SANTA CLARA — In the 49ers' 24-23 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at Levi's Stadium, Brock Purdy again showed his ability to evade defenders, but coach Kyle Shanahan explained that on some plays, it can throw the timing of the offense off. The 49ers coach spoke to local media via conference call on Monday and shared that while extending plays can be very beneficial for the team, there is a fine line where the timing of the play can be thrown out of whack and the result can be detrimental. "Yeah, always," Shanahan said. "That's why you try to cover that too when those things happen, good or bad. Last week I thought it really helped out and he made a number of plays with it, but I think I also said last week there was a couple that it hurt us on." In the 49ers' Week 4 win over the New England Patriots, Purdy completed two of his four attempts for 27 yards when he scrambled out of the tackle box, according to ProFootballFocus. Purdy also scrambled twice for 12 yards, both for first downs. On Sunday, there were two times when Purdy scrambled that ended in a crucial loss of yardage. "There's always some good and bad from both of those things," Shanahan said. "You hope the...
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