49ers live blog: Purdy throws 4 INT, Niners lose 33-19
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6:19, 4Q – Ravens 33, 49ers 19: Sam Darnold, coming in when Brock Purdy limped off, threw a 12-yard TD pass to Ronny Bell.
2:39, 3Q – Ravens 33, 49ers 12: Tucker’s FG — his fourth — from 21 yards. Lamar Jackson has 290 yards in total offense.
11:49, 3Q – Ravens 30, 49ers 12: Purdy’s fourth interception — his arm was hit as he released the ball, shades of the NFC title game — was returned 21 yards to the SF 9. Jackson hit Zay Flowers on the first offensive play.
12:07, 3Q – Ravens 23, 49ers 12: A late hit by punter Mitch Wishnowsky set the Ravens up at the SF 44. It took three plays to hit paydirt. The big play was a short pass that Gus Edwards took 39 yards. The TD came on a 6-yard pass from Jackson to Nelson Agholor.
0:00, 2Q – Ravens 16, 49ers 12: Key play was a 30-yard scramble by Jackson on 3rd-and-16 with 24 seconds left in the half. The Ravens had time for one play — it failed — and Tucker converted the field goal from the 28.
3:23, 2Q – Ravens 13, 49ers 12: The 49ers went 67 yards in six plays, all but two of the yards coming from McCaffrey. His 39-yard run put the 49ers on the 9 and he scored on the next snap, dragging a Baltimore defender into the endzone.
7:07, 2Q – Ravens 13, 49ers 5: Another Purdy interception, the second by deflection, set the Ravens up at the SF 20. They went nowhere, except backward and settled for a 41-yard field goal from Justin Tucker.
9:35, 2Q – Ravens 10, 49ers 5: Taking over at their own 47 after Brock Purdy’s second interception, the Ravens ran nine consecutive pass plays and ended up with a fourth-and-goal from the 1. That’s when they sent 238-pound running back Gus Edwards up the middle for the TD.
0:57, 1Q – 49ers 5, Ravens 3: Justin.Tucker 28 yard field goal. The drive was kept alive by two major penalties — a face mask and a pass interference call.
5:58, 1Q – 49ers 5, Ravens 0: Jake.Moody makes 45 yard field goal. Ten-play drive that started at the 21 died at the Baltimore 27. Niners had been stopped on a fourth-and-1 from the 33, but defensive holding penalty had kept the drive alive.
10:24, 1Q – 49ers 2, Ravens 0: Lamar.Jackson, pursued by Chase Young and inadvertently tripped by a fallen official in the endzone, is called for intentionallly grounding after his desperation backhanded pass fails to reach the line of scrimmage.
Jason Verrett will suit up tonight in a 49ers jersey for the first time since the 2021 season opener and only the 16th time since originally joining them in 2019.
Verrett, two weeks after re-joining the 49ers, was elevated from the practice squad a few hours before kickoff against the Baltimore Ravens at Levi’s Stadium.
Other roster moves saw the 49ers (11-3) promote wide receiver Willie Snead IV to the 53-man roster, waive offensive tackle Matt Pryor, and activate defensive tackle T.Y. McGill off the practice squad for a second straight game.
Two days ago, Verrett earned scout-team player of the week honors for his defensive efforts, but he refrained from wearing the camoflouge practice jersey that signifies that honor. Instead, he’ll don a No. 22 Niners’ jersey, assuming he is not among the players deactivated 90 minutes before the 5:15 p.m. kickoff.
Verrett’s elevation — practice-squad players are allowed to come up three such times — should not come as a total surprise considering how he and his coaches foreshadowed that move last week. Verrett, at his locker Saturday, indicated that his oft-injured body was moving well after two solid weeks of practice. He said he had an interception or two while also knocking down several passes in practice.
Coach Kyle Shanahan said Saturday of Verrett: “He’s been looking good. He’s had two good weeks here and pumped to have him in our building.”
How much will they have Verrett on the field and exactly where? Verrett indicated Saturday he was unsure of his potential workload, that it could be as minimal as five to 10 snaps. He’s been strictly an outside cornerback since breaking into the NFL in 2013 with the then-San Diego Chargers, but his veteran savvy could see him line up at nickel back, if needed. Charvarius Ward and Deommodore Lenoir figure to remain the starting cornerbacks, but when Lenoir bumps inside as a nickel back to combat multi-receiver sets, perhaps Verrett enters as the Nos. 3 or 4 cornerback with Ambry Thomas.
With Verrett up, the 49ers opted to deactivate fellow cornerback Sam Womack III, who’s been mainly used on special teams since returning from a knee injury.
Verrett, 32, has played only 20 games since making the Pro Bowl in his second season with the Chargers, who drafted the Fairfield native in the first round of the 2013 draft. Leg injuries have derailed his career, most recently with an anterior cruciate ligament tear in the 2021 opener at Detroit and a ruptured Achilles last November as he neared a comeback.
As for Snead, he steps into at least a wide receiver corps that won’t have Jauan Jennings, who is out with a concussion. Snead played from 2018-20 with the Ravens. He conceivably could also serve as a return specialist, a role that’s been inauspiciously handled the past two games by rookie Ronnie Bell.
McGill is up a second straight game to help cover for the absence of defensive tackle Arik Armstead. Javon Hargrave was listed Saturday as questionable after a hamstring injury kept him out of the 49ers’ last game, a win in Arizona.
Armstead (foot, knee) was ruled out Saturday, along with Jennings, linebacker Oren Burks (knee) and tight end Ross Dwelley (ankle).
Running back Elijah Mitchell (knee) is inactive for the third straight game.
The Ravens’ deactivated two quarterbacks, former 49ers’ backup Josh Johnson and Malik Cunningham, as well as cornerbacks Jalyn Armour-Davis, Arthur Maulet, and Damarion Williams; center Sam Mustipher and guard Sala Aumavae-Laulu.
elevated linebacker Jeremaiah moon and wide receiver Laquon Treadwell from their practice squad.