The widely held assumption when the 49ers were forced last week to turn to Brock Purdy in the wake of the broken foot suffered by Jimmy Garoppolo was that the quarterback switch would relegate them from legitimate Super Bowl contenders to dark horses.
After just under eight quarters of stellar play, Purdy will already have many rethinking that belief, having piloted San Francisco to a dominant 35-7 win over the Tom Brady-led Buccaneers in Week 14.
