49ers receiver Emmanuel Sanders throws a touchdown in awesome trick play during wild shootout vs. Saints

The most exciting was a trick play by the 49ers that saw receiver Emmanuel Sanders throw a falling, 35-yard touchdown to running back Raheem Mostert.
In what many expected to be a defensive battle in a possible NFC Championship preview, the two teams instead got into an early shootout.
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The first half of the San Francisco 49ers-New Orleans Saints Week 14 game turned into a shootout, with both teams combining for seven touchdowns through the first 25 minutes.

The most exciting of those scores came in the second quarter, when the 49ers ran a great trick play that featured wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders throwing a touchdown pass to running back Raheem Mostert.

Jimmy Garoppolo handed the ball off to receiver Deebo Samuel, who then did a lateral to Sanders, who was running right. Sanders got the ball under pressure and threw a falling, 35-yard pass to Mostert, who ran the ball in wide open.

Touchdown!

Mostert celebrated by pretending to surf; Sanders was flat on his back when Mostert got into the end zone.

A possible NFC Championship preview, with the two teams leading the NFC through 14 weeks, most would have expected an ugly, defensive game, given that both teams are among the league's best defenses this season. Instead, early on, both teams brought their A games on offense.

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