh on the play as well great walking a putt from the 42 play-action pass to Manning to pick up six or seven yards the same play fake it in there a little bit and come back the other way and now we're starting to see a little that chip eNOS we saw from the first game I'm just going to fake it out the Kendall Hunter come out the other way and it's one of the things that I think the 49ers are doing a much better job of Alex Smith is an athletic guy he ran all the time in college it was one of his strongest assets and yet here they put him on like a three second shot clock and practice and got him into some habits and not losing his mobility and this goes to hunter Buster for a first down Detroit 25 tackled by the safety wind wingman one of the things that the 49ers do a great job of is they use motion to outflank their opponents that time Delanie Walker goes in motion and they end up getting the edge on the outside just dealing with a good kick-out block but very rarely will you see at any time the 49ers just come up and get set in a formation and run the play we're going to get set they're going to shift they're gonna motion we're gonna give you a lot of locks [Applause] it gets chased gets away just for a second and then goes down that's you who creates that whole play Rory Williams comes in for the cleanup moved and Don can sue to the outside there into that sort of bunch formation right there all those extra linemen and he just splits between them saw it all the way he's I can get credit for the sack but it was his they were not too happy with him Donna consumed last year they felt like Gunther Cunningham said I'm about 25% of his ability what he gave us last year and expected more this year on second 20 years Davis breaking tackles and Vernon Davis finally taken down by Stephen Tulloch [Applause] Adamic ensues since he's switched back to the stance that they want this sprinter stance can make moves like that to get to the quarterback just miss another sack that Vernon Davis arguably one of the best athletes have not the best athlete in the NFL tough guy to get on the ground so from second I'm coming to third down and seven [Applause] second half forty-niners up ie [Applause] - is caught inside the 19 that shy of the first down Crabtree tackled by Coleman and acres comes out to try to extend it to an 11-point lead but that was just a matter of what they were talking about with Alex Smith do what they give you and that time they came with a slot blitz off the edge he threw right into the blitz picked up a few yards big deal will get the field goal no problem [Applause] and illegal finger 36-yard attempt 6:49 Wendy's Asiago Ranch chicken club by the light if it's a fear of Annabelle pains here we go like they're gonna care caring for you in your car and by Internet Explorer welcome to a or beautiful web the premier football programs two countries at a sound of cochlear no six restarted on Friday night 21 to 13 watching a lot of those games through the years nothing better than high school football take a Friday night go enjoy yourself read on the guy welcome back to receive the check Detroit getting the ball for the first time in this second hand blows off the team now this 49ers defense has just gotten a Doug tonight that Matthew Stafford remember the stat 350 yards per game the last four games five counting the playoffs right tonight 67 yards passing and I've said at 49er D that was so brilliant left here that it's not well enough obviously in green Detroit ooh [Applause] corner he goes and a good one for he is shut down to banners by kullaberg beautiful sunset over the Pacific of course this was the big storyline in this game during the last year and this took place before the game breathing between Schwartz and Harbaugh after last year's handshake was the one that launched six million hours of frame by frame cable coverage [Applause] 17-6 San Francisco [Applause] from the 39-yard one so if you gave this driver one day three-second a seven here's Michelle I asked Jim Schwartz at halftime how they can get the ball down to Calvin Johnson and downfield get him open he said we had him open a couple of times we just missed him we've gotta get him a better ball and put him in position to get yards after the catch he also acknowledged the missed field goals the penalties in the interception hurt them in that first half he said we just got to put those mistakes behind us and move on I thank you for Shawn Johnson's been limited to three catches 36 yards [Applause] but our balance and eyes outstanding job facets of defense and they get this one into Johnson again but is just short of the first down third and a couple Navarro Bowman making the tackle [Applause] Jeff Bacchus a guy that's been around for a long time blocking one of the great young stars in the game Alden Smith on the outside he's like any help which they're getting the ball out of there pretty quickly [Applause] got to play on a postseason game for the first time during a [Applause] and they flip it out that's a first man is Kevin Smith who scored the game-winning touchdown on a passion staffer with 10 seconds left against st. Louis last week moves to chains just remarkable how much attention Calvin Johnson gets he's going to come in motion and look at all this down in here and nobody takes the running back coming out of the backfield actually it was the tight in releasing up the field got a little pick against Navarro Bowman that created the space [Applause] and if it's taken down to the backfield by Justin Smith [Applause] pretty tough to cut off the old Cowboys they've gone right here is just going to beat Jeff Backus across his face here and that's what happens you don't double-team that guy and he makes plays in your backfield pretty amazing he was a defensive end kind of a player by his own admission talk to him before the game Daniel air is always just the step slow to play out there now they bring it inside into that defensive tackle position now he's hundred seventy two consecutive regular-season starts for him and here he gets knocked down by the Sun it's a big gain it's going to set up a third down and one you've got to get these combination blocks going right here and can you get up on the linebacker that's always the question Dominic Raiola here gets up inside second intended twist his way paints the line of scrimmage and into first down territory to the 27 yard line that time the Lions were going to take a shot into Wham themselves and really don't get it but joint belt just makes a nice little spin move at the point of attack and somehow manages to pick up that first down so Lenihan staying patient as long as those two safeties stay in the middle of field he's going to take his shots with the running game the short pass [Applause] gets it away quickly Jhansi been a very short game you could sit down by Terrell around safety there's the quarter that's the look he's gotten all night long but watch out Calvin Johnson lunges with his ball at the that doesn't look like much but instead of like second and seven up with second of about five on pace to get another four six bottles - comfy no farther than the 22 yard line yeah I thought that was a bad run that time by joint Bell really Jeff back has had a pretty good block going on the outside on Alan and Smith they had a good hole up inside of them and there just was nothing outside what to the outside they've got a [Applause] do something stay [Applause] [Applause] is stopped at the line of scrimmage the 22 yard line another bad throw by Matthew Stafford in a big moment I mean not that's a simple little scream pass they've gotten some blockers out in front of him and he threw it too dirty you got to give your guy a chance for a catch and run here so this will be a 40-yard attempt beginning the swirling way dancing to out of fries it to upwards level is good the other came back denim [Applause] with knuckleballs its way through phase three out of four it's a one-possession game seven San Francisco entered a great rivalry in primetime Michigan debris team against the Fighting Irish who last night knocked off Michigan State Notre Dame Saturday lot 7:30 a.m. Eastern only on [Music] from Treasure Island in your round over to the East Bay and now a candlestick were once again with the four thousand time in history the stadium the wind blows the football off the team such a different team isn't it you're so used to seeing all the bill wash and Joe Montana and Steve Young offensive juggernaut kind of teams and this team looks more like the Baltimore Ravens or Pittsburgh Steelers they're gonna win with this defense and you can see why enough offenses the kickoff by hinting is taking Kendall hunter is going to come they get bumped down at the 15 29:33 second step the third San Francisco by eight [Music] last year 1977 rushing yards again just ten turnover thirty-eight takeaways most in the league 44 net yards per punt 24 field goals made for Jim Harbaugh's team so a lot of it was defense they were 13 and 3 they had that phenomenal win over the Saints in the playoffs and then the agonizing exposure overtime loss to the Giants in the championship game yes he is yes it also the 49ers that flirted with Peyton Manning in the oil fusion yeah that would have been interesting wouldn't it but he kind of got the feeling that Jim Harbaugh was going to keep his system and Peyton Manning obviously wanted to do his thing and had a better opportunity to put his style of offense in in Denver but if you put Peyton Manning with this defense and then a little frightened 49ers called it now for 24 turning the corner picking up the first down and we fullback block of Bruce Miller first antenna you can see how many times they move Vern and Dave is back and forth and back and forth and really the entire point of it is they're trying to outflank the defense so they're trying to get him to shift a little bit inside when he goes back inside and then hope that athletically he can just get outside of the defense here working against all it gets on that block just enough space to pick up the first down the Lions answer to that was going to be we're not shifting you know they do all this stuff pre-snap we're just going to let them do their thing we're gonna sit in our defense and not worry about two minutes left in the third the appraiser looking ahead trying to find that open spot at the White moment I'll be making the tackle second and for coach Gore working with Kendall Hunter the backup running back and said the relationship has been great Bors taught him everything he knows about running back the Kendall Hunter is one of those kids it comes in bubbling with enthusiasm every single day and just can't this loves the game of football and he thought he sort of re-energized Frank Gore as well we're coming back here not under Hunter back on the bench so you can get lost in there five seven one 90 land hip drop good finish - Michael 46 yard line and afford it on a first down and here's what happens to you get run run run and then finally decide to throw it in you've got one-on-one coverage on the outside against a guy that was released by the Indianapolis Colts earlier solid throw in there by Alex Smith and those are the kind of opportunities you get you could run the football eventually you get that single coverage that Calvin Johnson hasn't seen all night it's motion motion to the inside the fascist or hunter he's out of bounds at the 42 yard line and that's a gain of 12 and a 1st now pretty interesting move I don't know if it was intentional or not on the part of Kendall hunter he looked like he was almost going to do a chop block down inside kind of goes down his hand goes down and then he comes out of it Stephen taluk the middle linebacker who thought he was blocking on the play from the Lions 42 tell [Applause] to door and there were four terrific drive by the 49ers or taking the ball to the 30th at the end of the third quarter sandwiches fall back everything you by Geico now Michaels Cris Collinsworth Michele Tafoya San Francisco as you look at the waterfront on this Sunday night fantastic party start the fourth quarter the 49ers up high this Drive standing at the yeah 15 three runs three passes then out of the lion 31 yard line [Applause] juggling the ball out of bounds Bruce Miller and it'll be second down and ten the former defensive end Lord go back to this move by Frank Gore in the open field working against Coleman that's a knee buckler right there and then on the other side Stephen taluk is going to get rolled up on by Joe Staley and he limped out of the game nextly powder for you back there of Mississippi let's do it Buffalo takes his spot step it up in the pocket and that so there's a key and it will be third down and ten and I keep waiting for one of those Lampasas you know they've hit them with about four or five of those make the wham blocks and then try and get a pass out here but they're in field goal range but in this Stadium it's a tough kick you just don't know what the wind is going to do so I think you have to stay aggressive here offensively and at least try to pick up six seven yards and prevailing one here it's reach here Candlestick Park Rose has been third and ten [Applause] that's incomplete that was madding man it amongst the bunch of blue and white shirts for them like he had a shot at this one too let's see if he did that would have been three straight balls that were yeah I mean that's for Alex Smith we got it done and these guys just couldn't catch it well it'll be a 48-yard attempt for david akers upside of course as we make it the downside is the throat would get the ball at the 38 yard line we will put it down and acres these ages forty-niners back up on top by 11 d tonight the Sunday night with tuned after the football this season while stuck all day don't think about Detroit improved in last year they're not out of it four times last year big mittens big-time cutbacks including one 20 yard left regulate the Candlestick Park Sunday night football for today innovation for the moral innovation that excites by Corona Extra invited you to find your Beach and by ASAP SAV helps companies run like never before 60 degree night in San Francisco last year three comebacks after trailing by 17 to war for or three of those four comebacks [Applause] tonight the try to come back drive with a Kevin Smith three yard run up to the 23 yard line Lions receiving tonight and the 49ers have bottled them up Johnson's been thrown through ten times fought 646 yards rushing three for 11 yards everybody else with one they are averaging four and a half yards per pass boy these two deep safeties in the middle field are preventing down the field there so far the underneath stuff has look so good second at six snacker and finally Jackson gets free and they spot the ball at midfield tackled by gold soon Carlos Rogers got fooled on that one one-on-one right here with this matchup watch this move now they still have safety help over the top little out jookin Carlos Rogers went that way and Calvin Johnson went the other way that's what they needed to get something going 26-yard gain so stafford side of workers magic again in the fourth for last week against the Rams [Applause] three-yard gain of the 47 yard line second and seven last week Stafford after we through those three picks against the Rams in the first half fourth quarter 10 out of 15 and the touchdown pass came with 10 seconds left in the game to Smith something about the fourth quarter in this football team sort of like the NBA they talk right through in the fourth quarter because that's when the show starts second and seven Safford out of the gun [Applause] detected well that's a first down that is caught by Tony Scheffler the tight end and they will spot the ball at the 35 yard line after you hit a big play down the field now you end up with two guys and use him as the decoy but Calvin Johnson go deep and you know everybody's going with him and let chef would come back underneath [Applause] the chicken with a 35 quickly to passage who's gonna run it for a first down to the 23 yard line so we spread them all out the middle was open he exploits it first down that's a great job right there this cover to man means that everybody's chasing the wide outs now you want to move your defensive tackles outside the guard no problem with that I'm just going to take off and run with it but quarterbacks running with the ball in that coverage has been very effective [Applause] to the ground again Smith stop to the 20-yard line more than 11 minutes to play in regulation now is when you need your big play guy it's you know we've seen it last year remember the game down in Dallas into the game and everything on the line Matthew Stafford basically threw in the truthful coverage down there in Calvin Johnson went up and just got it from everybody he's six foot six can jump out of gym mostly like a the best given the chance bird a deep drive one at a time porty stayed up and then finally back in the 37 all dan smith the first guy there both his knee wasn't down the play kept on going and then Brooks comes in to finish the play off I think his knee was actually down or it looked like to me there that was missed so that ball should have been on the 30 in a strange way here that that's that's a big six yards in this situation you're going to have to take a look at that [Applause] can do it is by a Detroit challenge and he wants to save those six yards he's saying hey wait a second he was down there was no whistle so it was a minus 15 on the Senate alligator play then quarterback was down by contact so Schwartz is trying to say is more like an eight or a nine you're exactly 15 our first challenge of the night [Music] a sack at the 30-yard line is to make a third and 17 and set a third and 23 it's pretty clear let me take a look at the replay and the tough thing from the Lions standpoint is the forty niners actually blew a coverage and should have been a first down to Brandon Pettigrew on to play Patrick Willis right here doesn't see the snap count and we're gonna get Pettigrew wide open in the middle field should have been an easy first down but to locked in that time on Calvin Johnson costs Matthew Stafford a sack please reset the Gamecock to 10 in it 37 seconds the Quaffle wine Detroit is not char they come out well in other things to you looking at the possible field goal here so there could be a very big six yards [Applause] 13:17 I think they're going to try and do something underneath it just get this thing a little bit closer they've been robbing in catching one here [Applause] and whistled before the snap fall for [Applause] eight girls and big five yards give up what you just got back watching his linebackers on the snap [Applause] picking up this first down 22 of these trying to get back into some semblance of field goal range though in this ballpark who knows what field will 30:22 three down linemen smithee's that's the stubble and he gets the ball in the 30s you're looking at right now about a 47 48 yard field goal trying to make it a one-possession game in the swirling winds of chaos they already hit a couple of goalposts couple uprights so you know it's in your head and the ball probably blew left on the first one and blew right on the second one so you just aim down the middle and hope screwballs you see it all here the 48 garden I am to put it down and Hanson's pick is good just inside the right cuff right and they get a lot the second game again relaxing 49 is up fire me support the world it's the wing London the Ravens football night starts at 7:00 the AFC Championship Dan that's been regulation after the for a handsome this kickoff please take out the goal line by Kendall Hunter up to the 21 yard line he goes and last year in that championship game winner to the Super Bowl Flacco throwing the heavens in the end zone couldn't make the catch Billy Cundiff is wide left I will want to set the game over time with of a chick Bob granite celebrating the AFC championship big game now because both teams lost today one on one excruciating losses in Baltimore next Sunday night yeah the thing I remember about that game last year was how well Joe Flacco played you really probably statistically outplayed Tom Brady and I have to do it again if they're going to knock them off who she is gonna be one of two after next week both losing today we - who's wore to the outside and Levy says word deandre Livi is he's a young man that Gunther Cunningham their defensive coordinator says is their best linebacker right now doesn't get a lot of attention one more third round draft pick watch him come shooting up here this is about the second or third time we've seen his speed just be a factor in making plays right around a line of scrimmage they've got some guys that can play linebacker and play defense on this team they just need to do a touchdown or two out of their offense now second down and 11 he has to go [Applause] Snickers roll Vernon Davis Snead and Tullock back in the game making the catch so it will be third down and seven and the Niners if nothing else would like to begin to take some time off the clock right now if it's better not get too conservative we we've seen what this Lions offense can do it over the years they haven't done it so far in this one but they are certainly capable of scoring enough points have gone back ahead they were in this situation last week and came back third down and seven 24 yard line [Applause] passionately outside has caught Crabtree he's out of bounds at the 31 yard line the Niners will have to wait and see where they spot this it's going to be very close to a first time obviously and it is as they get the spot they were looking for and move the change great job by Crabtree at the end to this play makes it catch sees he's not about to watch them just push the ball forward a little bit by getting his body turned it looked like it was just enough to get it over the first down marker [Applause] jump jump gel you can see the quarter [Applause] besides never be a replay of the first on where the lecture a lot of big guys in the game John relieve you coming through and making the play once again you can see that they've got defensive lime and hens they got extra life they just didn't carry just shot through the gap and made to play now it almost forces the 49ers and alex smith to think about throwing the ball here we had--we impasse or some play action off of it might be a decent time [Applause] and it's tipping trying to throw out a flat to door that will result in too much anyway in all likelihood Sammy he'll put the pressure on and it's third down and 14 for the 49ers it's interesting how many times you watch the Detroit Lions and they just they don't look that great and you think oh boy oh what's going on and then the fourth quarter comes around the defense comes to life in it they need a play right here you can Momentis yes come again squad can make a play right now to get to the 42 through a first out and Crabtree will get to the 43 yards maybe 14 15 more helps spring him first Madame lined up in the backfield it's going to circle out and watch the block he makes on the tail end of this play Crabtree makes the catch and then it's score that up ends the defenders standing there thinking he was about to make that tackle good catch by Crabtree - we talked about how great his hands are two times now he's been able to convert keep this drive alive walk as well at the end 43 she went up the path six to play door turns in fact that feeling breaking away from Justin Duran when you have great athletes you get them in space and you let them do their thing and Frank Gore this time just going to make this catch on the flare out nothing else Durant's got him one on one there you go see if you could tackle him not many people can [Applause] [Music] [Applause] knock her back in with Miller a full day here at the hunter [Applause] not for low-beam walk under five minutes now it was interesting talking to Alex Smith about just having Jim Harbaugh have a former quarterback in the National Football League that every day is working on every detail of taking the snap of dropping back how he calls the plays in the huddle every little detail but this is the first time in his career he's had the same offense and back-to-back seasons and you can see the growth you can see the difference it's made second of ten [Applause] and he proves it right flagons gone as well at the 22 yard line Delanie Walker may have been holding and Smith slowing getting up with a bloody nose the bridge of the nose anyway holding [Applause] they're holding stove a they did get his arm out there let's see if we think this is a hole oh I grab the Jersey yeah right in front of the official I don't think it'd have been called but when you grab the Jersey and they see that little tug of the Jersey that's what you're going to get and too bad because that was Alex Smith that's the way he used to play in college and boy he took one right to the chops they're good [Applause] because his nose bloody penalty as well he was hit there by John when there's a forearm right to the helmet - that easily could have been called and they took second at ten as GLaDOS moved back to the 40 she uses the line of scrimmage that's Durant making the tackle setting up a very big third and nine Justin Durant a little payback for that open field missed tackle on Frank Gore that time he came downhill hard and met Frank Gore in the backfield nice tackle right there this has just been one of the ugly gritty kind of defensive games and gave me the chance bird in mine Crabtree and get on the sideline so Crabtree coming up huge on this drive with the blood streaming down the nose of Smith that's not exactly Willis Reed but it looks pretty good out there what Alex Smith is doing his first and 10 thanks to michael crabtree the 49ers on this drive third and seven third and 14 third and mind convert each of them on passes to Crabtree to the number one draft choice of the 49ers back in O nine had a Texas Tech the star of this Drive with the bell of the 31 yard line 322 a the Lions and look at this one contr before an exacto by Ashley Palmer and really putting Detroit in the box right now fascination exhibited by Schwartz they have to take another timeout great rotten floor of the office is it with the farewell season and the final season and its debut this Thursday night the office right here on nbc15 San Francisco Crabtree either injured or contract holdouts or whatever through the years and he's really now murdered on this particular drive and this is this is one for the book fear every time they had to have a play on third down they went right to Crabtree we had a good season last year but he's had so many foot injuries the first time he's healthy he's able to practice and the shoes making a huge difference one of the great pans catchers in the game right now he has come up big in the clutch so far in this one so is Alex Smith 10th overall pick at second and three in the Lions who down to their last timeout plus the thought stops at the two-minute warning war is the running back and the pass is proper Tenderfoot touchdown Vernon Davis with his second touchdown [Applause] we yard pass [Applause] Davis now has five catches on the night twice into the end zone a13 play drive over six minutes lion two of their timeouts there that ban by 15 with 304 left in the fourth [Applause] Vernon Davis right here and Justin Durant's gonna see the run action away go down and try and get it then go uh-oh comes out the other side but I tell you Alex Smith that's what championship quarterbacks do you know sometimes the hardest thing in the world is when you're trying to run out the clock and you know that the other team is going to be playing the run and you're gonna have to complete balls on third down and long and he consistently beat the Detroit Lions in the clutch this is the next step forward in my mind for Alex Smith well I made huge strides last unit of course everybody so of defense was grade and I ran the ball great so he was a game it's almost become a badge of dishonor to be called a game manager yeah but Jim Harbaugh gave him a lot of credit he said the first time I sat down and met with Alex Smith he said I want to win and I want to win here and he said for all the abuse that this guy has taken in this area from the media and the fans and even his own teammates and coaches over the years it would have been really easy for him to say you know what forget all this I'm going somewhere else and I'll show you guys and he said it's not in his DNA he wanted to win right here and prove that he could take this thing to a championship at the night showed you a lot this means a good cut man before he comes out for the 12th round he was loaded dialing it in the end zone to take it at the 20 with 304 the numbers tonight Stafford thrown a lot of short stuff 23 attempts in 133 yards and then Alex myths and short stuff and a couple of deep ball sack three times with the masterful drive and Crabtree was just terrific on it as well both first overall picks in the draft in their respective years but for Matthew Stafford they could never establish the run well interstate in this defense snatchers new step and get sacked he runs in the Smith Smith is there after they bookend denominator in a step forward and Alden smooth with 14 sacks as a rookie last year gets one here look at the distance that's I'll race you was a motive he gave me a 30-yard headstart who will close what a 50-yard Racer second and 17 intended for Kevin Smith third in a mile upcoming but this is what this 49ers defense does to you that they frustrates and their ability to play the Rhine you know all ties together but their ability to play the run basically and one on blocking situations without the extra guy down in the is the difference it allows them to play [Applause] brought by Bell good bill picks up a first down on the line and joy-filled will take today on in the san francisco territory where he's forced not by brown so the 49ers in the crowd wounded of being in a celebration on a third and 17 and the next thing you know Mel is free for 47 yards they're not going to rush very many people at all here just three coming up so now you think with eight people back there somebody on this great tackling defense is going to be able to make a play and none of them do so that's the first big catch and run the Lions have come up with it at the 37 yard and that'll be caught there by Brandon Pettigrew who's been pretty silent tonight tackled by Willis the clock stops at 2:14 you know when you look at this from a big picture standpoint for Jenna Schwartz's team somebody else has to establish themselves it's a big threat you know there's no way that you can allow everybody to play the kind of defenses that Calvin Johnson is seeing unless you can establish somebody else catching the ball so I think game plan why next week and in the future they've got to really make sure that they're getting the ball to other people to give Calvin Johnson a chance 30-second timeout timeout 49ers result stop the run early on no problems at all with that no extra guy down you can just see these are all one-on-one blocks that the 49ers and the lights of Justin Smith keep winning and the Lions and their offensive line keep losing the Green Bay Packers it was the same way this is almost like watching the game tape of what I saw from Green Bay last week they took away the deep throws dared them to run the football if you want to try and play catch and run football go ahead so second down and five with 214 to put [Applause] [Applause] spits away and it's incomplete with flags all over the place intended for Titus young offensive pass interference the shot Golson back there with him not even close Titus young gave him a big shove in the back and and caught by everybody pass interference number 16 [Applause] godbye stafford scrambling around but now watch Titus young just give a little push [Applause] Watson gave him a little push back Brown shot taken by Stanford Holden Smith coming in there 206 it's second down and 15 [Applause] it's third down [Applause] that's young and y'all will cause short of the first down at the two-minute warning so when we come back it's gonna be a third down for with 158 left in San Francisco recorded 27 to 12 tonight coming up after the game another Wendy's postgame report the show will be down on the field Bob Tony and Michael break it down look at other loo news ahead to next week in Baltimore 1:58 third and four obviously in the fourth down situation here by 15 for the passage Patrick Willis and the Lions level 4004 we've talked about how significant it was to have middle linebackers that can play one-on-one coverage against good receiving tight ends like Brandon Pettigrew you get to leave them on the field it's impossible to run against them dynamic [Applause] they keep it alive with Johnson breaking the tackle and first and goal got away from winter and the Lions were the first and goal at the 9 yard line and they will spend their final time out there like a start of a double play for Matthew Stafford from the shortstop position first of all you get Calvin Johnson coming across here a Gulf cotton that was a deadly pick across the middle should have been called as a penalty not picked up there what Stafford here pure sidearm are out the side door this is a big open field tackle down the field go bike Oliver to force the Lions to come back and snap it again unless many open field tackles do there is Linton hand going over things with Stafford so down by 15 first and goal no timeouts [Music] two touchdowns at some point a 2.2 version in between an onside kick I would be looking to somebody other than Calvin Johnson on this [Applause] that someone else is going to get one-on-one coverage you have to be able to take advantage time out San Francisco 30-second timeout I want to look over the defense after seeing what Detroit was showing is their look with Johnson in the slot what a job bar boy has done of me try to recapture the glory days the 80s and 90s were the glory days here with Walsh the secret the George Seifert took over for him even in the early part of the most recent decade there okay and then they fell off the shelf for about seven years and barbar comes over and gets them to the NFC championship game last year and going back to the top of the show and a lot of the power poles that you see today where you rank them 1 through 32 the 49ers are either on top or in the top three I mean you don't go to Green Bay and went on opening day and turn around apparently beat another playoff team and not being ranked somewhere close we'll do it and it's incomplete as joint bill runs into and was covered by Bowman it'll be second door now they try to pick down on Navarro Bowman and for some reason penta crew just didn't do it should have been a walk in touchdown they're gonna try and get the pic right here he runs right inside Bowman and now there's really nowhere to throw the football from the nine Drock Shepler couldn't hold on to it but it's jam it in there but the gettin in there Carlos Rogers covering on the boy there you know another fourth row here this isn't this should be a touchdown he throws it behind Scheffler and you can see him after the play stampers going to put his hands on his helmet like I'm missing these throws there that I'm go 135 left in the middle and that is taught by Pettigrew for the tuckson shot he's one-on-one right down in the middle of the field that time he finally got Patrick Willis there we go over here just gonna make a little move and jam that thing in there and that's your job is it tight in you've got to catch those and get whacked by guys like Dante Whitner and hang on to it take the 1 point attempt here you saw Schwartz because it's all going to amount to recovering the onside kick it's as simple as that the Lions do not have a timeout so this will make it an eight point game as Hanson makes the score 27 to 19 and with 89 seconds left the onside kick will determine the end of the game of San Francisco recovers it or maybe a little drama if Detroit recovers it believe me the last thing that Jim Harbaugh wants to deal with is Calvin Johnson running down for a Hail Mary at the end of the game this is that point in the game let's in this thing get your hands team out there get it over with special teams coach Dan Crossman so all the back special teams right now Brad ceiling of the 49er special teams coach this is one of those jobs they used to put me over on the hot corner because I was a little taller and they do bouncing balls and it's not a whole lot of fun they end up protecting the guy a little bit better now usually blockers in front to allow Vernon Davis or they're bigger receivers to come down and make the catch so the 49ers with what they call a hand Steve for the most voiceover burning Davis shot they're dancin member has to go ten yards [Applause] before a lion can recover everybody up at the 45-yard line and then a 49ers gonna take another timeout interesting there is nobody back in the middle of the field you could take this kick and kick it down to about the 20 and just try that out Ronald who knows you know those crazy bounces are all around absolutely think of the same thing somebody should be back there I don't see they've got everybody out there nobody in the middle of field if they did that again I might take my chances with a little crazy hop and ball down there and see if somebody will miss the first slot at it you can get it deepest guy was Kyle Williams who was at his own 45 yard line so he was 20 yards away and they come out in the same formation this time everybody up right now within sixteen yards nobody [Applause] I think you got the right idea with you look we're trying to kick it about 25 or 30 yards and take your chances that's what he's going to do to a chance got it oh boy young uns goes back to how yeah pow Williams after the two fumbles that cost them a trip to the Super Bowl last year that was no easy recovery either Williams had to make a sliding recovery if this thing bounces around one time the Lions are going to get it there's only one guy really with a shot at this one he gets it but you could see the Lions were right there Road recovery 49ers just almost daring them to do that and of course now everybody awaiting who's going to go to the Purell before the handshake lot easier to do if you're in the wedding coach in this situation which now Jim Harbaugh will be for the second straight year well you know what's going to happen in about 20 years that handshake last year in Detroit is going to be part of a beer commercial do you ever think dennis green or Jim Mora in those meltdowns ever thought that they'd make hundreds of thousands of dollars from a beer commercial Danny Green told me he planned it all way okay I have this vision you can crown him yeah crack and then the 49ers will need one more kneel down and that's going to do it and they will go to - and oh the Lions will go to one and one the Lions take on Tennessee Old Home Week for Jim Schwartz in Nashville in week 3 and the 49ers can go on the road to the next two at Minnesota then at the Jets before they play three straight home games against Buffalo the Giants in Seattle in October and their Schwartz and Harbaugh and we saw them shake hands before the game the handshake after the game [Applause] and we'll recruit they look tough to me out they look real and I know it tough to me look like an old Ravens kind of a team or a Steelers team Wendy's postgame report coming up next the 49ers Hawaiian's 27 tonight

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