SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — When the San Francisco 49ers made the decision to bring Jimmy Garoppolo back this season even after trading away three first-round picks to draft Trey Lance as his replacement, it was because of moments such as the one they faced Sunday.
Garoppolo engineered a game-tying 88-yard drive in the final 1:27 of regulation that would have made Joe Montana proud and helped the 49ers get back into the postseason with a 27-24 overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams.
“It took everything,” Garoppolo said after the game. “We say that a lot of weeks, but this one really did.