The Giants beat Purdy on 33 of his 39 dropbacks, per Next Gen Stats — 84.6 percent is the highest in the NGS era. When Martindale got his “teenager-playing-Madden tilt”, Purdy quickly got rid of the ball, averaging the fastest throw time of his career (2.34 seconds).
Purdy finished 20-of-31 for 247 yards, two TDs and two sacks against the blitz. Not so dirty, because he was always forced to throw a leg.
Shanahan noted that dealing with a defensive coordinator like Martindale, especially in a short week, is a tall order for any quarterback.
“Yeah, he missed a couple today and guys made some good catches as well,” he said of Purdy. “I think it’s just a big challenge. One of the biggest Brock has done in just a short week to prepare for a scheme like that. How much can they do, they have six guys on the line of scrimmage the whole game, half. the time they come, half the time they don’t. No comfortable play the whole game from a play call point and from the quarterback just because there are so many game that doesn’t work against that. So, you always have to look at it and sometimes they look, sometimes they don’t, which is a big challenge for a quarterback. I think he sat through it while the game went on and ended up playing well so we could win.”
It helps to have playmakers like Deebo Samuel, George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey, who can take short dump-offs in long wins. The 49ers produced 215 of their 310 passing yards after the catch on Thursday night.