4 Takeaways From the 49ers’ Win Over the Colts

[ad_1] The San Francisco 49ers appear like they're getting sizzling on the proper time.

San Francisco beat the Indianapolis Colts 48-27 on Monday night time for its fifth straight recreation. The 49ers are 11-4 and stay a recreation behind the Seattle Seahawks (12-3) for the highest spot within the NFC West. San Francisco has gained double-digit video games in 29 seasons in its historical past, which is tied with the Patriots for the third most in NFL historical past.

The Colts dropped to 8-7 on the yr with the loss and snapped a five-game successful streak over the 49ers that dated again to 2005.

Listed below are my takeaways:

1. Brock Purdy is cooking for San Francisco Purdy improved to 5-0 as a starter since coming back from a turf toe damage by finishing 73.5% of his passes for 295 yards and a career-high 5 touchdowns with one interception, posting a 126.8 passer score. San Francisco scored on seven of the crew’s first eight possessions with Purdy main the cost.

Final week, Purdy threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns in a 13-point win over the Tennessee Titans. Purdy is peaking on the proper time for San Francisco, giving the 49ers an opportunity to make some noise within the postseason.

Brock Purdy has the 49ers offense thriving with the playoffs across the nook. (Cooper Neill/Getty Photographs)

Two of the NFL's elite playmakers at their respective positions, McCaffrey and Kittle, have confirmed arduous to wrap up by the Indianapolis protection.

Kittle, a six-time Professional Bowl tight finish, completed with seven receptions for 115 yards and a landing on eight targets. In the meantime, McCaffrey was efficient on the bottom, totaling 118 dashing yards and two receiving touchdowns.

The 49ers rolled to 443 yards of complete offense and 28 first downs, because the Colts had no solutions defensively.

3. Philip Rivers does his job by giving the Colts an opportunity The 44-year-old sign caller for Indianapolis saved the Colts within the recreation by throwing for 277 yards and two touchdowns, however he had an unpleasant pick-6 on the finish of the sport to San Francisco linebacker Dee Winters that broke the sport open late. This was a giant enchancment from Rivers' return recreation final week in opposition to the Seahawks, in opposition to whom he threw for simply 120 yards in a loss.

In opposition to San Francisco, which entered Monday’s recreation with a league-low 16 sacks, Rivers had extra time to throw and was in a position to dial up some deeper completions down the sector.

The setback was Rivers’ first loss to San Francisco, having been 4-0 in opposition to the 49ers coming into Monday’s recreation. That is tied for essentially the most wins with out a loss in opposition to San Francisco by any quarterback ever, together with Carson Wentz.

Taylor entered Monday’s recreation main the NFL in dashing yards (1,443), dashing touchdowns (16) and scrimmage touchdowns (18). Nonetheless, San Francisco did a pleasant job of containing him, holding the Colts working again to only 46 dashing yards.

It’s been a troublesome stretch for Taylor, who had a shot on the single-season landing file of 31 set by LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006, however he has cooled down considerably. Taylor has simply 350 dashing yards and two complete touchdowns in his final 5 video games, which have all been Colts losses.

4 ½. What’s subsequent? The 49ers have two powerful video games to complete out the season and doubtlessly earn the No. 1 seed within the NFC. San Francisco hosts one other red-hot crew within the Chicago Bears this Sunday, then finishes out the yr by taking over their NFC West-rival Seahawks, additionally at Levi’s Stadium.

In the meantime, the Colts will try to preserve their faint playoff hopes alive by internet hosting the AFC South-leading Jacksonville Jaguars, then end the season on the highway in opposition to the streaking Houston Texans.

Eric D. Williams has reported on the NFL for greater than a decade, protecting the Los Angeles Rams for Sports activities Illustrated, the Los Angeles Chargers for ESPN and the Seattle Seahawks for the Tacoma Information Tribune. Comply with him on X at @eric_d_williams.

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