The San Francisco 49ers dipped into their bag of tricks right out of the gate Sunday. Even if front of past assistant turned Arizona Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur. The trio of Brock Purdy, Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel stunted on the Cards with an explosive hook-and-ladder touchdown.
Purdy hit the big wide receiver Evans first, who looked like he was about to go down immediately. But Evans lobbed the ball to Samuel, who proceeded to do the rest:
THE 49ERS RUN A PERFECT HOOK AND LADDER FOR THE 80-YARD TOUCHDOWN 🤯🙌
Mike Evans flips it to Deebo Samuel for the TD 🔥 pic.twitter.com/b2nYMu5aKF
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) September 27, 2026
Samuel ate up 80 yards on the opening touchdown. Which also showed head coach Kyle Shanahan's willingness to start aggressive early. This hook-and-ladder touchdown becomes one of his new latest forms of trickery he's hit defenses with. Except he busted this one out against his former passing game coordinator LaFleur at Levi's Stadium.
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