VIDEO: 49ers Strike First Against Vikings With Jimmy G Touchdown to Kendrick Bourne

The 49ers are on the board! It took the hometown team eight plays to work its way 60 yards down the field, and after a well-timed zinger out of the right hand of Jimmy Garoppolo, the visiting Minnesota Vikings are playing from behind. Check out the San Francisco QB picking out Kendrick Bourne in the end zone for six:

Easy as you like from the Santa Clara boys.

There's a ton of football still to play, but it's most definitely so far, so good for Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers. The burden is on Kirk Cousins to figure out how to mount a response -- no easy task given San Francisco's penchant for punishing opposing quarterbacks.