San Francisco missed a kick and gave up a fake punt
The San Francisco 49ers came out of the gates aggressively against the Arizona Cardinals. Ricky Pearsall caught a 30-yard pass on the second play from scrimmage. Unfortunately, the Niners would lose rookie running back Isaac Guerendo to what appeared to be a severe knee injury.
After a Josh Dobbs pass was incomplete to George Kittle on 3rd & 5, Jake Moody improved his field goal percentage of 40+ yards to 3-for-10 on the road after making a 51-yarder. That gave San Francisco an early 3-0 lead.
Fred Warner and the defense brought the energy. They forced a quick punt after giving up a 22-yard reception.
Dobbs and the offense marched down the field, thanks to a 21-yard reception to Kittle and a pair of 12-yarders to Jauan Jennings. But a sack on first down from the 25 meant the drive would stall. This time, Moody was wide left from 47. So, the hiccups continued.
That wouldn’t be the final special teams mistake of the quarter. The defense got a stop, but a 22-yard fake punt put Arizona in field goal range. Chad Ryland was good from 51 yards to tie the score at three apiece.