Purdy showed enough Sunday against the Dolphins that giving up on the season would be foolish.
The Niners have five games left in the regular season. At 8-4, two more wins put San Francisco in the playoffs. Three more, including one on Dec. 15 in Seattle, and the Niners win the division and host a playoff game.
We’ll worry about the playoffs if they come. Though it should be noted that while Shanahan poured water on the possibility of Trey Lance returning from his Week 2 ankle fracture for the postseason, he didn’t drown it.We might find out next Sunday when the 49ers play the Buccaneers that this was all a mirage — success fueled by adrenaline and the lack of a scouting report against the rookie Arizonan.
And while Garoppolo had a wonderful season for the Niners, who are markedly worse without him, it’s not ridiculous to think Purdy can be Garoppolo, either. It wasn’t as if Garoppolo was tearing up defenses in 2019, when the Niners won the NFC, or now. Shanahan almost literally didn’t let him throw in the playoffs in both 2019 and 2021 and the Niners still won games.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy walks off the field after the 49ers’ 33-17 win over the Miami Dolphins at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group
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