All you need to do is sign up with your email and boom: credit for your preorder on a new Samsung device.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGreat numbers don\u2019t always get you a Super Bowl victory<\/h2>\n
However, as I\u2019m sure all of you know, that team didn\u2019t win the Super Bowl. That said, of the seven teams to have scored 500 or more points in a season while allowing fewer than 300, five went on to represent their conference in the Super Bowl (the 1998 Vikings and 2019 Ravens did not). Only two actually won it all \u2014 the 1999 Rams and 1994 49ers. By that logic, the odds of the 49ers reaching the Super Bowl should be pretty high, so why is there still a sense of unease in regard to them winning it all?<\/p>\n
Bet on Brock?<\/h2>\n
Purdy is the obvious answer. Despite playing phenomenally well, he is still a seventh-round rookie. Another factor may be the 49ers\u2019 lack of difficult opponents since Purdy came into the fold. Although Purdy did face two playoff teams, he only faced one with a winning record \u2014 the Seattle Seahawks. I\u2019ll admit, even as a 49ers fan, this scares me a bit as well. With such an inexperienced man under center, it\u2019s hard to come back if the 49ers fall behind early. Since Purdy took over the starting gig, the 49ers have had only one game where the team was forced to throw the ball more often than they ran it \u2014 Week 17 against the Las Vegas Raiders. That was a game the 49ers should\u2019ve dominated. I mean, for goodness sake, the Raiders didn\u2019t even play Derek Carr in that game, yet when push came to shove, Purdy had a difficult time pulling out the win. Who knows? If Tashaun Gipson didn\u2019t make that game-sealing interception in overtime, maybe the 49ers wouldn\u2019t have ended the season on a ten-game win streak. <\/p>\n
Can the 49ers play from behind?<\/h2>\n
Yes, Purdy eventually did pull the 10-point comeback, but he should\u2019ve never been in that position. What happens when the 49ers fall behind against an offense like Philadelphia\u2019s or Buffalo\u2019s that doesn\u2019t succumb to pressure and can consistently score even against the best defenses in the NFL? That\u2019s where I\u2019m worried.<\/p>\n
Best of the bunch?<\/h2>\n
Given the problems every other team in the NFC has, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if the 49ers represented their conference in the Super Bowl, but should they go up against the Chiefs, Bills, or Bengals, I\u2019d have a hard time believing they\u2019d win. They\u2019ve already lost by 21 to the Chiefs this season, and while the 49ers did make the switch at quarterback a few weeks later, and perhaps hadn\u2019t come into form at that point yet, 21 points is still a lot. Yes, Tom Brady and the Bucs beat the New Orleans Saints in the 2020 playoffs after losing 38-3 in the regular season, but Purdy isn\u2019t Brady, despite their low draft statuses.<\/p>\n
The talent is there \u2014 but can they put it all together?<\/h2>\n
The 49ers have the talent to win it all. That\u2019s undeniable. However, the quarterback position is and has long been the most important position in football, and quarterbacks making their first career postseason start tend to struggle. <\/p>\n
How rookie QBs have fared in recent years<\/h2>\n
Since the NFL changed its playoff format in 2002, teams with quarterbacks making their first-ever postseason starts have gone 24-46<\/a><\/span>, together with an abysmal 1-4 efficiency final season (Carr, Hurts, Jones, Murray, Burrow). To be truthful, the only QB that gained, Joe Burrow, reached the Super Bowl, and was one Ja\u2019Marr Chase streak away from profitable that sport. I anticipate the 49ers to beat the Seahawks, as they\u2019ve finished twice this yr already. So with that mentioned, possibly the 49ers have an outstanding likelihood in any case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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