Ever since the 2019 season, the San Francisco 49ers have consistently been among the league’s top teams, but they always seemed to lack one thing: The ability to come from behind to win games.
But San Francisco has bucked that trend in its first two games this postseason. The 49ers came back from a seven-point deficit entering the fourth quarter to defeat the Packers in the Divisional Round before coming back from a 17-point halftime hole to beat the Lions in the NFC Championship Game, advancing to Super Bowl LVIII.
While many have questioned Brock Purdy’s viability as a starting quarterback, FOX Sports’ Greg Olsen believes that the second-year QB is the reason why the 49ers have been able to come back from deficits in back-to-back weeks. He explained that Purdy allows Kyle Shanahan to deviate from his traditional style of offense when the team’s trailing, giving the 49ers a better chance at picking up comeback wins.
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“Brock Purdy has brought them the ability to play more out of the traditional shotgun, to play more from behind, more in an uptempo and two-minute [situation],” Olsen said on “The Herd.” “We’ve seen that in the two biggest games of the year, something we haven’t seen from this San Francisco team in seven years, two weeks in a row against the wall against Green Bay and then down 17 at half all it looks like the end of the world’s coming at the half last week against Detroit. To add the ability to play from behind is an element that this Kyle Shanahan offense has just never had.”
Purdy has played his best football this postseason in pivotal moments while the 49ers have been trailing. In their win over the Packers, Purdy delivered when the 49ers got the ball back, trailing 21-17 with 6:18 remaining at their 31-yard line. Purdy completed 5 of 6 passes for 47 yards on the drive, picking up a first down on a third-down play on one of the completions. He also…
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Publish date : 2024-02-01 17:03:03
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