![]() "I heard the guy ran into Peterson," Zimmer said. Peterson was called for holding Kittle, negating what ended up becoming Jennings' Plan B completion back to the left for minus-3 yards to Jeff Wilson. Only Kittle couldn't cross because he got tangled up with cornerback Patrick Peterson, who was in press coverage. Jennings, it appeared, was going to target open tight end George Kittle crossing from the left side of the line to his right. San Francisco quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo threw a backward pass to his right to receiver Jauan Jennings. Later, Zimmer was asked about what happened on what should have been Shanahan's ill-fated trick play while trailing 14-7 but averaging 5.8 yards per rush on 17 first-half carries. ![]() They don't want to call it every play, but until they start calling it every play, they're not going to stop doing it." "They grab us around the waist, grabbing our backs. "These guys hold all the time," Zimmer said. Zimmer had already complained with some merit about the 49ers' affection for holding. It was a bad call that turned out good for the 49ers, bad for the Vikings' momentum and probably costly for coach Mike Zimmer's bank account once the league office critiques his critiques of Sunday's officials. – Kyle Shanahan's San Francisco 49ers were in the process of rushing for 208 yards, three touchdowns and a 5.3-yard average against a Vikings defense missing all four starting linemen.Īnd yet one of the league's offensive wunderkinds felt the need to call a trick play on third-and-8 from the Vikings 44-yard line with 3 minutes, 47 seconds left in the first half of Sunday's 34-26 49ers victory at Levi's Stadium. ![]()
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