San Fransisco 49ers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Game Highlights | NFL 2023 Week 1

AROUND HIM. >> Daryl: I LIKE WHAT THEY DID. SAM HAUL, THEY BRING HIM IN. HERE WE GO PLAYING WITH TEMPO. >> Joe: ON THIRD DOWN PICKETT EVADES ONE. CAN’T EVADE TWO. JACKSON SLAMS HIM DOWN. HIMSELF. WHAT IF HE BECOMES THAT ELUSIVE QUARTERBACK KYLE SHANAHAN HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR ALL THIS TIME. >> Joe: McCAFFREY GOES OVER THE TOP. HE GETS STIYMIED. WE HAVE AN EARLY FOURTH AND 1. HAVE IN YOUR PLAYERS. >> Joe: OUT OF THE SHOTGUN. PLAY ACTION. KITTLE, FIRST DOWN SAN FRANCISCO. GEORGE KITTLE WHO WAS QUESTIONABLE REALLY ALL WEEK AND EVEN YESTERDAY WHEN WE

TALKED TO CREATED A GOOD THING WITH BROCK PURDY. 49ers CONVERT FOURTH AND SHORT FROM THE PITTSBURGH 34. TOSS TO McCAFFREY. CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY LOWERS THE SHOULDER TO THE 25. SAN FRANCISCO TRADED FOR WEAPONS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THIS 49er OFFENSE. >> Joe: GOT 9 ON THE FIRST DOWN PLAY. SECOND AND ONE. BACK TO McCAFFREY. INSIDE THE 10. FIRST AND GOAL, SAN FRANCISCO. McCAFFREY WITH A GAIN OF 17. >> Daryl: REALLY GOOD BLOCK BY WHAT CHANGED THIS DEAL? PRETTY EASY TO DRAW A LINE WITH WHEN THEY ACQUIRED THIS GUY. FIRST DOWN AND GOAL. PLAY ACTION. PURDY LOOKING END ZONE.

LETS IT RIP AND HE’S GOT A TOUCHDOWN TO BRANDON AIYUK! PERFECT START FOR THE 49ers. AIYUK BREAKS FREE. AIYUK BREAKS FREE. >> Daryl: WHAT A

GREAT DRIVE. THERE ARE SO MANY WEAPONS. WE TALKED ABOUT THEM. D DEEBO SAMUEL CAME IN. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND 5. 49ers GOT A SACK ON THE FIRST THIRD DOWN OF THIS FALL GAME. KENNY PICKETT HERE DROPS TO THROW. GIVE HIM TIME. LOBS ONE UP TOP. INTERCEPTED BY MOONEY WARD. DIONTAE JOHNSON SLIPPED AND FELL AND WARD WENT UP AND PICKED IT OFF. AND SO THE 49ers BACK ON COMMUNICATION. >> Joe:

YOU SAW THAT, QUAN ALEXANDER REPLACES ALLEN. BRANDON AIYUK IS WIDE OPEN. THE TOUCHDOWN SCORER ON THE FIRST DRIVE. BIG GAIN HERE OF 23 YARDS. >> Daryl: JUST A HUGE VOID IN UP TO SPEED FOR THE OPENER. >> Joe: THIRD AND 14. PURDY IN TROUBLE. UNDERNEATH KITTLE. SHORT GAIN. DAMANTE KENZE. JAKE MOODY. MOODY’S FIRST NFL ATTEMPT IS GOOD AND THE 49ers HAVE POINTS ON BOTH OF THEIR FIRST DRIVES. CONTROLLING THE GAME FROM THE START OF IT. THE. >> Joe: JOE ORR INTO THE GAME. THIRD DOWN. IT’S PICKED UP GIVING PICKETT TIME BUT HE MISFIRES. JOHNSON OPEN

WITH STEFAN WARD, SAN FRANCISCO. YOU CAN LEAN ON THAT DEFENSE AND CALL YOUR PLAN ACCORDINGLY. >> Joe: McCAFFREY HAD A SEAM, HIT IT HARD. GOT A FIRST DOWN. RUNNING BACK BEHIND CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY. >> Joe: SECOND AND 9. PURDY OVER THE MIDDLE. THERE’S AIYUK. FIRST DOWN TO THE 32 BEATING >> Joe: MUCH BETTER FOR ME. 30th SEASON. HE HAS DEEBO SAMUEL. DEEBO WITH A GAIN OF 18. THIS CITY WAS ELECTRIC ABOUT THIS OFFENSE AS WE’VE GOTTEN INTO TOWN. PURDY TO THE END ZONE. BRANDON AIYUK HAS HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN! CONTESTED CATCH AGAINST PATRICK PETERSON. JOHN LYNCH LOVES

IT. BROCK PURDY AND THEY’LL GET OUT. BROCK PURDY AND THEY’LL GET OUT. >> Daryl: WE TALKED ABOUT CONFIDENCE IN YOUR PLAYER. GOING TO BE A BACK SHOULDER THROW. LET’S WATCH THE LEFT FOOT. HERE’S THE RIGHT ONE. HERE’S THE LEFT ONE. GETS IT IN. GREAT JOB. HELP YOU ON EVERY SINGLE SNAP. HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT ONE-ON-ONE SITUATION THERE. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND LONG. KENNY PICKETT IN TROUBLE. THAT IS JUGGLED AND DROPPED BY FRED WARNER. HE CATCHES THAT CLEANLY. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND 20. PICKETT IS SACKED AGAIN. DRAKE JACKSON, SECOND OF THIS FIRST HALF.

STEELERS TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. AT THE VERY LEAST, GET OFF OF THE FIELD HERE. PURDY STEPS UP. LETS IT GO. FIRST DOWN TO BRANDON AIYUK! BROCK PURDY KEPT IT ALIVE AND THEN THREADED THE NEEDLE FOR A COMPLETION OF 16 TO KEEP THE DRIVE GOING. FLAG COMES IN AT THE END. PITTSBURGH, MINUS 3 TOTAL YARDS. >> Joe: SECOND AND 7. PURDY CAN’T GET AWAY FROM T.J. WATT. THE BALL CAME OUT. DID IT COME OUT BEFORE PURDY REMINDS YOU TO DRINK RESPONSIBLY. >> Joe: CALL DOES STAND. IT IS A SACK BUT BROCK PURDY SOMEHOW GOT THIS

BALL BACK. INSTEAD OF PITTSBURGH TAKING WHAT A GREAT PLAY BY BY BROCK PY NOT GIVING UP ON THAT FOOTBALL. >> Joe: FOUR TO CHOOSE FROM. PURDY LOOKS THE OTHER WAY. FLAG DOWN. END ZONE FOR KITTEL AND INCOMPLETE. IN THE AREA OF HOLDING. THE FIELD GOAL TEAM COMES OUT. JAKE MOODY FROM 32. IS TWO FOR TWO IN HIS FIRST GAME IN THE NFL. FOUR MINUTES TO GO IN THIS FIRST HALF. PURDY GOES UNDER CENTER OUT OF THE TIME-OUT. TOSS FROM McCAFFREY. CHASED BY ROBERTS. GOT AWAY FROM HIM AND GOT A FIRST DOWN TO MIDFIELD. >> Joe:

SECOND AND 8. EMPTY IT OUT FOR PURDY. STEELERS BRING IN AN EXTRA MAN. FEELS HIM COMING. GETS AWAY FROM FITZPATRICK AND FINDS DEEBO SAMUEL. GREAT SNAG! FIRST DOWN. THANK YOU. 1:50 TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF. THIS IS THE 11th PLAY. PURDY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO COME UP. FLOATS ONE, INCOMPLETE. SIDELINE. IT LOOKS LIKE HE GAVE UP. >> Joe: THE FIRST DOWN. NAJEE HARRIS WITH A BIG GAIN. TURNS THE CORNER. FLAG ON THE PLAY. >> Daryl: YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY. >> Joe: PICKENS OR PICKETT TO THE SIDELINES. THE MARKER. TIMING ROUTE. >> Joe: WE’LL CROSS

THAT BRIDGE BEFORE WE GET THERE. SAN FRANCISCO — AND HARRIS. OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. YOU’RE A LITTLE BIT UNDERNEATH WHERE YOUR COMFORT ZONE IS. >> Joe: STEELERS GOT TO HAVE IT, FIRST DOWN AND GOAL. PICKETT. THEY’VE GOT IT, A TOUCHDOWN TO FREIERMUTH! >> Daryl: FREIERMUTH PUSHES KYLE SHANAHAN SAID, WE GAVE IT AWAY. WE PLAYED 28 MINUTES OF GOOD FOOTBALL AND 2 MINUTES OF TERRIBLE FOOTBALL. WE’VE GOT THE BALL. >> Joe: TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY AND A BRUISING BLOCK FROM BRAN BE DONE AIYUK. TURNED IT INTO A TOUCHDOWN! IT’S A 65 YARD LIGHTNING

STRIKE FOR McCAFFREY. STEALING THE MOMENTUM RIGHT BACK. THE BEAUTY OF THIS PLAY IS THE RIGHT. THERE’S BRANDON AIYUK WORKING THERE. NOW HE’S GOING TO RELEASE DOWNFIELD. HE SEES THIS TACKLE RIGHT THERE. BY LEVI WALLACE. THERE’S BRANDON AIYUK. NOW WATCH RAY-RAY McCLOUD. DOESN’T COMMIT THE CLIP. IS VERY SMART AT THE POINT OF CONTACT WHEN HE GETS THERE, CONTINUES TO WORK. >> Joe: THAT’S A GUY IN RE:-RAY RIGHT HERE. THEY’VE GOT TO TAP INTO WHAT THEY HAD IN THE LAST DRIVE. >> Joe: WHAT THAT TURNS INTO IS THE DEFENSE IS ON THE FIELD OVER 20 MINUTES. UNDERNEATH

THEY GO AND IT IS DIONTAE JOHNSON WITH A BIG GAME INTO 49ers TERRITORY. THEN HE COMES UP GRABBING HIS >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND 6. BUNCH OF GUYS UP. THEY RUSH FIVE OF THEM. PICKETT FLUSHED. PICKETT THROWS ON THE RUN. INCOMPLETE. MOONEY WITH THE COVERAGE. FOURTH DOWN. LUCAS OIL. THE 49ers FROM THE 17. >> Daryl: FULLBACK ON THE CORNER, A MISMATCH. >> Joe: GOT TO LOVE THAT. GIVE HIM THE BALL. SORRY, DARYL. OVER THE MIDDLE, IT’S AIYUK. GETTING BETTER. THIRD AND 8. EMPTY IT OUT WITH FOUR TARGETS TO THE TOP. PURDY IN TROUBLE. GETS RID

OF IT. HAS AIYUK. FIRST DOWN TO MIDFIELD. ANOTHER THIRD DOWN. THE NINERS HAVE PICKED ONE UP FROM THIS DRIVE. PURDY DRILLED AND DROPS. T.J. WATT, SECOND TIME TODAY THAT HE GETS HOME. FRANCISCO DEFENSE. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU RUN THE BALL. THEY’RE GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU AND TRY TO MAKE YOU ONE DIMENSIONAL. >> Joe: ALREADY LOOKING AT THIRD DOWN. INCOMPLETE, THE PUNT TEAM WILL COME OUT THAT’S WHY IT’S OFF THE BACK SHOULDER AND NOT IN SYNC OFFENSIVELY. >> Joe: RAY-RAY McCLOUD. MIGHT HAVE HIT OFF OF WOMACK. SPRINTED INSIDE THE 40. FORMER STEELER, RAY-RAY McCLOUD.

BROCK PURDY PRESSURED FROM BEHIND AND SACKED. THE BALL CAME OUT AND IT WAS WATT THAT GOT THERE AGAIN AND HE’S GOT THE BALL. THERE IS A FLAG DOWN. >> Daryl: HE’S NOT GOING TO LET BROCK PURDY DO THAT BACK SQUEEZE. WHO’S THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER? >> Daryl: RIGHT. >> Joe: BREATHER HERE. SECOND AND 6. PICKETT A DEEP DROP. SIDELINE THROW. FLAG FLIES. HE WAS LOOKING FOR CALVIN AUSTIN WHO MADE THE GRAB EVEN WITH WARD ALL OVER HIM. HERE. THIRD AND 4 FOR THE STEELERS, DOWN THREE TOUCHDOWNS. PICKETT LOOKING END BE ZONE. HE’S IN TROUBLE. STAYS A

LIP. FINDS JAYLEN WARREN. PINBALLING HIS WAY TO THE 8 YARD LINE. ALL OF THAT TO GET BACK TO THE HERE INSTEAD OF THE 3. >> Joe: CONVERTED THE THIRD DOWN. END ZONE. INCOMPLETE. WANTED FREIERMUTH. COVERED BY WARNER. TURNOVER. EXPECTATIONS. 27-7 AS WE START THE FOURTH. ON THIRD DOWN AND 4. PURDY TO THE SIDELINES WITH BRANDON AIYUK. MAKING A MOVE ON LEVI WALLACE. WHAT A DAY FOR BRANDON AIYUK, PART OF AN EIGHT CATCH DAY. OFFENSE. HE HAS FREEDOM AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. HOW MANY OF THOSE PLAYS CAME IN AS RUNS AND WERE MOVED AS PASSES,

IF ANY? >> Joe: CLEAN POCKET HER. TIPPED AND PICKED. TIPPED BY WARNER, PICKED BY HUFANGA. DOWN THE SIDELINE AND INSIDE THE 10. THERE’S A FLAG DOWN WHERE THAT LATERAL HAPPENED. THAT WAS BORDERLINE. I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S A FLAG OR 49ers HAVE MADE ALL THE WORST FEARS WHEN YOU FACE THE 49ers COME TRUE TODAY FOR THE STEELERS. PURDY RUNNING AND GOING DOWN. 49ers AND ALL THEIR FANS HOLDING THEIR BREATH THERE AS HE SNUCK THROUGH BUT HE DID SO CLEANLY THEY NOW IN THIS SEASON. >> Joe: MOODY. PURDY, CHECK. McCAFFREY, CHECK. PERFORMANCE LIKE THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN

AGAIN NEXT SEASON. >> Joe: FOURTH DOWN AND 5. THIS TIME IT’S JAVON HARGRAVE, A CAREER HIGH WITH THE EAGLES. HIS FIRST ONE AS A NINER. CREW. AS WEEK ONE WINDS TO A CLOSE. KYLE SHANAHAN WHO HAS HAD HIS ISSUES IN OPENERS, 2-4 IN OPENERS OVER THE FIRST SIX YEARS, RESOUNDING WIN TODAY LEAVING NO DOUBT ABOUT THEM AGAIN BEING A SUPER BOWL