San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy nonetheless has his share of doubters even after main his group by means of the NFC facet of the playoff bracket and to the Tremendous Bowl.
However there’s one thing Purdy achieved in San Francisco’s 34-31 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday that nobody can take away from him. Actually, the accomplishment is so uncommon, the final QB to do it was 49er legend Joe Montana 39 years in the past.
In beating the Lions, Purdy turned the primary passer since Montana in 1984 to comb each playoff group in his convention in a single season. Solely three others QBs have ever achieved the feat — Dallas’ Roger Staubach (1971), Minnesota’s Fran Tarkenton (1973) and Pittsburgh’s Terry Bradshaw (1975).
Montana did so in 1984, knocking off the No. 5 seed New York Giants 21-10 and No. 3 seed Chicago Bears 23-0 within the divisional spherical and NFC Championship sport, respectively, whereas additionally beating No. 2 seed Washington 37-31 in Week 2 and the No. 4 seed Los Angeles Rams 33-0 in Week 9.
All three QBs solely needed to beat three different opponents and Montana 4 whereas Purdy has run by means of six completely different groups and staged a seven-point comeback towards the Packers and a 17-point comeback towards the Lions in back-to-back weeks.
