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Yahoo Sports · September 29, 2026

49ers game review: How defensive coordinator Raheem Morris got by with crew of just-arrived guys (paywall) "Wide receivers are coached to have "late hands." That is, they don't want to alert defensive backs a ball is being thrown their way by raising their hands too soon. And Evans offered a textbook example on his 23-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter.
After Evans got a step on cornerback Denzel Burke with an inside jab step, he broke to the right corner of the end zone and didn't move his hands until after Purdy's pass plopped in them.
"Mike didn't even seem to move on the play," Shanahan said, "and the ball just stuck in there."
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