SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers pulled out a 30-12 victory over the Pristine York Giants on Thursday evening, and presen the 49ers won’t have regarded unbeatable, they did greater than plethora to care for a banged-up opponent.

The Giants saved putting round till the fourth quarter, when the Niners put it away past due. Right here’s what to learn about each and every staff’s efficiency:

San Francisco 49ers

It wasn’t at all times good-looking, and it wasn’t as simple as the overall rating may point out, however the 49ers took support of commercial.

On a quick life, the Niners, with out injured receiver Brandon Aiyuk (shoulder), worked throughout the win. Past the Giants had been short-handed of their 2nd duel of a West Coast swing, there’s little need for the 49ers to ask for forgiveness for any other victory as San Francisco moved to 3-0 for simply the second one era within the pace 25 years.

But when this win taught the rest, it’s that Aiyuk’s worth to the Niners must no longer be discounted. The Giants entered this duel having blitzed greater than any staff within the league because the get started of 2022. They lived as much as that recognition, relentlessly sending excess rushers at 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy.

The ones blitzes had been efficient within the first part, no longer most effective in pressuring Purdy however in inflicting him to be off beam and forcing Niners schoolmaster Kyle Shanahan to lodge to extra displays and fast passes rather of the intermediate routes he steadily prefers.

This is the place Aiyuk would have made a residue. Relationship to the beginning of endmost season, Aiyuk has 50 catches (fix for eighth within the NFL) for 679 yards (fix for ninth) in opposition to guy protection. No person at the Niners extra persistently and temporarily beats guy protection than Aiyuk.

In the second one part, fellow wideout Deebo Samuel (six catches for 129 yards and a landing) and tight finish George Kittle (seven receptions for 90 yards) helped pick out up the slack, and the Niners protection ruled the Giants.

To make sure, the 49ers did the correct factor holding Aiyuk, whom they’d love to signal to a guarantee extension within the offseason, out Thursday evening so he can worth the excess remainder to get wholesome for the lengthy haul. However his absence must additionally most effective bolster how a lot they worth him for the remainder of this season. And past.

QB breakdown: With defenders continuously in his face, Purdy had a little bit of an bizarre evening, although his ultimate numbers became out moderately just right. Purdy completed 25 of 37 for 310 yards with two touchdowns for a passer score of 111.3. Purdy put the ball in hurt’s approach a handful of occasions and used to be lucky to keep away from giveover within the first part, however he used to be remarkable on 0.33 i’m sick and got here on past due within the duel. It wasn’t his easiest efficiency, however Purdy is now one among most effective 4 quarterbacks to start out a occupation with a minimum of 8 directly common season wins within the Tremendous Bowl Hour (since 1966).

Purdy used to be blitzed on 74% of his dropbacks, the best blitz charge confronted by means of a QB with 30 dropbacks since Colin Kaepernick in 2013 (88% vs Cardinals). The 29 blitzes Purdy confronted had been greater than double his earlier prime (14). Purdy’s 236 passing yards in opposition to the blitz had been probably the most by means of a passer since Aaron Rodgers in 2021.

Troubling development: The Niners entered the evening fix for the fifth-most consequences within the league and did not anything to appease the ones issues in opposition to the Giants. San Francisco completed with six consequences for 71 yards, together with two for 37 yards that arrange Pristine York’s first landing of the sport.

Visual-popping stat: Then scoring on a four-yard run within the first part, Niners working again Christian McCaffrey now has a landing in 12 consecutive video games (together with playoffs), tying him with Jerry Rice for the longest streak in franchise historical past. Lenny Moore has the document for many consecutive video games with a TD — together with playoffs — at 17. — Nick Wagoner

Nearest duel: vs. Cardinals (4:25 p.m. ET, Oct. 1)

Pristine York Giants

This wasn’t a no-contest just like the 40-0 opening loss to Dallas. The shorthanded Giants hung round Thursday evening, holding it inside a rating into the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Giants couldn’t beat the extra proficient 49ers, particularly with a pair bounces and dear consequences going in opposition to them. But it surely wasn’t for a deficit of aim. The Giants would’ve needed to play games a great duel to deliver to win at the highway in top era with out 4 starters (working again Saquon Barkley, left take on Andrew Thomas, left preserve Ben Bredeson and outdoor linebacker Azeez Ojulari). They didn’t, as anticipated.

It now places a top class at the Monday, Oct. 2 house duel in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks, a duel Pristine York used to be possibly eyeing. That used to be at all times the only those Giants had to win to deliver to live to tell the tale this early gauntlet. Splitting their West Coast commute (win at Arizona, loss at San Francisco) is rarely debilitating.

Pivotal play games: The roughing-the-passer penalty on Giants defensive lineman Leonard Williams with 1:51 left in the second one quarter. San Francisco had a third-and-12 presen eminent 10-3 on the Giants’ 20-yard layout with just below two mins residue within the part. Williams beat his guy and accident Purdy because the ball used to be immune. The penalty most likely used to be referred to as as a result of Williams landed on Purdy with all his weight. It used to be a game-changing name as it gave San Francisco a first-and-goal rather of a fourth i’m sick. McCaffrey ran it in for a six-yard landing at the very after play games to put together it 17-3.

Daring prediction for after life: The Giants play games on Monday evening, and that provides Barkley and his prime ankle sprain any other 11 days to get proper. However … he nonetheless received’t be in a position. We’ve unhidden this tale ahead of. Barkley at all times desires to play games and pushes to get again quicker than anticipated. Then again, it’s in his — and the staff’s — easiest hobby for the standout working again to get proper ahead of returning.

Visual-popping stat: The 49ers transformed a third-and-15 and third-and-13 on display passes at the identical power in the second one quarter. It ended with a nine-yard landing go to Ronnie Bell and a 10-3 supremacy. There have been 25 display passes tried on third-and-10+ the primary two weeks of the season. Just one used to be transformed for a primary i’m sick, till Thursday evening. — Jordan Raanan

Nearest duel: vs. Seahawks (8:15 p.m. ET, Oct. 2)