Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
And he does that SO often. "Oh, the running game is lighting them up?.....they're going to stop it sooner or later, might as well pass now." "Oh, the passing game is working wonderfully? Gotta run it up the middle and be physical with a capital F"
Had they scored a touchdown instead of a field goal in that spot, Atlanta would have needed to score a TD just to tie it at the end.
49ers did get 2 big runs in the 4thQ, Gore and Hunter. That set up the Gore TD run. It was a solid game offensively after the poor 1st half. They put up 27 points.