San Francisco has one of the league's top-rated defenses, though in the final minutes against the Saints, the Niners resembled one of those high-powered, ultra-caffeinated offenses that had captivated the 2011 NFL. The back-and-forth flurry ended with nine seconds left, when former Niner pariah Vernon Davis caught a winning touchdown and ran into Harbaugh's arms, overcome.
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