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Maiocco’s Observations: 49ers’ playoff hopes fade with loss to Bills originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A lot of things had to go right for the 49ers to hang around and give themselves a chance to pull off the upset against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.
Well, a lot of things did not go right for the 49ers in their 35-10 loss to the Bills.
In fact, a lot of things went wrong, most notably running back Christian McCaffrey sustaining a worrisome knee injury.
Meanwhile, the Bills thrived in the wintry conditions, and their maniacal fans showered their star quarterback Josh Allen with chants of “MVP! MVP! MVP”
Allen did not have to do a whole lot in order to lead the Bills to the victory over the overmatched 49ers, but he did manage to provide a unique highlight when he was credited with a touchdown pass and a touchdown reception on the same play.
In the third quarter, Allen threw a short pass to the left side for wide receiver Amari Cooper, whom 49ers cornerback Renardo Green immediately wrapped up.
As he was being driven backward, Cooper lateraled the ball back to Allen. The quarterback caught the toss, broke through Malik Mustapha’s attempted arm tackle and sprinted toward the left front pylon. Allen reached the ball across the goal line before linebacker Dee Winters could force him out of bounds.
The official stats listed it as a 7-yard touchdown pass from Josh Allen to Josh Allen.
That was one of the many highlights for the home team, while the 49ers (5-7) dropped another game behind the NFC West-leading Seattle Seahawks (7-5).
Here are the takeaways from the 49ers’ Week 13 game at Buffalo:
Disastrous Second Quarter
It was easy to think of the worst-case scenario when McCaffrey took a pitch to the right side in the second quarter and went into a slide for a 5-yard loss. McCaffrey missed the first eight games of the season with Achilles tendinitis in both legs.
McCaffrey immediately limped his way all the way across the…
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Publish date : 2024-12-02 07:51:00
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