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The San Francisco 49ers further solidified their status as a Super Bowl favorite with a dominant 30-12 victory over the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football.
Niners quarterback Brock Purdy played a clean game, completing 25 of his 37 passes for 310 yards and two touchdowns as the team improved to 3-0. It was his first time reaching the 300-yard mark during the regular season, and he did so without wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk in the lineup.
Purdy’s chemistry with Deebo Samuel was on full display, as the star wideout notched six catches for 129 yards and a score. It’s the third straight game that San Francisco has reached the 30-point mark to open the 2023 season.
Samuel had a number of highlight plays, as it frequently took multiple Giants players to try to bring him down while he powered through tackles. His touchdown reception came on a beautiful back-shoulder throw by Purdy in the fourth quarter.
Purdy and Samuel were the talk of social media thanks to their potent connection on Thursday night:
Matt Harmon @MattHarmon_BYB
Deebo is such a joy to watch man
Will Compton @_willcompton
Brock Purdy proving the 49ers right to stick with him and trade Trey Lance
Gotta love the underdog story
Bleacher Report @BleacherReport
PURDY DIMES DEEBO 🔥
(via @NFL) pic.twitter.com/tcpRS4YYdl
br_betting @br_betting
Deebo Samuel and Christian McCaffrey carrying my bankroll pic.twitter.com/9jVLeSliD1
Matthew Berry @MatthewBerryTMR
Welcome back DEEBO!
yaya @Chonaaa__
Deebo! That’s it. That’s the tweet.
B/R Gridiron @brgridiron
PURDY BACK SHOULDER TD TO DEEBO 😱
(via @NFL) pic.twitter.com/BiFgIMVPrM
David Liechty @BackcountryFam
Perfect back shoulder throw to DEEBO! That’s how you respond, Brock! That is how you RESPOND!
Amiliano “Amil” Fragoso @AmilianoFragoso
What a throw by Brock Purdy to Deebo Samuel, Touchdown 49ers!
That should seal it. #TNFonPrime
THIS IS THE WAY! @RoscoesMr
DEEBO SAMUEL 🔥🔥🔥
Pat Leonard @PLeonardNYDN
Great throw by Purdy. Great catch by Deebo. Goodnight
Matt Maiocco @MaioccoNBCS
Brock Purdy to Deebo Samuel for the back-shoulder dagger.
Dan Duggan @DDuggan21
It is like wrestling alligators to tackle Deebo and Kittle.
David Lombardi @LombardiHimself
At no point of this game was Brock Purdy “bad.” There’s just a lot of knee-jerk groupthink on social media.
The truth is that Purdy again did an excellent job protecting the football against a defense blitzing at a historically high rate — which was hard to prep for on a short…
Ric Bucher @RicBucher
Need a clip of Deebo’s compound fracture of Tre Hawkins’ ankles on that last drive. Sheesh.
Darius Slay @bigplay24slay
Deebo be breaking tackles!!
49ers on NBCS @NBCS49ers
Deebo is breaking every tackle 😳
pic.twitter.com/tLSI0x6Jjw
Nick Wagoner @nwagoner
#49ers QB Brock Purdy against the blitz in the first half: 9-of-16, 5.8 yards per attempt#49ers QB Brock Purdy against the blitz in the second half: 8-of-11, 13.0 yards per attempt, TD
Total: 17-27 for 236 yards and 2 TD vs. the blitz tonight.
Stephen Holder @HolderStephen
Purdy makes this throw look easy but it most certainly was not. Perfectly placed away from the defender and where only Deebo could catch it. Great adjustment by Samuel, too.
This is the team to beat IMO. https://t.co/mZvzwZqPDP
In addition to Purdy and Samuel’s big night, star running back Christian McCaffrey totaled 119 yards from scrimmage with a rushing touchdown. It’s his 12th straight game reaching the end zone dating back to last season, tying Jerry Rice’s franchise record.
The 49ers will look to keep the momentum going when they return to action in Week 4 in an NFC West matchup against the Arizona Cardinals.
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