49ers Beat Cardinals 16-15 at the Last Second to Stay Undefeated, And Maybe We Finally Have a Kicker We Like

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/09/22/49ers-beat-cardinals-16-15-at-the-last-second-to-stay-undefeated-and-maybe-we-finally-have-a-kicker-we-like/A dreadful game turned into a fantastic finish as the 49ers won their home opener in a 16-15 comeback thriller, with new kicker Eddy Piñeiro the last-second hero after the Niners nearly lost this game in the stupidest way possible. Both the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals came into their Sunday contest at Levi’s Stadium undefeated, so we figured we would get one heck of a game here. But, instead, we got three quarters of absolutely awful football from both teams, with the 49ers wearing those mid-1990s throwback uniforms that everyone seemed to hate at the time. The fourth quarter then turned into a rol