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TAMPA, Fla. — Forty-one seconds was plenty for 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy on Sunday afternoon.
On a day when San Francisco missed three field goals and the defense allowed the Bucs to tie the game in the final minute, Purdy had a small window to win in regulation and took full advantage of it. Four passes — two each to Jauan Jennings and rookie Ricky Pearsall — were good enough for 39 yards, setting up a redemption kick as time expired for Jake Moody, allowing the 49ers to escape with a 23-20 road win.
“When the game’s on the line and 13 has the ball in his hands, you’re in a good position,” said running back Christian McCaffrey, who made his season debut after missing two months with Achilles tendinitis. “We had some adversity, and I think we’re all wanting to put together a full-unit game, but it doesn’t always go that way. For him to win it for us at the end … that’s just what Brock does.”
Purdy finished with 353 passing yards — 15 short of his career high — and touchdown passes to Pearsall and tight end George Kittle, and that effort was enough to earn this week’s Tom Brady LFG Player of the Game Award.
“Just for him to think I played a good game, to be able to say I was his MVP, that feels pretty special,” Purdy told FOX Sports after the game. “Growing up watching him compete, and just his mindset, for me, that’s pretty special to watch our game and give me the award. It’s pretty cool.”
Brady grew up in San Mateo, California, watching the 49ers and idolizing Joe Montana, and Sunday was his second time calling a Niners game this season. One throw Brady had specific praise for came in the fourth quarter. With a Bucs player blitzing at him, Purdy lobbed a high pass that McCaffrey was able to get under for a 30-yard gain, setting up the go-ahead touchdown to Kittle with seven minutes left.
“It was a great throw,” McCaffrey said. “He had pressure in his face [but] it was a perfectly thrown ball. That’s not easy to put touch on it to understand…
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Publish date : 2024-11-11 00:40:53
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