Get this: Brock Purdy, the guy who just barely squeaked by our Seattle Seahawks 32-29 right here in the Emerald City, is now tied for the best odds to win NFL Most Valuable Player. Seriously. FanDuel Sportsbook has him and Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen both sitting at +300. You’d think after that nail-biter of a loss, where our defense was straight-up bullying, the MVP talk would cool down for him. Nope.
Purdy’s “Off” Day Still Puts Him at the Top?
Look, the numbers from Sunday against our boys weren’t exactly mind-blowing for Purdy. He went 19 for 29, a 65 percent completion rate, tossed two touchdowns, but also had an interception, and got sacked three times, his first three of the whole year. And yeah, his passer rating finally dipped below 100 for 2026, hitting a 92.5. If you were one of those haters out there, you were probably gasping for air trying to point out how “bad” he played. To be fair, he didn’t exactly light up the scoreboard the entire game. But then he did what everyone keeps asking if he *can* do: he cooked up a drive when they desperately needed it.
The Drive That Tied Him for MVP
When it absolutely mattered, Purdy delivered. He took his team down the field and took the lead, then tacked on a two-point conversion for good measure. Head Coach Kyle Shanahan even said it: “I thought Brock did an unbelievable job finding a way there to win at the end.” And remember, this was against *our* Seahawks, one of the best defenses in the league, not just this year, but over the last few years! The dude got flagged for intentional grounding and other “penalties” that could’ve sunk that drive, but he still managed to toss not one, but two touchdown passes to Brandin Cooks, a guy who’s only been with the 49ers for two weeks (even if one got nullified by a timeout). He was navigating a four-man rush with eight other guys in coverage to pick through. That’s just a tough assignment, and he made it work. Purdy’s just five more pass attempts away from the NFL’s all-time career passer rating leaderboard, and it’s a pretty safe bet he’ll be at the top. Shanahan put it best, “By no means was everything perfect. But I thought he was really good in the fourth quarter.”
So, yeah, we took a tough 32-29 loss at home, and it stings. But the fact that Purdy’s MVP odds are still soaring after facing our relentless defense, even with a sub-100 passer rating, tells you everything about how the league views him. We gotta bounce back hard, and the MVP race is gonna be wild to watch.
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Originally reported by Niners Nation.
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