What the 49ers said after beating the Rams in overtime

The ers are - in the NFC West after going on the road and beating the Rams - in overtime on a short week in Los Angeles A fourth-and- stop from their own -yard line sealed the win after the last time in the red zone Alfred Collins prevented a go-ahead touchdown by Kyren Williams when he punched the ball out at the Mac Jones starting in place of Brock Purdy and hobbled by a knee injury himself was -of- for yards and two touchdowns Kendrick Bourne starting in place of the injured Ricky Pearsall and Jauan Jennings had a career-high yards Christian McCaffrey led the ers with carries for yards and was their second-leading receiver with eight catches for yards The ers - now have days to get healthy before they visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Oct Here s what Kyle Shanahan and the players had to say after the win Kyle Shanahan On McCaffrey He s one of the toughest grittiest guys I ve ever been around Christian s been unbelievable He s been running into various really tough looks but he doesn t shy away from anything On Eddy Pi eiro s delayed return to the locker room postgame I believe it took him like minutes to get in there I don t know if he was doing interviews or what We would have been mad at him but he was four-for-four so it was ll good Maybe he was talking I don t know how to not cuss like he did two weeks ago On getting wins despite injuries You don t sit here and make excuses with injuries but we ve had to have a lot of guys step up that we weren t sure we were going to need coming into the year especially guys coming from other teams Trent Williams On the locker room It was a confidence builder for sure The Rams not only have they been hot this year they ve been hot since last year On the run match We had almost yards of offense So we didn t abandon it We stuck to it Kept handing it off and made them respect it It opens up everything in the back We got Christian McCaffrey they re gonna sell out to stop him On Mac Jones I watched Mac over the years just kind of as a spectator So I ve seen the swag he possessed I ve seen the way he answered interviews He s a very lighthearted guy keeps the mood light But you know he s a competitor On Alfred Collins Since training camp he s been on an escalator man He s constantly taking policies to improve You can see it in his assertiveness and the way he plays The difference from July to now it s night and day And you know it s funny because guys usually don t take that big of a jump until they ve had an offseason to train and they ve had a season to see everything But his progression is kind of scary Related Articles ers Rams Fourth-down stop secures overtime upset ers live updates Niners beat Rams with overtime stand ers keys to upsetting the Rams at Levi s South in NFC West battle Rams Jared Verse says he won t antagonize ers Trent Williams Thursday night Brock Purdy ers top receivers ruled out for Thursday night at Rams Kendrick Bourne On bouncing back Last week was very tough on me just the adversity I went through and the standard I hold myself to and the things I want to do for my teammates first and foremost for the fans for the organization I hold myself to a higher standard On bouncing back from his drop last week I look at those type of plays I look at it as it falls on me Third-and- I m wide open to catch a -yard road Mac trusting me it goes right through my hands So it s just adversity It s just a tournament within a championship It s a mental event on the sideline that every individual competitor is having On Mac Jones mentality I saw him in New England it was a different world for him so to see him now with the peace he has he s playing free and having fun I think it s a big part of the match for him On outside doubt amid the injuries Everybody has their opinion and they have the right to it I think it s just huge by Kyle and them having Demarcus Robinson and older guys Marquez Valdes-Scantling guys that have experience in the championship And the depth we have it shows and it s critical for the NFL On his mentality I didn t come here to be the guy I m not coming here to try to get catches a tournament None of that I m here to play a role help the younger guys be a vet And so if Kyle wants me to play F or he wants me to go to running back then that s what the week is going to present San Francisco ers running back Christian McCaffrey middle runs against the Los Angeles Rams during the first half of an NFL football challenge Thursday Oct in Inglewood Calif AP Photo Marcio Jose Sanchez Christian McCaffrey On the win I love the character of this gang It s hard You got guys who are changing positions on a short week and having to learn an offense and just displayed up a couple weeks ago On Mac Jones I don t have enough good things to say about Mac He s an absolute warrior He s a leader he s somebody that we all get behind for sure It s a testament to him and his attitude and the way he plays football It s a testament to Brock and the way he s been helping him and getting him ready to go On winning despite run issues The win is the preponderance essential thing We don t care how we have it Obviously I think everybody and their mother wants the run event to get rolling a little bit more myself included But we just got to keep chipping away and keep working at it and get various good guys back Alfred Collins On his forced fumble A couple plays before they were doing a draw play so I ran upfield and they ran right there So I felt them doing that try to fight back It s a must-have-it play you know what I m saying If I didn t do that then it would have been different maybe they sum I saw the ball cocked it back and hit it On working as a pro Coming to work every day being intentional finding things to get better every day Technique to conditioning to recognizing different plays and stuff Continue to buy into what this whole organization is doing This is a -out-of- organization and I ve been just flourishing It s only up from here On the final stop It s a mindset We all constantly got our ears pinned back you know what I m saying We fight for each other That was a big play for everybody On the ball from the fumble I think the equipment guy has it I was kind of tired I ain t going to lie My legs were dead I was just trying to get to the bench sit down San Francisco ers quarterback Mac Jones passes against the Los Angeles Rams during the second half of an NFL football competition Thursday Oct in Inglewood Calif AP Photo Marcio Jose Sanchez Mac Jones On the bumps and bruises A lot of things happened but feel good just working through particular stuff I was able to play so that s all that matters If I feel like I can protect myself then I feel like it s my job to be out there On staying down with the knee It was the first time the trainers came out in my career So I don t like to stay down but I was just dealing with something and once I flipped over I realized what it was and felt a lot better On his message to Bourne Let s move on and focus on the week I was like you gotta move on And he did and that s what KB does I feel like when you have the relationship we have I knew that about him and he knows that about me Sometimes we struggle to move on from bad plays so he s consistently got my back when it s not going great and then I constantly have his back On if he feels like the starter I know they brought me here to play as a backup and that s my job and Brock s the starter of this organization and right now he s dealing with something For him to go out there last week and play when he likely wasn t at full wellbeing he cares about this association I m jsut trying to get particular wins for him so it helps us down the line On the full-team performance The defense played great Special teams came in clutch had great field goals by Eddie I like him a lot He s cool Related Articles ers Rams Fourth-down stop secures overtime upset ers live updates Niners beat Rams with overtime stand ers keys to upsetting the Rams at Levi s South in NFC West battle Rams Jared Verse says he won t antagonize ers Trent Williams Thursday night Brock Purdy ers top receivers ruled out for Thursday night at Rams On his talk with Kyle Shanahan about the betting line moving He was like Dude I can t believe they moved us like underdogs again or whatever And I m like I don t know what that means really but yeah let s go kill them He was pissed about it I was like Yeah I m pissed too Fred Warner On Mac Jones He s obviously proven that he can win us games in those first two starts that he had with us On the final stop You hope to finish it and not have to go to overtime But yeah it was insane Obviously they didn t want to have it end in a tie so they thought they could I guess big boy us at the end there And we had to see who yearned it more On the final stand You could just tell the way they had lined up that they were going to run the ball There are selected times if they line up and they re a little bit looser you may have the chance to have selected sort of play-action pass on that play But you could tell when they came out that they were going to run On Collins big stop John Lynch is likely going to celebrate on the plane tonight Laughs Alfred Collins unbelievable play on the -yard line to punch the ball out and give our crew a chance to keep going it was unbelievable On motivating the crew on a short week The intensity was there from the first snap Kyle s the best in the event at motivating his players through the film through the tape And of lesson Saleh is amazing in his own right as well So humongous win