"It was a wild ride with Mac Jones debuting in place of an injured Brock Purdy, but Jones threw three touchdown passes, the final one being a 42-yard strike to Jauan Jennings on third down for the eventual winning points. A week after opening with a 17-13 win at Seattle, the 49ers defense had its ups and downs, but it never relinquished the lead, and like Week 1, a strip-sack fumble secured the victory."
"It all went down at the historic Superdome, which turned into the Red Room with red-clad 49ers fans accounting for more than half of the 70,078 crowd. It wasn't over until a last-minute stop by the 49ers. On fourth-and-1 from their own 42, Bryce Huff created a strip-sack fumble of Spencer Rattler, a week after Nick Bosa had similar strip-sack heroics in Seattle."
The San Francisco 49ers improved to 2-0, outlasting the New Orleans Saints 26-21 despite being undermanned. Mac Jones started for injured Brock Purdy and completed 26-of-39 passes for 279 yards, three touchdowns and one fumble. The decisive score was a 42-yard third-down touchdown to Jauan Jennings. The 49ers defense had lapses but never surrendered the lead, forcing key turnovers including a strip-sack fumble by Bryce Huff and a forced fumble upheld on appeal by Fred Warner. The game featured a largely 49ers crowd at the Superdome and ended when Jones kneeled in victory formation.
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