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There's Whitner again, stripping the ball from Sproles but he was already down. Nevertheless Whitner is playing great and maybe they should put him on Sproles

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Knee and shoulder down before it came out - Saints ball!

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They ruled fumble couldn't be advanced; that the 9ers S Whitner was down

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Looks to me like this will be overruled and it will be Saints ball.

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Officials aren't doing #Saints any favors. Could've called 15 yards on late shove on last play. Now they're making #Saints waste a challenge

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Regardless of how this replay turns out, the 49ers have, to quote Bobby Hebert, "punched the Saints in the mouth" so far in this one

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saints ball at 39

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I didn't see this one coming.

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Defintely down by contac

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First quarter impressions: This is a huge surprise to me, the 49ers are playing faster than the Saints right now and I don't know if New Orleans can recover from that. The 49ers are definitely dominating with the safety play. When Jon Gruden was asked a few weeks ago what's made the difference for the 49ers this year, he mentioned Whitner and Aldon Smith. Pretty interesting

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saints have ball at 28 with 11:40 left in half

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lots ofime left before the half, we wll
score twic

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brees with a long run for him, 5 yds, #saints 2nd & 5 at 23, down 17-0 with 11:11 1H

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MikePereira: Re- the "late hit." by 49er....the Saints player did grab his facemask as well, who then pushed him. Either call both

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Gotta get 7 here. No FG OR TO

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Cohort Eric Branch was watching Ray McDonald chasing Drew Brees and it wasn't good. McDonald, who has a hamstring injury, can't run.

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Graham goes high for the TD. Saints close lead to 17-6, pending the extra point

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jimmy graham td from brees, 14 yds. #49ers lead #saints 17-7 with 9:32 left in half, pending xp

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Saints show up to play with 10 minutes to go in the half. #49ers

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Saints scoring drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:40 ToP; Key play - winning challenge on INT (#49ers 17, Saints 7 | 9:32 2Q)

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Just to follow up, #49ers Ray McDonald is gimpy. It will be interesting to see if he can finish the game with that hamstring hurting

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Saints: 21 called pass plays, 6 called runs. ... And those 6 runs have accounted for just 14 yards

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i hope the NFL gets this helmet thing sorted out after the season they need alot more cusion in the helmet

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key series for #saints defense. #49ers have it at 20 with 9:32 left in half, leading 17-7

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Beautiful day at Candlestick, no wind, no fog -- except for one Saints offense is in

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Touchback. Not sure about Jimmy Graham here. If he and Thomas are gone (and Thomas is) that's awful news for New Orleans

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Sick throw and catch by Brees and Graham, and Graham looked legit pissed off in spiking that ball and staring down some dude in Section 101

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defense forces #49ers to punt from own 27 with 7:39 left in half. #niners up 17-7. jon goodwin shaken up

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That's Jon Goodwin, former Saint, shaken up on the play. Looked like his knee buckled on him

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1st at own 34, down 17-7 with 7:13 left in half