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After being down 10-0 early on in the ball game, the 49ers came back with 12 points and taking a 12-10 lead into half time.

The Lions, though kept on coming at the 49ers. And by the end of the game, they have a 19-15 lead right at the 2 minute warning. But while Alex Smith, who hadn’t look all impressive, finally came through, and delivered the game winning TD. Delivering a 6-yard pass to Delanie Walker, thus giving the 49ers a 22-19 lead after the made extra point.

But it wasn’t over, as the Lions had 2 last drives to make up. On the first drive, Matthew Stafford just looked off, throwing an incomplete pass on 4th down. After the 49ers couldn’t get a first down, they settled on a field goal by David Akers, giving them a 25-19 lead. And on the final drive, again Stafford looked very off, and the Lions seemed to have given up.

And after a tough and hard fought game, the 49ers came away with the win, 25-19. Thus moving the 49ers to 5-1, and the 2nd best record in the NFC.

Now lets go through who shined, and who didn’t shine.

It was clear, even though he had limited carries, Frank Gore had 3 good runs that led to points on each drive. Rookie Aldon Smith looked like the best on defense, as he had 2 huge sacks in the game. First on a safety, and then on a forced fumble.

Rookie CB Chris Culliver looked really well out there. He helped the 49ers secondary shut down Calvin Johnson, as he didn’t record a TD, after starting the season with 9 TD receptions.

Really, the only bad spots I saw was Alex Smith and his inaccurate passes. He not once, but on several occasions, overthrew Michael Crabtree. And the fact the 49ers had over 15 penalties committed. Other than those, the 49ers had a good day, yet again not allowing a 100 yard rusher, and not 1 rushing TD.

The 49ers now head into their bye week, with the Cleveland Browns heading in.