Rookie QB Brock Purdy, listed as “doubtful” with pre-game rib and oblique injuries, again only impressed with his second NFL start (and first on the road); he completed 17 of 26 passes for 217 yards and two TDs on George Kittle, who had four tackles for 93 yards.
Brock Purdy passed twice to George Kittle as the San Francisco 49ers captured the NFC West title by beating the Seattle Seahawks 21–13 on Thursday night.
Rookie quarterback Purdy, who was listed as “questionable” with pre-game rib and oblique injuries, only impressed again with his second NFL start (and first on the road). The 22-year-old completed 17 of 26 passes for 217 yards and those two hits on tight end Kittle, who had four tackles for 93 yards.
Christian McCaffrey also had another superb game, running 26 times for 108 yards and a touchdown, and adding 30 yards to six receptions.
Purdy completed all nine of his first-quarter pass attempts as the 49ers took a 7-0 lead thanks to a 28-yard TD throw on Kittle after QB cheated Seattle’s defense by faking left and right of him before finding his tight end over the middle .
Jason Myers hit a 38-yard field goal to put the Seahawks on the scoreboard, but then, with less than two minutes remaining in the first half, Dre Greenlaw forced Travis Homer to fumble the ball and Charvarius Ward returned the ball to set McCaffrey’s score. at the goal line and put the 49ers ahead 14-3 at halftime.
| FIRST QUARTER | |
| 49ers 7-0 Seahawks | Brock Purdy 28-yard TD pass to George Kittle (extra point) |
| SECOND QUARTER | |
| 49ers 7-3 Seahawks | Jason Myers 38-yard field goal |
| 49ers 14-3 Seahawks | Christian McCaffrey One Yard Dash TD (extra point) |
| THIRD QUARTER | |
| 49ers 21-3 Seahawks | Brock Purdy 54-yard TD pass to George Kittle (extra point) |
| 49ers 21-6 Seahawks | Jason Myers 51 yards from the field |
| FOURTH QUARTER | |
| 49ers 21-13 Seahawks | Jeno Smith 10-yard TD pass to Noah Fantou (extra point) |
San Francisco got the ball to start the second half and then pretty much ended the game as on the second play after scrimmage, Purdy hit a wide-open Keetl on the left touchline for a massive 54-yard touchdown.
Seattle quarterback Jeno Smith was 31 of 44 passes for 238 yards and a touchdown that night. Trailing 21–6, he found tight end Noah Fant, who landed 10 yards to put the Seahawks back in the away eight with three and a half minutes left, but the Niners were able to play the remainder of the time. to secure the division and secure a place in the postseason.
San Francisco cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, who made 10 tackles on the team, was recalled as the sixth man in the third quarter due to a penalty to Nick Bosa for a rough pass.
Tom Brady will take on Joe Burrow for the first time in the NFL as two of the NFL’s top quarterbacks clash this Sunday live on Sky Sports.
