Brock Purdy throws five TDs as 49ers beat Colts in Indianapolis

After a agelong of uneven “Monday Night Football” outings, Brock Purdy answered the doubts with the biggest prime-time show of his career.

With 44-year-old Colts backmost Philip Rivers’ comeback dominating overmuch of the pregame attention, Purdy took implicit astatine Lucas Oil Stadium, throwing 5 touchdown passes to pb the San Francisco 49ers to a 48-27 triumph and determination them to 11-4. The triumph kept San Francisco successful presumption for the NFC’s No. 1 effect and home-field vantage done the playoffs.

Purdy flips the publication connected Monday night

Purdy finished 25-of-34 for 295 yards with 5 touchdowns and 1 interception. It was his archetypal five-touchdown game, and helium became the archetypal 49ers backmost to propulsion 5 oregon much scores connected a Monday night. He besides became the archetypal San Francisco passer since Steve Young successful Super Bowl XXIX to propulsion 5 oregon much touchdowns successful immoderate game.

“He did awesome,” Kyle Shanahan said. “He played truly well. I got connected him for a mates [throws] helium missed, but it was beauteous adjacent to a cleanable game.”

Purdy’s breakout came aft his erstwhile 5 Monday appearances produced 5 touchdown passes and 11 interceptions, with the 49ers going 2-3. He said helium has worked to enactment dependable successful those moments.

“[I’m] not letting the situation oregon the concern of the play and the crippled dictate however I spell retired and deliberation passim a game,” Purdy said. “I consciousness similar close now, I’ve got to beryllium my champion 1 play astatine a time.”

Deep shots, nary punts, and 1 caller worry

San Francisco’s discourtesy kept rolling successful its five-game winning streak, winning each crippled by treble digits and averaging 34.4 points successful that span. The radical has not punted successful 133 minutes and 35 seconds of crippled time, a uncommon tally that underlines however cleanable the cognition has looked.

Left tackle Trent Williams pointed to Purdy’s command. “When you’re successful that huddle, it’s lone 1 dependable speaking,” helium said. “He’s a godsend.”

However, the nighttime ended with a wellness question. George Kittle near successful the 3rd 4th with an ankle wounded aft a 7-catch, 115-yard, 1-touchdown line.

“I don’t deliberation it’s a precocious ankle sprain,” Kittle said. “We’ll instrumentality it 1 time astatine a time, and we’ll spell from there.”