The 49ers finished their regular season on a 10-game win streak with a 38-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals and advance to the NFC playoffs as the likely No. 2 seed.
SANTA CLARA — Sunday’s 10th straight win ushered the 49ers to the NFC playoffs as the No. 2 seed. Now comes the heavy lifting: another four wins in a row to capture the franchise’s first Lombardi Trophy in 28 seasons.
Brock Purdy, after throwing a career-high three touchdown passes Sunday, now seeks to become the first rookie quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl, though the 49ers obviously must first reach that Feb. 12 grand finale in Glendale, Arizona, an hour drive from Purdy’s childhood home of Queen Creek.Oct. 23 to the Kansas City Chiefs, who secured the AFC’s No. 1 seed Saturday.
Defensive end Nick Bosa locked up the NFL’s sack title, raising his total to 18 ½ — one shy of Aldon Smith’s franchise record from 2012 – when he dropped Cardinals fill-in starter David Blough for a 5-yard loss in the second quarter. Purdy’s second scoring strike Sunday – a 4-yarder to Kittle – came 19 seconds before halftime, with Kittle making a nice grab in the back corner of the end zone. It was the fourth game in which Purdy has directed a touchdown drive in the final seconds of a first half, having also done so in Week 13 against Miami , in Week 14 against Tampa Bay , and in Week 15 against Seattle .
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