The San Francisco 49ers almost shot themselves in the foot on Sunday. Their opponents, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, came back and tied the game multiple times. The final time they did knotted it up, Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield somehow miraculously escaped from Niners defensive end Nick Bosa. After the game, Bosa discussed the play from his point of view to reporters, including San Francisco beat writer David Lombardi.
“Nick Bosa said he was trying to avoid a horse caller penalty on the insane Baker Mayfield stiff-arm throw,” reported Lombardi on X, formerly Twitter. “Just found himself between a rock and a hard place.”
Mayfield stiff-armed Bosa and somehow completed a pass to running back Rachaad White to give the Bucs a first down that would sustain their game-tying drive. It was a difficult position for Bosa, who had both hands on the Bucs’ quarterback’s left arm but still failed to bring him down. Although the Niners would win on the next drive thanks to the play of quarterback Brock Purdy and the leg of kicker Jake Moody, the 23-20 final score was as close as it indicates. Can the Niners avoid the same mistakes they made in Tampa when the Seattle Seahawks come and visit? If so, a win will be much easier to come by than it was today.
49ers moving forward to next week’s matchup versus Seahawks
