Golden Nuggets: Finally a Win

Winless no longer! The 49ers beat the New York Giants 31-21 on Sunday and gave Kyle Shanahan and GM John Lynch their 1st wins. The team had fought all season long and had a few opportunities to secure wins earlier in the season, but were unable to do it. With a franchise-worst 9 loss start to the season, they were finally able to celebrate a victory behind C.J. Beathard’s good performance.

C.J. may have pushed back Jimmy Garappolo’s debut with his performance on Sunday. C.J. threw for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, while only throwing 6 incompletions. C.J. threw a 83 yard TD to WR Marquise Goodwin, a 47 yard TD to tight end Garrett Celek, and ran one in. The touchdown to Marquise came on a tough day for him. He announced on social media after the game a complication during pregnancy resulted in him and his wife losing their child earlier in the day. Marquise told Kyle that he wanted to play and Kyle let him play.

The defense was led by the young players. Rookie cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon allowed only 24 yards passing, rookie linebacker Reuben Foster recorded 10 tackles and rookie Adrian Colbert, in place of injured safeties Tartt and Ward, made plays all over the field to go with his 4 tackles. Unfortunately, Colbert fractured his thumb and could result in him missing some time at a position where the 49ers are thin. The young players will have enough playing time coming up to give 49ers’ coaches and fans hope for the future.

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Good vibes from the win | 1st win out of the way (Alper)

C.J. made the decision harder | No plans for Jimmy G (Smith)

A good game on tough day | Goodwin’s game (McGee)

Report card (Inman)

Congrats Kyle | “Monkey off my back” (Patra)

No decision on Jimmy’s debut (Maiocco)

Have to see what the rookies can do | Big workload taken by rookies (Maiocco)

Heartbreaking loss (Maiocco)

Good game in a good season | Good game by Hyde (Chichester)

Helping the defensive line since he came back | The return of Blair helps defense (Williams)

1st win takeaways (Dickinson)

Joe is very happy | Joe Staley on the win (Lynch)

Snap numbers (Fann)

Played well, should get another start | C.J.’s performance (Lynch)

Winners and losers (Biderman)

Savoring this win (Fann)

Big plays | 5 plays (Barrows)

Giants on the 49ers performance (Martin)

1st win (Branch)

When will C.J. relinquish the starting job | C.J. and Jimmy (Biderman)

C.J. on the winning feeling (Martin)

Top performers (Asher)

Roster moves (49ers Staff)

Tony McDaniel released (Williams)

More reinforcements for the defense | Tank Carradine’s return (Biderman)

Game numbers (Martin)

But of course | Another safety has an injury (Biderman)

Kyle’s thoughts (Lynch)

QB competition (Barrows)

Great performance from Goodwin on a tough day (Inman)

Wish him and his wife well in this hard time | A mixed emotion day for Goodwin (Branch)

Week 10 recap (Dunbar)

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