The San Francisco 49ers extend the lead on the Dallas Cowboys with the spectacular Deebo Samuel TD

ARLINGTON, Tex. With a nine-point lead in the third quarter, the San Francisco 49ers finally got the game’s first takeaway. They wasted no time getting the Dallas Cowboys to pay for the mistake.

After cornerback K’Waun Williams came up with a wicket for Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott at Dallas’ 26, Niner’s coach Kyle Shanahan did what he has done so many times this season, putting the ball in the hands of receiver Deebo Samuel out of the backfield.

Samuel took a pass from quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, ran behind him and sprinted to his right, looking for a hole. After waiting for a beat, the bodies parted in front of him, Samuel cut in and ran untouched 26 yards after a touchdown. The touchdown brought the 49ers up 23-7 with 5:50 left in the third quarter.

Including the regular season, it was Samuel’s ninth touchdown of the season as he lined up in the backfield. He became the first receiver to lead his team in rapid touchdowns in the modern era with his eight in the regular season. The score was Samuel’s fourth rushing touchdown from more than 20 yards of the season, a draw with running back Raheem Mostert (2019) mostly in a season of a niner.

Samuel got 22 yards above expectation on his 26-yard rushing TD. In the regular season, 46% of his rush yards were above expectation, second highest of any RB or WR with 50 plus rushes. – Nick Wagoner

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ARLINGTON, Texas – Perhaps it’s an exaggeration to say that the Dallas Cowboys’ season was at stake on their first drive of the second quarter, trailing 13-0 to the San Francisco 49ers in a wild-card playoff game. But Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper made sure it ended in a good way for the home team.

Faced with their first third-down game of the drive, Prescott hovered a perfect 20-yard pass to the end zone for Cooper, who blew past cornerback K’Waun Williams to reduce the 49ers’ lead to 13-7 with 5:19 left. first half.

The Cowboys entered the drive with 7 yards on their first eight games of the game, but offensive coordinator Kellen Moore went to the run game on the first five games of the scoring drive. Ezekiel Elliott picked up 10 yards, Tony Pollard picked up 9 and CeeDee Lamb picked up 5. That calmed the Cowboys and put them in scoring position, after which Prescott and Cooper joined for a touchdown for the second time in three playoff games together.

According to the NFL Next Gen Stats, it was Cooper’s second receiving touchdown from the slot machine this season. It was also the 14th touchdown in a row the Cowboys have scored on red zone possessions. –Todd Archer

Amari Cooper wins 1-on-1 matchup for SIX. #DallasCowboys #SuperWildCard

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