Trey Lance's flawless second half keeps 49ers in control of playoff destiny

49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco

NBC Sports Bay Area

Nfl, Football, Matt Maiocco, San Francisco 49ers, Sports

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On the 49ers Talk podcast, Matt Maiocco and Laura Britt break down Trey Lance's performance in San Francisco's crucial win over the Texans. The 21-year-old rookie overcame early mistakes to throw a pair of 2nd half TDs in the 49ers' 23-7 win setting up a pivotal regular-season finale against the Rams.

1:17 - 3:00 The season is coming down to the wire and the 49ers have a chance at the playoffs, but scenarios across the league change the stakes

3:01 - 4:49 Trey Lance’s performance, the interception, a hard first half, an exciting second half, and a breakdown of his key plays

4:50 - 8:43 What’s going to happen vs. L.A. Rams? How Jimmy G’s injury could impact the game, bring Trey Lance to the starting spot, Shanahan says he’ll go with Jimmy if he’s completely healthy

8:45 - 10:17 Patience is key with the Jimmy G and Trey Lance situation, especially on Twitter and with stat lines

10:19 - 14:40 Stat breakdown - Trey Lance, 49ers wanted to keep gameplay basic vs. Texans

14:49 - 19:45 Trey Lance’s issues on the field vs. strengths in practice, Shanahan wants to win games but next season may be Lance’s rookie season as far as game-time experience, development

20:11 - 24:20 Elijah Mitchell, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Brandon Aiyuk step up to help Lance to this win, Mitchell is now the all-time 49ers rookie rushing leader

24:22 - 26:22 The offense wasn’t the only factor in this win, defense did its share of heavy lifting holding Texans to 7 points

26:47 - 27:23 Trey Lance’s targeting compared to Jimmy G, Deebo Samuel’s 45-yard touchdown pass was great play design, execution

29:01 - 30:11 Ambry Thomas’ development showed

32:45 - 34:47 Trey Lance was decisive in 2nd half, escaped pocket, kept eyes downfield, solidified the “decision-maker” development

34:48 - 40:45 Maiocco’s report card

40:46 - 41:19 Looking forward to the L.A. Rams matchup

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0:00.0	Welcome to a new episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.
0:11.7	Introducing your hosts. on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
0:12.9	Introducing your hosts, 49ers Insider Matt Mayoko,
0:17.0	and 49ers host Laura Britt.
0:20.8	This is 49ers talk brought to you by Big O tires and Laura it's going down to the wire
0:25.8	I mean would you expect anything less it is going down to week 18 I you know, the Saints end up beating the Panthers.
0:35.6	That's why the 49ers are in this situation
0:37.6	when you're looking at the playoffs.
0:38.8	Hi everyone, by the way.
0:40.2	Yeah.
0:41.0	Matt and Laura here after a 49ers victory over the Texans 23 7 was the final.
0:45.4	We're going to dive into that but we know what you care about and that's the playoffs.
0:48.8	The 49ers on Sunday and week 17 didn't clinch a playoff spot despite their victory over the Texans because the Saints beat the Panthers.
0:56.6	So now here we are. We're going to dive into all that.
0:59.7	You want to, should we wait a little later?
1:01.2	Well, I mean, I think it's simple.
1:03.3	A combination of one, 49ers victory or Saints loss
1:10.1	means the 49ers make the playoffs.
1:11.9	So if the 49ers make the playoffs. So if the 49ers go to LA and beat the Rams, the 49ers are in. That's easy.
1:18.6	That's the simplest way. The problem is that now this game means the world to the Rams too.
1:24.4	So there was a scenario where they could have clinched and they are probably expecting to
1:28.7	clinch the NFC West, but the Cardinals go to Dallas and beat one of the hottest teams in the league when I thought
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