Rocklin Native Brandon Aiyuk Scores Walk Off TD For 49ers Against Bengals

CINCINNATI (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers took what the Bengals gave them and stayed successful the playoff race.

Mistake-prone Cincinnati, however, made its way to the postseason much difficult.

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Jimmy Garoppolo threw a 12-yard touchdown walk to Brandon Aiyuk and the 49ers bushed Cincinnati 26-23 successful overtime Sunday. Garoppolo completed 5 passes successful the overtime drive, including a brace to choky extremity George Kittle, who was again San Francisco’s violative star.

“They made immoderate astonishing plays, George Kittle with immoderate large catches,” Bengals antiaircraft extremity Sam Hubbard said. “We felt similar we were going to triumph that game.”

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On the last play, Aiyuk dived to the pylon and was initially ruled short, but a replay gave him the touchdown and San Francisco (7-6) a captious win.

“I looked astatine the ref and helium seemed beauteous definite I was not in,” Aiyuk said. “A batch of challenges hadn’t been going my mode the past mates of weeks, truthful I was a small spot nervous. When I saw the replay, I knew I was in.”

Evan McPherson deed a 41-yard tract extremity connected the opening possession of overtime to springiness the Bengals (7-6) a little lead, their archetypal of the day.

San Francisco’s Robbie Gould missed a 47-yard tract extremity with 4 seconds near successful regularisation that would person won it.

That came aft Cincinnati backmost Joe Burrow recovered Ja’Marr Chase for 2 fourth-quarter touchdowns — the archetypal connected fourth-and-5 from the Niners’ 17 — to claw backmost from a 20-6 shortage and necktie the crippled with 1:19 left.

Deebo Samuel rushed for different people for San Francisco.

The Bengals had occupation getting retired of their ain mode successful the archetypal fractional and mislaid their 2nd straight, squandering a accidental to instrumentality vantage of losses by AFC North foes Baltimore and Pittsburgh this week.

Two fumbled punts by Cincinnati returner Darius Phillips led to 10 first-half points for the 49ers. A taunting telephone against Bengals information Vonn Bell extended the 2nd of those Niners drives, which ended successful a 14-yard TD walk from Garoppolo to Kittle that gave San Francisco a 17-6 halftime lead.

“Can’t bushed yourself,” Hubbard said. “Can’t marque the mistakes we person been making the past fewer weeks and triumph games.”

Garoppolo was 27 for 41 for 296 yards and 2 touchdowns. Burrow was 25 for 34 for 348 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was sacked 5 times aft going down a season-high six times successful the 41-22 nonaccomplishment to the Chargers connected Dec. 5.

Cincinnati’s Tee Higgins had 5 catches for 114 yards. Chase had 5 for 77 yards and the 2 precocious TDs.

The 49ers presently are the sixth effect successful the NFC race, and the Bengals dropped to the ninth effect down the Browns, who bushed the Ravens connected Sunday.

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“If we conscionable support winning, we don’t person to look astatine anybody else,” San Francisco manager Kyle Shanahan said.

KITTLE KEEPS GOING

Kittle had 13 catches for 151 yards and a TD. That came aft a large idiosyncratic show a week ago, erstwhile helium caught 9 passes for 181 yards and 2 touchdowns successful a 30-23 nonaccomplishment to Seattle. That was the archetypal multi-touchdown crippled of his career. He has six TDs successful his past six games.

“We tried everything,” Bengals manager Zac Taylor said. “He’s 1 of the champion choky ends, we knew that. I committedness you, we tried similar hellhole to halt him.”

Said Garoppolo: “George showed up today.”

UP AND DOWN

San Francisco managed to drawstring unneurotic 3 consecutive wins past period earlier losing to Seattle connected Dec. 5, and past turned astir to bushed the Bengals. Cincinnati hasn’t been capable to triumph much than 2 successful a enactment this play and has mislaid the past two.

NOTABLE

San Francisco antiaircraft extremity Nick Bosa had 2 sacks of his LSU buddy Burrow, giving him a career-high 14 for the play for 114 yards. … Bengals moving backmost Joe Mixon went implicit 1,000 rushing yards for the season, and Chase eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards. … Burrow said helium had astir 85% velocity with a sore pinky digit connected his throwing manus that helium had dislocated a week ago.

INJURIES

49ers: LB Azeez Al-Shaair near with an elbow wounded successful the 3rd 4th and didn’t return.

Bengals: DE Trey Hendrickson suffered a backmost wounded successful the 2nd 4th and was ruled out. … RT Riley Reiff near with a near ankle wounded successful the 4th fourth and didn’t return.

UP NEXT

49ers: big Atlanta adjacent Sunday.

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Bengals: astatine Denver adjacent Sunday.