Purdy leads 49ers to beat Commanders 37-20 for eighth

Brock Purdy overcame a sluggish first half and did what he's done since taking over as the San

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Purdy threw more long touchdown passes to George Kittle and the 49ers beat the Washington Commanders 37-20

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on Saturday for their eighth instant victory."He's passing the ball to us," Kittle said. “He has a lot of quality with football.

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He puts it on target. He lets the men in to run with him. He has exquisite knowledge inside the backfield, he makes guys stay out.

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"His confidence in him is through the roof at the and I don't see why it wouldn't be."

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Purdy kept up his incredible game since he replaced the injured Jimmy Garoppolo early in Week 13

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looking a little better than expected for the last player taken in this year's NFL draft.

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He has thrown TD passes in four straight games for the 49ers (11-4) and received all three of his starts as San Francisco

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