The 49ers replaced kicker Jake Moody because he could no longer be trusted.On Sunday, they had no such issues with Eddy Pineiro.San Francisco's latest kicker drove a walk-off, 35-yard field goal through the uprights to give the 49ers a 16-15 victory over the Cardinals â?? pushing the team to 3-0 on the young season.Arizona had taken a 15-13 lead with just 3:15 left in the contest when the 49ers were flagged for offensive holding in the end zone. But quarterback Kyler Murray and company could not keep possession for the rest of the game, as a pass to Zay Jones on third-and-9 from midfield was broken up and incomplete.To make matters worse for the Cardinals, the punt went into the end zone for a touchback, giving San Francisco the ball at its own 20-yard line with one timeout and 1:46 on the clock.Starting in place of the injured Brock Purdy for the second week in a row, quarterback Mac Jones delivered. Consecutive passes to Kendrick Bourne put the team in Arizona territory. But the big play was a 20-yard screen from Jones to Christian McCaffrey, which put the 49ers on the Arizona 16.The 49ers didn't even have to use their timeout to make it that far, with Jones spiking the...
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