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Kyle Shanahan not concerned with Brock Purdy’s rocky start in 1st playoff game

Brock Purdy checked virtually every box a team wants to see its quarterback check through his five regular season starts. A big question mark lingered about how he’d respond in a playoff game. While he finished the game strong, Purdy struggled through the first half. Head coach Kyle Shanahan isn’t worried about a handful of early mistakes from his rookie signal caller.

Shanahan on Monday spoke with reporters and acknowledged that Purdy didn’t get off to a good start, but he saw enough good to outweigh the bad during the 49ers’ 41-23 blowout win over the Seahawks in the wild card game.

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