Colin Kaepernick believes the 49ers could still go 12-4

Not in frustration, but in celebration.

Larry Donnell’s spectacular catch over two 49ers with 21 seconds remaining lifted New York past San Francisco 30-27 on Sunday night, capping Manning’s sensational clutch performance. They were getting pressure on the Giants, forcing Eli Manning into bad situations with seven QB hits-their most this season.

“This win is special”, Manning said. He was placed on injured reserve last week, and tight end Larry Donnell believed that Fells was watching him from afar as he caught the game-winning touchdown in the back of the end zone with 26 seconds left against the 49ers.

“Eli put it up there and I went and got it”, Donnell said.

Hyde’s touchdown with 1:45 to play gave San Francisco a 27-23 lead before Manning drove his team down field. The San Francisco defense allowed 525 net yards and a 9-of-14 conversion rate on third down.

QB Colin Kaepernick recorded a season-best 107.1 passer rating in Sunday’s loss to the New York Giants.

There have been 27 of these fourth-quarter comebacks for Eli Manning in the regular season, and five more in the playoffs, so it’s not really anything new.

When the Giants were bragging in the summer that they were going to have an explosive offense, this was not the trio of wideouts they expected on the field when the game was on the line. “They are resilient, tough-minded, they find themselves as a scrappy bunch”. “I take my hat off to him. That’s a real sign of a team“. Before that was the head-scratching pass on first-and-goal that stopped the clock, when they should have been running the ball to bleed the clock so the Giants wouldn’t have so much time left.

Jarryd Hayne came just 3 yards short of scoring his first National Football League touchdown.

Once Tony Romo broke his collarbone in the second game and the Giants were able to get their first victory the next week, I said the Giants would win the NFC East because Manning is just so much better than Sam Bradford in Philly, Kirk Cousins in Washington and Brandon Weeden in Dallas. He has 20 catches for 208 yards and a touchdown and also has rushed for 101 yards on 25 carries. It’s big for the offense, the young guys playing, the offensive line and the coaches, knowing we can get back to winning those types of games.

Colin Kaepernick shouldered most of the weight with questions surrounding his status – not as an elite quarterback but as someone that deserved the starting role.

“If this happened past year we would not have won”, center Weston Richburg said after the game.

Let’s take a closer look at a few of the important players and stats from this one so we can figure out why things played out the way they did. Josh Brown has already kicked 13 field goals.

Heading into the break, Tramaine Brock made an interception in the back of the end zone that surely kept the game in check. He was 4 of 6 for 85 yards and a touchdown on throws of 10-plus yards, according to Pro Football Focus. To Tye’s credit he caught 4 passes for 48 yards, with one of those receptions setting up a vital touchdown pass to star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Garrett Celek capped it with a 5-yard reception.

Kaepernick would start to pick apart the Giants defense in the second half. He tied his team record with a 17th consecutive successful field goal, but it left room for the 49ers to rally.

It’s all very positive, but this is the same spot the Giants were in last season. Which one played better versus the New York Giants?

Tomsula labeled Bush’s calf as being “stiff” rather than pulled.