SANTA CLARA, Calif.: When Brock Purdy took the sector for his first profession NFL begin final season for the San Francisco 49ers towards Tampa Bay, there have been many questions on whether or not he might be a viable NFL quarterback.
Purdy overcame a botched audible on his first snap and a heavy dose of blitzing to choose aside the Buccaneers protection in an indication he may be much better than his seventh-spherical draft pedigree.
“To be under duress like that and his first time really with us in a full game and the way he played and I think it was pretty good foreshadowing on how he’s handled everything for the next 16 games,” coach Kyle Shanahan mentioned this week, recalling that begin.
Purdy now will get to face the Bucs (4-5) once more Sunday because the firmly established starter for San Francisco (6-3) and one of many NFL’s best passers.
Purdy fared nicely the primary time when he went 16 for 21 for 185 yards and two TDs in 35-7 win.
“I hope the results are different,” Tampa Bay coach Todd Bowles mentioned. “Obviously, they beat us pretty (bad) last year. There are some things we’ve got to change and we learned from. Hopefully that change is for the better. He’s a good quarterback, he’s a good football player, he’s a smart football player. … He takes care of the ball, he knows where to go with the football and he can use his feet when he needs to.”
He has confirmed that sport was no fluke.
Purdy has made 17 begins within the common season and playoffs, posting a 112.5 passer score with 29 TDs and 7 INTs.
After a 3-sport hunch earlier than the bye week when he threw 5 interceptions, Purdy got here again final week with maybe his finest sport statistically as he went 19 for 26 for 293 yards and three TDs for a profession-excessive 148.9 passer score towards Jacksonville.
“I just feel you’re always getting better or worse,” Shanahan mentioned. “So I’d like him to just continue to get better. I thought what he showed last year in the time he played, he showed he was capable of being our starting quarterback and I don’t think anything’s been different this year so far.”
BALL SECURITY
Baker Mayfield’s capacity to guard the soccer has been one of many keys to Tampa Bay remaining in competition for a 3rd consecutive NFC South title. The No. 1 total choose from the 2018 draft has thrown for two,143 yards, 14 touchdowns and 5 interceptions.
The sixth-yr professional has had a passer score above 90 in six of 9 video games, tied for the fourth-most within the league. He has thrown 9 landing passes vs. one interception in main the Bucs to a 2-2 report on the street.
BAKER VS. BOSA
Niners defensive finish Nick Bosa mentioned there’s no sick will between him and Mayfield regardless of a memorable celebration again in 2019.
Mayfield planted an Oklahoma flag at midfield at Ohio State following a win in school in 2017. Bosa received a little bit of payback in his rookie season when he mimicked a flag planting throughout a giant 49ers win over Cleveland.
“It was fun,” Bosa mentioned. “My celebrations as a rookie were pretty good.”
Bosa received to fulfill Mayfield at a golf match in February and mentioned that’s all prior to now.
“He’s nice,” Bosa mentioned. “I’ve never had anything against him. Just a joke as a rookie.”
DEFENSIVE REBOUND
Tampa Bay’s protection is coming off limiting Tennessee to a pair of subject objectives and 209 yards whole offense, together with 42 dashing, in a 20-6 victory final Sunday. In addition to 4 sacks and an interception, the Bucs completed with 13 quarterback hits after yielding a season-excessive 39 factors the earlier week to C.J. Stroud and Houston.
Stroud threw for 5 touchdowns and an NFL rookie-report 470 yards, capping the efficiency with a successful 75-yard drive within the last minute.
“Everybody has got a lot of pride. You don’t want to just have a bad game and not come back from it. … You either attack it head on or you go back in the tank,” Bowles mentioned of the turnaround towards the Titans.
“Those guys have a lot of pride. We’ve played a lot of good football in the past,” Bowles added. “Everybody got down, put their nose down to the grindstone and got back to work as a group. We understand what we’re capable of and they came out and played the game.”
POTENT PASS RUSH
The Niners’ go rush appeared rejuvenated final week thanks partly to the addition of Chase Young.
With Young and Bosa on the skin and Javon Hargrave offering a push on the within, San Francisco had 5 sacks final week towards the Jaguars. The Bucs have allowed solely 16 this season — tied for the fourth fewest within the NFL.
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AP Sports Writer Fred Goodall in Tampa, Florida, contributed.
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