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Brock Purdy stats vs. Steelers
Purdy's first game against a top-10 defense came in Week 1 against the Steelers. He played well on the road at Acrisure Stadium in poor weather, completing 19-of-29 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-7 blowout by the 49ers.
Some will try to minimize Purdy's success in this matchup by pointing out that T.J. Watt still managed to sack him three times and that Christian McCaffrey did a lot of San Francisco's damage on offense. However, considering the weather conditions and strength of Pittsburgh's defense, this was an impressive showing from Purdy.
Brock Purdy stats vs. Cowboys
Purdy's best performance against a top-10 defense came against the Cowboys in Week 5, another 49ers blowout. In that contest, Purdy completed 17-of-24 passes for 252 yards and a whopping four touchdowns in a 42-10 victory.
Again, some may opine that Dallas' defense was only ranked so highly because it dominated lower-end competition while enduring issues against winning teams. Even so, Purdy's dismantling of the unit and ability to absorb just one sack against the Micah Parsons-led pass rush was spectacular. That was reflected in his passer rating for the game, a mark of 144.4 that ranked as his third best in a contest for the season.
Brock Purdy stats vs. Browns
While Purdy's first two games against top 10 defenses were strong, his next two weren't as good. He completed a season-low 12-of-27 against the Browns for 125 yards, one touchdown, and one interception just a week after crushing Dallas.
It must be noted that Deebo Samuel, Trent Williams, and Christian McCaffrey all were hurt at some point in this game. That left Purdy without his usual force of weapons on a windy day in Cleveland, so that partially explains the struggles.
Still, Purdy was less accurate than usual and took three sacks — tied for his second-most all season — as he struggled to avoid pressure with Williams out. It was one of his least impressive games of the season, and it resulted in a 19-17 loss because of a missed Jake Moody field goal.
While many blamed Moody for missing the kick, the loss showed just how important it is for the 49ers to be at full strength around their young, developing quarterback.
Brock Purdy stats vs. Ravens
Purdy enjoyed a long stretch playing lower-caliber defenses before facing the Ravens in a Week 15 game that many thought would be a Super Bowl preview.
Purdy endured his worst-ever game against Baltimore. He completed 18-of-32 passes for 255 yards, but he tossed a whopping four interceptions in the contest. That was easily the most of his career and accounted for more than a third of his season total.
Granted, Purdy had some balls glances off his receivers' hands in this contest, but his accuracy wasn't as sharp as it normally had been. That led San Francisco's offense to sputter in the 33-19 defeat.
The Ravens' defense is arguably the best in the NFL, so it's not a surprise that they were able to limit Purdy and make him throw into some tough windows. However, this serves as another example that if Purdy's accuracy or ball placement is off just a little, it can have an impact on his ability to succeed against tough defenses.
Purdy vs the Ravens is the best comp I could find also. Ravens and Spagnuolo play the same kind of pressure packages on defense. The Browns, Cowboys and Steelers aren't that great a comp because they were earlier in the season when Brock is just recovering from his arm injury, and due to injuries the Browns isn't a good comp in my opinion. Cowboys are an example if when Kyle isn't afraid to run at a defense. I still think the Cowboy defense has more issues than the KC and Ravens defenses.
I still think the 49ers passed too much in the Christmas game against the Ravens. But turnovers are the key to any game. Even KC lost to some bottom feeding teams when they had a negative turnover differential. That's why running the ball is so key, 49ers turned the ball over against the Ravens because they passed too much.
I agree KC and BAL are similar in style, especially on 3rd down and 'pass it' situations - high frequency of disguised pressure and disguised coverages. Brock needs to prepare his mind because it will be challenged in passing situations.
Agree, and I'm with Joe Montana, I'd rather punt the ball than have Brock turn it over. Brock shouldn't be scared to punt if that's what the situation calls for. 49ers do have a decent defense (3rd behind KC and Baltimore) That turnover at the beginning of the 2nd half against the Ravens really put the 49ers in a hole. I'd rather they have just punted it. But I believe it was a 2nd down pass call. Oh well.
As much as I think the 49er offense has to do well, so has the 49er defense. The last time we played these jokers, at this level, we had a 10 point lead on them going into the fourth QTR and Saleh's defense failed to hold up.
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