SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Was asked to rate the performance of the rookie signal caller Brock Purdy after he led San Francisco 49ers to win on Sunday, finish the defense Nick Bosa give an often brief answer.
“We’ve got a midfielder,” Bosa said.
In fact, Purdy is the Niners’ third starting quarterback this season, but in the first half of last Sunday’s 35-7 win. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he looks like little by little of a grizzly veteran. Behind Purdy’s productive performance, San Francisco improved to 9-4 with a sixth straight win and could take the NFC West crown as soon as Thursday night if it can be beaten. Seattle Seahawks football team on “Thursday Night Football.”
Purdy put together one of the best first halfs on the first ever debut in NFL history, but the victory didn’t come without a cost, as the receiver Deebo Samuel injured his left ankle in the second half and did not return.
After the game, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said the team did not know the extent of Samuel’s injury but said it was “most likely” an ankle sprain. Shanahan and the Niners were encouraged that Samuel did not break his ankle.
A high ankle sprain usually takes about a month to heal, so if that’s what Samuel has, he could theoretically be back in time for the first week of the NFL knockouts. widen Brandon Aiyuk said he saw Samuel at halftime and had the opportunity to offer some words of encouragement.
When asked how Samuel feels, Aiyuk said that it is difficult to say.
“It’s Deebo,” Aiyuk said. “He won’t give you too much.”
Even without Samuel, who was headed for a big day with four catches at 43 yards and four hits at 21 yards and a touchdown at the time of his injury, Purdy and crime is still unwavering.
Purdy, the 262nd pick and also the final pick of the 2022 NFL draft, became the first “Mr. Irrelevant” to start and win an NFL game in quarterback. He also became the first midfielder to beat brave cat in its first start. Brady took a 7-0 lead before his first game before Sunday.
Purdy’s first-half performance was so good – 14/18 for 185 yards with two touchdowns with a 146.5 rating – that he threw only three in the second half as San Francisco finished the game.
“He did a great job,” Shanahan said. “I think you’ve all seen that. He’s done a lot of plays. He’s done plays that are there. He’s done a lot of plays that aren’t there. He’s done a lot of plays. did an excellent job in the pocket role. … It’s really impressive how he plays.”
Purdy’s first start got off to a rough start as he entered the wrong playstyle and received a sack from the Bucs safe keanu neal in the opening play. But Neal hit Purdy’s helmet to helmet, drawing a penalty and allowing Purdy to settle.
From there, Purdy rarely missed as he completed 16/21 185 yards with two touchdowns with a passerby of 134, adding a hasty touchdown at 2 yards. Purdy joins Don Strock as the only quarterback since 1950 to make at least two touchdowns and score at least one point in the first half of their first game.
“My feelings and everything, just studying in my hotel room, all that stuff, it’s all pretty much the same,” says Purdy. “And then when we found out we had the ball to start the game, that’s when I thought, ‘OK, this is coming true, let’s start.’ So that’s why I say let’s get hit from the first play of the game, I like it, but other than that, it’s another football game.”
Shanahan said Purdy didn’t come out of the game unscathed. He is being treated for an oblique injury, although Shanahan and Purdy say he was taken out because Josh Johnson because of the score difference and could have ended the game if needed.
Shanahan indicated that Purdy’s condition on Thursday in Seattle is uncertain depending on how he feels on Monday, although Purdy is optimistic.
“We’ll see how it goes this week,” Purdy said. “I just felt a little bit stressed at the end of the game just because of some hits, but honestly, if I need to play for the rest of the game, I will. So I’ll do a little treatment. and ready to roll.”
Samuel’s injury is more concerned. It happened about five minutes into the second half on days two and nine at Tampa’s 43. He received a pass from Purdy and ran up the middle as a pair of Bucs defenders converged.
Samuel struggled to turn outward and appeared to dislocate his left foot and ankle in an awkward direction. Samuel lost the ball as Tampa recovered but lay on the field for a few minutes because of obvious pain.
Most of the Niners’ squad quickly ran onto the field to get close to Samuel as paramedics checked him and San Francisco fans chanted, “Dee-bo, Dee-bo.” Samuel quickly stood up and appeared to limp to the side with the help of paramedics but fell to the ground and shouted an obscenity picked up by the officials’ microphones.
A trolley appeared shortly after, carrying the depressed Samuel into the changing room. Samuel put his hand on his left knee and bowed as the car disappeared into the Niners’ tunnel.
Bosa said: “He was very stubborn and he tried to walk away. “Just hoping for the best.”
