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You have the goal line drive where he makes just an insane grab on a slant over one of the DBs. They have another play later in the game where exactly what we talked about coming into the week, where he's the single receiver on one by three. The safety poaches away and they throw him a deep back shoulder ball.
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Evans' clutch catches on broken ribs proved essential to 49ers' comeback.

Evans made critical catches in the 49ers' final drives against Seattle despite playing with broken ribs; the source highlights his 'insane grab on a slant over one of the DBs' at the goal line and a 'deep back shoulder ball' catch on second-and-21 that kept a drive alive. The source notes Evans was 'the single receiver on one by three' and that Kyle Shanahan 'don't have to scheme it up every time'—Evans can 'just find the huge guy to go make a play for us.' The broadcast showed a close-up of Evans' face after a catch where 'he looked like he was about to cry,' illustrating his toughness playing through injury.

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