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Maiocco’s observations: Guerendo, Kittle fuel 49ers’ win over Bears originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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The 49ers finally had a little bit of fun on Sunday.
After a couple of games in which the 49ers were embarrassed in decisive losses, they turned the tables on the Chicago Bears at Levi’s Stadium.
The 49ers put together a dominant first half en route to a 38-13 victory over the Bears and No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams.
The Bears’ seventh consecutive loss was their first since firing coach Matt Eberflus and replacing him with interim coach Thomas Brown.
The 49ers (6-7) snapped a three-game losing streak, which included losses of 38-10 and 35-10 at Green Bay and Buffalo. San Francisco has a nine-percent chance to make the NFC playoffs, per NFL.com.
This season very little has gone right for the 49ers. On Sunday, very little went wrong.
Here are the top takeaways from the 49ers’ Week 14 game against the overmatched Bears:
Purdy eats up Bears’ D
Things have not gone well for all areas of the 49ers this season. And that includes quarterback Brock Purdy, who placed fourth in NFL Most Valuable Player balloting just a year ago.
Purdy was back in his 2023 form Sunday, and the explosive play returned to the 49ers’ offense.
Purdy completed 20 of 25 passing attempts for 325 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions and a passer rating of 145.5.
After registering just eight plays of 20 yards or more in the previous three games, the 49ers exploded for eight big plays in the first half alone.
The 49ers scored on four of their first five possessions of the game, and Purdy made it look easy as he got the ball down the field and into the hands of his playmakers.
Purdy found wide receiver Jauan Jennings on touchdown passes of 7 and 16 yards.
Tight end George Kittle had a huge first half with receptions on all five targets for 138 yards. The All-Pro finished with 151 total receiving yards in the win.
Purdy had just 94 yards passing in the snow of Buffalo a…
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Publish date : 2024-12-09 00:47:00
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