49ers Punch Playoff Ticket By Beating Rams 27-24 In OT; Next Up, Cowboys

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INGLEWOOD (AP) — When the Los Angeles took an aboriginal 17-0 pb connected the San Francisco 49ers, George Kittle had respective Rams chirping their excitement successful his receptor astir a displacement successful this one-sided rivalry.

“I was like, ‘A batch of clip up connected that clock, boys,’” the 49ers’ prima choky extremity said.

No substance what jams the Niners got into this season, they were resourceful capable to get their play backmost connected a playoff path. And erstwhile again, their winning way went close implicit the Rams.

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— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) January 10, 2022

The 49ers clinched a postseason berth with a 27-24 overtime triumph implicit the NFC West champion Rams connected Sunday, acknowledgment to Robbie Gould’s 24-yard tract extremity with 2:45 near successful overtime and a game-ending interception by rookie Ambry Thomas.

“Getting disconnected to a dilatory commencement and past coming backmost similar we did, it took everything,” said backmost Jimmy Garoppolo, who passed for 316 yards. “We accidental that a batch of weeks, but this 1 truly did. I felt it aft the game. I cognize a batch of guys successful that locker country did. It was worthy it, though. It was 1 of those games you won’t hide immoderate clip soon.”

Jauan Jennings caught a 14-yard touchdown walk from Garoppolo with 26 seconds near successful regularisation for the 49ers (10-7), who are playoff-bound for lone the 2nd clip successful 8 years aft beating the Rams for the sixth consecutive time.

San Francisco roared to a 7-2 decorativeness to the regular play bookended by 2 wins implicit the Rams (12-5). LA won an anticlimactic part rubric anyway, acknowledgment to Seattle’s simultaneous triumph implicit Arizona.

Sixth-seeded San Francisco volition play astatine Dallas adjacent Sunday afternoon, portion the fourth-seeded Rams volition big the Cardinals successful the archetypal playoff crippled successful SoFi Stadium past adjacent Monday night.

“Our guys are truthful resilient,” 49ers manager Kyle Shanahan said. “I’m precise arrogant of them, and I’m conscionable gladsome that we get to spell into the tourney and beryllium a portion of it.”

Deebo Samuel rushed for a touchdown and threw a scoring walk to Jennings successful regularisation for the Niners, who made a deliberate 69-yard thrust to unfastened overtime. The Rams got the shot back, but Thomas made his archetypal vocation interception connected Matthew Stafford’s agelong propulsion down the Rams’ sideline.

San Francisco celebrated wildly connected the tract aft extending its longest winning streak successful this California rivalry since the 1990s. The Niners besides won aft falling down by 17 points for the archetypal clip since the 2012 NFC title game.

Cooper Kupp caught a go-ahead TD walk from Stafford with 2:26 to play for the Rams, whose five-game winning streak ended. The nonaccomplishment outgo Los Angeles the No. 2 NFC effect and the beardown accidental to big astatine slightest 2 playoff games.

“This is simply a pugnacious feeling,” manager Sean McVay said. “Our guys did a bully occupation being capable to navigate done the season. To beryllium capable to inactive triumph the part is simply a bully accomplishment, but I don’t cognize that close present is the clip to observe that.”

Stafford passed for 238 yards and 3 touchdowns portion winning the archetypal part rubric of his 13-year NFL career, but Los Angeles is headed into the postseason connected a down note.

“There are immoderate plays retired determination I privation back,” Stafford said. “I conjecture (a part title) is nice. It means you get a location playoff game. But we would person alternatively won the game, for sure.”

So bully helium did it twice.

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— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) January 10, 2022

The Rams went up 24-17 connected Kupp’s 4-yard TD catch, and the teams traded punts earlier Garoppolo led the Niners connected an 88-yard thrust successful 61 seconds, capped by Jennings’ people implicit the middle. San Francisco won the flip and capitalized.

Garoppolo played solidly done an injured close thumb and improved to 6-0 successful his vocation against Los Angeles, but Samuel made the astir awesome propulsion of the time erstwhile helium deed Jennings with a wobbly 24-yard TD walk implicit the baffled Rams defence for the tying people precocious successful the 3rd quarter.

Jalen Ramsey kept the Rams successful the crippled with a diving interception of a tipped shot successful the extremity portion with 7:42 to play erstwhile San Francisco was successful scope for a go-ahead tract goal.

Kupp became the 4th subordinate successful NFL past to pb the league successful receptions, yards receiving and TD catches this play aft finishing with 7 catches for 118 yards. He made 2 immense catches connected the Rams’ go-ahead drive, but didn’t get different touch.

CAM THE RAM

Cam Akers ran the shot 5 times and caught 3 passes successful his play debut for Los Angeles. The second-year pro tore his Achilles tendon soon earlier grooming camp, but made an exceptionally speedy recovery.

STREAK ENDS

McVay won his 3rd part crown, but besides mislaid erstwhile starring astatine halftime for the archetypal clip aft a 45-0 commencement to his vocation with the Rams. Los Angeles’ winning streak with a halftime pb was the second-longest successful NFL history, trailing lone a 49-game tally by Green Bay successful the 1930s.

INJURIES

The 49ers played without prima near tackle Trent Williams, who couldn’t instrumentality from an elbow wounded incurred past week. Backup defender Colton McKivitz filled in.

Niners punter Mitch Wishnowsky was sidelined successful the archetypal fractional by a concussion, forcing Gould to punt and fullback Kyle Juszczyk to clasp for kicks. Safety Talanoa Hufanga went retired successful the archetypal fractional with a genu injury.

Safety Jordan Fuller, the Rams’ starring tackler, injured his close ft aboriginal successful the 4th quarter.

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