The 49ers dominated the third quarter Sunday night time towards the Cowboys and gained 30-24.
They outscored the Cowboys 21-0 within the third, then Dallas confirmed indicators of life within the fourth quarter earlier than the 49ers lastly closed the door with a turnover on downs within the recreation’s closing minutes.
They’re now tied with the Seahawks and Cardinals atop the NFC West at 4-4 as they enter their bye week.
Right here’s what they mentioned after the win:
Kyle Shanahan
On his halftime message:
Cease having penalties. There was no message, it was simply we gotta cease hurting ourselves. We had seven and a half yards per play within the first half and had a bunch of penalties that basically damage us.
On the win:
You’re not precisely the place you need to be, however going into this recreation, we knew this was an enormous one. We didn’t need to be 3-5 going into the bye week having your backs towards the wall like that.
On Kittle:
Kittle’s the person, particularly on his vacation, he often does higher. However there’s a pair issues within the first half and identical to Brock he missed a pair he would like to have again. He got here again within the second half and simply performed pretty much as good as you may.
On the rookies:
Once we went into this yr, we thought it’d be actual arduous for lots of the rookies to earn beginning positions, simply the place our workforce was at, however we believed that they have been going to provide some actually good depth, and also you hope to have some great things and never should get to that. However we haven’t in all areas and luckily loads of these guys are gamers. They confirmed it in preseason and when their quantity’s been known as, they’ve all are available in and accomplished their job and so they proceed to get higher.
On Guerendo’s slide:
Yeah, we instructed him on this one. However he listened at the least. It’s arduous to show that down while you’re working in and I’m glad he did it for the second time.
On Samuel’s return from pneumonia:
Once you hear that stuff at first of the week, pneumonia and issues like that, in my thoughts it’s form of dominated out. However you understand, once they began working him out on Tuesday and mentioned he had an opportunity and that he acquired by means of observe to a level on Thursday and by the point Saturday got here, he mentioned he was feeling nice. We nonetheless rotated him lots and stuff, however we need to get the ball in his palms.
Fred Warner
On the top of the sport:
We made it a recreation when it didn’t have to be, particularly defensively, freebies, or they didn’t should earn it, you understand — (CeeDee Lamb) broad open, their greatest participant. Can’t let that occur. We put ourselves in that state of affairs so we needed to get ourselves out.
On the bye:
The bye will certainly assist me tremendously. You recognize, each week banging it up and discovering a strategy to get well ok to play the subsequent week, and that’s simply how the NFL is.
On the rookies:
That’s a heck of a rookie class proper there … I don’t assume you may speak about it sufficient. It’s so arduous to play as a rookie within the NFL and all these guys taking part in at such a excessive degree proper now. It’s been superb to see, and so they’ve all are available in with the appropriate mindset, following everyone’s lead. We’re going to wish them in an enormous manner within the second half of the season.
Nick Bosa
On the sport:
We began scorching and I believe we performed effectively as a protection. It’s form of been the story this yr, although, letting them again within the recreation. In order that’s an enormous focus that we have to have as a result of taking part in towards good groups right here, you bought to place them away.
On Warner’s halftime message:
I don’t need to give it away however he had an incredible message for us within the locker room and we felt just like the superior workforce and we simply wanted to form of execute somewhat higher.
On displaying his ‘Make America Nice Once more’ hat whereas teammates interviewed with NBC:
I’m not going to speak an excessive amount of about it, however I believe it’s an necessary time.
Brock Purdy
On Kittle’s huge recreation:
Simply doing his job, creating some separation. Man, you get the ball of their palms 5, six yards and so they make one man miss, it might be an enormous acquire and that’s what he did.
On his mindset out of halftime:
Preserve it easy but additionally play aggressive and simply attempt to do what coach known as and hit guys once they have been open and maintain it easy, transfer the ball, not attempt to damage ourselves. First half, man, that was the principle factor. We had loads of alternatives however we simply stored hurting ourselves.
On the bye:
It’s an incredible week for all of us to only relaxation up and heal up and simply be arduous on ourselves on the movie and the place we are able to get higher as a result of the second half of the season is all the things.
On his scrambling:
There’s groups which have a spy on me and stuff. I really feel like Kansas Metropolis did that, truthfully, and the Cowboys did it as effectively, so there’s ways in which they’ll scheme that up however then I believe it takes away one other go rusher, so I’ve somewhat bit extra time.
George Kittle
On Guerendo:
I believe he acquired extra snug the extra reps he acquired, every rep and he’s simply gonna maintain getting higher with all of the reps that he will get.
On turning across the season:
Small, constant steps in the appropriate route result in nice outcomes, and this is only one step.
On Nationwide Tight Ends Day:
We had 4 lively tight ends for the primary time this yr, so I used to be actually enthusiastic about that, getting Brayden Willis up, you understand it’s a vacation, so that you’re attempting to rejoice all tight ends.
On his five hundredth catch with the 49ers, becoming a member of Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens, Roger Craig and Dwight Clark:
An honor. You recognize, grateful that I acquired to be part of a corporation with a really excessive commonplace of how they play soccer. Grateful that they’ve stored me round for a very long time and simply each single day striving to be higher than I used to be the day earlier than and frequently show that I have to be on the San Francisco 49ers roster. To be on an inventory with any of these names. Any listing that you just’re on with Jerry Rice is an effective factor.
