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The quarter of the 49ers of San Francisco, Brock Purdy, needed a hit at the end of the match against the Seattle Seahawks, and he trusted his tight end to play in the goals.
No, it was not the usual suspect, George Kittle, but Jake Tonges, who made the winning touch of the game in a 17-13 victory against the NFC West Rival Seahawks to open the 2025 NFL season.
Kittle caught the first pass of touch of the 49ers of the Purdy season, but he left early with an ischio-injury injury. In turn, Tongs, which has only played 20 games since entering the League in 2022 with the Chicago Bears, had to intervene for San Francisco.
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Jake Tonges # 88 of the 49ers of San Francisco celebrates a hit in the fourth quarter against the Seattle Seahawks in the match at the Lumen Field on September 7, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Amanda Loman / Getty Images)
This moment came in the third and 3 of the 4 yards line of the Seahawks, while Purdy studied the goal area and did not find a teammate with his team down three. Flush on his right, Purdy launched a prayer to policies in the rear area of the goal area with Seahawks Riq in draped wool on him.
In one way or another, flip -flops were heading in front of Wooolen, jumped into the air and hung football for the winning score of the match. It was the third capture of the Tonges match, but the most important, because San Francisco left with a key victory on the road.
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Kittle was seen by throwing the hands in the air to celebrate the hinged capture of his tight colleague.
The 49ers won the victory thanks to a Rack of strip of strip on board Nick Bosa on the Seahawks Sam Darnold quarterrier. Seattle led to the 99ers line of the 99ers when the game occurred with 42 seconds to play.
Jake Tonges # 88 of the 49ers of San Francisco celebrates a hit in the fourth quarter against the Seattle Seahawks in the match at the Lumen Field on September 7, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Amanda Loman / Getty Images)
Purdy finished with 277 yards with the pass on 26 out of 35 with two affected and two interceptions in a roller coaster. Although it is not his best performance, having Christian McCaffrey healthy in the back field has certainly helped.
The availability of McCaffrey was again in question to start the season, as was the case in 2024 when he treated bilateral tendinitis of Achilles. But this calves affection was not serious enough to put it aside, and it ran for 69 yards in 22 races while catching nine passes for 73 yards.
Ricky Pearsall, who should be a key weapon in the San Francisco passes game, paved the way with 108 yards out of four sockets, including a reception of 45 yards from Purdy.
San Francisco’s tight wing 49ers Jake Tongs (88) catches the ball for a touch defended by Seattle Riq Woolen (27) in the second half in Lumen Field on September 7, 2025. (Images Steven bisig / Imagn)
As for the Seahawks, Darnold went 16 out of 23 for 150 yards and seems to have a strong chemistry with Jaxson Smith-Migba, which was targeted 13 times and caught nine passes for 124 yards. Zach Charbonnet, not Kenneth Walker III, marked the only hit in Seattle.
