49ers win turnover-crazed game, beat Panthers 20-9 despite three Brock Purdy pics, rise to 8-4 (paywall) “Ahead of his second interception, he faced a multiple-choice question. Purdy stepped up in the pocket to evade pressure; two possible answers presented themselves. He could have scrambled for a first down and more with a lot of green grass in front of him. Tight end George Kittle was also open on an intermediate route across the middle. It seemed there was no wrong answer, but Purdy found one. A floater behind wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, tightly covered by cornerback Mike Jackson on a post route to the end zone, landed in the hands of Jackson.

Purdy tossed his third interception of the game, and second to Horn, against zone coverage. Horn read the QB’s eyes as he stared down Pearsal

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