San Francisco 49ers vs. New Orleans Saints Week 14, 2019 FULL Game

>>> WE ARE FOX SPORTS! >> FOX SPORTS WELCOMES YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. >> Kevin: WHY IS THIS GAME SO IMPORTANT? WELL, HERE IS WHY, THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THAT TOP SEED THE LAST SIX SUPER BOWLS, THE NUMBER ONE SEED. HOW ABOUT THE 49ERS? THEY WERE THE NUMBER ONE SEED FOUR OF THE LAST FIVE. THEY WERE THE NUMBER ONE SEED THAT YEAR. AND, SO, TODAY IS ENORMOUS. LOOK AT THE PLAYOFF RECORD SINCE 1970. WITH THESE TEAMS HOME AND AWAY A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE. BOTTOM LINE IS THE 49ERS AND THE SAINTS EACH CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY. IF THEY WIN OUT, THEY HAVE THE NUMBER ONE SEED UNTIL THE SUPER BOWL. SO THIS GAME IS HUGE. AND SEAN PAYTON HAS BEEN TO PLENTY OF THESE BIG GAMES BEFORE, 13th YEAR AS HEAD COACH OF THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS. NUMBER ONE SEED LAST YEAR TRYING TO DO IT AGAIN. KYLE SHANAHAN HAS REVISED THIS 49ERS TEAM. SAN FRANCISCO WON THE TOSS. THEY HAVE DEFERRED. AND HERE WE GO FROM NEW ORLEANS. FIVE YARDS DEEP. EXCITING RETURN. GOT THEM TWO EXTRA YARDS OFF THAT DECISION. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE WILL SEE DREW BREES WHO LEADS THE SAINTS OFFENSE ON THE FIELD. HE KEEPS GETTING BETTER COMPLETION PERCENTAGE EVERY YEAR. HE BREAKS HIS RECORD, CHARLES, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. HE'S DOING IT AGAIN, 74%. THIS IS GREAT. THEY'RE NINTH IN THE LEAGUE IN SCORING BEHIND THIS OFFENSIVE LINE. TORONTO ARMSTEAD IS BACK AT LEFT TACKLE TODAY. HOW ABOUT HILL? WE PUT A QUESTION MARK THERE BECAUSE HE'S EVERYWHERE. HE PLAYS EVERY POSITION. HE'S A BIG FACTOR FOR THE SAINTS. AND ON FIRST DOWN THEY WILL RUN IT TO KAMARA. ALVIN KAMARA GOES NOWHERE ON FIRST DOWN. CHARLES, AGAINST THIS 49ERS DEFENSE, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE IN THE LEAGUE, SECOND IN SCORING, NUMBER ONE IN TWO YARDS. THEY ARE FEROCIOUS. >> Charles: IF THERE IS ONE WORD I WOULD GET THE 49ERS DEFENSE TODAY, IT IS PATIENCE. PATIENCE TRYING TO GET TO DREW BREES, WHO IS VERY QUICK GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS TO HIS RECEIVERS. >> Kevin: DREW BREES SLINGING OUT TO KAMARA. UP ACROSS THE THREE. KAMARA SHOULD HAVE A FIRST DOWN. NICE MOVE BY ALVIN KAMARA. GOOD BLOCK FROM HILL. >> Charles: YOU NOTICE HOW QUICKLY THE BALL GOT OUT OF DREW BREES HANDS IN THIS SWING PASS. NICK BOSA, NUMBER 97, HE'S GEARED UP. THIS ENTIRE DEFENSIVE FRONT IS FIRED UP. THEY CHASED AROUND LAMAR JACKSON LAST WEEK. THEY CHASED AROUND KYLER MURRAY. THEY WANT A CHANCE TO GET TO A STATIONARY QUARTERBACK. >> Kevin: BREES GOING DEEP IN A HURRY AND THE PASS IS FINALLY KNOCKED AWAY. HILL WAS FIGHTING FOR IT. SHERMAN, THOUGH, KNOCKED IT DOWN, AND IT'S SECOND DOWN. >> Charles: YOU KNOW HOW OFFENSES ARE TRYING TO CREATE MISMATCHES? WHEN YOU HAVE A TIGHT END LIKE JOSH HILL, YOUR BACK-UPTIGHT END, THAT'S A MISMATCH THE OTHER WAY. PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO GET DEEP ON RICHARD SHERMAN ALL YEARLONG. PASSES 20 YARDS OR MORE, PEOPLE ARE 0-7 AGAINST SHERMAN. HE MAY HAVE LOST A STEP IN SPEED, BUT HE GAINS IT IN SAVVY. >> AND MURRY WORKS HIS WAY OUT TO THE 45 YARD LINE. CHARLES, HE'S BEEN KIND OF A FORGOTTEN GUY. IN THE FOUR GAMES SINCE, HE'S ONLY GOTTEN 105 YARDS TOTAL. >> Charles: I GET THE SENSE HE WILL CARRY THE BALL A LITTLE MORE TODAY. RICHARD SHERMAN MADE IT BACK. LOOKS LIKE HE'S GRABBING HIS RIGHT BICEP AFTER ATTEMPTING THAT TACKLE. HERE IS THE TACKLE AGAINST MURRAY, AND THE KNEE RIGHT ON THE BICEP ENDS UP GETTING HIM. >> Kevin: EMANUEL MOSEY COMES IN FOR HIM. MICHAEL THOMAS HAS THE CATCH AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN ON THE OPENING DRIVE. >> Charles: AND ALREADY WE'RE SEEING THE SAINTS UNDERSTANDING HOW FAST THEY'VE GOT TO GET THE BALL OUT OF THEIR HANDS AGAINST THIS PASS RUSH FROM SAN FRANCISCO. THAT BALL HAS GONE FROM DREW BREES'S HANDS ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS HE GRABS IT ON THE SNAP. MICHAEL THOMAS WORKS HIS WAY FREE. THE MAN IS AMAZING DOWN FIELD. >> Kevin: FIRST DOWN, A SHAKE. HILL IS WIDE OPEN. HE'LL GET IT. HILL HAS A FIRST DOWN FOR NEW ORLEANS. WE TOLD YOU HE'D BE EVERYWHERE. WE GAVE HIM THE QUESTION MARK THAT TIME AS A RECEIVER, AND HE PICKS UP 12. >> Charles: AND HOW ABOUT BILL RIGHT HERE LINING UP IN THAT SPOT. HE GOES AGAINST THE HILL. AND, AGAIN, THE BALL OUT OF DREW BREES'S HANDS QUICKLY, INTO TAYSOM HILL'S. A FIRST DOWN FOR THE SAINTS. >> Kevin: HE'S BEEN A BIG FACTOR IN THE RECEIVING GAME. AND BREES TO THROW IT. PRESSURE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND INCOMPLETE AS NICK BOSA CAME IN AND GOT A HAND ON BREES ON THE RELEASE. >> Charles: AND THE FIRST TIME HE TAKES A DEEPER DROP, KEVIN, WATCH NICK BOSA GET TO HIM. SO ALL GAME LONG, HERE IN THE EARLY GOING IT'S BEEN QUICK THROWS. THIS TIME HE ENDS UP HAVING TO HITCH ON THE THROW, WHICH MEANS HE HAS TO THROW IT LONGER, WHICH MEANS THE COVER IS GOOD DOWN FIELD. THAT'S WHAT THE DEFENSIVE BACKS HAVE TO DO FOR THEIR DEFENSIVE FRONTS, COVER TIGHTLY DOWN FIELD, MAKE HIM HITCH, TAKE AN EXTRA COUNT AND ALLOW THE PASS CATCH TO GO HOME. >> Kevin: RICHARD SHERMAN IS BACK ON THE FIELD TRYING TO SET UP A SCREEN. OH, WHAT A HIT! AND THE BALL IS INCOMPLETE. IT'S THIRD AND TEN. >> Charles: HE WENT TO ARKANSAS AS A SAFETY. SO THE SPEED CONTINUES TO SHOW UP. WATCH NUMBER 57 IN WHITE. HE'LL JUST SHOW UP. AS YOU NOTICE, KEVIN, JUST SUDDENLY OUT OF NOWHERE AND MARK IT FREE FROM KAMARA. AND KEVIN CODY RIGHT ON THE SPOT SIGNALING INCOMPLETE. DIDN'T HAVE FULL POSSESSION BEFORE THE BALL GAME LOOSE. >> Kevin: THIRD AND TEN NEW ORLEANS. FOUR-MAN RUSH. BREES RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. TO THE END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN! 38 YARDS TO JARED COOK, WHO HAS MADE A NUMBER OF BIG PLAYS IN RECENT WEEKS. >> Charles: NOW, DON'T THINK THE OFFENSIVE LINE OF THE SAINTS DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST TODAY. BOY, DID THEY STAND FIRM ON THIS ONE, WHICH ALLOWED BREES TO TAKE A DEEPER DROP. NO HURRY FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO FRONT. AND JARED COOK RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE PAST NUMBER 36, AND JARED COOK IS THE INITIAL SIX POINTS OF THE GAME FOR THE SAINTS ON A NICE PLAY DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. >> Kevin: EXTRA POINT BY LUTZ IS UP AND GOOD. WE TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT THESE DEFENSES HAVE BEEN PLAYING, AND THE SAINTS GO RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD. DREW BREES TO JARED COOK, THE TIGHT END. BREAKS A TACKLE, HE'S IN FROM 38 YARDS OUT AND NEW ORLEANS JUMPS IN >> Kevin: 7-0 NEW ORLEANS WITH A BIG PLAY TO JARED COOK. HE'S REALLY TURNED INTO THEIR BIG PLAY GUY AT TIGHT END. HE WAS INJURED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. THEY GAVE HIM A $2 MILLION DEAL AND THEY'RE SEEING THE FRUITS OF IT. >> Charles: THAT WAS THE PRO BOWL JARED COOK THAT THEY SIGNED. FINDING THE END ZONE, FINDING THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. THEN THE BIGGEST PROBLEM, TRY TO GET HIM DOWN ONCE HE CATCHES THE FOOTBALL. >> Kevin: SO WHAT HAPPENED ON THE TOUCHDOWN, CHARLES? >> Charles: SO WATCH JARED COOK, OKAY? THIS IS JARED COOK RIGHT THERE. AND THEN THERE IS THE ROUTE RIGHT IN HERE. NOW, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE PLAYS AGAINST ANY DEFENSE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE SECOND PART? RIGHT HERE, MARCELL HARRIS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET HIM DOWN, AND HE DOES NOT. YES, IT'S A GAIN, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE A TOUCHDOWN. HOW ABOUT DREW BREES MANIPULATING THE SECONDARY, LOOKING LEFT AND COMING DOWN THE MIDDLE. YOU SEE HOW HIS EYES WIDEN? BIG PLAY FOR THE SAINTS. >> Kevin: GAROPPOLO TO THROW IT ON FIRST DOWN WITH TIME. AND FIRING IT NEAR SIDE. IT IS CAUGHT BY SANDERS. THAT WAS A DART FROM GAROPPOLO AS SANDERS WORKING AGAINST ELI APPLE. AND HE PICKS UP 19 YARDS ON THE FIRST PLAY FOR THE 49ERS. AND JIMMY GAROPPOLO HAS REALLY HEATED UP AS THE SEASON HAS GONE ON. REMEMBER, HE BLEW OUT HIS ACL LAST YEAR, SO IT TOOK HIM A WHILE TO GET IN THE GROOVE. HE GETS OFF TO A SOLID START. >> Charles: I LIKE HOW THEY GAVE HIM A THROW RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, THROWING TO HIS RIGHT AND PUTTING IT RIGHT TO EMANUEL SANDERS. GOOD CONFIDENCE FOR GAROPPOLO EARLY. >> Kevin: THEY NORMALLY RUN IT ON FIRST DOWN. HERE THEY COME A LITTLE TRICKERY. BUT THERE IS A PENALTY, AND THIS PLAY NEVER GETS OFF. >> Referee: FALSE START OFFENSE NUMBER 69. FIVE YARD PENALTY. FIRST DOWN. >> Kevin: THAT'S ON MIKE McGLINCHEY, THE RIGHT TACKLE FOR SAN FRANCISCO. WE'LL BE BACK FIVE YARDS. THEY'RE SECOND IN THE NFL IN SCORING THIS YEAR, PROPELLED BY THAT EXCELLENT RUN GAME. ROTATE RUNNING BACKS THROUGHOUT THE GAME. OVER THE MIDDLE. OH! AND IT'S CAUGHT, AND A BIG PLAY. SANDERS MAKING MOVES. GETS THE BLOCK FROM DEEBO SAMUEL. TWO HUGE CATCHES AND THE 49ERS ON THE MOVE AFTER A PICK-UP OF 31. >> Charles: KEVIN, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY ACCIDENT THAT THE FIRST TWO THROWS OF THE GAME WENT TO THEIR VETERAN RECEIVER WHO PLAYED IN BIG GAMES BEFORE. THIS IS A PLAYOFF ATMOSPHERE. SANDERS WITH A BIG CATCH. HOW ABOUT THE CATCH THERE? THE ROUTE OVER THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. MAKES THE CATCH. MAKES PEOPLE MISS, GAINS ADDITIONAL YARDAGE. SANDERS WITH TWO SUPER BOWL RINGS. >> Kevin: FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 30. GAROPPOLO OVER THE MIDDLE, AND IT'S SAMUEL, THE ROOKIE. DEEBO SAMUEL INSIDE THE TEN. GAROPPOLO HAS COME OUT ON FIRE. OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE 49ERS RUN GAME, AND THEY HAVE FLIPPED THE SCRIPT A LITTLE BIT HERE, CHARLES. >> Charles: WELL, ONE THING THEY'RE DOING IS FINDING MATCH-UPS BECAUSE THE LAST TWO PLAYS ELI APPLE WAS IN COVERAGE. INSTEAD OF GOING AGAINST MARSHON LATTIMORE, YOU FIND ELI APPLE, RUN DIFFERENT RECEIVERS AGAINST HIM AND SEE HOW HE ADJUSTS AND REACTS. THE LAST TWO PLAYS HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR SAN FRANCISCO. >> Kevin: THREE PLAYS, 70 YARDS WITH THE SNAP OF A FINGER. AND A FIRST AND GOAL. ANOTHER QUICK THROW INSIDE INCOMPLETE. IT WAS INTENDED FOR DEEBO SAMUEL, AND IT WILL BE A SECOND DOWN AND GOAL. >> Charles: THEY TRIED TO USE KENDRICK BORN, NUMBER 84, AS A FIRST ROUTE RUNNING SCREENER WITH THE PASS COMING IN BEHIND IM. EVERYBODY SAYS PICK ROUTES? WATCH 4 AND 84 GO INSIDE. HE'S RUNNING A ROUTE, BUT HE'S ESSENTIALLY SCREENING. AND BECAUSE THE REACTION FROM THE SAINTS WAS FIRST. HE'S TRYING TO SCREEN OFF WILLIAMS SO THEY CAN HAVE IT INSIDE FOR A ROUTE. >> Kevin: WILDCAT FORMATION WITH RICHEY JAMES COMING IN. JAMES GOING TO KEEP IT AND GETS SWARMED BY NEW ORLEANS. THEY WERE NOT FOOLED BY THAT AT ALL. SAINTS ARE PLAYING WITHOUT TWO OF THEIR STARTING LINEBACKERS TODAY, WITH KLEIN AND ALONSO OUT. ROBINSON GETS THE START, THIRD AND GOAL. >> Charles: THE VISION FROM THE LINEBACKERS ARE ALL BACK THIS WAY, AND THEY HAD IT ALL THE WAY. NO ONE FOOLED WHEN THEY SAW RICHEY JAMES. LOOK AT ALL THESE GUYS RIGHT IN THE CLUSTER EYEING JAMES COMING AT HIM. HE IMITATED JACKSON LAST WEEK. THEY TRIED TO UTILIZE THOSE SKILLS ON THAT LAST PLAY. >> Kevin: ON THIRD AND GOAL, GAROPPOLO WITH TIME. LOOKING, FIRING. IT IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! WHAT A START BY JIMMY GAROPPOLO. 4 OF 5 ON THE DRIVE, AND THE 49ERS STRIKE BACK. >> Charles: AND WHAT A BIG-TIME ROUTE BY BORN, 84. WATCH HOW HE GOES UP AGAINST LATTIMORE AND WATCH HIM WHIP AROUND AND POST UP AND SHOW HIS NUMBERS BACK TO GAROPPOLO. GAROPPOLO PUT IT UP HIGH AND SAID, GO GET IT. LATTIMORE IS DOWN LOW AROUND THE WAIST. BORN IS ELEVATING. WHAT A BIG-TIME ROUTE, BIG-TIME CATCH FOR THE FORMER WASHINGTON WENT RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD AND THEN THE LONG TOUCHDOWN TO COOK, TAKE THE 49ERS AND THEIR GREAT RUN GAME GOING TO COME OUT RUNNING THE FOOTBALL. THEY COME OUT FIRING AND JIMMY GAROPPOLO WAS JUST THROWING SEEDS. AND ON THIRD AND GOAL, HERE'S KENDRICK BOURNE WITH THE TOUCHDOWN. THAT'S A HECK OF A WAY TO BEGIN THIS GAME WITH TWO TEAMS THAT ARE 10-2 COMING INTO IT. SECOND POSSESSION FROM NEW ORLEANS. IT WILL WORK THE SECOND TIME. STILL GOING! ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 45 YARD LINE. SO TWICE HE'S TAKEN IT OUT FROM FIVE YARDS DEEP. AND BIG RETURN TO SET UP THE SAINTS. >> Charles: AND THE SPECIAL TEAMS COACH HAS GIVEN HIM THE GREEN LIGHT TO BE AGGRESSIVE, BRINGING IT OUT OF THE END ZONE. THE ONLY GUY I CAN THINK OF WITH AS MUCH OF A GREEN LIGHT DOING THAT IS CORDARRELLE PATTERSON IN CHICAGO. BUT THEY LOVE THIS YOUNGSTER OUT OF ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, WHO WAS MAGNIFICENT IN SCHOOL. GUESS WHAT? HE'S BRINGING IT TO THE NFL. GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR THE SAINTS. >> Kevin: WHAT A BOOST IT IS TO YOUR TEAM WHEN YOU DO GET A KICK RETURN. FLIP TO KAMARA. PRESSURE IN THE BACK FIELD FROM BOSA. MY GOODNESS. NICK BOSA JUST DESTROYED THAT PLAY. >> Charles: HE DID DESTROY THE PLAY. WATCH HIM GET INTO THE BACK FIELD. WATCH NUMBER 24 REALIZE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND REPLACE. SEE, BOSA GETS UP FIELD. BUT WILLIAMS SAYS, IF NO ONE IS GOING TO BLOCK ME, I'LL CONTINUE TO TRAVERSE TO THE BACK FIELD AND MAKES A STOP DEEP BEHIND THE QUARTERBACK. >> Kevin: SECOND AND 17. FOUR-MAN RUSH. BREES SEES THE PRESSURE. GETS IT TO KAMARA, WHO GETS PAST THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. IT'S PAM OLIVER. >> Pam: ONE THING SEAN PAYTON TRULY APPRECIATES ABOUT THIS TEAM IS THAT IT'S BATTLE TESTED. THEY HAVE ALREADY FACED OFF AGAINST A PLAYOFF TEAM THIS SEASON. BUT HE SAYS THE 49ERS TEAM IS NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT. SAID IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER. HE PRAISES THAT DEFENSIVE FRONT, BUT HE ALSO SAYS, I LOVE MY OFFENSIVE GAME PLAN. >> Kevin: OFF TO A GOOD START. I WOULD LIKE IT, TOO. HIS POINT IS THE 49ERS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BATTLE TESTED, TOO, CHARLES. THEY HAVE PLAYED SOME BIG-TIME GAMES LATELY. THIRD AND NINE FOR BREES. FOUR MAN RUSH. THERE IS PRESSURE. FIRES. AND CAUGHT FOR A FIRST DOWN. COMING ACROSS THE MIDDLE. SLIDES DOWN AND MAKES THE CATCH AND MOVES THE CHAINS. >> Charles: I LOVE YOUR EYES, KEVIN, BECAUSE YOU SAW EXACTLY WHAT DREW BREES DID. HE FELT THE PRESSURE AND SLID AWAY FROM IT, WHICH ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN ON THE BACKSIDE. WATCH THE BACKSIDE. NICE JOB BEING PHYSICAL AND KNOCKING RICHARD SHERMAN ASIDE. NOW, IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO ANYTHING, YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF NICK BOSA. AND LATAVIUS MURRAY WITH HIS SIZE, I THINK HE'LL CARRY THE BALL MORE. DID YOU SEE NICK BOSA KNOCK HIM TO THE GROUND AND SLOW DOWN THE PASS RUSH? WELL DONE. >> Kevin: HE GETS IT, LOOKING TO RUN IT. HILL HAS A BLOCK. DOWN TO THE 35. AND YOU SEE THE EXPLOSIVENESS OF TAYSOM HILL WHO LAST WEEK HAD A TOUCHDOWN RUN. HE HAD A TOUCHDOWN CATCH. HE BLOCKED A PUNT. LET'S REMEMBER, HE WAS A COLLEGE QUARTERBACK. THE GUY IS DOING IT ALL. >> Charles: THAT LAST ONE WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE DID AT BYU. BUT LOOK AT WHERE HE LINES UP. COULD BE IN THE SLOT AT TIGHT END, QUARTERBACK WE JUST SAW. WIDE RECEIVER, RUNNING BACK. WE HAVE SEEN HIM AT RUNNING BACK EARLIER WHERE HE CAUGHT A PASS. HE WILL DO IT ALL. NOW HE'S LINING UP IN THE SOCK POSITION. >> Kevin: MURRAY HAS THE CARRY. FIRST DOWN FOR NEW ORLEANS. DOWN TO THE 26 YARD LINE. FIRST GAME BREAK OF THE DAY. LET'S CHECK IN WITH CHARISSA THOMPSON. >> PACKERS LEADING THE NFC NORTH. ROGERS TO JONES. HIS 12th RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE YEAR. PACKERS UP 7-0 EARLY. >> Kevin: CHARISSA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PACKERS HAVE THE BEARS NEXT WEEK. FIRST PLACE IN THE DIVISION WITH A MATCH UP WITH THE VIKINGS LOOMING. THAT'S JARED COOK IN MOTION. HE'S GOT A TOUCHDOWN TODAY. BREES ON THE FAKE. GOING DEEP AGAIN. COOK IS OPEN AGAIN. AND HOLD ON! TOUCHDOWN! A PENALTY ON THE PLAY AS COOK IS SLOW TO GET UP. A TWO TOUCHDOWN FIRST QUARTER FOR JARED COOK. >> Charles: LOOK AT HOW HE DRAGGED THAT. I MEAN, HE TRACKED THE BALL AND THEN THEY HIT AT THE END. WITHERSPOON WAS UP HIGH IN THE HEAD AND NECK AREA. IT WASN'T HIS HELMET. BUT IF YOU HIT A PLAYER IN THE NECK AND HEAD AREA, IT IS THE SAME PENALTY. SO WITHERSPOON AT THE END. BUT WATCH THIS. A LITTLE OUT. HE GETS UP IN THE SEAM BEHIND THE LINEBACKER AND A BALL THAT PUTS IT UP IN THE AIR, GETS IT. TOUCHDOWN. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS DEFENSE. >> Kevin: WELL, YOU SEE AT THE END -- >> Referee: WE'RE GOING TO CHECK WITH NEW ORLEANS TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO ENFORCE THE PENALTY ON THE DRIVE OR THE KICKOFF. >> Kevin: THE BALL DOES COME LOOSE. THEY RULED A TOUCHDOWN ON THE FIELD. MY INITIAL INSTINCT IS THAT HE HAD IT LONG ENOUGH FOR THAT FOOTBALL MOVE. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. RIGHT THERE IT IS A TOUCHDOWN. >> Charles: RIGHT THERE. >> Kevin: HE HAS POSSESSION. AND THEN THE BALL COMES OUT LATE. SO I THINK IT SHOULD STAND AS A TOUCHDOWN. AND THE PENALTY OBVIOUS RIGHT THERE. WITHERSPOON IS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, GET A SHOULDER IN. BUT WHEN HE CATCHES HIM UP IN THE SHOULDER AREA, THAT'S THE FOUL. THAT'S THE UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS CALL. HOW ABOUT THE ROUTE BY JARED COOK, THOUGH? WELL DESIGNED. LOOK FOR HIM TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IF THIS GAME MOVES ALONG TO TRY AND FIND JARED COOK ISOLATED DOWN FIELD. WITH THE PENALTY, THE SAINTS HAVE CHOSEN TO GO FOR TWO. OUR RULES EXPERT IN L.A. DEAN, DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS? >> YEAH, I DO. IT LOOKS LIKE COOK MAINTAINS CONTROL WHEN HE HITS THE GROUND AND THEN ALMOST DROPS THE BALL AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE CATCH. SO IT'S CLOSE. BUT I DO THINK HE DOES COMPLETE THE CATCH. >> Kevin: ALL RIGHT, DEAN. THANKS. APPRECIATE THAT. SO DEAN ON THE SAME PAGE AS US. AND NOW THE SAINTS WILL GO FOR A TWO-POINT CONVERSION. THEY BRING IN MARIO EDWARDS AS A FULL BACK, A DEFENSIVE END RIGHT NOW, NUMBER 97. >> Charles: AND SEAN PAYTON ALWAYS HAS 5 TO 7 TWO-POINT PLAYS READY FOR EVERY GAME. HERE'S EDWARDS IN THE GAME. >> Kevin: TAYSOM HILL GOT IT, AND HE GETS STOPPED. 49ERS WERE READY WITH MARCELL HARRIS AND FRED WARNER, AND, SO, THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION IS DENIED. >> Charles: WARNER FINALLY GETTING THE TACKLE. COULDN'T TACKLE HIM IN PRACTICE WITH >>> TODAY'S GAME IS SPONSORED BY BK AND TARGET. >> Kevin: JARED COOK HAS BEEN A BIG WEAPON FOR THE SAINTS. THEY SIGN HIM TO THE BIG DEAL, TWO YEARS $15 MILLION. HE HAD A CAREER YEAR LAST YEAR. BUT LOOK AT THE LAST FOUR GAMES AND THEN TODAY. THEY CLEARLY SEE A WEAKNESS DOWN THE MIDDLE WITH A TIGHT END. COOK IS SO ATHLETIC, HE HAS EXPLOITED IT TODAY. THE ISSUE IS HE'S IN THE MEDICAL TENT RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE LIKELY CHECKING HIM WITH A CONCUSSION. LET'S CHECK IN WITH PAM OLIVER OVER ON THE SCENE THERE. >> Charles: WATCH COOK HERE. HE'S GOING TO GO EMOTION. BUT WATCH THE ROUTE BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO END UP WIDENING OUT HERE AND THEN COMING BACK TOWARDS THE INSIDE. NOW, LOOK AT DREW BREES WITH THE EXCELLENT FOOT WORK TO GET HIM AWAY FROM NICK BOSA'S PASS RUSH. THEN HE PUT IT UP THERE HIGH WHERE HE UNDERSTANDS HIS TIGHT END CAN GO GET IT. AND COOK DID EXACTLY THAT AND CAME DOWN FOR SIX POINTS. >> Kevin: A CAREER GAME LAST WEEK. INTO THE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME ON OFFENSE AND HE WILL RUN IT. HE GOES NOWHERE. MALCOLM BROWN WAS THERE FIRST OR NEW ORLEANS. REALLY GOOD STORY FOR THIS TEAM. BEEN ON SEVEN DIFFERENT TEAMS. HE NEVER REALLY HAD A CHANCE UNTIL LAST YEAR. LAST WEEK HE NEVER HAD 100 YARD GAME. THE MOST HE EVER HAD WAS 87 YARDS IN ONE TIME. HE HAD 146 AND A TOUCHDOWN IN THE LOSS TO THE RAVENS. AND A PENALTY. THE NINERS MAY HAVE MOVED HERE. >> Referee: FALSE START OFFENSE, NUMBER 74. FIVE YARD PENALTY, SECOND DOWN. >> Kevin: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOSTERT. HE IS A SURFER, BIG TIME. GREW UP ON THE COAST IN FLORIDA. OFFERED A SURFING CONTRACT. HE'S ALSO A SPEEDSTER. TOLD YOU HE'S BEEN ALL AROUND. ORIGINALLY SIGNED WITH THE EAGLES, BUT WAS A GREAT SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER. NOW GETTING A CHANCE TO BE A GREAT RUNNING BACK. NOW THEY FLIP IT TO KITTLE, WHO PICKS UP A COUPLE AS CAM JORDAN COMING OFF A FOUR SACK GAME WAS THERE ON THE TACKLE. >> Charles: WHAT'S BEEN GOOD ABOUT THIS FRONT IS IT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF GETTING SACKS. IT IS HOW THEY PLAY AGAINST THE RUNNING GAME. YOU NOTICE THERE WAS NO SPACE, NOWHERE FOR KITTLE TO TURN UP FIELD, GET HIS SHOULDERS SQUARE AND GAIN YARDAGE. THEY HAD TO FORCE HIM TO ALMOST NO GAINS. >> Kevin: ON THIRD DOWN. FOUR MAN RUSH. PRESSURE COMES. GAROPPOLO BURIED. DEMARIO DAVIS. >> Charles: THEY LOADED UP ON THAT ONE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS FRONT. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO COME FROM? IT COULD BE ANYWHERE. AND THEN RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE THEY GET SOME PRESSURE, AND THERE IS DEMARIO DAVIS TO SELECT JIMMY GAROPPOLO. CHARISSA THOMPSON DID A SIT DOWN WITH JORDAN THIS WEEK. HE SAID IF WE STOP THE RUN, WE GET TO HAVE SOME RUN. THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE. THEY STOPPED THE RUN ON THE FIRST TWO PLAYS, HAD THEIR FUN ON THIRD DOWN RUSHING THE QUARTERBACK. >> Kevin: HARRIS HAS ALREADY BEEN A FACTOR IN THIS GAME, RUNNING UP TO GRAB IT. MID FIELD, MAKES ANOTHER TACKLE. HARRIS SMELLING THE END ZONE AND THEN TACKLED DOWN INSIDE THE 30. WHAT AN IMPACT HE'S HAD ON THIS GAME SO FAR. >> Charles: 14 KICK RETURN TOUCHDOWNS, THAT'S AN NCA RECORD. EIGHT PUNT RETURNS. YOU CAN SEE WHY THE SAINTS STAFF ON SPECIAL TEAMS HAS ALLOWED HIM TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS HE CAN BE. GET THE BALL IN HIS HANDS, FIND A SMALL SLIVER OF SPACE AND TURN NUMBER 11 LOOSE. >> Kevin: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DREW BREES AND YOU START POSSESSION ON THE 49ERS 29? >> Charles: THIS IS PRIME TERRITORY YOU TAKE YOUR SHOT. SEE IF HE WANTS TO THROW ONE OF THOSE DAGGER PLAYS RIGHT HERE. >> Kevin: KAMARA WILL RUN IT. GOES TO THE 26. ARIK ARMSTEAD WAS THERE ON THE TACKLE. >> Pam: JARED COOK AFTER SUSTAINING THAT HARD HIT WAS EVALUATED BY THE NFL INDEPENDENT NEUROLOGIST HERE ON THE SIDELINE IN A MEDICAL TENT. HE WAS JUST WALKED BACK TOWARD THE LOCKER ROOM SURROUNDED BY THAT NEUROLOGIST AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE SAINTS MEDICAL STAFF AND IS BEING EVALUATED FOR CONCUSSION. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. >> Kevin: PAM, THANKS. THAT'S A BIG FACTOR. HARRIS ON THE REVERSE. WHAT A MOVE! HARRIS, WITH A BIG MOVE! >> Charles: HE'S JUST MAKING PEOPLE MISS EVERYWHERE TODAY. HIS QUICKNESS AND HIS ELUSIVENESS HAVE MADE PLAYERS WHO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND WATCH ARMSTEAD BECAUSE HE PLAYS AS WELL. HE UNDERSTANDS AND SEES IT. BUT OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD, HE CAN'T COMPETE WITH THAT LITTLE WATER BUG THAT IS HARRIS. ARMSTEAD HAD TO PLAY DIAGNOSED. BUT IN THE OPEN FIELD, THAT'S A TOUGH MATCH-UP FOR HIM. >> Kevin: HERE'S BREES. GETS RID OF IT QUICKLY. OVER THE MIDDLE. IT'S MICHAEL THOMAS. THE SAINTS ARE OPERATING QUICKLY. THEY'RE OPERATING FLUIDLY. THE 49ERS HERE WITH A COUPLE UPPER CUTS ALREADY. >> Charles: THEY CERTAINLY HAVE. WHO DID THEY JUST ATTACK? RICHARD SHERMAN. THEY TOOK THEIR BEST RECEIVER, MICHAEL THOMAS, MATCHED HIM UP WITH RICHARD SHERMAN AND WON THAT BATTLE. >> Kevin: LINING DOWN. LAST MINUTE OF THIS FIRST QUARTER. LATAVIUS MURRAY IN THE GAME. HILL IN AT THE TIGHT END. TO MURRAY. INSIDE THE FIVE. AND A FIRST DOWN FOR LATAVIUS MURRAY, DOWN TO THE TWO. >> Charles: I TOTALLY SUSPECTED THAT THEY WOULD END UP USING LATAVIUS MURRAY MORE TODAY BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE. 230 POUNDS. WATCH THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS OFFENSIVE LINE. NICK EASTON IN, THEIR PRO BOWLER. AND LOOK WHO IS BLOCKING RIGHT THERE? THAT'S NUMBER 7, TAYSOM HILL. AND MURRAY CUTS OFF OF IT. WITH HIS BIG SIZE, THAT'S A MATCH-UP THAT THE SAINTS LIKE. >> Kevin: THE SAINTS HAVE COME OUT ON FIRE HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. 13-7 THEY LEAD IT. TWO TOUCHDOWNS FROM JARED COOK AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE. IT'S 13-7 AFTER >> Kevin: WE START THE SECOND QUARTER 13-7. THE SAINTS HAVE COME OUT OF THE GATE ON FIRE. AND YOU SEE TWO TOUCHDOWNS FROM JARED COOK. PAM OLIVER TOLD US HE'S BEING EVALUATED FOR CONCUSSION. HE'S BACK IN THE LOCKER ROOM. BUT AFTER A BIG RETURN BY HARRIS WHO HAS HAD A HUGE START TO THIS GAME. HERE ARE THE SAINTS WITH A FIRST AND GOAL ON THE THREE. BREES LOOKING TO THROW. PRESSURE, GOING TO THROW IT. GOING TO SCORE IT. TOUCHDOWN NEW ORLEANS. IT'S JOSH HILL. SO THREE TOUCHDOWNS ALL TO TIGHT ENDS FOR THE SAINTS TODAY. >> Charles: AND JOSH HILL HAD MOTIONED IN FROM OUTSIDE TO BECOME THE FULL BACK, SO WHAT THE SAINTS DID IS PUT LATAVIUS MURRAY, THEIR BIG BACK IN. THEN YOU BRING JOSH HILL IN AND MAKE HIM A FULL BACK. THERE IS YOUR SECOND CLUE POWER ONE. HILL INTO THE FLAT. TOUCHDOWN SAINTS. WELL DESIGNED, WELL EXECUTED. >> Kevin: THE EXTRA POINT UP AND GOOD. SO A FIVE PLAY 25 YARD DRIVE AND THE SAINTS HAVE 20 ON THE BOARD AGA >> Kevin: DREW BREES HAS TO FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THIS START. YOU HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO HARRIS. HE HAS BEEN SENSATIONAL. HE HAD A 25 YARD PUNT RETURN TO GIVE THEM THE BALL. HE MADE ARMSTEAD MISS HIS SPACE. THE YOUNG MAN SET AN NCAA RECORD IN HIS CAREER. DOING A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING TODAY. >> Kevin: THE 49ERS WILL BEGIN ON THEIR OWN 25. THIS WEEK A LOT COMING YOUR WAY. IT'S THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. A PRETTY GOOD ONE, TOO. HOW ABOUT LAMAR JACKSON? RAVENS TAKE ON THE JETS, 7:30 EASTERN, 4:30 PACIFIC. >> Charles: IT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH LAMAR JACKSON, A PRIME TIME GAME. >> Kevin: HOW DO THE 49ERS RESPOND? WITH A FAKE. GAROPPOLO HAS ALL DAY. HE'S GOING TO LAUNCH IT. DEEP DOWN THE FIELD. GOING FOR IT ALL AND GETTING IT! EMANUEL SANDERS! HE'S AT THE TEN, AND HE SCORES! 75 YARD BOMB FROM JIMMY GAROPPOLO TO EMANUEL SANDERS. >> Charles: THIS GAME HAS BEEN BIG PLAY CITY ALREADY. EARLY IN THE GAME WE TALKED ABOUT THE SAVVY OF THE VETERAN, EMANUEL SANDERS. HOW ABOUT HIM UNDERSTANDING ON THE CATCH DOWN FIELD THAT HE'S NOT DOWN. GREAT JOB ON VONN BELL, TURNED HIM AROUND. AND THEN MARCUS WILLIAMS TRIES TO HELP OUT. HE GOES PAST HIM. HE'S KNOCKED DOWN BY CONTACT. THAT CONTACT HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO WITH MARCUS WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS DIDN'T INITIATE THAT. AND SANDERS UNDERSTOOD IT, MAKES THE CATCH. LOOK AT THEM POINT ON EACH OTHER. SANDERS WINS THE BATTLE, MAKES THE CATCH AND UNDERSTANDS, LET'S GET UP AND GO. SEE HOW THEY'RE BOTH GOING AT EACH OTHER. THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD A FLAG CANNOT COME OUT. >> Kevin: WOW. HE TIES A CAREER LONG. IT IS A CAREER LONG FOR EMANUEL SANDERS, A TEN-YEAR VETERAN THEY ACQUIRED IN MID-SEASON. HOW IS THAT PAYING OFF TODAY? PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD. >>> WANT MORE STATS? HEY, SIRI, WHO HAS THE MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS IN FOOTBALL. >> Kevin: YOU GOT EMANUEL SANDERS WHO MADE THE BIG CATCH ON THE LEFT. THAT PLAY DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT KENDRICK BOURNE. WE'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A MOMENT. HE WAS TERRIFIC ON THAT PLAY. THIS GAME COMING OUT, THESE QUARTERBACKS ARE JUST FEELING IT. JIMMY GAROPPOLO 6 OF 8, 158 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS. SANDERS ALREADY HAS 125 YARDS. AND THEN DREW BREES IS 9 OF 12, 122 YARDS AND 3 TOUCHDOWNS. ONLY 15 COMPLETIONS AND 5 TOUCHDOWNS NOT A MINUTE INTO THE SECOND QUARTER YET. AND HERE'S HARRIS, WHO HAS BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR ALREADY, TAKING IT OUT AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, CHARLES. YOU CAUGHT IT. >> Charles: HE CAME OUT OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. HE WAS THE SECOND RECEIVER THERE BECAUSE COOPER KUPP CAME OUT OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. NOW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHO KENDRICK BOURNE WAS. THIS PLAY DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THIS RIGHT HERE. WATCH HIM STAY WITH THIS BLOCK. IF HE DOESN'T, THAT BALL IS NEVER LAUNCHED, AND THEN THE HAND FIGHTING DOWN FIELD, I THINK IT WAS WITH EACH OTHER. GOOD NONCALL. AND THEN A SAVVY BIG-TIME PLAY BY SANDERS DOWN FIELD UNDERSTANDING TO GET UP AND GO. >> Kevin: HOW MANY TIMES HAS A WIDE RECEIVERS BLOCKED A DEFENSIVE END FOR THAT LONG? >> Charles: AND SUCCESSFULLY? >> Kevin: ALL RIGHT. 20-14 NEW ORLEANS. DREW BREES GOING TO THROW IT AGAIN. FUMBLES. THE FOOTBALL IS LOOSE! AND STAYS WITH NEW ORLEANS. MARCELL HARRIS GETTING THE START TODAY BECAUSE TARTT IS OUT WITH A RIB INJURY. HE HAS THE FORCED FUMBLE AND RECOVERY ON JACKSON. HE FORCED THAT ONE, TOO. >> Charles: THERE'S HARRIS, AS YOU DESCRIBED. MICHAEL THOMAS WAS TRYING TO SHIFT THE BALL AND GET A BETTER GRIP ON IT. HARRIS CAME ALONG AT THE ABSOLUTE BEST TIME TO KNOCK IT FREE. MICHAEL THOMAS FORTUNATE IT WAS NEAR THE SIDELINES. >> Kevin: JUST ROLLED RIGHT ON OUT THERE. SO 7 YARD PICK UP ON THE PLAY. TWO RUNNING BACKS IN THE GAME. THEY WILL GIVE IT TO THAT MAN, MURRAY, AND HE GOT A FIRST DOWN. >> Charles: PLAYING OUT, ISN'T IT, ABOUT LATAVIUS MURRAY AND HIS SIZE AND GIRTH GOING AGAINST THAT FRONT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS. KAMARA WILL STILL GIVE YOU THE FLASH AND DASH, AND HE CAN RUN INSIDE. BUT THE STEADY DIET WILL FALL ON MURRAY TODAY IN THE EARLY RETURNS ARE ANY INDICATION. >> Kevin: ALVIN KAMARA LINED UP AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN AS A WIDE RECEIVER ON FIRST DOWN. THERE HE IS. FOUR-MAN RUSH. BREES. SHOULD BE A FIRST DOWN FOR NEW ORLEANS. WE'VE GOT AN INJURY UPDATE. >> Pam: KEVIN, SUDDENLY, NICK BOSA, HUGE IN THE 49ERS DEFENSE, HAS A KNEE SIRINJURY AND IS QUESTIONABLE. FORD IS QUESTIONABLE AS WELL. >> Kevin: MEANWHILE, KAMARA WITH A HIGHLIGHT RUN LEAPING OVER PEOPLE. WENT RIGHT OVER JIMMY WARD AND ALVIN KAMARA HAS ANOTHER FIRST DOWN AND A 17 YARD RUN. >> Charles: PAM JUST REPORTED THE 49ERS FRONT DEPLETED A LITTLE BIT. LOOK AT THE BLOCKING ON THE BACKSIDE. DID YOU SEE 71 WHO IS PLAYING AT AN ALL PRO LEVEL. LOOK AT THOMAS, NUMBER 94. AND ALVIN KAMARA WITH GOOD VISION SEES THE CUT BACK AND FOLLOWS RAMCZYK. >> Kevin: YOU WONDER IF THEY WILL SEE HIM. PAM, THANKS. IN THE FLAT TO MURRAY. AND A BIG GAIN FOR MURRAY. INSIDE THE 15. 30 YARDS TO LATAVIUS MURRAY, AND EVERYBODY MAKING PEOPLE MISS THIS BORN. >> Charles: BOSA TAKES AN INSIDE ROUTE. BREES TO THE OUTSIDE. AND LATAVIUS MURRAY WHO CAUGHT THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN PASS THIS YEAR AND A NICE JOB BY MICHAEL THOMAS NOT BLOCKING BECAUSE HE DIDN'T CLIP. HE DIDN'T HIT HIM IN THE BACK. HE ESSENTIALLY LETS HIM GO AND LETS MURRAY MAKE WHAT HE CAN OF THE PLAY AND IT IS A BIG ONE DOWN THE FIELD. >> Kevin: BREES TO THROW IT. HERE COMES SOME PRESSURE. RUNNING AWAY, ON THE RUN AND HAS A COMPLETION AGAIN FOR A COUPLE OF YARDS. >> Charles: NICK BOSA DIDN'T GET THERE, BUT DID YOU SEE THE ALL-OUT EFFORT TO TRY AND GET TO DREW BREES? YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHERE NUMBER 97 IS ON EVERY SNAP. WATCH THIS. WHEN WE USE THE WORD RELENTLESS, JUST HAVE NUMBER 97 FROM SAN FRANCISCO POP UP. TRYING TO GET THERE. AND BREES UNDERSTANDS IT AND HE HOT FOOTS IT OUT OF THERE SO HE CAN COMPLETE THE PASS. >> Kevin: DREW BREES TAKES A MOMENTARY SEAT. TAYSOM HILL IN AS QUARTERBACK FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY. >> Charles: QUARTERBACK RUN GAME THE LAST TIME. >> Kevin: KAMARA, NO. HILL WILL KEEP IT. AND NOT MUCH ELSE. WITHERSPOON CAME UP FROM THE SECONDARY. WE'VE GOT A GAME BREAK. >> WELL, 49ERS DEFENSE HAS SEEN PLENTY OF THIS LAST WEEK. LAMAR JACKSON, JUST FLIPS IT OVER TO NICK BOYLE. WHAT DO YOU DO IN THAT SITUATION? THAT'S HIS 26th TOUCHDOWN PASS. 10-0 AT BUFFALO TRYING TO GET THEIR NINTH WIN IN A ROW. THURSDAY NIGHT THEY TAKE ON THE JETS ON FOX. KEVIN AND CHARLES. >> Kevin: KIRK, APPRECIATE THAT. TOUGH SPOT. THAT'S WHY JACKSON HAS THE MOST TOUCHDOWNS IN THE LEAGUE. MEANWHILE, INJURED 49ER YEAR IN WITHERSPOON WHO MADE THAT TACKLE. TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD. THIRD AND SIX FOR NEW ORLEANS WHEN WE COME BACK. >> Kevin: 10:47 TO GO FIRST HALF. BOY, HAS IT BEEN FUN. 20-14, THE SAINTS ON TOP OF THE 49ERS. AND NEW ORLEANS WITH THIRD AND SIX AT THE SAN FRANCISCO 10. EMANUEL MOSTERT BACK IN. HERE'S BREEZE ON THIRD DOWN. LOOKS TO KAMARA. GOT IT FIRST DOWN. THE SPOT IS EVERYTHING. ONE SIDE, LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. >> Charles: HE GOT A REALLY NICE SPOT THERE THAT HE'S REALLY GOING TO ENJOY. THE NINERS THOUGHT THEY CAUGHT HIM BEFORE HE GOT TO THE LINE TO GAIN. >> Kevin: I WAS GOING TO SAY HE'LL ENJOY IT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE 49ERS. >> Charles: 13 RUNNING THE ROUTE DEEP. BREES DIDN'T HAVE THOMAS DEEP. DROPS IT SHORT TO KAMARA, LOOKS LIKE HE PICKED UP A FIRST DOWN FOR NEW ORLEANS. >> Kevin: HE HASN'T SCORED A TOUCHDOWN SINCE WEEK THREE. IN THE BACK FIELD RIGHT NOW ON A FIRST AND GOAL. FLIPS IT TO HIM. KAMARA GETS THE BLOCK. AND NOT GOING TO GET THERE. MAYBE A YARD. PLAYED WELL BY BUCKNER. >> Charles: MARCELL HARRIS ALSO THERE WRAPPED UP WITH HIM. GOOD JOB BY SAN FRANCISCO BEING ABLE TO PLAY DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. >> Kevin: KAMARA, YARDAGE-WISE IT IS SIMILAR IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT HE HASN'T BEEN A FACTOR HERE IN THE RED ZONE. 20 CATCHES, 5 TOUCHDOWNS IN THE RED ZONE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR -- EXCUSE ME, 20 CATCHES, 3 TOUCHDOWNS. THIS YEAR 5 CATCHES TOTAL. THAT'S IT. SO BEEN A BIG DIFFERENCE. ON A SECOND AND GOAL. BREES LOOKING. FAKES, THROWS. CAUGHT BY HILL. LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SCORE, BUT HE'S DENIED DOWN AT THE TWO BY JIMMY WARD, THE FREE SAFETY. >> Charles: THE LAST TWO PLAYS HAVE BEEN AN EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENT TACKLING BY SAN FRANCISCO. THERE HAS BEEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW ORLEANS TO GET IT TOWARDS THE END ZONE. THEY STOPPED HIM ON BOTH TRIES. CAN THEY DO IT AGAIN HERE ON THIRD AND GOAL? >> SO THE SAINTS GOING TO GO WITH A JUMBO PACKAGE HERE. >> Charles: THEY OFTEN WILL SHOW THE JUMBO PACKAGE AND RUN PLAY ACTION OFF OF THAT. >> Kevin: WITHERSPOON BACK ON FOR THE 49ERS. THIRD AND GOAL. KAMARA GOT IT. KAMARA, NO SIGNAL. YES! AND THEY SAY HE DID NOT GET THERE. >> Charles: DECISION TIME, I THINK, FOR SEAN PAYTON. I THINK HE HAD IT IN HIS HEAD BEFORE HE RAN THAT PLAY WHETHER HE WOULD GO OR NOT IF THEY DID LOSE YARDAGE. GOOD JOB BY THE 49ERS DEFENSIVE FRONT. THEY PENETRATED THE FRONT WALL OF NEW ORLEANS, WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO MAKE THE PLAY INSIDE. IF I'M NEW ORLEANS, I'M GOING FOR IT HERE BECAUSE IF I'M SEAN PAYTON, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT ON THIRD DOWN. I KNEW I WOULD GO FOR IT HERE. >> Kevin: REMEMBER, DREW BREES LOVES THESE, WHERE HE JUMPS OVER AND JUST KIND OF PUTS THE BALL OVER REAL QUICK. THAT'S ALWAYS IN YOUR MIND IF YOU ARE ON D. PLAY CLOCK WINDING DOWN. FOURTH DOWN. BREES GOING TO DO EXACTLY THAT. TOUCHDOWN. >> Charles: KEVIN BURKHARDT GAME PLANNER. BUT YOU HAVE SEEN IT SO MANY TIMES, HAVEN'T YOU? REMEMBER, HE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT A FUMBLE THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BREAK THE PLANE OF THE LINE. IF YOU ARE OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD, YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT FUMBLING THE FOOTBALL WITH THAT TYPE OF PLAY. BUT BREES FINDS THE WEAK SPOT, BREAKS THE PLANE IN THE END ZONE AND ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN FOR NEW ORLEANS AND THE 23rd TOUCHDOWN FOR DREW BREES IN HIS CAREER. 19th AT THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS. >> Kevin: KEEP IN MIND, THIS 49ERS DEFENSE, NUMBER ONE IN THE NFL. THE SAINTS HAVE 240 YARDS ON THE BOARD. A 12 PLAY 84 YARD DRIVE. ALVIN KAMARA HAD SOME BIG PLAYS ON THIS DRIVE RIGHT THERE. SAINTS OFFENSE IS ROLLING. UP 27-14 HERE IN THE SECOND. >>> BROUGHT TO YOU BY SWITCH AND BY ROCKET MORTGAGE. >> Kevin: THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS THAT NEW ORLEANS IS A FUN PLACE TO VISIT. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TEAM YOU ARE A FAN OF. EVERYONE COEXISTING RIGHT NOW. 27 OF 14 SAINTS. SEE THEIR FIRST FOUR POSSESSIONS GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE RETURN GAME AND HARRIS AS WELL. SO NOW THE 49ERS, WHO HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED A COUPLE TIMES, WILL TRY TO DO IT AGAIN. WE WELCOME YOU TO BROADCAST BOOTH. CHARLES DAVIS MY PARTNER. I'M KEVIN BURKHARDT. DIDN'T WE SAY THAT WAS GOING TO BE A DEFENSIVE GAME? >> Charles: SO MUCH FOR THAT. SEAN PAYTON LOCKED IN WITH HIS QUARTERBACK DREW BREES. ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW THE SAINTS ARE A STEP AHEAD IN THEIR GAME PLANNING AND HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO ATTACK. SAN FRANCISCO ON DEFENSE IS GOING TO NEED A BIG PLAY TO KNOCK THE BALL FREE. >> Kevin: I SAY THAT GET THAT GOING. GAROPPOLO ANOTHER COMPLETION AND ANOTHER BIG ONE. IT IS SAMUEL THE ROOKIE. JUST AS DREW BREES IS FOR NEW ORLEANS, JIMMY GAROPPOLO IS HAVING A GREAT START. HE PICKS UP 21 YARDS THERE. >> Charles: WATCH DEEBO SAMUEL, NUMBER 19 AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. NICE JOB WORKING HIS WAY INSIDE AGAINST ELI APPLE. REMEMBER EARLY IN THE GAME THEY FOUND THAT MATCH-UP THEY LIKE. EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE UNTIL HE MAKES A PLAY ON THE FOOTBALL AND FINDS A WAY TO KNOCK SOMETHING AWAY. >> Kevin: HERE'S MOSTERT WHO GETS THE CARRY. AND MOSTERT CAN FLY. 49ERS HAD 0 RUSHING YARDS TO THAT POINT. THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE MOST PART JUST THROWING IT. MOSTERT GOING TO PICK UP 19. >> Charles: DID THAT PLAY LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU, KEVIN BURKHARDT? WATCH THE BLOCKING. OUTSIDE ZONE. MIKE McGLINCHEY, NUMBER 69, CONTROLS THERE. AND MOSTERT FINDS THE GAP. AND HE'S RUNNING WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN BE STOPPED WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING THAT PLAY. >> Kevin: ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK? >> Charles: EXACTLY. THEY RAN IT WITH SUCH EASE LAST WEEK AGAINST THE BALTIMORE RAVENS. >> Kevin: COME INSIDE, A LITTLE TRICKERY HERE. SANDERS GOING TO THROW IT. WIDE OPEN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TO MOSTERT! TIME TO GO SURFING FOR MOSTERT WHO HAULS IT IN. THIS GAME IS BONKERS! WHAT A BEGINNING. 35 YARDS FROM EMANUEL SANDERS. >> Charles: HOW ABOUT KYLE SHANAHAN GOING INTO HIS BAG OF TRICKS? LITTLE DOUBLE REVERSE. SANDERS UNDER DURESS STILL MAKES AN ACCURATE THROW. MOSTERT WAS WIDE OPEN DOWN FIELD. SANDERS PUT ENOUGH ON IT AND IT TURNED INTO SIX FOR THE 49ERS. SEAN PAYTON SAID, MAN, MY GAME PLAN IS PRETTY GOOD. KYLE SHANAHAN IS THINKING, YOU KNOW, MINE IS NOT BAD EITHER. >> Kevin: EMANUEL SANDERS HAS 125 YARDS RECEIVING AND A TOUCHDOWN. ONLY HAS 35 YARDS PASSING AND A TOUCHDOWN. THE EXTRA POINT IS UP AND GOOD. AND IT'S 27-21 WITH SIX MINUTES TO GO IN THE HALF, CHARLES. >> Charles: WATCH MOSTERT HERE BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF ACTION. REVERSE HERE. REVERSE HERE. AND THEN MOSTERT ESSENTIALLY IS RUNNING A WHEEL ROUTE. AND THE EYES OF THE DEFENDER ARE BACK HERE. HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE HE IS. AND MOSTERT GETS BEHIND HIM. NICE THROW BY SANDERS. HE DID NOT MISS THE LAY-UP, WHICH IS SO ESSENTIAL WHEN YOU DO TRICK PLAYS. JUST GET IT DOWN THERE AND GIVE HIM A CHANCE. THAT'S WHAT SANDERS DID. TOUCHDOWN SAN FRANCISCO. HOW ABOUT THE STRENGTH THEY PUT ON THE DEFENDER OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD. MOSTERT IS LOOKING BACK IN THE BACK FIELD TO SEE THE DOUBLE REVERSE ACTION. OH, HE'S BEHIND ME? TOUCHDOWN. >> Kevin: OF COURSE, WE SHOWED YOU THAT HE'S A SURFER GROWING UP ON THE COAST IN FLORIDA. AND HE'S DOING IT RIGHT THERE. >> Charles: YOU KNOW WHERE HE'S FROM, RIGHT? WHAT IS IT KNOWN AS, THE SHARK BITE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES. AND HE'S FOUND HIS WAY THROUGH IT EACH AND EVERY TIME. DIDN'T HE SAY HE WAS GETTING A DEAL FROM SOMEONE SURFING? >> Kevin: COULD HAVE. THE 49ERS HAVE 21 POINTS. THEY ONLY RUN 13 PLAYS BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE BEEN BIG PLAYS. >> Charles: AND DON'T EXPECT THIS YOUNG MAN, DEONTE HARRIS, TO STAY IN THE END ZONE. >> Kevin: HE LETS THAT ONE GO. WHILE WE'RE TELLING YOU ABOUT MOSTERT, HE'S ONE OF THE MANY WITH CLEATS FOR A CAUSE. SUPPORTING OCEAN CONSERVATION. RAISES AWARENESS OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S UNIQUE AND VITAL ECOSYSTEMS LEADING UP TO THE SUPER BOWL. IT'S RIGHT HERE ON FOX. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AND OTHER PLAYER CAUSES GO TO NFL.COM/MYCAUSEMYCLEATS. HE AND ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS GETTING INVOLVED THIS WEEKEND. >> Charles: I THINK HE'S DONE MORE FOR OCEAN CONSERVATION IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS WITH HOW HE'S PLAYING IN THE FOOTBALL GAME. WELL DONE. >> Kevin: TAYSOM HILL IN AT QUARTERBACK FOR NEW ORLEANS. HE HAS A CANNON. HE TURNS IT INTO A POSITIVE PLAY. THAT'S THE SKILL SET OF TAYSOM HILL, TURNS A POTENTIAL SACK INTO A SIX-YARD MAN. >> Charles: NOT A LITTLE MAN. LISTED AT 6'3", 221. I BET HE'S PUSHING 230. HE CAN FLAT-OUT RUN, TOO. IT'S HARD FOR THE SECONDARY GUYS TO TACKLE THEM THROUGHOUT FOUR QUARTERS WITHOUT A COUPLE OF INJURIES ALREADY TRYING TO GET THEM DOWN. >> Kevin: HERE'S KAMARA. IT WILL BE A THIRD AND SHORT. YOU FORGET WITH HILL. YOU TALKED ABOUT IT HIS CAREER. HE HAD AN INJURY RIDDLED CAREER. ALTHOUGH HE WAS A BIG-TIME RUNNER, HE STILL PASSED FOR OVER 6,000 YARDS. YOU DON'T SEE IT TOO OFTEN, CHARLES, BUT HE REALLY HAS A GAUNT FOR AN ARM. >> Charles: HE DOES. REMEMBER WE WERE HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HE THREW A BACK SHOULDER FADE FROM YOUR INSPECTOR GADGET PLAYER. HE'S A LEGIT QUARTERBACK WHO IS JUST DOING OTHER THINGS RIGHT NOW. >> Kevin: IN THE GAME NOW AT QUARTERBACK AGAIN IN A THIRD AND ONE. HERE'S HILL, STRAIGHT RUN. TRIED TO GET TO THE EDGE. HE GETS THERE! NICK BOSA, WHAT A PLAY! PENALTY AS WELL, BUT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN HELD. >> Charles: SO HE DOESN'T JUST PLAY THE GAME WITH PHYSICALITY. NICK BOSA PLAYS WITH HIS HEAD AS WELL. >> Referee: THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED. FOURTH DOWN. >> Charles: AND THAT PENALTY IS AGAINST RAMCZYK. ALL RAMCZYK COULD DO IS TRY TO HOLD IT. BUT BOSA SAW THE MOTION OUT OF BACK FIELD. IN HIS SCOUTING REPORT, HE'S THINKING QUARTERBACK RUN RIGHT AWAY AND HE WAS LIKE OUT OF A CANNON OFF THE SNAP. >> Kevin: HE'S BEEN THE BEST ROOKIE DEFENSIVE LINE MAN IN THE LEAGUE. THAT WAS SOME PLAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE 49ERS DEFENSE GETS A STOP AS WE SEE THOMAS MOORE STEAD AMID SOME PRESSURE. AND HE GETS IT OFF. HERE IS THE RETURN BY JAY. WE GET A FLAG DOWN TOWARD THE END OF THE RETURN. THAT MAY BE MOVING BACKWARDS FOR SAN FRANCISCO. >> Charles: FINALLY A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO DEFENSE. REMEMBER, WE SAID THAT NEW ORLEANS WAS A STEP AHEAD ON OFFENSE. THAT LAST SERIES, THAT ALLOWED SAN FRANCISCO TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET EVEN AGAIN. >> Referee: DURING THE RETURN, RECEIVING TEAM HOLDING, NUMBER 32. THAT PENALTY WILL BE ENFORCED FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL. FIRST DOWN. TIME-OUT. >> Kevin: SO YOU LIKE OFFENSE? WE REMIND YOU THERE IS STILL SOME DEFENSE IN THIS GAME. NICK BOSA, THE OUTSTANDING ROOKIE, MAKING A PLAY. >> Kevin: THIS GAME HAS BEEN ABOUT BIG PLAYS. SAINTS WITH A SIX-POINT LEAD. 49ERS HAVE FIVE EXEMPLOYEEIVE PLAYS. THE SECOND MOST TOUCHDOWNS IN THE LEAGUE ON EXPLOSIVE PLAYS. THEY'VE GOT TWO TODAY. AND IT IS THEIR FOOTBALL. GAROPPOLO THROWS AGAIN. GOT A MAN WIDE OPEN AND AGAIN IT'S EMANUEL SANDERS WHO PICKS UP ABOUT SIX AND A HALF, SEVEN ON FIRST DOWN. THE WAY THIS GAME IS GOING, THINK ABOUT THIS, CHARLES, THERE IS SIX TOUCHDOWNS TOTAL IN THIS GAME. THERE HAS ONLY BEEN FOUR INCOMPLETE PASSES. >> Charles: JIMMY GAROPPOLO IS REALLY PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL TODAY. AND SAN FRANCISCO WILL NOT GO AWAY FROM RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, KEVIN. BUT IT FEELS TO ME TODAY LIKE KYLE SHANAHAN WILL HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO LEAN ON GAROPPOLO'S ARMS AND TRY TO CONTINUE TO FASHION SOME MORE OF THESE BIG PLAYS. >> Kevin: SECOND DOWN. GAROPPOLO COMES BACK TO KITTLE. DANGEROUS PASS. AND KITTLE HAS THE CATCH. BUT THAT'S GOING TO LOSE BIG YARDAGE. BOY, THAT WAS ULTRA DANGEROUS BECAUSE MARCUS DAVENPORT WAS THERE AND A THIRD DOWN COMING UP. >> Charles: GREAT JOB BY MARCUS DAVENPORT READING THE OFFENSIVE LINE MEN AND UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WASN'T REALLY GIVING HIM THE FORCE THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR ON THE BLOCK. OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO STAY THERE? THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON OUT THERE, SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS. AND HE FOUGHT TOMLINSON ALL THE WAY TO MAKE THE PLAY ON KITTLE. >> Kevin: SEVEN YARDS ON THAT, CHARLES. THIRD DOWN. WITH A BLITZ. GAROPPOLO SEES IT, FIRES FIRST DOWN. IT'S THE BIG TIGHT END GEORGE KITTLE. >> Charles: YEAH. SEE THAT LITTLE SIGN ON THE END. REMEMBER, HE TALKED TO US ABOUT IT. WATCH KITTLE. THE TIGHT END COACH TOLD US BEFORE THE GAME WE HAVE TO GET NUMBER 85 GOING AGAIN. GOT TO GET HIM MORE CATCHES THAN WHAT HE HAD IN BALTIMORE. THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT. AT THE END HE GAVE THAT LITTLE SIGNAL OF HIS AFTER BIG PLAYS. HE SAID THERE IS NO FEAR. TOOK IT FROM THE WRESTLING WORLD. GEORGE KITTLE, BIG PLAY DOWN FIELD. >> Kevin: INJURY TIME-OUT WAY AWAY FROM THE PLAY AS WELL AS DAVENPORT IS DOWN. AND NOW MARCUS DAVENPORT GETS UP. AND WHILE THEY WALK DAVENPORT OFF THE FIELD -- SPEAKING OF GEORGE KITTLE, IT IS A GOOD TIME FOR TODAY'S NEXT GEN STATS POWERED BY AWS. LAST WEEK HE WAS A MONSTER IN THE BLOCK GAME, CHARLES. >> Charles: HE WAS SO IMPRESSIVE. LOOK AT WHAT HE'S DOING AGAINST THE ROOKIE OUT OF LOUISIANA TECH. NO CHANCE. NOT ONLY DID HE DOMINATE THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, TOOK HIS TOWEL AWAY AND THEN GIVE A LITTLE DISMISSIVE SHOVES AT THE END OF IT. I'M GOING TO SAY IT, HE WAS PHENOMENAL LAST SUNDAY IN BALTIMORE IN THE RUN GAME. >> Kevin: MATT BREIDA COMES IN THE GAME FOR SAN FRANCISCO. HE'S GOING TO GET IT. BREIDA, WHO HAS BEEN OUT WITH AN INJURY, HAS A BIG HOLE. INTO NEW ORLEANS TERRITORY AND KNOCKED OUT-OF-BOUNDS DOWN AT THE 32. HE'S MISSED THE LAST THREE GAMES WITH AN ANKLE INJURY. WELCOME BACK, MATT BREIDA, WITH A 28 YARD RUN. >> Charles: HOW ABOUT THE VISION BY BREIDA. THEY WILL GET BLOCKING TO THE RIGHT SIDE. BUT BREIDA WILL SEE IT BACK THIS WAY. WHEN HE DOES, HE GETS A SECOND ONE. ANOTHER BLOCK ON VONN BELL, NUMBER 24. AND THEN BREIDA USES HIS SPEED. THIS IS WHY THEY CALL HIM THE CHEETAH. LOOK AT GEORGE KITTLE RIGHT THERE, 85, CONTINUING TO DOMINATE PEOPLE. >> Kevin: 49ERS ON THE MOVE NEARING THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. AND THEY WILL CATCH A BREATHER. NOT MUCH TIME TO CATCH YOUR BREATH. IT'S BEEN THAT TOUGH OF GAME HERE. 49ERS DOWN BY SIX. THE SAINTS GOT IT GOING, A COUPLE TOUCHDOWNS TO JARED COOK. 49ERS HAVE ANSWERED EVERY TIME, TRYING TO ANSWER AGAIN. >> Kevin: AERIAL COVERAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY STATE FARM. 27-21. SAINTS LEAD THE 49ERS WITH SAN FRANCISCO ON THE MOVE AGAIN. THERE IS GAROPPOLO WHO IS GOING TO RUN IT. HE'S GOING TO RUN IT WELL TO MOSTERT. AND WE GET A PENALTY FLAG AT THE END OF THE DAY. THE 49ERS ARE AVERAGING, AVERAGING 16 YARDS A PLAY IN THIS FIRST HALF. >> Charles: THAT'S NOT A TYPO? >> Kevin: NO. THIS PENALTY LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE MOVING BACK, THOUGH. >> Referee: ILLEGAL BLOCK IN THE BACK, OFFENSE NUMBER 17. THAT TEN YARD PENALTY WILL BE FROM THE START OF THE FOUL, FIRST DOWN. >> Charles: I WAS THINKING THAT WAS REALLY WELL BLOCKED. NOW WE GET AN ANSWER AS TO WHY. WATCH SANDERS TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN. LATTIMORE TRYING TO GET UP FIELD AND HE DOES A NICE JOB HELPING TO SPIN THIS. AND FRANKLY, SANDERS SHOULD HAVE JUST LET THAT ONE GO. SAME END RESULT. >> Kevin: KYLE SHANAHAN LOCKED IN. WHAT A JOB HE HAS DONE WITH THIS 49ERS TEAM. AND OBVIOUSLY NOT ONLY AS THE HEAD COACH BUT AS THE PLAY CALLER AS WELL. I WONDER IF THERE IS SOME COMMUNICATION ISSUE AT THE SIDELINE THERE. COMMUNICATION WINDING DOWN. 49ERS HAVE ALL THREE TIME-OUTS. AND THEY WILL TAKE ONE OF THOSE HERE. WHILE THEY DO THAT, WE HAVE A MOMENT, TOO. WHY DON'T WE CHECK IN WITH KURT. >> WE'LL SEE HOW THE BILLS ARE DOING. THE COLTS AND BUCCANEERS FIGHT TO KEEP THEIR PLAYOFF POINTS ALIVE. AND TEXAS TRIES TO AVOID THE UPSET TO THE BRONCOS. IT IS AN ACTION-PACKED VISA HALFTIME NEXT. >> Kevin: LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. YOU TALK ABOUT SHANAHAN, CHARLES. IT WAS INTERESTING. HE'S SO REFRESHING TO BE AROUND BECAUSE HE'S JUST HONEST. AND I WAS NERVOUS FOR JIMMY GAROPPOLO COMING OFF AN ACL. HE GOT THE BIG MONEY. EVERYONE IS EXPECTING HIM TO BE THIS TOP THREE-QUARTER BACK. HE'S GOING TO GET THERE. HE HAS DONE BEAUTIFULLY AND REALLY EARNED HIS RESPECT. ON THE MONEY AGAIN FOR GAROPPOLO. GETS IT TO DEEBO SAMUEL AS THE ROOKIE CONTINUES HIS FINE SEASON. AND A TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD. THIS TIME NEW ORLEANS TAKES IT. SO TIME IS REALLY NOT A FACTOR. TWO TIME-OUTS LEFT. HERE IS THE QUARTERBACKS. HOW ARE THEY PLAYING TODAY? PRETTY GOOD? >> Charles: I WOULD SAY SO. AND I WOULD SAY THAT TIME-OUT FOR NEW ORLEANS TRYING TO CONSERVE TIME FOR THEMSELVES IF THEY CAN GET ONE MORE RUN. >> Kevin: WE HAVE AN INJURY REPORT. IT'S A BIG ONE, TOO. >> Pam: KEVIN, TIGHT END HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE SAINTS SUCCESS ON OFFENSE TODAY. AFTER THE FIRST TWO TOUCHDOWNS OF THE GAME, JARED COOK WAS EVALUATED FOR A CONCUSSION. THE RESULTS HAVE COME BACK. HE DOES, INDEED, HAVE A CONCUSSION, AND HE IS OUT. >> Charles: PAM, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE, TOO, BECAUSE WE WATCHED HIM IN PRACTICE AND SEAN PAYTON WAS DESIGNING A LOT OF PLAYS FOR JARED COOK TO PLAY TODAY. >> Kevin: IT HAPPENED ON THAT SECOND TOUCHDOWN. BEAUTIFUL PLAY CALL AND THAT DRAW WORKED LIKE A BEAUTY. I BELIEVE HE'S A HAIR SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN. 1:36 TO GO. EACH TIME WITH TWO TIME-OUTS. 49ERS ALREADY IN FIELD GOAL RANGE, OBVIOUSLY. AND NOW WE GET ANOTHER TIME-OUT. THE SAINTS HAVE DECIDED THEY WANT TO STOP THE CLOCK, SEE IF THEY CAN GET THE BALL BACK HERE IF THEY STOP THEM ON THIS THIRD AND ONE. AND, SO, A BIG PLAY COMING UP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KYLE SHANAHAN, THE JOB THAT HE'S DONE. I THOUGHT IT WAS SO REFRESHING TALKING TO HIM YESTERDAY. HE SAID, I USED TO THINK OF CERTAIN THINGS ONLY AS A PLAY CALLER. DIFFERENT AS A HEAD COACH NOW. >> Charles: CERTAINLY IS. HE WENT FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN FOUR TIMES BECAUSE, HEY, I'M THE HEAD COACH NOW. I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT. THEN HE REALIZED THAT AFFECTS MY DEFENSE. ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE TO GO INTO MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING -- THIS ATMOSPHERE, PAM OLIVER TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, ABOUT BEING PLAYOFF ATMOSPHERE BENEFITTING BOTH OF THESE TEAMS. >> Kevin: WHAT DOES HE CALL HERE? THIRD DOWN. HE FLIPS IT TO MOSTERT IN OPEN FIELD. WHAT A PLAY THAT WAS! >> Charles: AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT PLAY IS THAT NEW ORLEANS HAS THAT PLAY IN THEIR PLAY BOOK AND THEY RAN IT A FEW SEASONS AGO WITH ZAC KLEIN WHO IS NOT PLAYING TODAY WHERE THEY WOULD HAND IT TO THE RUNNING BACK AND ZAC KLEIN, WHO WAS AN OPTION QUARTERBACK IN HIGH SCHOOL PITCHED IT TO A TRAIL BACK. HE TOOK THE HIT JUST LIKE AN OPTION QUARTERBACK. LOOK AT THIS! AND FLIPS IT OUT. TAKES A BIG SHOT THERE FROM VONN BELL, BUT IT TURNED INTO A BIG PLAY FOR THE 49ERS. THESE PLAY BOOKS, THEY'RE GOING DEEP INTO THEM HERE IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Kevin: SHANAHAN TOLD US, WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE RUN BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE THEIR EYES ELSEWHERE. CLEARLY, THEY'RE DOING IT. PLAY CLOCK AT FOUR. THEY WILL CALL A TIME-OUT WITH 45 SECONDS LEFT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE RUN GAME. KYLE TOLD US IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THEIR EYES ARE NOT JUST FOCUSSED ON THE RUN GAME LIKE WITH A PLAY LIKE THAT. >> Charles: YEAH. THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR TOLD US ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS GET THEIR EYES ON THE WRONG SPOT AND GET YOU A HALF STEP AWAY FROM WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AND THEN YOU DON'T MAKE THE PLAY. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID ON THAT ONE. YOUR EYES ARE ALL OVER THEM. YOU'RE FOCUSSED HERE AND THEN HERE. >> Kevin: WE'RE IN NEW ORLEANS, RIGHT? BAM, IT'S BIG-TIME FOR THE 49ERS. SIX DIFFERENT PLAYERS WITH A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT LEADING RUSHER FOR DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE SEASON. THERE YOU GO. EMERALD IN YOUR HOMETOWN. HOPE THAT'S OKAY. PENALTY FLAG AND THE 49ERS MIGHT BE MOVING BACK. >> Referee: FALSE START OFFENSE NUMBER 88. FIVE YARD PPENALTY, FIRST DOWN. >> Charles: I BELIEVE THAT'S THEIR THIRD FALSE START OF THE GAME. RIGHT THERE, NUMBER 88, GARRETT SELLIC, A BIG-TIME BLOCKER ON THE EDGE. HE GETS IT THERE. THIS DOME, HARD TO PLAY IN THIS ATMOSPHERE, HARD TO PLAY IN THIS NOISE. THEY'RE USED TO AFFECTING THE GAME, THESE FANS. >> Kevin: FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE TEN. 45 SECONDS LEFT. MOSTERT GETS A GOOD BLOCK. MOSTERT IS IN! TOUCHDOWN SAN FRANCISCO. SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY FOR MOSTERT. >> Charles: THEY HIT THEM WITH A TRICK PLAY. AND YOU MENTION HOW YOU EYES GO EVERYWHERE. WELL, THEY DID IT AGAIN ON THAT SNAP BY USING SAMUE GHOST MOTION BEHIND THE QUARTERBACK AND THE TAIL BACK. AND MOSTERT A SPLINT AWAY PLAY RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE TAKES IN IT. >> Kevin: 6 RUSHES, 60 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN FOR MOSTERT. GOULD'S EXTRA POINT IS UP AND GOOD. FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY, THE 49ERS HAVE THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME. >> Charles: KEVIN, WHERE DO YOUR EYES GO WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS? THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WATCH THE GHOST MOTION HERE. THEN THEY GO AND RUN IT INSIDE. REMEMBER, THEY JUST RAN THE TRICK PLAY WHERE THEY CAME BACK TO THAT SIDE. NICE BLOCK THERE. LOOK AT THE WALL THERE THAT'S CREATED BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE. AND MOSTERT RUNS RIGHT PAST NUMBER 52, CRAIG ROBERTSON, AND FALLS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE. BIG RUN BY BREIDA WHEN HE FINALLY GOT BACK INTO THE GAME. HE CAME RIGHT IN WITH A BIG SPRINT. AND THERE IS THE PLAY. A NICE PITCH TO MOSTERT WHO TURNS IT UP FIELD FOR CONSIDERABLE YARDAGE. >> Kevin: YOU KNOW, CHARLES, WE JUST SHOWED YOU IT IS A THREE-HEADED MONSTER FOR THEIR RUN GAME. MOSTERT IS NOT A BIG GUY. HE'S NOT GOING TO BE A GUY THAT'S GOING TO CARRY IT 20 TIMES A GAME. PAYTON NOT THRILLED. BUT HE IS -- HE'S TURNING INTO A STAR. I MEAN, HE'S GOT BIG PLAY POTENTIAL WITH HIS SPEED. WE SEE IT NOW THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 146 YARDS LAST WEEK. 60 THIS WEEK. A RUSHING AND A RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN, TOO. AND NOW PLENTY OF TIME FOR HARRIS, WHO HAS ALREADY HAD A COUPLE BIG RETURNS. KICKS IT DOWN AGAIN. PLENTY OF TIME FOR DREW BREES. >> Charles: I WAS LAUGHING AT THAT SHOT OF SEAN PAYTON'S FACE BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE RAN THAT PLAY FIRST WHEN YOU GUYS CAME BACK WITH THAT PITCH. BUT LOOK AT THIS FIRST HALF. LOOK AT THESE DRIVES. AT ONE POINT, DIDN'T WE HAVE MORE TOUCHDOWNS THAN INCOMPLETE PASSES? DIDN'T WE HAVE THAT? WE'VE HAD MORE TOUCHDOWNS THAN INCOMPLETE PASSES COMBINED, BOTH TEAMS TODAY. >> Kevin: I'D LIKE TO HAVE A WORD WITH THOSE ANNOUNCERS WHO THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A DEFENSIVE GAME. >> Charles: YEAH. WHICH OF US TALKED EACH OTHER INTO THAT ONE? >> Kevin: I DON'T KNOW. BREES A DRAW TO KAMARA. AND KAMARA, INTERESTING CALL WITH ONLY ONE TIME-OUT, GETS UP TO THE 34. >> Charles: I THINK HE WANTED TO SEE IF HE COULD POP SOMETHING BIG AND THEN MAYBE ROLL FROM THERE. NOW THEY ARE HURRYING UP TRYING TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET SOMETHING HERE. >> Kevin: A LITTLE CONFUSION. THEY SUB THE PACKAGE AS MURRAY COMES ON THE FIELD. LOOK AT THIS. 18 SECONDS. WOW. IT IS UNLIKE THE SAINTS IN THIS DRILL. BREES NOW TO MURRAY WHO IS IN DEEP TROUBLE AS BUCKNER IS THERE WITH 7 SECONDS LEFT. WELL, THAT WAS A DISASTER. AND NOW THE SAINTS WITH ONLY SIX SECONDS TO GO CALL THEIR FINAL TIME-OUT. >> Charles: I'M SURPRISED THEY CALLED A TIME-OUT THERE AFTER THAT PLAY. I THOUGHT THEY'D DO AHEAD AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE. INTERESTING. LET'S SEE WHAT SEAN PAYTON REALLY BELIEVES HE HAS DIALED UP HERE. THEY ALREADY CAME WITH THE SCREEN. HOW ABOUT THAT PLAY THERE BY BUCKNER AS YOU DESCRIBED? WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF INTELLIGENT PLAY FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE IN THIS GAME. NEW ORLEANS AND SAN FRANCISCO UNDERSTANDING HOW PEOPLE MIGHT ATTACK THEM AND BEING PREPARED FOR IT OUT ON THE EDGES. THAT WAS SOME PLAY BY BUCKNER, MY GOODNESS. >> Kevin: SIX SECONDS. SORRY. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO RUN IT. MURRAY NOW WILL GET OUT-OF-BOUNDS, BUT THE TIME HAS EXPIRED, AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR ABSOLUTELY INSANE FIRST HALF OF FOOTBALL. THERE WERE SO MUCH ACTION IN THIS ONE. AND WE GO TO THE BREAK WITH THE 49ERS UP BY ONE. THE PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF BROUGHT TO YOU BY STATE FARM. HOW ABOUT THIS? EMANUEL SANDERS, SECOND CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASS. HE HITS RAHEEM MOSTERT, ONE OF THE MANY ELECTRIC PLAYS OF THIS FIRST HALF IN NEW ORLEANS. TWO 10-2 TEAMS EACH CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY TO THE NUMBER ONE SEED. >> Kevin: BROUGHT TO YOU BY PROGRESSIVE. HARD TO EDIT ANYTHING DOWN IN 25 SECONDS. THE 49ERS ARE 319 TOTAL YARDS. SAINTS, 262. THERE HAS BEEN BIG PLAY AFTER BIG PLAY. IT'S 28-27 SAN FRANCISCO. THEY WILL GET THE BALL TO START THIS SECOND HALF AS WIL LUTZ WILL KICK IT OFF. AND BACK TO RECEIVE AT HIS OWN GOAL LINE. JAMES OUT ACROSS THE 20. I THINK ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, AS WE WELCOME TO THE BOOTH, THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST EXCITING FOOTBALL I HAVE EVER SEEN. THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. I THINK BACK TO PAM'S REPORT. THE SAINTS FELT THEY WERE BATTLE TESTED. THE 49ERS DID, TOO. BUT THE WAY THEY KEPT ANSWERING, THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN BLOWN OUT. THEY WERE DOWN BY TWO TOUCHDOWNS. >> Charles: I REMEMBER PAM GIVING US THAT GREAT REPORT. JOHN LYNCH FELT THE EXACT SAME THING. HE SAID THIS GAME WE'RE IN NOW AT BALTIMORE, HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. THESE GAMES THAT WILL GET US READY FOR THE PLAYOFFS, WE'RE BATTLE TESTED AS WELL. I WANT TO SEE IF BOTH DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS SETTLE IN A LITTLE BIT. DON'T GET DESPERATE AND GET OUT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> Kevin: SANDERS HOLDS ON FOR A 15 YARD GAIN. RIGHT AWAY THEY COME OUT FIRING. >> Charles: LET ME CLARIFY WHAT I'M SAYING WITH THESE COORDINATORS. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT I DON'T EXPECT EITHER ONE OF THEM TO NOW START GOING ALL-OUT BLITZES AND DO THINGS THAT ARE UNSOUND. ENOUGH BIG PLAYS ARE HAPPENING ALREADY. THEY ARE HOPING THEIR DEFENSES WILL SETTLE IN A BIT MORE AND BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME PLAYS. >> Kevin: MOSTERT ON THE CARRY. NOWHERE, EVEN LOSES A YARD. MORE ON THIS GAME. LET'S GO DOWN TO THE SIDELINES WITH PAM OLIVER. >> Pam: WITH EMANUEL SANDERS, HE TOLD HIS TEAMMATES, HEY, WE ARE IN A FIGHT FOR IT. WE BETTER RESPOND. KYLE SHANAHAN CALLED ME ABOUT HIS OFFENSE AND SAID KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. DEFENSIVELY, HE EXPECTS THAT GROUP TO TIGHTEN UP WITH COVERAGES. >> Kevin: IT'S INTERESTING, PAM, WITH SANDERS. HE WON A SUPER BOWL. THEY GOT HIM HERE BECAUSE HE'S AN EXCELLENT RECEIVER OR PRO. YOU BRING THAT PEDIGREE OVER, IT DOESN'T HURT. SECOND DOWN. GAROPPOLO HAS TIME OVER THE MIDDLE. HIGH, AND IT'S INTERCEPTED BY ROBERTSON! AND THE FIRST TURNOVER ON THE GAME. SANDERS HAD HIS HANDS ON IT. ROBERTSON WITH THE PICK. >> Charles: AND, REMEMBER, ROBERTSON IS STARTING FOR KIKO ALONSO, WHO IS OUT TODAY WITH AN INJURY. HE GOES INTO A NICE PASS DROP. THAT BALL GOES OFF THE HANDS OF EMANUEL SANDERS AND RIGHT TO HIM. ROBERTSON DID A NICE JOB TAKING AWAY THE TIGHT END ACROSS THE MIDDLE, GEORGE KITTLE. WHEN THE BALL BOUNCES UP, IT BECOMES TIP DRILL WHICH YOU WORK ON EVERY DAY IN PRACTICE AS A DEFENDER AND HE CATCHES IT OFF THE HANDS OF SANDERS AND THERE IS THE FIRST BIG BREAK ON DEFENSE WE HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME IN THIS GAME. >> Kevin: SANDERS, NOT AN EASY CATCH. HERE'S KAMARA ON THE RUN. AND HE IS BROUGHT DOWN. QUARTERBACKS HAVE BOTH BEEN GREAT IN THIS GAME AS GAROPPOLO 12 OF 14, 221 YARDS. OF COURSE THAT INTERCEPTION NOT ENTIRELY HIS FAULT. BREES SENSATIONAL, TOO. 174, 3 TOUCHDOWNS. THE RATINGS KIND OF TELL YOU THE STORY. >> Charles: I'D BE EAGER TO SEE IF SAN FRANCISCO TIGHTENS UP ON THE CORNER AND IN THEIR COVERAGE AND MAKES DREW BREES THROW IT OVER THEIR HEAD A BIT MORE. BECAUSE OF THEIR QUICK PASSING GAME, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO SO WELL. I WANT TO SEE IF THEY CAN TAKE IT DEEP AND TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE SHORTSTOPS. >> Kevin: BREES IN TROUBLE. DROPPED. AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. MORE ON THE SAINTS. LET'S GO BACK DOWNSTAIRS TO PAM. >> Pam: I ASKED SEAN PAYTON ABOUT HIS OFFENSE. HE TURNED IT INTO A DEFENSIVE QUESTION. HE SAID HE THOUGHT THIS GAME WAS SLOW THROUGH THE DEFENSE AND IT IS. HE SAID WE'VE GOT TO BE BETTER ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL. TWO STARTING LINEBACKERS OUT IS NO EXCUSE, BUT WE'RE MISSING THEM. >> Charles: HE'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT, PAM. IT IS NO EXCUSE, BUT YOU NAILED IT, DEFINITELY MISSING THEM BECAUSE KIKO ALONSO OUT AND KLEIN AND THEY'RE BOTH ACTIVE DEFENDERS FOR THE SAINTS. >> Kevin: THIRD AND SEVEN. BREES FIRES. KNOCKED AWAY. AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. WEATHERSPOON TIMED IT BEAUTIFULLY. AFTER THE TURNOVERS, THE 49ERS FORCE A FOURTH DOWN AND SEVEN. >> Charles: THERE IS A LOT OF TALK OVER THERE ON THE SIDELINE RIGHT NOW. LOCKING DOWN AND KNOCKING THE BALL AWAY. TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE CATCH. IF I'M THE 49ERS, I'D PROBABLY KEEP MY DEFENSE OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE YOU GET THE FOOTBALL. >> Kevin: INSTEAD, THEY WILL TRY A 55 YARD FIELD GOAL FROM WIL LUTZ. HIS CAREER HIGH IS 58 YARDS, WHICH HE WON A GAME WITH WEEK ONE THIS YEAR HERE AT HOME. FROM 55 YARDS OUT, LUTZ'S KICK IS DRILLED, AND IT'S GOOD. AND, SO, THE SAINTS CONVERT THE INTERCEPTION INTO THREE. 55 YARDER FROM LUTZ. NEW ORLEANS BACK IN FRONT IN THIS SEESAW AFFAIR. >> Kevin: DREW BREES HAVING A GREAT FUN. BUT THE 49ERS HAVE TO FEEL FORTUNATE AFTER THE INTERCEPTION. THEY HOLD THEM TO THREE AND OUT. >> Charles: TO ME IT'S A WIN-WIN BECAUSE THE 49ERS MADE THEM KICK A LONG FIELD GOAL AFTER GIVING UP THE INTERCEPTION IN THEIR TERRITORY. SO SAINTS GOT SOMETHING OUT OF IT. BUT THE 49ERS THEY KNOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. >> Kevin: SO THE SAINTS BACK IN FRONT AND SAN FRANCISCO WILL TAKE OVER ON THEIR OWN 25. SO A KEY REMINDER HERE WITH INJURIES. THESE ARE THE GUYS, THOUGH, THAT AREN'T COMING BACK. HE HAS BEEN PLAYING WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY. PLAYED TODAY, RE-INJURED IT. HE'S OUT. AND COOK HAD TWO CATCHES, 64 YARDS, 2 TOUCHDOWNS AND AS PAM OLIVER TOLD US, CONCUSSION. HE IS OUT THE REST OF THE GAME AS WELL. >> Charles: NOT ONLY THAT, WHAT'S LEFT ON SEAN PAYTON'S PLAY SHEET THAT HE PLANNED TO DIAL UP WITH JARED COOK TODAY. THAT'S WHY THE 49ERS COULD BE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE SECONDARY IN THEIR COVERAGE WHEN THEY'RE BACK ON DEFENSE. >> Kevin: THEY WILL RUN IT WITH KEVIN COLEMAN. 49ERS AVERAGING 13.3 YARDS PER PLAY IN THIS GAME. >> Charles: KEEP AN EYE ON THE PASSING GAME. THAT PASS WENT OFF THE HANDS OF SANDERS, BUT HE'S BEEN SO EFFECTIVE TODAY. WHEN THEY DO THROW IT, THEY THROW IT OUT ON THE PERIMETER. LET'S SEE IF THEY CONTINUE TO ATTACK ELI APPLE, NUMBER 25, THE NUMBER TWO CORNER FOR THE SAINTS. >> Kevin: RIGHT NOW APPLE TO GAROPPOLO'S RIGHT. THEY WILL RUN IT INSTEAD. AND THIRD AND WE'LL CALL IT ONE. WE HAVE ANOTHER GAME BRAKE. >> THANKS SO MUCH, KEVIN. RAVENS UP IN BUFFALO. LOOKING TO HOLD ON TO THAT NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE AFC. 61 YARDS FOR THE SCORE. LAMAR'S 21 TOUCH DOWN PASS THIS SEASON. RAVENS LEADING THIS ONE 21-6. >> Kevin: TRYING TO WIN THEIR NINTH GAME IN A ROW. HERE, CHARISSA, TWO OF THE BEST IN THE NFC. THEY'RE BOTH 10-2. WHAT A BATTLE. 31 SAN FRANCISCO. THEY TRAIL BY TWO IN THE THIRD COLEMAN ON THE RUN. HE IS SWARMED. NOWHERE TO GO. SHY TUTTLE WAS THERE FIRST, THE ROOKIE. AS AN INJURED 49ER, IS THAT KITTLE? NO IT'S THE CENTER. >> Charles: THEY COULD ILL AFFORD TO LOSE HIM. HE SOLIDIFIES EVERYTHING THEY DO IN THEIR RUNNING AND PASSING GAME. BUT ON THIS BATTLE, THE SAINTS, THE GUYS IN THE BACK SHIRTS, WHAT HAS HE BEEN SAYING? IT'S A KNOCK BACK. HE DOES IT AND DROPS HIM FOR A LOSS. >> Kevin: GRABBING THE BACK OF >> Kevin: THIS IS A TOUGH SCENE HERE IN NEW ORLEANS AS THEIR REALLY GOOD CENTER HAS OBVIOUSLY GOT SOME SORT OF SERIOUS INJURY. THEY PUT HIM ON THE CART AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK. >> Charles: RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE. AND HE GETS BENT OVER. HIS RIGHT LEG. HE GETS BENT OVER ON THE PLAY BY TUTTLE. AND THAT'S TOUGH BECAUSE HE ANCHORS EVERYTHING THEY DO ON OFFENSE, RUN AND PASS GAME. >> Kevin: THEY GAVE HIM A $47.5 MILLION DEAL WHEN THEY SIGNED HIM. AND HE HAS PLAYED THROUGH A QUAD INJURY LAST YEAR. HE'S A TOUGH GUY. THAT'S A BIG STORY DEVELOPING FOR THESE 49ERS, WHO WILL PUNT HERE ON A FOURTH AND FOUR. >> Charles: WHEN WE SHOWED UP FOR THE CHECK-UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND FOUND OUT HE NEEDED SURGERY, THEY ASKED, HOW DID YOU PLAY ON THAT ALL YEAR. >> Kevin: WE'LL WATCH THAT. A BIG PUNT. AND A FAIR CATCH CALLED FOR BY HARRIS. THE NEW ERA OF WWE IS UNDERWAY FRIDAY NIGHTS ON FOX EACH AND EVERY WEEK. YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPEN. ALL THE SUPERSTARS, ALL THE ACTION. LIVE THIS WEEK FROM MILWAUKEE, ONLY ON FOX. I WONDER IF GEORGE KITTLE WILL BE IN THAT ONE. >> Charles: HE SAID HE WATCHES EVERY PROGRAM THAT COMES ON. >> Kevin: HE IS ONE OF THE 49ERS -- ONE OF THE MANY WHO HAVE NOT PLAYED HERE BEFORE. BUT HE SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE. >> Charles: WRESTLEMANIA DOWN AT THE DOME. WHAT DID HE SAY? HE SAID IT WON'T BE QUITE THE SAME NOISE, BUT WHEN THE UNDERTAKER CAME OUT, IT GOT PRETTY LOUD IN THERE. >> Kevin: FIRST DOWN FOR DREW BREES AND COMPANY. THE BALL IS LOOSE! SAN FRANCISCO'S GOT IT! AND THE FIRST TURNOVER FOR THE 49ERS DEFENSE. D.J. JONES FORCED IT. BUCKNER RECOVERS IT. >> Charles: DJ JONES HAS HAD A NICE SEASON PLAYING INSIDE. JONES WITH THE RIGHT HAND, POPPING IT FREE. DO YOU REMEMBER THE GREEN BAY GAME WHEN JONES PLAYED SO WELL AGAINST A QUALITY CENTER? HE CONTINUED THAT TYPE OF PLAY. AND NOW BOTH TEAMS HAVE A TAKE-AWAY HERE IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Kevin: WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST FUMBLE LOST BY NEW ORLEANS ALL YEAR? >> Charles: AMAZING. ONLY THE EIGHTH GIVE-AWAY FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON CAME IN AT SEVEN THREATENING THE RECORD OF 10 IN ONE SEASON. >> Kevin: BEN GARLAND COMES IN AT CENTER, THE FORMER AIR FORCE VETERAN, NUMBER 63. AND SAN FRANCISCO WILL FAKE THE RUN. GETS IT TO THE FULL BACK. FIRST DOWN AND MORE. DOWN TO THE FIVE. AND YOU HEAR THE 49ER FANS CHANTING USE. >> Charles: HE'S THE BEST FULL BACK IN THE LEAGUE HANDS DOWN, SAYS SEAN PAYTON. HE CONTINUES TO PROVE IT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. AND CAM JOR SAN REALIZES IT, PUTS OUT A HAND AND KNOWS HE CAN'T GRAB HIM AND HOLD HIM. BUT HE REALIZES, OH, BOY, HERE IT COMES. HE'S HOPING THERE IS SOME COVERAGE BEHIND HIM. NICE JOB GOING TO THE RIGHT AND COMING TO THE LEFT. >> Kevin: TWO TIGHT ENDS FOR THE 49ERS HERE. THE FAKE. KITTLE MAKES THE CATCH. DIVING FOR THE END ZONE. HE'S IN! TOUCHDOWN SAN FRANCISCO! >> Charles: HOW ABOUT THIS PLAY DESIGN, RIGHT? COMING BACK AGAINST FLOW IS GEORGE KITTLE. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE BACK-TO-BACK SAME PLAYS GOING AGAINST FLOW BUT THEY CAME OUT OF DIFFERENT LOOKS. AND LOOK AT KITTLE REACHING AND EXTENDING. DID HE GET THE BALL ACROSS THE LINE, OR IS IT OUTSIDE THE PILE-ON? NICE JOB THERE BY ROBERTSON KNOCKING HIM TO THE SIDE. DID HE GET IT INSIDE THE PILE-ON OR OVER IT? TOUCHDOWN. I THINK THAT'S A TOUCHDOWN. IT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF THE PILE-ON. YEP. THAT'S RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF IT, AND THAT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF THE PILE-ON. THE CALL WAS TOUCHDOWN. I DON'T SEE THAT BEING CHANGED. >> Kevin: AND THEY WON'T. AND SO FOR KITTLE, A FIVE YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION, HIS FOURTH OF THE YEAR. THE FOURTH 49ER WITH A TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE EXT POINT IS UP AND GOOD. 35-30. THE TURNOVER HERE, DJ JONES FORCED IT ON THE KAMARA FUMBLE AND THEN KITTLE PAYS IT OFF. SAN FRANCI >> Kevin: TWO TURNOVERS IN THIS HALF. >> Charles: YEAH. ALVIN KAMARA DOESN'T TURN IT OVER VERY OFTEN. THE SAINTS DON'T TURN IT VERY OFTEN. THEIR EIGHTH GIVE-AWAY IN THE SEASON. THEY TAKE CARE OF THE BALL WELL. BUT IN THIS CASE THE 49ERS MADE THEM PLAY. KITTLE ON THE BUSINESS END FROM GAROPPOLO. >> Kevin: JIMMY GAROPPOLO WITH THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES TODAY. 14 OF 16 FOR 241 YARDS. HE'S BEEN SENSATIONAL. AND NOW IT'S NEW ORLEANS' TURN. >> Charles: BACK-TO-BACK SAME PLAY, TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. RIGHT THERE, THAT'S KYLE. HE COMES BACK AGAINST FLOW. JIMMY GAROPPOLO FINDS HIM IN THE FLAT. NICE GAIN. NEXT PLAY, WATCH HIM. HE NOW IS A TIGHT END. BUT IT'S THE EXACT SAME PLAY RIGHT BACK INTO THE FLAT AGAINST FLOW AND HE DIVES IN AND GETS A TOUCHDOWN. >> Charles: IT'S A GREAT CALL, PARTNER. >> Kevin: HOW ABOUT THESE TWO PLAY CALLERS, PLAY DESIGNERS. >> Kevin: HERE'S BREES, HIS TURN TO ANSWER. REALLY HAS BEEN A MASTERS CLASS OF PLAY CALLING. IT'S BEEN FUN TO WATCH. >> Charles: NOT ONLY IN THE PLAY CALLING, BUT IN THE FORTITUDE TO CALL SOME OF THE PLAYS THAT THEY CALL. WE HAVE SEEN A PITCH OFF OF A HAND-OFF FROM A FULL BACK. WE HAVE SEEN DOUBLE REVERSE PASS, RIGHT? WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE PLAYS DESIGNED BY SEAN PAYTON. RECORDED BY PAM OLIVER. >> Kevin: SECOND AND ONE. THEY WILL RUN IT TO MURRAY WHO'S GOT FIRST DOWN AND MORE. MURRAY GETS TO MID FIELD. GOOD, STRONG RUNNING. AND JIMMY WARD HELD ON FOR DEAR LIFE. >> Charles: I'M NOT GOING TO DRAW A THING ON THIS. ENJOY THIS AT HOME UNLESS YOU ARE A DEFENDER. HE RUNS THROUGH A TACKLE BY NICK BOSA. NOW HE GETS INTO THE SECONDARY. NICE JOB THERE BLOCKING. ARMSTEAD PLAYED A HECK OF A GAME. JIMMY WARD GETS JUST ENOUGH OF IT TO GET HIM DOWN. >> Kevin: MURRAY, ONLY 105 YARDS THE LAST THREE GAMES, HAS 63 YARDS TODAY. ON TARGET AS USUAL TO MICHAEL THOMPSON. A GAIN OF SIX. >> Charles: THAT'S GOT TO FRUSTRATE RICHARD SHERMAN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT WASN'T LIKE HE TOOK A FALSE STEP OR DID ANYTHING WRONG. MICHAEL THOMAS FOUND A WAY TO GET HIS BIG BODY INSIDE AND MAKE HIS SIXTH CATCH OF THE GAME. WATCH HIM. SHERMAN IS RIGHT THERE. HE NEVER TAKES A FALSE STEP. HE DOESN'T REACT POORLY. JUST MICHAEL THOMAS SOMETIMES WILL BE BETTER ON CERTAIN PLAYS. WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING SLANTS, NO ONE IN THE LEAGUE RUNNING THEM BETTER THAN MICHAEL THOMAS RIGHT NOW. >> Kevin: PITCH TO KAMARA. NO, HE DOESN'T. ERIC ARMSTEAD WITH A TREMENDOUS TACKLE IN SPACE. >> Charles: DO YOU REMEMBER EARLIER? NOT THIS TIME. WATCH HIM RIGHT HERE. WATCH THE BIG FELLA COMING OFF OF THE END. AND HE AND BUCKNER LOOK LIKE POWER FORWARDS WITH THEIR SIZE. BUT THEY PLAY WITH GREAT LEVERAGE. LOOK AT THAT REACTION AND ABLE TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS AND DANCE WITH ALVIN KAMARA. >> Kevin: THAT BRINGS UP A THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. QUICK HITTER TO THOMAS. SOME BLOCKING FROM MICHAEL THOMAS SURGING FORWARD. MICHAEL THOMAS. I DON'T THINK HE GOT IT. >> Charles: I THINK HE'S A LITTLE SHORT. >> Kevin: INITIALLY ON THE LIVE PLAY I THOUGHT HE HAD IT BUT THEY WILL SPOT IT BACK A LITTLE BIT. NOW A FOURTH AND SHORT. LOOKS LIKE NEW ORLEANS WILL GO. >> Charles: HERE COMES TAYSOM HILL INTO THE BALL GAME. >> Kevin: YOU CAN SEE BY THAT REPLAY HIS KNEE WAS CLEARLY DOWN SO A FOURTH AND A LITTLE LESS THAN ONE. >> Charles: THE DOWN MARKER IS RIGHT THERE. YEAH. CLEARLY DOWN BEFORE HE GETS THERE. >> Kevin: KAMARA IN MOTION. THEY WILL SIMPLY HAND IT OFF TODAY SOME HILL, WHO PUTS DOWN HIS SHOULDER AND IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN. NOT MANY QUARTERBACKS LIKE TO LOWER THEIR SHOULDER ON A FOURTH AND ONE. >> Charles: AND HE DOESN'T -- REMEMBER LAST WEEK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE DOESN'T RUN LIKE A QUARTERBACK? HE RUNS LIKE A RUNNING BACK. THIS IS A QUARTERBACK RUNNING IT LIKE AN OLD SCHOOL FULL BACK. TAKES HIM ALONG FOR THE RIDE. BACK THEN, THOSE OLD SCHOOL FULL BACKS, THE LUCKY ONES FALL OFF. IN THIS CASE TAYSOM HILL CARRIES HIM FOR THE FIRST DOWN. >> Kevin: HERE'S MURRAY AGAIN. GOT SOME SPEED. MURRAY MOVES THE PILE. RUNNING HARD RIGHT NOW UNDER THE SIX YARDS FOR MURRAY. >> Charles: ALL RIGHT. WE SAW THE PLAY DESIGNS WE'VE SEEN. WE SAW THE TRICKERY. NOW WE'RE SEEING STRAIGHT POWER FOOTBALL. THIS OFFENSIVE LINE OF THE SAINTS IS RISING TO THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. ARMSTEAD, NUMBER 72, COMING OFF AN ANKLE INJURY ON THE LEFT SEED. >> Charles: NICK EASTON FILLING IN FOR PETE, THEIR PRO BOWL GUARD. AND THE LEFT SIDE OPERATING QUITE WELL THESE LAST FEW PLAYS. >> Kevin: BREES ON THE FAKE, HAS HILL OPEN. ELECTS NOT TO GO THERE. IN THE AIR, AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. FRED WARNER WAS AROUND THE AREA, BUT IT JUST FALLS HARMLESSLY INCOMPLETE. >> Charles: FRED WARNER PLAYS THE PASSING GAME SO WELL AS A LINEBACKER, ALL RIGHT? LUKE KUECHLY HAS BEEN THE GOLD STANDARD SINCE HE'S COME INTO THE LEAGUE, AN INSIDE BACKER PLAYING INTO THE PASS. TAKE A LOOK AT WARNER FINDING TRAY KWON SMITH AND MAKING A PLAY ON THE FOOTBALL. TAYSOM HILL WAS IN THE FLAT. THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY BY WILLIAMS, 24. AND THEN FRED WARNER MAKES THE PLAY AND WILLIAMS ALMOST FALLS OFF OF HIS COVERAGE AND COMES UP WITH A PICK. >> Kevin: THIRD AND FOUR. BREEZE STANDS IN. GOING DEEP FOR MICHAEL THOMAS. CAN'T MAKE THE PLAY. THERE ARE NO FLAGS. AHKELLO WITHERSPOON HAD OUTSTANDING COVERAGE. DO THE SAINTS GO AGAIN, OR DO THEY KICK? THEY WILL KICK. >> Charles: REMEMBER I TALKED ABOUT I THOUGHT THEY WOULD GO WITH MORE TIGHT COVERAGE HERE IN THE SECOND HALF? NO JARED COOK AROUND FOR THE PLAY DESIGN AT TIGHT END. MAKE DREW BREES THROW IT OVER YOUR HEAD. AHKELLO WITHERSPOON RAN WITH MICHAEL THOMAS AND HAD GOOD POSITION. HE'S FINDING THE FOOTBALL. HIS HEAD IS BACK FINDING THE BALL. NO CALL NECESSARY THERE. HERE'S WIL LUTZ. >> Kevin: FROM 48 YARDS. HE HAS A 55 YARDER IN THIS GAME. AND HE'S GOT ANOTHER ONE. WIL LUTZ HAS BEEN SO GOOD. AND IT IS A TWO-POINT 49ERS LEAD WITH 4:59 TO GO IN THE THIRD. NONSTOP ACTION FROM NEW ORLEAN >> Kevin: 35-33 SAN FRANCISCO IN FRONT OF NEW ORLEANS. TWO 10-2 TEAMS. THIS HAS BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE SHOW TODAY. EACH TEAM CONTROLS THEIR OWN DESTINY, MEANING IF EACH TEAM WINS OUT, THEY GET THE NUMBER ONE SEED. SO IT IS A HUGE GAME IN THAT SENSE. NEW ORLEANS HAS TO SETTLE FOR A FIELD GOAL FOR CONSECUTIVE DRIVES. DREW BREES WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT. SO IT IS THE 49ERS STILL IN FRONT BY TWO. HERE'S RA HEEM MOSTERT. THEY WILL TAKE OVER ON THEIR OWN 25. THIS ONE IS A HIGH SCORING AFFAIR. WE KNOW THAT. 50 YEARS AGO, WEEK 10, 1969, THE HIGHEST SCORING GAME IN THIS RIVALRY. 81 COMBINED POINTS. AND THE SAINTS HAD A 43-38 WIN. YOU KNOW WHAT, TODAY MIGHT HAVE ECLIPSED THIS WIN THE WAY THIS GOING IS GOING. THERE'S MIKE NOLAN. A LOT OF SEMIMETRY THERE. MIKE HAS BEEN IN THIS LEAGUE, A GOOD COACH A LONG TIME. SO FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS. WE'RE NOT NEARLY DONE. 4:51 TO GO IN THE THIRD. AND A FAKE TO HIM. GAROPPOLO WHO IS PRESSURED. BALL IS LOOSE! AND IT'S STILL LOOSE AND IT IS PICKED UP BY THE 49ERS. >> Charles: I DID NOT SEE IF THEY -- THEY SAY INCOMPLETE NOW. OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE THE SIGNAL. SO AN INCOMPLETE PASS. >> Kevin: THAT'S TUTTLE AGAIN. THIS ROOKIE OUT OF TENNESSEE, UNDRAFTED, HAS REALLY BEEN GIVING THAT EXCELLENT PLAY. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THAT HE OPERATES THROUGH, GETS PAST TOMLINSON. HE'S THE ONE THAT PUTS THE HEAT ON GAROPPOLO. HE HAD AN INTERCEPTION WITH A BIG RETURN ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT. >> Kevin: ONE HANDED INTERCEPTION AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. SECOND AND TEN. FAKE TO BREIDA. GAROPPOLO PRESSURED AGAIN. IN TROUBLE. AND DOWN HE GOES. MARIO EDWARDS. >> Charles: SO TAKE A LOOK HERE AT MARIO EDWARDS, NUMBER 97 PLAYING OFF McGLINCHEY. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WAS THE SECONDARY. TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS DOWN FIELD. NOWHERE FOR GAROPPOLO TO GO. AND MARIO EDWARDS PUTS HIM DOWN. >> Kevin: THIS PLACE IS WILD RIGHT NOW. THIRD AND 20. GAROPPOLO, HE'S GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE DRAW TO BREIDA. AND BREIDA WILL BE WELL SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN AS BELL AND WILLIAMS WERE THERE. AND, SO, THE SAINTS DEFENSE FORCES A THREE AND OUT. >> Charles: THESE ARE THE TYPE OF SERIES THAT MAY HELP DETERMINE THIS GAME. YOU MENTIONED THE SAINTS SETTLING FOR FIELD GOALS ON BACK-TO-BACK DRIVES. THE 49ERS PICK UP A TOUCHDOWN PREVIOUSLY. THAT'S A LOSS FOR THE SAINTS. GETTING BACK UP HERE AND GETTING THE BALL BACK, THAT'S A WIN FOR NEW ORLEANS. >> Kevin: WISHNOWSKY TO PUNT IT AWAY. UP TO THE 30. AND THERE IS A PENALTY FLAG ON THE PLAY AS WELL. THIS FLAG IS WAIVED BACK BY THE PUNTER. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THIS ONE IS. >> Referee: HOLDING. KICKING TEAM NUMBER 36. NEW ORLEANS HAS ELECTED TO ACCEPT A TEN YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT. RE-KICK FOURTH DOWN. >> Kevin: SO THEY WILL RE-KICK AND TRY IT AGAIN. THIS WEEK, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT EARLIER, NFL PLAYERS SUPPORTING PERSONAL CAUSES, MY CLEATS, MY CAUSE. YOU COULD ALSO BID ON THEIR CUSTOM CLEATS. LEARN HOW TO FOLLOW THEIR LEAD AND VOLUNTEER FOR A CAUSE. GREAT STUFF BY THE LEAGUE AND CERTAINLY BY THESE PLAYERS REPRESENTING GEORGE KITTLE WITH THE TAPS ORGANIZATION, MILITARY FAMILIES. THERE IS SO MANY OF THEM. THAT'S WHAT COOL, PLAYERS GETTING TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. THE SAINTS TAKING A CHANCE HERE. THEY ACCEPT THE PENALTY. SO WISHNOWSKY WILL HAVE TO PUNT IT AWAY. >> Charles: TELLS YOU THE CONFIDENCE THEY HAVE IN THEIR RETURN GAME AND RETURN PERSON DEONTE HARRIS. THEY'RE HOPING TO GAIN ADDITIONAL YARDAGE TO SET UP THEIR OFFENSE. >> Kevin: WISHNOWSKY DEFINITELY GOING TO BENEFIT. HERE'S HARRIS FROM THE 38 UP TO THE 40, 45. AND TO THE 48 IS DEONTE HARRIS. THAT PENALTY GAVE THEM MORE THAN TEN YARDS. >> Charles: THEY REALLY WENT FOR IT, TOO, KEVIN. THEY DOUBLED BOTH THE GUNNERS OUTSIDE IN ORDER TO TRY TO PROMOTE A BIG RETURN. >> Kevin: SO NOW IT'S DREW BREES'S TURN. 19 OF 26, 195 YARDS AND 3 TOUCHDOWNS. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 49ERS DEFENSE PRESSING UP. WITHOUT JARED COOK IN THE GAME, THE BIG PLAYS REALLY WITH HIM FOR THE SAINTS IT HASN'T BEEN AS EASY TO COME BY DOWN THE FIELD SINCE HE'S BEEN OUT. >> Charles: NOT AS EASY. BUT EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN PRESS AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS, THERE IS STILL NUMBER 13 IN BLACK WHO MAKES PLAYS FOR YOU ANYWAY. THEY MAY HAVE TO LEAN HEAVILY ON HIM DOWN THE STRETCH IF THE OTHER GUYS CAN'T GET THIS OPEN. >> Kevin: HERE'S HARRIS. HARRIS MAKING PEOPLE MISS FOR NEW ORLEANS. WHAT AN IMPACT NUMBER 11 HAS HAD TODAY. THE ROOKIE MAKES ANOTHER BIG PLAY. >> Charles: WHO TACKLED HIM WHEN HE WAS AT ASSUMPTION? >> Kevin: APPARENTLY NOBODY. HE SET A RECORD. >> Charles: IT WAS AMAZING. HE'S DOING IT HERE IN THE NFL. AND THEY FOUND WAYS TO INCORPORATE HIM INTO THE OFFENSE. NOW JARED COOK, THE TIGHT END OUT OF THE GAME, A BIG PART OF THEIR GAME PLAN. SEAN PAYTON HAS IT GOING EVERY DIRECTION. >> Kevin: HERE'S KAMARA LOOKING FOR HIS TEAM, AND GETS A COUPLE. GOOD PURSUIT. I FEEL LIKE BOSA IS IN PURSUIT OF EVERYONE. >> Charles: HE DOESN'T TAKE A PLAY OFF. AND CAM JORDAN ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR NEW ORLEANS PLAYING ROUGHLY 86% TO 90% OF THE PLAYS. I THINK BOSA IS THE SAME WAY. THERE HE IS OUTSIDE. AS YOU SAID, PURSUES ALVIN KAMARA WHO WILL BEAT HIM IN A FOOT RACE, BUT BOSA PLAYS THE ANGLE AND HELPS GET HIM OUT-OF-BOUNDS. >> Kevin: SAINTS BRING ON AN EXTRA LINE MAN. THEY ALSO BRING IN TAYSOM HILL. NOW HE'S IN TROUBLE, JUST THROWS IT AWAY AS HE WAS ABOUT TO BE SACKED BY NICK BOSA. >> Charles: HE WANTED TAYSOM HILL ON THAT PLAY. THAT WAS A SHOPPED PLAY, A CHUMP PLAY. WATCH HIM HERE. AND HE'S GOING TO GET OUT HERE. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET HIM ON A WHEEL ROUTE. MICHAEL THOMAS GOING INSIDE. BUT WITHERSPOON DOES A NICE JOB STAYING DEEP, SEEING THE BALL AND NOW HE DOESN'T HAVE IT, WHICH ALLOWS THE PASS RUSH TO AFFECT DREW BREES AND HE GETS RID OF IT RATHER THAN TAKING THE SACK. A GOOD JOB BY THE SECONDARY GET CLOSE TO THE QUARTERBACK. >> Kevin: THEY DO NOT HAVE A SACK TODAY. BREES HAS BEEN GREAT WITH HIS FOOT WORK. BREES SLINGS IT COMPLETE AND MICHAEL THOMAS FIGHTING FORWARD. HE SHOULD HAVE HAD IT. BUT THERE IS A PENALTY, TOO. NOW FROM THAT SIDE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. THERE IS ALSO A PENALTY. A LOT HAPPENING, A LOT TO UNCOVER. >> Charles: IT'S JUST SO HARD TO GET MICHAEL THOMAS ON THE GROUND, ISN'T IT? >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, OFFENSE NUMBER 13. 10 YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT. THIRD DOWN. >> Kevin: SO FORGET THE MARKING OF THE BALL. IT'S AN OFFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE. FIRST PENALTY ALL DAY ON NEW ORLEANS. >> Charles: 13 IN BLACK. SEE HOW HE GETS HIS ARMS EXTENDED ON JIMMY WARD? THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE OFFICIALS. I DON'T THINK A FLAG COMES OUT OTHERWISE. ONCE THEY GOT AWAY FROM THE BODY, THAT DRAWS THE EYES TO HIM. WHEN THEY SEE HIM EXTENDED LIKE THAT, THAT'S GOING TO GET THE CALL. >> Kevin: IT IS A HUGE PLAY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT PUSHES HIM OUT OF FIELD GOAL RANGE. WE'LL SEE HOW NEW ORLEANS PLAYS THIS ON A THIRD AND 18. BREES GOING TO SWING IT TO KAMARA. TIPPED AWAY BY NICK BOSA. HE IS EVERYWHERE FOR THIS 49ERS DEFENSE. AND OF COURSE SAN FRANCISCO PLAYING IT THROUGH IN CASE IT WAS BACKWARDS PASS, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S INCOMPLETE. IT'S FOURTH AND 18. >> Charles: NICK BOSA IS PLAYING BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, TOO. THIS TIME HE'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE. FEELS THE PLAY. HE FELT THIS PLAY. SEE HOW HE PEELS OFF? AND LOOK AT HIM. HE HAS THE HAND UP IN THE AIR AND KNOCKS IT AWAY FROM ALVIN KAMARA. THAT MAY BE THE THIRD OR FOURTH PLAY WE POINTED OUT THAT HE DIDN'T PLAY WITH PHYSICALITY BUT INTELLIGENCE. >> Kevin: IT'S A FAKE! TAYSOM HILL GOING FOR IT. OH! INCOMPLETE! NO FLAGS. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE IT IS A PUNT. AND ON A PUNT PLAY THERE IS NO PASS INTERFERENCE. SO THE TRICKERY DOESN'T WORK. THE FANS HERE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THAT'S WHY. >> Charles: YES. AND HERE YOU GO. AND THE FANS WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS AFTER WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS. BUT DURING -- WHEN YOU ARE ON THE PUNT PLAY, THE PASS INTERFERENCE GOES AWAY TO THE GUNNERS. THE GUYS OUTSIDE AND WE'LL HAVE DEAN EXPLAIN THAT TO US NOW. THAT'S A GOOD PLAY FOR SAN FRANCISCO THAT NEW ORLEANS WON'T UNDERSTAND. >> Kevin: THEY LOVE THE CALL HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. BUT I THINK CHARLES IS ON IT, CORRECT? THAT'S THE RULE HERE ON A PUNT PLAY? >> THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE CORRECT RULING. YOU'RE IN A PUNT FORMATION, AND YOU ATTEMPT A FAKE. YOU CAN'T HAVE PASS INTERFERENCE ON THE WIDEST MAN ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FORMATION. >> Kevin: SO THAT'S PLAIN CUT/DRY FROM DEAN. FANS OF COURSE DON'T KNOW THAT. >> Charles: THE WAY HE WAS COVERED DOWN FIELD LETS ME KNOW THAT SAN FRANCISCO, OKAY, WITH RICHARD HIGHTOWER AS THE SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR THEY ACTUALLY KNEW THE RULE BECAUSE NUMBER 33, HE JUST WENT AHEAD AND STAYED WITH HIM THE ENTIRE WAY. NEVER WORRIED ABOUT PASS OR ANYTHING ELSE. THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE WELL COACHED ON THAT PLAY, THAT THE WIDE GUYS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT INTERFERENCE. JUST GO PLAY THEM. THIS IS NONREVIEWABLE PLAY ANYWAY. >> Kevin: THAT'S WHY PAYTON WANTS A HOLD. A HOLD WOULD BE BEFORE THE BALL IS IN THE AIR, RIGHT? SO THE ISSUE IS YOU CAN'T REVIEW A NONHOLDING CALL. YOU CAN REVIEW A NONPASS INTERFERENCE CALL. THAT'S WHAT PAYTON WANTS. BOTTOM LINE IS THE 49ERS TAKE OVER AND THEY REALLY DODGE A BULLET AFTER THE SAINTS TOOK OVER ON THEIR OWN 48. LET'S GO BACK TO DEAN. WE SAW THE REPLAY. SEAN PAYTON ASKING FOR A HOLD. TAKE US THROUGH THAT WHOLE SEQUENCE. >> YEAH. SO HOLDING WOULD STILL APPLY DURING THE PUNT TO ANY PLAY. YOU CAN'T HOLD. BUT AGAIN WITH THE BALL IN THE AIR, YOU CAN CANNOT HAVE PASS INTERFERENCE. THE PLAYER ON THE OUTSIDE IS ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK AND YOU COULD GET AN EASY PASS INTERFERENCE CALL IF YOU ALLOWED THAT TO TAKE PLACE. >> Charles: SO BOTTOM LINE, DEAN, THAT WAS OFFICIATING CORRECTLY? >> IN MY OPINION, YES. >> Kevin: DEAN, THANK YOU. GREAT STUFF. THANKS FOR HELPING US OUT. MOSTERT GOT A FIRST DOWN FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND A PENALTY I BELIEVE AS WELL. YES. JUST LOOK AT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, EACH FAN BASE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS DIFFERENTLY. BUT AFTER THAT PUNT IN THE PENALTY, THEY TOOK OVER ON THEIR OWN 48. NOW THE MOMENTUM TURN THIS COULD BRING WITH THE 49ERS UP BY TWO, LAST SECONDS OF THE THIRD, LET'S SEE WHAT THIS FLAG IS. >> Charles: WHAT YOU ARE DOING IF YOU ARE SEAN PAYTON IS COUNTING ON YOUR DEFENSE TO TAMP DOWN THAT MOMENTUM. YOU TOOK THE SHOT. YOU DIDN'T GET IT. >> Referee: BLOCK IN THE BACK OFFENSE. TEN YARD PENALTY, SECOND DOWN. >> Charles: AND AS BIG AS THAT NONCALL WAS, AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A CALL, THIS GAME HAS REALLY BEEN ABOUT PENALTIES AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO, NOT NEW ORLEANS. >> Kevin: UH-HUH. >> Charles: THERE IS THE HOLD RIGHT THERE ON CAM JORDAN, NUMBER 94. GOOD CALL THERE. GEORGE KITTLE SAID, YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. >> Kevin: CLOCK IS WINDING DOWN. THIS WILL TAKE US TO THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER AND SET UP QUITE THE FOURTH QUARTER, I DO BELIEVE. END OF THE THIRD FROM NEW ORLEANS. THE >> Kevin: THIS GAME HAS BEEN SENSATIONAL ALL THE WAY AROUND. WE START THE FOURTH QUARTER SECOND AND 11. GAROPPOLO WITH A LOT OF TIME. GOES UNDERNEATH BREIDA WHO IS HIT IMMEDIATELY AND A THIRD DOWN COMING UP. >> Charles: I GET THE SENSE THAT BOTH SECONDARIES DON'T REALLY BELIEVE EITHER TEAM CAN RUN BY THEM UNLESS IT IS SCHEMED UP. YOU KNOW? YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PURE SPEED GUY OUTSIDE THAT JUST SCARES THE HECK OUT OF YOU. I'M SEEING THE COVERAGE GET TIGHTER AND TIGHTER ON BOTH SIDES. >> Kevin: EARLIER IN THE GAME, SAN FRANCISCO WAS TARGETING ELI APPLE. HE'S UP AT THE TOP FOR NEW ORLEANS DEFENDING. GAROPPOLO ON THIRD DOWN PRESSURE COMING. GAROPPOLO IN TROUBLE AND DOWN HE GOES. THE THIRD SACK OF THE DAY FOR NEW ORLEANS. DEMARIO DAVIS WAS THERE. SO WAS DAVENPORT. AND THERE IS A PENALTY FLAG AS WELL IN THE SECONDARY. HANG ON. >> Referee: HOLDING OFFENSE NUMBER 22. FIVE YARD PENALTY. >> Charles: OFFENSE. THEY GOT TO FLIP THAT AROUND. >> Kevin: HE MEANT ON DEFENSE. THAT'S ON GARDNER-JOHNSON. >> Charles: YES, HOLDING GEORGE KITTLE. KITTLE'S STRENGTH PRESENTS QUITE THE CHALLENGE. HE CHECKS IN AT 210. BUT KITTLE CHECKS IN AT 250. THAT'S A LOT TO TRY TO HOLD UP AGAINST. HE WAS TRYING TO BATTLE HIM THE ENTIRE WAY AND HE GOT CAUGHT. >> Kevin: KITTLE SAID YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, 6'4", 255 COMING AT YOU, PROBABLY NOT THE MOST FUN TO HIT, BUT I ENJOY IT. >> Charles: I ENJOY IT. HIS EYES LIT UP ON THAT, TOO, DIDN'T IT? >> Kevin: AND FIRST DOWN. PITCH OUTCOMING TO BREIDA WHO RUNS INTO A BRICK WALL. WOW. TREY HENDRICKSON. SAINTS HAVE SO MANY GOOD DEFENSE MEN. >> Charles: REMEMBER THE FIRST PASS, THE HOLDS THAT WERE THERE FOR THE RUNNERS. NOT THERE QUITE THE SAME WAY IN THE SECOND HALF AGAINST THE SAINTS DEFENSIVE FRONT. >> Kevin: FOR ALL THE OFFENSE THIS GAME HAS PROVIDED, YOU GET THE FEELING THAT THEY COULD MAKE THE LAST STOP. SECOND AND 11. GAROPPOLO FIRES ON THE SLANT AND IS CAUGHT BY EMANUEL SANDERS. >> Charles: DID YOU NOTICE HOW TIGHT THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WITH THE PASSING GAME? DON'T SEE AS MUCH DOWN FIELD UNLESS YOU ARE GOING TO SCHEME IT UP AND TRY TO BREAK A GUY FREE THAT WAY. DO YOU HAVE GUYS CAPABLE OF SHAKING THEMSELVES FREE IN ONE-ON-ONE AND WINNING IN THE PERIMETER? >> Kevin: SO THE PENALTY MOMENTS AGO ON THIRD DOWN. THE SAINTS HAVE LED THE LEAGUE IN PENALTIES ON THIRD DOWN TO EXTEND DRIVES. YOU SEE IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM. SEAN PAYTON BROUGHT IT BACK TO US. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. THIRD AND SIX HERE. BLITZ COMING. GAROPPOLO SEES IT. UNLOADS IT. CAUGHT BY BOURNE. LET'S SEE. HE IS CLOSE. AND LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN. >> Charles: GOOD EFFORT BY BUORNE AT THE END. ABLE TO GET UP THE FIELD AND DIVE FOR THE YARD MARKER TO PICK IT UP. AND A NICE JOB BY SAN FRANCISCO BLOCKING THE PRESSURE THAT CAME AT THEM TO GIVE GAROPPOLO JUST ENOUGH TIME TO GET RID OF IT. BOURNE GETTING UNDERNEATH THE TACKLE AND REACHING OUT. >> Kevin: MOSTERT IN THE GAME AT TAIL BACK. FAKE TO HIM. GAROPPOLO LOOKING DEEP. IT'S NOT THERE. COMES UNDERNEATH FOR BOURNE. AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. I BELIEVE HE WAS OUT-OF-BOUNDS. I THOUGHT GAROPPOLO WAS TRYING TO TAKE A SHOT THERE BUT DIDN'T HAVE IT. >> Charles: THE ABILITY OF THESE DEFENSIVE ENDS IS ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING. CAM JORDAN ON THAT PLAY PULLED INITIALLY ON THE PLAY FAKE AND JUMPED OUT INTO THE OPEN FIELD AND MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO BE ACCURATE THROWING IT OUT INTO THE FLAG. >> Kevin: GAROPPOLO ON THE FAKE. STOPS IT OVER THE MIDDLE. HE HAS A COMPLETION, AND IT'S SANDERS AGAIN. AS THE SEVENTH CATCH OF THE DAY. HE WILL BE UP AROUND 160 YARDS AFTER THAT ONE. AND IT WILL BRING A THIRD DOWN. >> Charles: BUT IF I AM NEW ORLEANS RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO WAY I LET GEORGE KITTLE BEAT ME ON THIS PLAY. I HAVE A BIG COVER GUY ON HIM OR I DOUBLE HIM AND MAKE SURE SOMEONE ELSE BEATS ME ON THIS THIRD DOWN. >> Kevin: THERE IS KITTLE. LOOKS LIKE LATTIMORE WILL TAKE HIM. AND NOW THEY MOVE HIM AROUND. THIRD AND FIVE. GAROPPOLO FIRES. IT'S CALLED OVER THE MIDDLE BY SAMUEL IN STRIDE. HE WAS WORKING AGAINST ELI APPLE. THEY PICKED ON HIM AGAIN. IT IS A CRITICAL FIRST DOWN. >> Charles: EMANUEL SANDERS HAS BEEN A BIGGER TARGET TODAY. BUT THIS ROOKIE OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS WORKING HIS WAY TOWARDS BEING WR-1 FOR SAN FRANCISCO, WIDE RECEIVER ONE. WHO DID THEY TARGET IN THE CRITICAL SITUATION? ELI APPLE, NUMBER 25. THEY WENT RIGHT AT HIM ON THAT PLAY TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN. >> Kevin: AND MARCUS DAVENPORT HAS BEEN BANGED UP A COUPLE TIMES TODAY. LATTIMORE WENT DOWN AWKWARDLY ON THAT PLAY. DEE. EVEN KEEPS SAYING, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE JIMMY G. BEAT YOU? ONE INTERCEPTION WHICH PROBABLY WASN'T HIS FAULT. BUT NOW CAN HE TAKE THEM HOME? FIRST AND TEN. INSIDE IS SAMUEL. AND THERE IS NOT MUCH THERE. SHORT GAIN AS DAVIS WAS ON THE TACKLE. SAMUEL HAD A CARRY LAST WEEK FOR 20. >> Charles: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A WIDE RECEIVER OR DOES HE LOOK LIKE A RUNNING BACK, WHICH IS PART OF HIS CHARM. HE IS A WIDE RECEIVER. BUT WHEN HE CATCHES THE FOOTBALL OR YOU CAN USE HIM IN THE RUN GAME THAT WAY BECAUSE HE'S A STRONG, THICKLY BUILT YOUNG MAN WHO RUNS WITH POWER. THAT'S WHY YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR PLAY BOOK WITH A YOUNGSTER LIKE DEEBO SAMUEL, 215 POUNDS SOLID. >> Kevin: SECOND AND EIGHT. GAROPPOLO HAS TIME. NOW PRESSURED. AND JUST GOING TO THROW IT AWAY. COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY OPEN THERE. AND, SO, GAROPPOLO HAS FOUND SEVEN DIFFERENT RECEIVERS. THEY HAVE HAD A WIDE RECEIVER THROW A TOUCHDOWN PASS. THEY HAD AN OPTION BY THEIR FULL BACK. THEY HAVE DONE BASICALLY EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH KYLE SHANAHAN THROWS A BRILLIANT GAME. >> Charles: WE HAVEN'T DONE THE TACKLE ELIGIBLE PLAY YET. >> Kevin: THERE IS SHANAHAN 12th PLAY OF THIS DRIVE. 49ERS BY TWO, UNDER 10 TO PLAY. GAROPPOLO, ALL KINDS OF TIME. CAN'T FIND ANYBODY. ON THE RUN, PRESSURED. STEPS AWAY FROM A SACK. THROWS, AND IT IS COMPLETE. NOW PENALTY ON THE HIT. AGAIN, IT WAS C.J. GARDNER-JOHNSON WHO CAME IN. THAT SURE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ON HIM. YOU HOPE THAT HE WILL BE OKAY. >> Charles: GAROPPOLO KEEPING IT ALIVE. DEMARIO DAVIS. AND RIGHT THERE. AND, REMEMBER, IT IS NOT HELMET TO HELMET ALWAYS THAT YOU WORRY ABOUT. IT IS DO YOU GET HIT IN THE HEAD AND THE SHOULDER. AND THAT'S A HIT TO THE HEAD. >> Referee: AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Charles: ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY IS THINKING IT HAS TO BE HELMET TO HELMET. IT'S NOT. AS LONG AS ANY BODY PART HITS THE HEAD AREA. YOU ARE UP IN THE NECK AREA, THAT IS GOING TO COME OUT EVERY TIME. >> Kevin: POPS UP NOW. AND HOPEFULLY HE'S ALL RIGHT. THINK ABOUT THIS. SEAN PAYTON TOLD US THESE PENALTIES HAVE GOT TO STOP. WE SHOWED YOU THEY HAVE THE MOST IN THE LEAGUE. AND TWICE ON THIS DRIVE, ON THIRD DOWN, GARDNER-JOHNSON TO KEEP THE 49ER DRIVE GOING. >> Charles: BOTTOM LINE FOR C.J. GARDNER-JOHNSON IS HE MAKES THE TACKLE, THE ONUS ALWAYS REMAINS ON THE DEFENDER TO AVOID THE HEAD AREA. AND IT'S HARD TO DO. LOOK, I'M GOING TO ASK D.B. I GET IT. IT IS NOT EASILY DONE. THAT'S THE WAY THE RULE IS WRITTEN. AND THAT WAS CALLED I THINK ACCURATELY. >> Kevin: FIRST AND GOAL. GAROPPOLO ON THE FAKE COMING BACKSIDE TO SAMUEL, AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. LATTIMORE WAS THERE. LET'S GO BACK TO DEAN. DEAN, AGREE ON THAT LAST CALL? JUST TAKE US THROUGH IT, IF YOU WOULD. >> Charles: YEAH. I THOUGHT CHARLES DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING IT IS REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE THE RECEIVERS LEVEL THE CHANGING. YOU CAN SEE HE'S GOING TO THE GROUND. BUT THE ONUS IS ON THE DEFENDER TO AVOID THAT FORCIBLE CONTACT TO THE HEAD AND NECK AREA OF A PLAYER IN A DEFENSELESS POSTURE. BY RULE THIS IS A FOUL BUT IT IS A TOUGH PLAY ON A DEFENDER. >> Charles: THANKS, DEAN. IT IS DIFFICULT AS A DEFENDER. THAT HIT ZONE CHANGES WITH THE RECEIVERS BODY MOVEMENT. >> Kevin: SECOND AND GOAL. HE'LL THROW IT AGAIN. GAROPPOLO ROLLING, LOOKING, FIRING, END ZONE! IT IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! KENDRICK BOURNE! HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN CATCH TODAY. IT IS THE LARGE EGS LEAD FOR SAN FRANCISCO. WATCH BOURNE AND WATCH THE RECEIVERS OF SAN FRANCISCO. THEY KEEP THEMSELVES ALIVE BECAUSE THEIR QUARTERBACK DOES THE EXACT SAME THING. JIMMY GAROPPOLO IS NOT A RUNNER, BUT SIMILAR TO DREW BREES DOES A GOOD JOB WITH POCKET MOVEMENT AND HE KEPT THE PLAY EXTENDED. AND KENDRICK BOURNE FELT THAT. WORKED HIMSELF INSIDE TO THE SIGHT LINE OF HIS QUARTERBACK AND TURNS IT INTO A TOUCHDOWN. >> Kevin: EXTRA POINT BY GOULD IS UP AND GOOD. THAT'S A BIG ONE BECAUSE IT IS A TWO POSSESSION GAME NOW. A NINE POINT LEAD FOR SAN FRANCISCO. JIMMY GAROPPOLO, THIS MAY BE HIS SIGNATURE MOMENT IN THE NFL. HE'S GOT THE 49ERS UP BY NINE WITH 9:00 TO PLAY IN NEW ORLEANS. >> Kevin: SO A 14 PLAY TOUCHDOWN DRIVE BY THE 49ERS. A COUPLE OF CONTROVERSIAL NONCALLS. THIS ONE OF COURSE RULED CORRECTLY BECAUSE IN A PUNTING SITUATION YOU CANNOT HAVE PI ON THE GUNNER OUTSIDE. AND THEN THIS ONE, FORCIBLE CONTACT TO THE HEAD. THAT'S IT. IT'S A TOUGH CALL, BUT THE CORRECT CALL. TWO PENALTIES ON GARDNER-JOHNSON ON THIRD DOWNS ON THAT DRIVE KEPT IT ALIVE. AND THEN JIMMY GAROPPOLO WITH HIS FOURTH TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE GAME, SECOND TO KENDRICK BOURNE. IT IS THE LARGEST LEAD OF THE AFTERNOON FOR SAN FRANCISCO. >> Charles: CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THEIR FRUSTRATION. BOTH OF THEM, AS YOU NOTED, KEVIN, ON GARDNER-JOHNSON. ONE WAS A HOLD ACROSS THE MIDDLE. AND THEN THE LAST ONE. AND I UNDERSTAND. I GET THE FRUSTRATION. BUT AS DEAN EXPLAINED, THE LEAGUE HAS PUT THE ONUS ON THE DEFENSE TO AVOID THAT FORCIBLE CONTACT TO THE HEAD AREA. >> Kevin: TAYSOM HILL BACK TO RETURN IT. THERE WAS A PENALTY WHEN WE WENT TO BREAK. 49ERS TOOK IT. SO THEY KICK IT A MILLION MILES OUTSIDE THE END ZONE. PLENTY OF TIME FOR DREW BREES AND THE SAINTS WITH WORK TO DO. IT IS A TWO POSSESSION GAME NOW. THEY ACCEPTED A PENALTY EARLIER IN THE GAME AND WENT FOR A TWO POINT CONVERSION AND GOT THE NOD. THAT'S WHY IT'S A TWO POSSESSION GAME. >> Charles: BUT IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE IT'S IN THEIR DNA. THEY ALWAYS GO FOR IT. PLENTY OF TIME. THIS TEAM AND DREW BREES HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE. NO PANIC GOING TO BE SEEN ON THAT SIDE. >> Kevin: AND SO HERE WE GO. BREES FOUR MAN RUSH, QUICK THROW. MICHAEL THOMAS GOOD CATCH. OUT TO THE 30. HE'S GOT FIVE YARDS. 415 YARDS FOR THE 49ERS. 325 FOR NEW ORLEANS. IT'S BEEN MUCH QUIETER IN THE FIRST HALF. 49ERS TURNED IT INTO A TOUCHDOWN. A COUPLE BIG PENALTIES ON NEW ORLEANS. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. RUN IT TO KAMARA, AND THERE IS NOTHING THERE. RICHARD SHERMAN COMES FROM THE SECONDARY. IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN. >> Charles: WHAT A READ BY SHERMAN. NOT THREATENED AT ALL OUT IN HIS AREA AND USED HIS VETERAN'S MIND. WHAT HE HAS SEEN BEFORE, HE MADE A PLAY IN THE BACK FIELD. WHAT I MEAN BY NOT THREATEN, NO ONE RAN A ROUTE OUT THERE. NO ONE CAME OUT AND BLOCKED HIM ON THE EDGE. HE WAS A FREE RUNNER TO TURN INTO A FREE TACKLER. >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN AND FIVE FOR DREW BREES AND COMPANY. LOOKING, SETTLING IN. BREES IN TROUBLE. AND DOWN HE GOES. BUT THERE IS A PENALTY FOR THE SECONDARY, TOO. >> Charles: WE MAY HAVE IT NOW WHERE WE HAVE HOLDING AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO IN THE SECONDARY. >> Kevin: RICHARD SHERMAN WAS HOLDING HIS HANDS UP LIKE IT WAS CALLED ON HIM. >> Charles: HOLDING, DEFENSE NUMBER 25. FIVE YARD PENALTY, AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Kevin: AND SO THE 49ERS WITH A PENALTY ON THIRD DOWN. >> Charles: WATCH SHERMAN RIGHT HERE ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WORKING AGAINST JOSH HILL, NUMBER 89. SEE, HE'S GOT A HAND UP THERE AND HE'S LOOKING BACK AT THE FOOTBALL. BUT HE HAS ENOUGH HAND AND ENOUGH CONTACT TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF THE OFFICIALS AND THE SIDE JUDGE ON THAT PLAY, HE DETECTED SOMETHING HE DIDN'T LIKE AND THREW THE FLAG. I THINK THERE WAS ENOUGH THERE TO MAKE THAT CALL. >> Kevin: BREES FAKES TO KAMARA. STANDS IN. HE'S GOT IT! WHAT A CATCH! LOOKING TO MAKE MOVES INSIDE THE 20. MICHAEL THOMAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 15 YARD LINE. 49 YARDS TO THE LEAGUE'S LEADING RECEIVER. >> Charles: YOU KNOW HE'S COMING. RARELY CAN TEAMS DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WILLIAMS UNDERNEATH, TRIES TO MAKE IT TOUGH WITH A HAND IN FRONT. LOOK AT THE CONCENTRATION BY THOMAS. AND IN PREGAME, WHAT DID WE WATCH HIM DOING, KEVIN? STANDING NEAR THE SIDELINES CATCHING BALLS OVER HIS SHOULDER, SIMILAR TO THAT BALL THAT JUST CAME THERE. THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. PEOPLE WORK AT THEIR WORK. MICHAEL THOMAS WORKS ON HIS GAME AS MUCH AS ANY RECEIVER IN THE LEAGUE. >> Kevin: AND THE SAINTS ARE IN BUSINESS. BREES LOOKS TO KAMARA. KAMARA TACKLED IMMEDIATELY. HERE'S WILLIAMS MAKING AMENDS FOR THE LAST PLAY. >> Charles: BEAUTIFUL OPEN FIELD TACKLE. AND IT'S HARD TO GET A GUY LIKE KAMARA ON THE GROUND IN OPEN FIELD. >> Kevin: AND AL WILLIAMS SLOW TO GET UP AFTER THAT TACKLE. >> Charles: DREW BREES HAS TO COME OFF WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR DOWN FIELD, GETS THE CHECK DOWN AND A TEXTBOOK WRAP-UP TACKLE. >> Kevin: WE'VE GOT AN INJURY TIME-OUT. 49ERS BY NINE. BUT THE SAINTS ON THE MOVE. >> Kevin: THAT'S WHAT WE GOT, 42-33. 49ERS LEAD IT. SAINTS ON THE MARCH, THOUGH. 6:18 TO PLAY. WILLIAMS GOES OUT. BREES THROWS. HE'S GOT IT! AND HE'S IN! TOUCHDOWN NEW ORLEANS! >> Charles: NOTICE HOW OFTEN NEW ORLEANS WORKS IN TANDEM WITH THESE TWO. A REALLY PHYSICAL ROUTE BY MICHAEL THOMAS WHO THROWS WITHERSPOON INSIDE WHEN WITHERSPOON TRIES TO BODY HIM UP DOWN FIELD. THAT UNCOVERS HIM IN A BIG WAY. AND NOW HE FINISHES THINGS OFF. >> Kevin: I'M TELLING YOU, WHATEVER YOU DO WITH MICHAEL THOMAS IS LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. HE TAKES IT IN AND HE USES IT AGAINST YOU LATER. >> Charles: MICHAEL THOMAS, THE TOUCHDOWN. ONCE AGAIN IT IS A TWO-POINT >> Kevin: DREW BREES WAS SURGICAL ON THAT DRIVE, FINDING HIS NUMBER ONE, MICHAEL THOMAS, WHO BASICALLY WAS THE ENTIRE DRIVE. HE HAD A 49 YARD CATCH AND HERE IS THE TOUCHDOWN CATCH. IT'S BACK TO A TWO-POINT DEFICIT FOR NEW ORLEANS AND THERE IS LOADS OF TIME LEFT ON THE CLOCK. 6:06. I'M JUST WONDERING, CHARLES, CAN WE PLAY THREE MORE QUARTERS OF THIS? THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE. >> Charles: THE GUYS ON THE FIELD MAY SAY, HOLD UP A SECOND. BUT WE'RE ALL FOR IT. HERE IS MICHAEL THOMAS. YOU KNOW HE'S COMING AND RARELY CAN ANYONE DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. >> Kevin: THE 45th THREE TOUCHDOWN CAME FOR DREW BREES. IT TIES PEYTON MANNING. GAROPPOLO ALSO WITH FOUR TOUCHDOWN PASSES TODAY. NOW IT'S HIS TURN. PAM OLIVER TOLD US HE GOT CHECKED FOR A CONCUSSION. NOW THAT HE PASSED HE'S BACK IN. HE MAKES THE CATCH AND HE'S TACKLED IMMEDIATELY AFTER ABOUT A FIVE YARD GAIN. GOOD NEWS FOR THE 49ERS THAT HE'S BACK IN THERE AFTER ROBINSON MADE THE TACKLE. SECOND DOWN. THEY WILL RUN IT. AND GET A COUPLE. SO IT WILL BE A THIRD DOWN AND THREE. AGAIN, IF YOU JUST TURNED THIS ON, THE ENORMITY OF THIS GAME, EACH OF THESE GAMES BOTH 10-2 CONTROLS THEIR DESTINY. MEANING IF THEY WIN TODAY AND WIN OUT, THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE PLAYOFFS ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPER BOWL. THIRD AND THREE FOR SAN FRANCISCO WITH FIVE TO GO. >> Charles: LET'S SEE WHO COVERS KITTLE FOR NEW ORLEANS. >> Kevin: GAROPPOLO PRESSURE IN HIS FACE, ROLLS AWAY. LOOKING. HE'S GOING TO TRY TO RUN IT. DIVING FOR IT. DID HE GET THERE? YES, HE DID. NOW MAYBE NOT. THE INITIAL SIGNAL FIRST DOWN. LOOKS LIKE THEY PUT IT RIGHT ON THE 35. IT IS A FIRST DOWN. >> Charles: GOOD PROTECTION INITIALLY, BUT EXCELLENT COVERAGE DOWN FIELD. AND JIMMY GAROPPOLO JUST SAID TIME TO GO FOR IT. ROBERTSON NOT ABLE TO GET HIS HEAD UP FRONT. SEE, WATCH WHERE HE ENDS UP HITTING JIMMY GAROPPOLO. HE'S TRYING TO GET UP IN FRONT OF HIM, UNABLE TO. >> Kevin: AND YOU SEE GAROPPOLO SAYING, WAIT A SECOND. AND THEN THEY PUT IT DOWN. IT'S A FIRST DOWN, YOUNG MAN. AND SO IT IS. MATT BREIDA COMES IN THE GAME AT TAIL BACK. GAROPPOLO GOING TO THE NEAR SIDE. IT'S KITTLE. IT'S INCOMPLETE. IN AND OUT OF THE HANDS OF GEORGE KITTLE. AND IT'S SECOND DOWN. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE AGGRESSIVENESS FOR KYLE SHANAHAN? >> Charles: I THINK THAT'S PART OF HIS DNA AS WELL THAT HE WILL NOT SIT THERE AND LET NEW ORLEANS ATTACK HIS DEFENSE. HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE PLAY, NOT JUST SURVIVE THIS GAME. THAT BALL IS BEHIND KITTLE, THUS THE INCOMPLETION. >> Kevin: THAT'S A LONG PLAY. A LOT OF WORDS IN THAT PLAY BY GAROPPOLO. SECOND AND TEN. ON A FAKE AND ANOTHER ONE. A BEAUTY TO DEEBO SAMUEL WHO IS STILL RUNNING. SAMUEL INTO THE TERRITORY. TURNS OUT TO BE A HUGE PLAY TO DEEBO SAMUEL FOR 31. WELL, GEORGE KITTLE IS NOT CATCHING A LOT OF PASSES. BUT CATCH HIM ON THE BLOCK. HE CIRCLES BACK. AND NOW WATCH THE BLOCK OUT FRONT, AND THAT ALLOWS HIM AGAIN. LOOK AT 74 OUT THERE RUNNING. LOOK AT 63, BEN GARLAND, THE BACK-UP CENTER OUT THERE RUNNING DOWN FIELD. WHEN YOU GET BIG PLAYS DOWN FIELD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE EXTRA BLOCKS IN ORDER TO SPRING PEOPLE. USUALLY YOU GET THEM ON THE PERIMETER. IN THIS CASE, THE LINE MEN MAKING THEIR PLAY. >> Charles: WALKED OFF SLOWLY AFTER THAT BLOCK. HERE IS MATT BREIDA. GOOD RUN. BREIDA DOWN TO THE 30. HE'S GOT NEARLY FIVE. AND NOW TIME OBVIOUSLY BECOMING A FACTOR WITH THE 49ERS IN FIELD GOAL RANGE. >> Charles: AND I THINK WITH KYLE SHANAHAN'S FIND, AFTER THAT RUN THERE, DO YOU SEE HOW THEY CAME BACK AND RAN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. I'M WONDERING IF HE'S THINKING HE HAS ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO CONSIDER TO WORK THE BALL INSIDE TO THE RUNNING GAME. >> Kevin: A COUPLE OF OUTSTANDING PLAY CALLERS REALLY MATCHING WITS TODAY. SECOND AND SIX. 3:33 TO PLAY. THE PLAY CLOCK WINDING DOWN. THEY WILL FLIP IT NEAR SIDE. AND BREIDA MOVES IT FORWARD. AND HE STAYS INBOUNDS. SO THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN. >> Charles: AND IT WASN'T LIKE THEY TOTALLY FOOLED NEW ORLEANS. THEY DIAGNOSED IT WELL. BUT BREIDA, WHOSE TEAMMATES CALL HIM CHEETAH, WATCH HOW THE SPEED WINS THIS PLAY FOR HIM. NOTICE, HE'S COMING INSIDE OUT. HE KNOWS THE PLAY. BUT HE CAN'T GET THERE IN TIME BECAUSE OF BREIDA'S SPEED. THERE IS DAILY OUT FRONT. AND BEN GARLAND HAS COME OFF THE BENCH. HE REPLACES THE CENTER WHO WENT DOWN WITH AN INJURY EARLIER TODAY. >> Kevin: FIRST AND TEN. BREIDA STAYS ON. THEY WILL RUN HIM AGAIN. MATT BREIDA GOOD HOLE INSIDE THE 20 NOW. AND NOW A TIME-OUT WITH 2:38 TO GO. NEW ORLEANS CALLS THEIR FIRST TIME OUT. HENDRICKSON SLOW TO GET UP. WE CALL A TIME-OUT AS WELL. THE 49ERS NURSING A TWO-POINT LEAD AND TRYING TO FINISH THIS GAME IN NEW ORLEANS. >> Kevin: WHAT A GAME HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. WELCOME THOSE WHO WATCHED THE REDSKINS BEAT THE PACKERS. 2:38 TO GO. TWO TIME-OUTS FOR NEW ORLEANS. I'M KEVIN BURKHARDT WITH CHARLES DAVIS. ON THE FAKE, PRESSURE COMING. GAROPPOLO IS SACKED FOR A HUGE LOSS! WHAT A PLAY. VONN BELL AND AT THE BIGGEST TIME. AND A TIME-OUT CALLED BY NEW ORLEANS. ONE LEFT. BUT NOW A THIRD AND LONG. >> Charles: I THINK THIS WAS A RUN BLITZ CALL THAT TURNED INTO A PASS BLITZ BECAUSE I THINK THAT DENNIS ALLEN, THE DEFENSE COORDINATOR, SOLD OUT AGAINST THE RUN PLAY BECAUSE THEY'RE DESPERATE TO GET THE RUN BACK. AND VONN BELL SAW THE FAKE AND TOOK HIMSELF BACK TO THE QUARTERBACK. >> Kevin: WHAT'S CRAZY IS SECOND AND FIVE IF THEY WOULD HAVE GOT A FIRST DOWN. NOW A THIRD AND 16. YOU'RE IN FIELD GOAL RANGE. SAINTS WITH ONE TIME-OUT LEFT. THEN YOU GOT THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. >> Charles: I'D BE WARY OF THE SCREEN HERE ABOVE NEW ORLEANS. >> Kevin: BY THE WAY, GEORGE KITTLE BACK IN THE GAME. WE SHOWED YOU HE WALKED OFF SLOWLY, NUMBER 85 FOR SAN FRANCISCO. 10th PLAY OF THE DRIVE. THEY SHOW BLITZ. HERE THEY COME. THEY SLING IT OUT. SAMUEL LOOKING FOR A BLOCK AND STILL GOING, STILL FIGHTING HIS WAY DOWN INSIDE THE 25. AND HE'S OUT-OF-BOUNDS. 2:28 TO GO. IT STOPS THE CLOCKS SO NEW ORLEANS DOESN'T HAVE TO USE A TIME-OUT THERE. >> Charles: THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SERVED FALLING DOWN INBOUNDS, MAKING THEM USE IT. >> Kevin: FIRST A ROBBIE GOULD WITH A HUGE KICK. IF HE KICKS THIS, SAINTS NEED A TOUCHDOWN. >> Charles: JUST CAME BACK LAST WEEK FROM AN INJURY. HE'S BEEN SLIGHTLY ERRATIC. HIS CAREER HE'S BEEN GREAT. >> Kevin: 41 YARDS TO MAKE IT A FIVE POINT GAME. GOULD, HE'S GOT IT FOR SAN FRANCISCO. BIG KICK. AND, SO, ROBBIE GOULD DELIVERS THE 41 YARD FIELD GOAL. BUT A LOT OF TIME LEFT. 2:23 FOR DREW BREES. FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING US, A RECAP OF THIS ONE, IT IS PRETTY HARD TO DO BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN, I MEAN, A MILLION THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. IT HAS BEEN BIG PLAY AFTER BIG PLAY. THE SECOND HALF, TURNOVERS HAVE BEEN THE KEY. SAINTS GOT ONE. THEY WERE HELD TO A FIELD GOAL. 49ERS GOT ONE. THEY SCORED A TOUCHDOWN ON IT. THIS IS A FIVE POINT SWING RIGHT NOW. AND ALL KINDS OF TREMENDOUS PLAY CALLING HERE TODAY BY TWO OF THE BEST, SEAN PAYTON, KYLE SHANAHAN. BUT VERY FAMILIAR TERRITORY, CHARLES, AS DREW BREES WHO HAS DONE THIS BEFORE A CHANCE TO WIN IT. >> Charles: THEY WERE DOWN NINE ON THE LAST DRIVE. IF YOU'RE SAN FRANCISCO, THE BIG KEY ON DEFENSE, NO BIG PLAYS GIVEN UP. YOU DON'T GIVE UP CHUNKS OF YARDAGE. HOW CRAZY IS IT THAT FRIDAY NIGHT SHANAHAN AND HIS CREW, PAYTON AND HIS CREW WENT OUT TO DINNER. THEY ENDED UP AT THE SAME RESTAURANT SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. I WONDER IF THEY OVERHEARD EACH OTHER. >> Kevin: JAY GLAZER REPORTED THAT IN OUR PREGAME SHOW. TAKEN DOWN. OUTSTANDING TACKLE BY MOORE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE SAINTS ARE FACING HERE. >> Charles: SO YOU'RE IN THAT AGE OLD CONUNDRUM. YOU KNOW YOU ARE PLAYING WITH A TOUCHDOWN. THEY GOT TO SCORE THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SO SOFT THAT IT IS EASY CHUNKS OF YARDAGE DOWN FIELD. FLIP THAT OVER, YOU DON'T WANT TO PRESS SO MUCH THAT THEY JUST RUN BY YOU. YOU GOT TO MID-POINT THAT AND TACKLING IN THE SECONDARY IS KEY HERE. YOU CAN'T GIVE UP A BIG PLAY AFTER THE CATCH. >> Kevin: ALL I KNOW IS THIS. IT'S THE GREAT DREW BREES AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE DEFENSE IN THE NFL. HERE WE GO. FIRST AND 10. 2:19 TO PLAY. BREES FORCED DOWN FIELD. HE'S GOT A COMPLETION UP. AND SMITH, HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE DAY. AND IT COMES AT A GOOD TIME FOR SMITH WHO MOVES THE CHAINS FOR NEW ORLEANS. THAT MAY TAKE HIM RIGHT DOWN TO THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE IN A RUSH TO GET ANOTHER PLAYOFF AND THEY WON'T. TWO-MINUTE WARNING, SAINTS. CAN THEY PULL IT OFF? DOWN BY FIVE. >>> TODAY'S GAME ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY MACY'S. >> Kevin: IT'S BEEN A HEAVY WEIGHT FIGHT HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. BOTH TEAMS ARE 10-2 AND THE WINNER HAS THE INSIDE TRACK TO THE OVER ALL NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE NFC. NEW ORLEANS ONE TIME-OUT FROM THEIR OWN 35. FIRST AND TEN. HERE'S BREES. A BLITZ COMING FROM SAN FRANCISCO. BREES FLOATING IN THE AIR. IT IS INCOMPLETE. MOSELEY CAME ON TO KNOCK IT AWAY. THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME THEY BLITZED. >> Charles: HE PULLED IT OFF AT THE RIGHT TIME. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK YOU WILL SIT BACK IN THIS SITUATION. HERE COMES THE PRESSURE. HE'S TRYING TO FIND MICHAEL THOMAS DOWN FIELD. THE BACKSIDE PRESSURE CAME AND GOT HIM. LOOKS LIKE EMANUEL MOSELEY, NUMBER 41, CAME WITH A CORNER BLITZ. THE 49ERS DON'T TRAVEL WITH RECEIVERS. THEY PLAY WHATEVER SIDE. LET'S SEE WHERE THEY WANT TO ALIGN MICHAEL THOMAS DOWN THE STRETCH. DO THEY DEAL WITH RICHARD SHERMAN OR NOT? >> Kevin: RIGHT NOW THAT'S HOW IT'S MATCHED UP. THIS TIME IT IS PICKED UP AND BREES MAKES THEM PLAY. IT IS THOMAS WHO HAS GOT A FIRST DOWN. AND SHERMAN IS SLOW TO GET UP. HE'S GOING TO TAKE HIMSELF OUT OF THE GAME. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEVELOPING STORY ON THIS LAST DRIVE. >> Charles: GRABBING THE HAMSTRING AREA, TOO. >> Kevin: NUMBER 32, BREES SEES IT. WIDE OPEN! NOBODY IS THERE! RACING DOWN THE 30. THE CONFUSION WITH SHERMAN HAVING TO GO OFF AND BREES SAW IT AND MADE THEM PAY. >> Charles: IT'S SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. HE FINDS THERE IS NO ONE BACK HERE. AND BECAUSE SHERMAN GOES OUT, DJ REED COMES IN, TRYING TO GET THE CALL. HE'S CONFUSED, BUT DREW BREES ISN'T CONFUSED. HE UNDERSTANDS THE NUMBER ONE CORNER IS OUT AND THERE IS NO ONE IN THAT AREA. >> Kevin: THEY DIDN'T CALL A TIME-OUT. REESE WAS LOST COMING OUT OF THE FIELD. 1:29 TO GO. SAINTS NEED A TOUCHDOWN. FOUR MAN RUSH. KICK UNDERNEATH ON THE SLANT. THOMAS STAYS ON HIS FEET. AND HE GETS DOWN TO THE 23 WITH TIME WINDING DOWN. >> Charles: SO THE CORNERS NOW WITH SHERMAN OUT OF THE GAME ARE E MOON YAWL MESOLEY. >> Kevin: SECOND AND FIVE. ANOTHER BLITZ. BREES IN AND ALMOST INTERCEPTED! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PICKED BY WITHERSPOON, BUT HE COULDN'T HANG ON. >> Charles: THERE IS A LOT THAT WENT ON IN FRONT OF WITHERSPOON. HE'S GOT TO CONCENTRATE ON MICHAEL THOMAS, THE BEST IN THE GAME. WHEN HE FALLS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BALL IS RIGHT ON TOP OF THIS. UNABLE TO HAUL IT IN. BOY, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IT FOR THE 49ERS AND THE SAINTS. THOMAS JUST INADVERTENTLY FALLS AND THE BALL SURPRISES WITHERSPOON A LITTLE BIT. AND JIMMY WARD, GIVE HIM A LITTLE LOVE AFTER THAT. >> Kevin: HE'S GOTTEN SO AGGRESSIVE, BLITZING A LOT ON THIS DRIVE. THIRD AND FIVE. BREES BACK. TIME. THROWS INCOMPLETE. AND THAT WAS A PENALTY FLAG. SMITH THE INTENDED RECEIVER. >> Referee: INTERFERENCE DEFENSE, NUMBER 41. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Kevin: AS SMITH REVERSED DIRECTION, MOSELEY CAME OVER TO DEFEND HIM AND GOT A LITTLE HANDSY WITH HIM. THE JUDGE DEFECTED IT AND THREW THE FLAG. >> Charles: THOSE ARE THE CALLS THAT MANY PEOPLE SAY, CAN YOU JUST LET THAT GO? NO, YOU CAN'T LET IT GO. >> Kevin: NO RICHARD SHERMAN, NO WILLIAMS. AND DREW BREES TRYING TO ATTACK THIS SECONDARY. FIRST AND TEN. PASTIME THROWING OVER THE MIDDLE, CAUGHT, SMITH. TO THE 10. STILL GOING! TOUCHDOWN NEW ORLEANS! DREW BREES HAS DONE IT AGAIN. >> Charles: I LOOK BACK ON MY NOTES FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN DREW BREES TOLD US SMITH STRUGGLED ALL YEAR WITH AN ANKLE INJURY BUT HE COULDN'T WAIT FOR HIM TO GET HEALTHY BECAUSE IN DREW BREES'S WORDS, I TRUST HIM. WE SAW THAT TRUST PAY OFF RIGHT THERE. >> Kevin: SO THERE IS A LOT AT PLAY HERE. TWO-POINT CONVERSION IS HUGE BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE 49ERS CAN'T WIN IT ON A FIELD GOAL. 49ERS DO HAVE THREE TIME-OUTS, A LOT OF TIME FOR THEM. FIRST A TWO-POINT CONVERSION. >> Charles: REMEMBER THE PENALTY THAT WENT AGAINST MOSELEY? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOURTH DOWN. >> Kevin: KAMARA IN THE BACK FIELD. ON THE FAKE, BREES THROWS. INCOMPLETE. NOT EVEN CLOSE AS HE WAS BACK PEDDLING AWAY FROM PRESSURE. THAT'S A BIG STOP BECAUSE NOW A FIELD GOAL CAN WIN IT WITH THREE TIME-OUTS. HERE IS A TOUCHDOWN. >> Charles: WATCH SMITH FROM A TIGHT ALIGNMENT. HE COMES UNDERNEATH. RUNS AWAY FROM FRED WARNER WHO CAN'T GET HIM DOWN. THEN WITHERSPOON MISSES ON A NICE MOVE BY SMITH. IT'S BEEN A FRUSTRATING YEAR FOR THAT YOUNG MAN OUT OF UCF. THEY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO ASCEND AFTER TRYING TO BREAK OUT. CAME INTO THIS GAME WITH ONLY 9 CATCHES ON THE SEASON. AND A NUMBER OF ANKLE AILMENTS. JUST CAN'T QUITE GET RIGHT. BUT HE SURE LOOKED RIGHT ON THAT PLAY. SMITH PUTS THE SAINTS IN THE LEAD. >> Kevin: DREW BREES DOES IT AGAIN, MARCHING NEW ORLEANS DOWN THE FIELD. THINK ABOUT THE 49ERS, CHARLES. THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT ALL YEAR. THEY HAVE DISMANTLED SOME REALLY GREAT TEAMS WITH THEIR LOSSES IN OVERTIME TO SEATTLE. THEY LOST AT THE BUZZER TO THE RAVENS LAST WEEK. NOW THEY GO DOWN BY ONE WITH 53 SECONDS LEFT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ALL GAME ABOUT THAT YOUNG MAN, HIS SIGNATURE MOMENT. COULD THIS BE IT? >> Charles: THIS COULD BE IT. A FIELD GOAL WOULD BE IS SIGNATURE MOMENT. AS WE JUST SAW DREW BREES ON BACK-TO-BACK DRIVES PUT HIS TEAM IN A POSITION TO WIN. >> Kevin: THEY START ON THEIR OWN 25 YARD LINE AND ALL EYES ON JIMMY GAROPPOLO, CERTAINLY THE VETERAN KICKER ROBBIE GOULD WHO HAS BEEN EXCELLENT IN HIS CAREER. BUT HIS LONG FIELD GOAL THIS YEAR IS 47. THAT'S IT. THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE NEW ORLEANS 40 YARD LINE. >> Charles: GETS BACK SECOND GAME AFTER A QUAD INJURY. >> Kevin: HERE'S GAROPPOLO OVER THE MIDDLE. HE HAS HIS TIGHT END KITTLE AND HE'S GOING TO PICK UP EIGHT AND IT SHOULD BE A TIME-OUT BY THE 49ERS, I WOULD THINK. AND IT IS. THEY'VE GOT TWO MORE TO GO. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, CHARLES, THE LAST 45 SECONDS OF THE GAME. BUT THIS IS -- WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MAYBE THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE LEAGUE, THIS IS EVERYTHING. THIS GAME HAS BEEN SOMETHING. >> Charles: IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING. WE TALK ABOUT THE PLAY CALLERS. BUT SOMEHOW EVEN THOUGH THE SCORE IS HIGH, IT'S GONE TO THE DEFENSIVE SIDE. THEY WERE AGGRESSIVE ON THE LAST POSSESSION, STILL GOT BEAT. NEW ORLEANS GOES AHEAD WITH DREW BREES CARVING THEM UP. NOW THEY'VE GOT TO GUARD THE FIELD GOAL LINE. THAT'S WHAT IT IS FOR NEW ORLEANS. YOU'VE GOT TO GUARD THE 35 ON YOUR OWN END AGGRESSIVELY AND MAKE IT AT LEAST A 52 YARD ATTEMPT. >> Kevin: SECOND DOWN. GAROPPOLO OVER THE MIDDLE. INCOMPLETE. AND SO IT'S THIRD AND TWO WITH 42 SECONDS LEFT. >> Charles: NUMBER ONE COVER GUY MARSHON LATTIMORE DRAPED HIMSELF ON SANDERS. I DON'T MEAN TO HAVE THAT SOUND LIKE A PENALTY. GETTING INSIDE THE KICK ROUTE THERE. GOT JOB BY LATTIMORE RECOGNIZING AND PUTTING HIMSELF IN POSITION TO MAKE A PLAY ON THE BALL. >> Kevin: REALISTICALLY 30 YARDS AWAY FOR A FIELD GOAL TRY. THIRD AND TWO, BLITZ COMING. GAROPPOLO SEES, FIRES, INCOMPLETE. TRYING TO GET IT TO KITTLE, BUT MARSHON LATTIMORE ON HIM, AND IT'S A FOURTH DOWN. ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT WAS GARDNER-JOHNSON, 22, NOT 32. FOURTH AND TWO. GAME ON THE LINE. PLAY CLOCK AT THREE. GAROPPOLO. AND THIS PLAY WILL NOT COUNT. I THINK SAN FRANCISCO USED A TIME-OUT. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET THE DELAY. >> Charles: WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS TRYING TO WATCH THEM TRY TO GET LINED UP. IT TURNED OUT THAT SAMUEL KNEW THE PROPER ALIGNMENT AND HAD TO GET BOURNE INTO IT. THAT TOOK THE ADDITIONAL TIME AND LED TO THE TIME-OUT. >> Kevin: YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE TIME-OUT. BUT YOU KNOW THE GAME IS OVER, SO YOU HAD TO THERE. FOURTH AND TWO. GAROPPOLO FIRES. IT IS CAUGHT. STILL ON HIS FEET IS KITTLE FOR THE BIG PLAY AND THE STIFF ARM. FLAGS FLYING! WHAT A RUN BY GEORGE KITTLE! TAKING ON EVERYBODY. BUT THE PENALTY IS HUGE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FLAGS. IT WOULD BE A 39 YARDER. ON FOURTH AND TWO. >> Charles: FACE MASK HERE AND THERE IT IS. MARCUS WILLIAMS GRABBING KITTLES MASK AND HE REFUSES TO GO DOWN, DESPITE THAT. LOOK AT HOW HE'S PROTECTING THE FOOTBALL. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, FACE MACING DEFENSE NUMBER 43. A 15 YARD PENALTY WILL BE ENFORCED AT THE END OF THE LINE. HALF THE DISTANCE FROM THE GOAL. CORRECTION, AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Charles: LOOK AT THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, THE MASK IS HELD THE ENTIRE WAY BY MARCUS WILLIAMS AND KITTLE REFUSES TO GO DOWN AND STILL FINDS A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL. REMEMBER I WAS TALKING BEFORE, KEVIN, THAT THE PREVIOUS DRIVE, TACKLING IN THE SECONDARY IS HUGE. BEING ABLE TO PUT THEM DOWN ON THE SPOT. THEY DIDN'T DO THAT WITH KITTLE. IT TURNED INTO NOW A SPOT WHERE SAN FRANCISCO IS WELL POSITIONED TO KICK THE GAME WINNING FOOTBALL. >> Kevin: GEORGE KITTLE 39 YARDS ON FOURTH AND 2. AND THE 49ERS ARE IN FIELD GOAL RANGE. THEY COULD MILK THE CLOCK DOWN TO FINAL SECONDS AND SEND ROBBIE GOULD ON TO TRY TO WIN IT. MOSTERT WILL GET IT, RAHEEM MOSTERT. NOW A TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD. NEW ORLEANS CALLS IT SO IT WILL MAKE SAN FRANCISCO RUN ONE MORE PLAY. GAROPPOLO PUTTING THE THROW RIGHT THERE, TOO. >> Charles: WATCH WHERE IT STARTS. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET A GUY DOWN IN THE OPEN FIELD. AND WHAT IS GEORGE KITTLE KNOWN FOR? YARDS AFTER CATCH. WHEN THAT TACKLE IS NOT MADE BY GARDNER-JOHNSON IN OPEN FIELD, MARCUS WILLIAMS TRIES TO GET IT DONE, ADDS THE FACE MASK TO IT. EVEN WITH THE FACE MASK, HE'S EATING UP GROUND AND YARDAGE AND PUTS SAN FRANCISCO IN A POSITION TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THIS ONE. >> Kevin: AND THAT WAS AN ALL PRO PLAY. >> Charles: DID YOU SEE HIS SIGNATURE? NO FEAR AT THE END OF THIS. >> Kevin: NOW THE 49ERS WILL TAKE A KNEE, TAKE A TIME-OUT AND SEND OUT THEIR VETERAN KICKER ROBBIE GOULD TO TRY TO WIN IT. AN ABSOLUTE THRILLER TODAY IN NEW ORLEANS. AND IT COMES DOWN TO GOULD. IN HIS 15th YEAR. THIS WILL BE, DEPENDING ON THE SPOT, A 30 YARD FIELD GOAL. >> Charles: JOHN LYNCH, THE GENERAL MANAGER HAS DONE SOME JOB TURNING THIS ORGANIZATION AROUND, ALONG WITH KYLE SHANAHAN. NOW THIS WOULD BE THE SIGNATURE WIN OF THE YEAR FOR THIS TEAM. AND IF IT GOES TO THE POST, IT BECOMES, AS YOU HAVE NOTICED, THE SIGNATURE DRIVE FOR JIMMY GAROPPOLO. >> Kevin: NELSON TO SNAP IT. WISHNOWSKY TO HOLD IT. ROBBIE GOULD TO WIN IT. THE KICK IS UP. AND IT IS GOOD! WHAT A WIN FOR THE 49ERS! ON FOURTH AND TWO WITH POTENTIALLY THE NUMBER ONE SEED ON THE LINE, JIMMY GAROPPOLO AND GEORGE KITTLE DELIVERED. WHAT A GAME. ROBBIE GOULD DELIVERS IN A CLUTCH MOMENT FROM 30 YARDS OUT. HIGH SNAP. WISHNOWSKY GOT IT DOWN. AND GOULD DID THE REST. THIS IS GOING TO BE QUITE THE FLIGHT HOME FOR THE 49ERS. A HEART-BREAKING LOSS AT THE BUZZER LAST WEEK AND AN UNREAL WIN THIS WEEK AS JOHN LYNCH FIRED UP. SAN FRANCISCO GOES TO 11-2 AND NOW CONTROLS THEIR OWN DESTINY FOR THE TOP SEED IN THE NFC. YEAH. IT'S BEEN THAT KIND OF GAME, BUT KITTLE MADE THE PLAY WITH EVERYTHING ON THE LINE. THE POST GAME SHOW COMES YOUR WAY WHEN WE RETURN. THE 49ERS IN THRILLING FASHION.

Channel: NFL

Views: 4,972,916

Keywords: NFL, Football, American Football, sport, sports

Id: PEtMB7G0mH4

Length: 150min 59sec (9059 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 05 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/pxiaoart]

Favorite play of the game is 4th & 2 with 39 seconds left in the game. Kittle dragged the secondary into field goal range… while getting facemasked.

[u/Napol3onS0l0]

Kittle carrying 3 Saints D players an extra 4-5 yards after the pivotal game winning catch is one of my favorite football moments. Pure ecstasy flowed in my veins that day.

[u/ghoststarkk]

Man Jimmy was on fire for this game.

[u/FlowGroundbreaking]

YEEESSSS. I watch the highlights of this game whenever I'm sad and lonely.

[u/anahiroma]

Probably the greatest game of the season

[u/Norcalaldavis]

We flew out for that game. Best experience ever

[u/Flat-One6508]

Jimmy 3:16 is my favorite from that year, this one is a close second.

Besting the Rams like that and seeing mcvays face after that game will never not bring a tear to my eye

[u/Hyperius999]

My favorites were 2019 against the Panthers, because I went to that game and we hung half a hundred on them, and the NFCCG against the Packers who we blew out.

[u/mklpoi]

And Jimmy can change that this week! HUGE game against the Vikings!