In the NFL, there are good wins, there are bad losses, and then there is whatever the San Francisco 49ers produced on Monday night against the Carolina Panthers.

The scoreboard said 20-9. The standings say 8-4. The playoff picture says the Niners are the seventh seed in the NFC, still in control of their playoff destiny.

But the film? The film screams a question that Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch might not want to answer, but one that will define their season:

Can Brock Purdy throw the football the way this offense needs him to?

He couldn’t do it in the 49ers’ loss to the Jaguars earlier this year — Purdy’s lone game between absences because of his turf-toe injury.

Upon his second return, he was ripping the ball downfield against the Cardinals.

But Monday night?

Well, that performanc

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