New York Giants vs. San Francisco 49ers | 2023 Week 3 Game Highlights
THE 49ERS LOVE TO USE MOTION. NICE HOLE HERE EXPLOITED BY MCCAFFREY. STAYS ON HIS FEET! MITCHELL OFF THE PLAY ACTION. PURDY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING AND FINDS NOTHING. HE GETS TAKEN DOWN BY THIBODEAUX . KAYVON THIBODEAUX HAS BEEN IN AL: THAT IS THE GIANTS’ FIRST SACK OF THE SEASON. THE PASS TO CAUGHT BY JAUAN JENNINGS, WHO TAKES IT TO THE 20 CAUGHT. GAIN OF 8, MCCAFFREY. AL: 14TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE. PRESSURE, PURDY, HIT AS HE THROWS, BROKEN UP IN THE END ZONE. THE GIANTS ABLE TO HOLD. BOBBY OKEREKE, ONE OF THEIR BIG OF IT. A
28 YARD ATTEMPT WITH A THIRD ROUND DRAFT PICK JAKE MOODY, PUTS IT THROUGH. WITH THAT LINE. AL: TWO BACKUPS AT LEFT GUARD AND LEFT TACKLE. THE PASS IS THROWN OVER THE MIDDLE AND GOING DOWN IS WAN’DALE ROBINSON TO MAKE THE QUICKLY. JONES RETREATS. STEPS UP. HE IS GOING TO FIND THE OPEN MEN. A FIRST DOWN AT THE 23 YARD LINE AS BRIGHTWELL COMES OUT OF THE HANGS IN THERE, THROWS, IT IS CAUGHT BUT WELL SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. PARRIS CAMPBELL HANGING ON. THE GUN TO WIN IT BY THREE. THIS 1, 44 YARDS AWAY AND
GANO BANGS IT THROUGH. THE 49ER SCORE ON THE OPENING ALL KINDS OF MOTION. KITTLE COMES TO THE WING ON THE LEFT. LOW SNAP, NO PROBLEM
CATCH. PROVES IT RIGHT THERE. MCCAFFREY. CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. AL: SECOND AND 1. MCCAFFREY EASILY PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. STILL ON HIS FEET, GETS INSIDE THE 30. TACKLED AT THE 28 YARD LINE BY AL: THIRD DOWN, 13. PURDY SHOOTS IT OUT HERE TO MCCAFFERY. HOWDY STOP HIM — HOW DO YOU STOP HIM? TAKES IT INSIDE THE 15-YARD LINE THE SECOND QUARTER. PURDY. AND TOUCHDOWN! AND A FLAG IS DOWN ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE 11 YARD LINE. FOR THE MOMENT, RONNIE BELL GETS INTO THE END ZONE. AND THE 49ERS INDICATING THAT IN THE
ROOKIE RONNIE BELL. PLAYED REALLY FOUR YEARS AT MICHIGAN. HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND CONFIDENCE. GOOD JOB ADJUSTING AS A ROOKIE. AL: THIRD DOWN, ABOUT 2.5. THAT IS DARREN WALLER GOING TO THE SLIDE, AND THE SAC. HARGRAVE, WHO THEY PICKED UP IN SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY LONG. MCCAFFREY HAS NO PROBLEM PICKING IT UP, AND THEN A SHIFT TO GAIN ANOTHER FIVE OR SIX YARDS. KIRK: WOW. WE SAW WHAT HE DID LAST WEEK TO MITCHELL. IN THE GIANTS TERRITORY. ANOTHER BIG GAMBLE. TO THE 33 YARD LINE. MITCHELL AGAIN. RONNIE BELL AND MITCHELL WERE PICKS FOUR
AND FIVE. HE IS GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIRST AND GOAL. 50-SECONDS. DOWN THE SIDELINE, AND THAT IS DARIUS SLAYTON. HE MAKES THE CATCH AND GETS OUT PRESSURE. PAST TOO HI — PASSED TOO AL: 57 YARDS FOR GRAHAM GANO TO TRY TO GET THEM WITH HIM 11 — WITHIN 11. GANO IS KICKED AND HE IS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. SO THE GIANTS WITH A COUPLE OF AND 8. PASTOR THE OUTSIDE, HAULED IN BUT A LITTLE BIT SHORT. JENNINGS IS THERE, TACKLE MADE AL: SECOND AND 3, HE HAS TIME, THROWS DOWN THE SIDELINE. THROWN, PASS WAS INCOMPLETE.
LENORE COVERING DARREN WALLER. KIRK: HOW ABOUT PUTTING WALLER AT TIGHT END. NOT JUST FLEXED DOWN BUT LINED UP ALL THE WAY AS A WIDE MAKE A PLAY. AL: 22 YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN A GOAL FROM THE 8 YARD LINE, AND A BIG HOLE AND MOVING HIS WAY IS MATT FOR A TOUCHDOWN. IF YOU THOUGHT THE GIANTS WOULD GO BELLY UP TONIGHT, YOU ARE WRONG. CONVERSION, MAKES IT TO A FIELD GOAL. NO CHANCE, SMOTHERED. ARIK ARMSTEAD RIGHT THERE. YEARS, 16 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN CALLING THIS OFFENSE. AL: 25 YARD LINE, PURDY GOING DEEP IN THE MIDDLE,
WIDE OPEN MAKING THE GRAB AND STILL ON HIS FEET AND PICKING UP A LOT OF EXTRA YARDS. SAMUEL FINALLY WRESTLED HIM TO THE GROUND AT THE 34 YARD LINE. WHAT A RUN. MCCAFFREY. AL: FOUR CATCHES, 83 YARDS. GETS SWALLOWED UP AND TAKEN DOWN FOR THE SACK. KIRK: THAT 198016 FINALLY HAD THEIR BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT WITH PARCELLS. AL: SECOND DOWN, LONG, CAUGHT. TIGHT END, OVER BY 13. KIRK: VERY SIMILAR, THE FACTORS 23. AL: MCCAFFREY. KIRK: THAT WAS ABOUT SEVEN PHENOMENAL. AND HE BANGS THIS ONE THROUGH. 21 YARDS, BUT STILL THE ONE POSSESSION ADVANTAGE. AL: JONES, DEEP, TURNING
AROUND AND INCOMPLETE. TONIGHT. 31 YARD LINE. A TIMEOUT BEFORE THE FIRST PLAY. KIRK: LAST YEAR’S — LAST YEAR YOU GET PICKED DEAD LAST. SECOND AND 2. GOOD RUN HERE. HE IS THE LAST PIC OF THE DRAFT HAWKINS. AL: 49ERS WITH THEIR FIFTH TRIP TO THE RED ZONE. THEY LOSE TWO HERE. PLAYED WELL. AL: THIRD AND 17, PASS IS CAUGHT. BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LINE OF A SNAP. HE GETS A DOWN. IT IS GOOD. FOURTH QUARTER, LEVI STADIUM, WITH THOMAS DOWN. AL: FIRST AND 22. CAUGHT ON THE 22 YARD LINE BY DARREN, WHO CAME OVER FROM
THE TAKE THE GAME NOW AT THE BOTTOM. AL: HUGE PLAY LAST WEEK TO GET THE GIANTS ROLLING. JONES FIRES TO WIDE. INCOMPLETE. FOURTH AND 11. PANIC. LOOK AT THIS AGAIN. 20 YARDS. BREAKING TACKLES YARDS AFTER NAME IT. SOONER OR LATER, YOU KNEW HE THIRD AND 2. REACHING FOR IT, AND IT IS PULLED IN BY MCCAFFREY. THEY WILL SPOT IT RIGHT ON THE PRESSURE. DEEP. CAUGHT, SAMUEL, TOUCHDOWN! THEY BLITZ AND GET BURNED. TO GET PRESSURED, AS HE RELEASES THIS BALL, HE TURNS AWAY BECAUSE OF THAT PRESSURE. THIBODEAUX OFF TO THE RIGHT. POCKET COLLAPSES. HE JUST TURNS
AWAY. PROBABLY THOUGHT HE HAD A CHANCE, BUT PUT IT WHERE SAMUEL COULD EAT JACKSON FOR THE FOOTBALL BECAUSE HE GOT IT OUT EARLY. A LITTLE STUTTER AND GO. BALL OUTSIDE, AND JACKSON NEVER LOCATES IT. AL: THE EXTRA POINT IS GOOD. A LITTLE LESS THAN SIX: TO PLAY UP TO THE 43. THE MOTION IN THE SLOT. JONES THROWS, AND THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. THE FIELD. AL: THIRD AND 17. BATTED UP, PICKED OFF IN THE 40. TO MIDFIELD. KIRK: I THINK THAT BALL GOT IN THERE TO WALLER. WAS UNABLE TO GET UP TO
MAKE THE PLAY. BUT THIS SLANT TO THE JONES’ RIGHT, IT GETS IN THERE. IT GOES OFF WITH HIS HANDS AND THEN FRED WARNER IT’S THE BALL STRAIGHT UP. — HITS THE BALL STRAIGHT UP. AND THEN LOOK AT THIS BALL, THAT GETS IN THERE. YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THAT. AL: AND HOCKEY, TWO GUYS WOULD GET ASSISTS. AN INTERCEPTION. AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO TRIPLE ZEROS ON THE CLOCK. SO THE 49ERS GO ON THE ROAD, PITTSBURGH, BEAT THE RAMS, LONG TRIP FOR THE GIANTS. GO TO ARIZONA. AT LEAST THEY PULLED OUT A MIRACLE WIN TO
GO TO 1-1 NOW. THEY ARE 1-2 AND GET TO FLY HOME AND DEACON WALK INTO HIS HOUSE AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING WITH SIX KIDS — AND HE CAN WALK INTO HIS
