SF 49ers receive high grades from impressive Week 6 win vs. LA Rams

SF 49ers Offensive Grades

Time of possession wasn’t the only thing the SF 49ers dominated on Sunday night.

In total, the Niners managed 390 yards of offense while the Rams had 311, and most of those came late in the fourth quarter when Los Angeles was desperately trying to engineer a miraculous comeback.

First downs? Well, San Francisco had 24 to L.A.’s 17.

Still, Jimmy Garoppolo has to get a ton of credit for what worked on offense.

Garoppolo’s night was more than effective, seeing him go 23-of-33 for 268 yards with three touchdowns against zero interceptions and a 124.3 passer rating.

Part of the success was predicated on Garoppolo getting the ball out quickly, which he did.

Yet perhaps the best toss was Garoppolo’s 44-yard touchdown to tight end George Kittle on fourth down:

Garoppolo and the offense went flat a bit in the second half, and he wasn’t assisted by some key third-down drops.

Still, the talk of Jimmy G being a SF 49ers liability goes out the window for now.

So much of what the SF 49ers want to do on offense is built around the run game, and running back Raheem Mostert sure made his presence known over the first half. He finished the game with 65 yards on 17 carries, finding some key holes early to help set up play-action offense for Garoppolo.

The downer, however, was Mostert suffering an ankle injury mid-game and being forced to exit.

At least that opened things up for the undrafted rookie, JaMycal Hasty, who rushed for 37 yards on nine attempts and picked up some key rushes for first downs late in the game.

In total, San Francisco had 122 yards rushing.

Kittle is good at football. But you knew that already.

The first-team All-Pro finished with seven catches for a team-high 109 yards and the above-shown touchdown. Meanwhile, Garoppolo hit rookie wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk for his first touchdown reception at the NFL level.

That was one of only two receptions Aiyuk had, though, while fellow wideout Deebo Samuel managed six receptions for 66 yards.

The only aspect keeping the SF 49ers’ pass-catchers from getting an A-grade, however, was the drops, and even Kittle was guilty of one of those on third down. Fellow wide receiver Kendrick Bourne, who had two crucial grabs, also had a couple of drops.

Fortunately, none of them had a drastic impact on the game’s outcome.

If Garoppolo was receiving far too much criticism heading into Week 6, the offensive line was essentially just as guilty. And it sure looked as if Sunday night against Aaron Donald and the Rams would be disastrous.

Except no one told the Niners blockers.

Donald had one tackle and a quarterback hit. That was it.

Overall, the Rams recorded zero sacks on the night. Entering Week 6, they were tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers in this department with 20. Tack on that feat, along with San Francisco’s rushing attack getting going, and it’s crucial to note just how well the O-line performed against one of the more formidable defensive lines in the league.