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Do the Seahawks Have 49ers QB Brock Purdy's Number?

Purdy just had the game of his life last week in Philadelphia as he eviscerated the Eagles and made himself the MVP frontrunner in the NFL.
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Do the Seahawks Have 49ers QB Brock Purdy's Number?
Do the Seahawks Have 49ers QB Brock Purdy's Number?

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Most 49ers are looking past the upcoming game against the Seahawks, because frankly it's the Seahawks, they're terrible and the 49ers just beat them a couple weeks ago. The only way the 49ers can lose is if they have an emotional let down and beat themselves.

That's all true. But this game will be extremely interesting for Brock Purdy in particular.

Purdy just had the game of his life last week in Philadelphia as he eviscerated the Eagles and made himself the MVP frontrunner in the NFL. People are comparing him to Kurt Warner and Joe Montana. How will Purdy respond? The last time he blew out an NFC East team, he immediately lost three games in a row afterward.

Keep in mind, Purdy faced the Seahawks just a couple weeks ago and didn't perform up to his usual standard. His quarterback rating was just 86.7. Remember, the 49ers essentially had put the game away at halftime despite Purdy's poor performance, and then he threw a pick-six in the third quarter and opened the door for the Seahawks, and then Kyle Shanahan took the game out of Purdy's hands for more than a quarter until he put the Seahawks away with a beautiful touchdown pass to Brandon Aiyuk.

Until that moment, the Seahawks had done a tremendous job of shutting Aiyuk, which is the key to limiting Purdy's effectiveness, because Aiyuk is his go-to guy. The Seahawks bracketed him with two defenders most of the game, and Purdy struggled.

Will the Seahawks bracket Aiyuk again on Sunday? Will it matter? Will Purdy perform better at home?

Stay tuned.

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GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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