Perspective: The 49ers are quickly becoming a force of nature, and the Seahawks learned that quickly in Saturday’s first-round playoff matchup, Sally Jenkins writes.
That young Brock Purdy, with his Romeo face, half-smooth-cheeked boy and half-man, was the main bolt hurler. He was all of 23 years old and appearing in his first playoff game — and surely 71-year-old defensive ball coach Pete Carroll would find some way to distress him. But there was just no way to do it.
By all rights, the inexperience of Purdy, the last player chosen in last year’s draft, should have been a problem for the 49ers to work around after losing Trey Lance and then Jimmy Garoppolo. Instead, his odd combination of calm and swagger has only weaponized them all the more. When McCaffrey went bowling off on that 68-yard run midway through the first quarter, it set up the play that established Purdy’s presence in the game.
Again, it was Purdy who tore open the scoreboard — after wriggling out of disaster. As the 49ers were poised on the Seahawks’ 7-yard line, linebacker Bruce Irvin clutched at Purdy’s jersey. Purdy spun, made a jagged move to his right and slung it to Mitchell, hitting him square in the hands for the score. On top of it, he completed a two-point conversion with a nifty fake to McCaffrey followed by a bullet to Kittle. Suddenly it turned into an ugly runaway.
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