SANTA CLARA – Brock Purdy owns four playoff wins since assuming the 49ers’ quarterback throne in 2022.

That dwarfs the opposing quarterbacks lined up on this season’s schedule .

Of those 14 quarterbacks slated to start Week 1, they’ve combined for just six playoff wins since 2022, and none with more than C.J. Stroud’s two wild-card victories for Houston.

So much for a Murderers’ Row of touchdown-throwing assassins.

Instead, the 49ers get an all-you-can-eat Sunday brunch for their young, hungry, and unproven defense .

They’ll avoid the NFL’s most recent MVPs: Buffalo’s Josh Allen, Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, and (*checks notes*) Pittsburgh’s Aaron Rodgers.

Allen, Jackson, and Mahomes may be the NFL’s best under-30 throwers, along with Cincinnati’s J

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