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Grading the 49ers’ home opener: Rushing offense leads the way in victory over Lions

The 49ers held on to a 30-27 victory in their home opener Sunday against the Lions, which came to the final moments when Matthew Stafford failed to complete a fourth-down pass to Theo Riddick. Jimmy Garoppolo threw two touchdown passes, Matt Breida had a highlight scoring run and Robbie Gould hit three field goals to give San Francisco their first victory of the season, improving to 1-1. Here’s our report card:

Passing offense: B-

Jimmy Garoppolo completed 10 of 14 in the first half, but he also took four sacks, including three in the red zone. All four were cases in which Garoppolo held on to the ball too long, perhaps being gun-shy following his three-interception game Week 1.