Brock Purdy delivered a masterclass – and an indication of his rising maturity in excessive strain conditions – because the San Francisco 49ers cruised previous the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night time Soccer.
Purdy completed 25-of-34 for 295 yards with 5 touchdowns and an interception because the Niners received 48-27 at Lucas Oil Stadium to enhance to 11-4 for the season.
The 25-year-old turned the primary San Francisco quarterback to throw 5 TDs in a sport since Steve Younger in Tremendous Bowl XXIX.
Purdy has not all the time been at his greatest on MNF, throwing 5 TDs and 11 interceptions on his 5 earlier appearances, with the 2023 Christmas evening defeat to the Baltimore Ravens significantly disappointing.
“[I’m] not letting the setting or the scenario of the season and the sport dictate how I am going out and suppose all through a sport,” Purdy mentioned. “I really feel like proper now, I’ve obtained to be my greatest one play at a time. That Christmas sport a pair years in the past it was like, ‘Man, we’re on Christmas, Monday evening, MVP discuss, like hit a few completions early within the sport and felt good.’ After which after that, I’m getting complacent with going by my reads and stuff and making the correct choices. [I] undoubtedly have realized from that, however there’s all the time nonetheless room for enchancment.”
Shanahan hails ‘superior’ Purdy
Purdy seems to be going by the gears earlier than the playoffs.
“He did superior,” coach Kyle Shanahan mentioned. “He performed rather well. I obtained on him for a pair [throws] he missed, but it surely was fairly near an ideal sport.”
Win them each and they’re going to safe the No. 1 seed within the NFC playoffs and have the added benefit of understanding they’d be at residence all through the postseason with Tremendous Bowl LX additionally being staged at their Levi’s Stadium residence.
“When you understand you’re within the playoffs, you shift your objectives subsequent and that’s attempting to make the playoffs one of the best scenario you probably can,” Shanahan mentioned. “We’d like to attempt to play a house sport at Levi’s. We knew the one approach to do this was to win tonight versus Colts. We obtained that carried out.”
Rivers swims in opposition to the tide
Purdy’s efforts overshadowed a nice efficiency from Colts QB Philip Rivers.
The 44-year-old, who got here out of retirement two weeks in the past, has but to win on his return however nonetheless dazzled with 277 yards and two landing passes.
“There’s no prize for shedding,” Rivers mentioned. “However, once more, it was higher this week from a standpoint of offensively and [putting] factors on the board. However you’ve obtained to win. … Proper now, we’re not getting that carried out and I do know this locker room is hurting. Once more, I’ve been part of it for a short while, for 2 losses. And I do know that it’s been a protracted slide now for over a month, and I do know that’s robust.
“However we’ve simply obtained to discover a approach to dig deep and discover a approach to win a soccer sport.”
