Purdy potential customers 49ers past Commanders 37-20 for 8th straight gain

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy shook off a sluggish initial fifty percent and did what he has completed considering the fact that taking about as starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers: He shipped big plays.

Purdy threw two more long touchdown passes to George Kittle and the 49ers conquer the Washington Commanders 37-20 on Saturday for their eighth straight get.

“He’s just acquiring the ball to us,” Kittle claimed. “He’s fantastic with the football. He places it on target. He enables guys to operate with it. He’s super savvy in the backfield, can make guys miss out on.

“His self esteem is by means of the roof ideal now and I do not know why it wouldn’t be.”

Purdy stored up his outstanding engage in because stepping in for the hurt Jimmy Garoppolo early in Week 13, searching much improved than envisioned for the player picked past in this year’s NFL draft.

He has thrown two TD passes in 4 straight video games for the 49ers (11-4) and won all a few of his commences as San Francisco keeps the stress on Minnesota in the race for the No. 2 seed in the NFC.

Purdy joined Corridor of Famer Kurt Warner as the only quarterbacks considering that begins began staying tracked in 1950 to win his very first 3 starts while throwing several landing passes in every match.

“I really do not truly consider about receiving more and much more comfy or just about anything like that,” he stated. “I still have that exact same fire and drive as prior to when I wasn’t participating in. I want to go in and I want to show to my teammates and receive the respect every engage in, every snap, just about every generate.”

Taylor Heinicke threw two TD passes for Washington (7-7-1) but also missing a fumble and threw an interception in the fourth quarter. He was changed just after his second giveaway by Carson Wentz and coach Ron Rivera mentioned he hadn’t resolved which quarterback will start out future 7 days.

The Commanders are winless in their previous 3 online games, but nonetheless maintain a half-video game guide more than Seattle and Detroit in the race for the remaining playoff location in the NFC.

“Nothing’s modified, we’re continue to in the very same circumstance we were in going into this,” Rivers said. “We management our personal destiny. We acquire the subsequent two, we give ourselves a possibility, so that is up to us.”

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The Niners broke the recreation open in the third quarter many thanks to some a lot more massive performs from Purdy. They took the opening kickoff of the 2nd 50 percent and drove to the go-forward rating when Kittle received open deep for a 34-garden rating that he stole absent from the intended target, teammate Ray-Ray McCloud.

Kittle scored once more later on in the quarter on a 33-lawn catch and run to make it 21-7. Kittle also experienced two TD catches past 7 days, providing him a vocation-higher 8 on the year.

“He will make my career quick,” Purdy said. “He wins the man-to-guy matchups with his velocity and every little thing. You just give the dude the ball, he’ll just take off.”

San Francisco capitalized on huge plays all sport, also scoring their 1st touchdown on a 71-property stop around by McCloud.

Nick Bosa and the Niners protection did the relaxation of the work with Bosa environment up one subject goal by Robbie Gould with a strip-sack of Heinicke and San Francisco including one more right after Jimmie Ward bought an interception deep in Washington territory.

Wentz, playing for the initial time since Week 6, threw a 20-lawn TD pass to Curtis Samuel but it was as well minor too late for Washington.

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The Commanders took advantage of a couple of tipped passes to tie the sport late in the very first 50 percent.

The initially arrived when Purdy appeared to total a throw about the center to Jauan Jennings. But Jennings bobbled the ball and tipped it right to Darrick Forrest for an interception.

On the ensuing generate, Washington converted a 3rd-and-5 on a pass that Jahan Dotson bobbled before catching off a ricochet.

That established up Heinicke’s 4-yard TD move to Dotson that created it 7-7 at the break.

FOURTH-DOWN STOPS

The two groups obtained stopped on fourth down in the crimson zone in the first half.

San Francisco drove to the 15 on its initially generate ahead of Christian McCaffrey was stopped by David Mayo for no gain on a fourth-and-1 pitch from fullback Kyle Juszczyk.

Washington received down to the 1 early in the next quarter when Antonio Gibson was stuffed on fourth down by Fred Warner and Javon Kinlaw.

The Commanders received stopped yet again in the third quarter on fourth and 1 from their very own 34.

Injuries

Commanders: LB Jon Bostic (pectoral) still left in the second half and didn’t return. … DE James Smith-Williams left in the fourth quarter to be evaluated for a head injuries.

49ers: CB Charvarius Ward went to the locker area with nausea in the 2nd 50 %, but returned to the video game.

UP Future

Commanders: Host Cleveland on Jan. 1.

49ers: Check out Las Vegas on Jan. 1.

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