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The shootout win over the Saints was a slugfest between two of the NFL’s best play-callers Weston Richburg Jersey , pulling out all the stops in an attempt to claw their way to the number one seed in the NFC.The wildest came at a crucial moment, as the Niners were down 13 and struggling to stay in the game, with 7 minutes left in the first half.Garoppolo was under center, with Raheem Mostert at halfback, fully seven yards behind the line of scrimmage. Emmanuel Sanders motioned into the left slot, and Deebo Samuel and Kendrick Bourne were tight to the right of the line.It actually looked like trips tight right, except the third was tackle Mike McGlinchey Cassius Marsh Color Rush Jersey , a step away from the rest of the offensive line and a step back, while Kittle aligned tight on the left side. Every Niner was inside the numbers, and Sanders was the only one outside of the left hash mark.Garoppolo rolled right, following the offensive line, then handed off to Deebo Samuel running the reverse. When Samuel got between the hash marks, he pitched to Sanders, who was coming in orbit motion https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Brock-Coyle-Jersey , and the play looked like a well-crafted double reverse, with five blockers ahead of Sanders on the right side of the backfield.That must be what the Saints’ star defensive end Cameron Jordan thought because he kept his eyes on Sanders as Mostert ran right by him on a wheel route. By the time the ball was in the air, Mostert was ten yards past him down the sideline.New Orlean’s D wasn’t beaten yet, though. Linebacker Stephone Anthony was all over it, rushing through the vacated A-gap and narrowly missing Deebo, then quickly adjusting to Sanders after the pitch.Anthony almost blew up the play, forcing E-San to run backward five yards and hoist up an off-balance https://www.49ersfanshop.com , back-foot heave down to Mostert. The LB got a hurry and a QB hit, but the pass was perfect. (Well, a little high, but close enough.)Mostert scored easily and uncorked his surfing celebration, paddling the end zone stripe, like it was an Orion Shred Dog grovel board.The sharp eyes of former 49er Ian Williams, now a football analyst for NBC Sports San Francisco 49ers Customized Jerseys , noticed an even smarter thing about this play call.Looking at the tape, you can see the same tight formation, with true trips on the left as Kittle filled the spot that McGlinchey did on the TD.This time, the initial motion was to the left.It looks like Deebo was set for a big gain on the play, too, if the motion penalty hadn’t killed it. Look how much empty turf sat between him and the sideline; there’s no way those two flat-footed defenders at the hash mark were going to outrace a full-speed Samuel to the edge.This was Emmanuel Sanders’ second career TD pass, both on pitch plays running to his right. The first was last year San Francisco 49ers T-Shirts , when Denver walloped Arizona 45-10 in mid-October, and he tossed it 28 yards to Courtland Sutton.The next time he takes a pitch on orbit motion right, the defense will probably hang back, expecting the bomb — and Sanders will pick up 15 or 20 yards running down the sideline. SEATTLE (AP) — For most of the past 10 years, Richard Sherman and Doug Baldwin were inseparable. College teammates at Stanford. Pros together in Seattle.The first time facing each other as opponents in the pros was going to be noteworthy, no matter how much Sherman tried to downplay the significance before and after."It was just a regular game. It's just unfortunate we couldn't have played as well as we could have. Had too many turnovers, gave up too many plays. That's football and that's the way things have gone this season https://www.49ersfanshop.com/hats ," Sherman said. The subplot to Sunday's 43-16 win by the Seattle Seahawks over the San Francisco 49ers was the return of Sherman to the city where he went from an overlooked fifth-round draft pick into becoming one of the elite cornerbacks in the NFL and a Super Bowl champion. He was a beloved star in Seattle, whose career with the Seahawks abruptly ended last March when he was released coming off an Achilles injury that ended his 2017 season early. He left Seattle, found a new home in San Francisco and knew doing so would mean twice a year seeing his former team.The first reunion was going to be the most awkward, but for the most part it went smoothly. Sherman tried to disassociate himself from the hype surrounding the game, while his former teammates — especially Baldwin — spoke emotionally about missing their friend and now opponent.Bobby Wagner seemed to be the only one that wanted to have a little fun with the situation, saying he was looking for Sherman on the sideline during his 98-yard interception return in the fourth quarter which led to a little trash talking postgame."He was just telling me that I was slow. I was telling him if I'm slow then what does that say about his team? We were just talking trash," Wagner said. "That's my brother San Francisco 49ers Hoodie , it was an amazing time for us to play with each other and to see him on the opposite side in the other jersey — that he looks ugly in — was cool."Sherman went through his normal pregame routine that included finding Baldwin and briefly throwing a ball back and forth as they did in Seattle. He spent several minutes talking with Baldwin while also giving a quick handshake and hug to Russell Wilson and speaking with several other Seahawks players and staff.When the game started, it was mostly a quiet day for the cornerback. Seattle didn't throw much and the first time Wilson threw his way was the third quarter when Baldwin slipped free from Sherman's tackle attempt for a 21-yard gain. He also saw Jaron Brown break free from coverage for an 18-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter when the game was already out of hand.Afterward, he made certain to exchange jerseys with Baldwin on the field."I'm not that emotional of a person when it comes to stuff like that," Sherman said. "We're obviously good friends and obviously we don't see each other during the season. We're going to see each other during the offseason. So it was good seeing him, good seeing his face and get to have a conversation."Sherman said he wasn't paying attention when Seattle's wide receivers recreated his famous tip play from the 2013 NFC championship game when he deflected an end zone pass by Colin Kaepernick late in the fourth quarter into the arms of Malcolm Smith. The recreation was part of Seattle's ongoing touchdown celebrations by its wide receivers and was the one Baldwin specifically wanted to do. It just happened to come in the same end zone as the original play — just this time with Baldwin in the role of Sherman in the reenactment."He didn't even know. I wanted it to be a surprise," Baldwin said. "He knows it's a tribute and he knows how the guys on this side of the ball feel. He knows how much we love him and how much we miss him."