49ers’ Brock Purdy bounces back and adds some hip-hop flair in win over Browns

Brock Purdy indicated all the right moves Sunday against the Cleveland Browns He dodged and scrambled away from pressure doing a nice pirouette when necessary to avoid sacks He correctly read an option play at the goal line and converted it into a -yard touchdown run And then Purdy a straight-arrow if there ever was one even broke out The Dougie a hip-hop dance move that dates back to rapper Doug E Fresh in the s God forbid a white guy has a little bit of motion tight end George Kittle joked following a - road win over the Cleveland Browns For one afternoon with temperatures in the s and wind approaching miles per hour turf toe was a distant memory and the ers finished the last championship before their bye with a - record and four games to play So Purdy figured a celebration was in order I ve invariably been able to Dougie but haven t done it publicly Purdy revealed My wife she could tell you I annoy her in the kitchen That s where I got my practice I described the gang if we re scoring we re going to have selected fun and I m going to hit the Dougie Declared wide receiver Jauan Jennings to reporters Brock s the man He did it for us at practice and narrated us he was going to do it Left tackle Trent Williams was preoccupied with getting in the way of defensive end Myles Garrett and didn t see the celebration I did see it in practice though Williams revealed He was pretty vibed out Under heightened scrutiny after throwing three interceptions in his previous start against Carolina Purdy s dance moves as well as escapability provided an emphatic answer to more than just the condition of his toe Yes Purdy can play in bad weather He did it without a glove or any sort of insert to protect his toe He had enough arm strength to drive the ball in horrible passing conditions He wasn t nearly as worried as the legions of doubters that multiply after a bad encounter only to recede into the background when Purdy plays as he did Sunday As good as Mac Jones was in Purdy s stead in terms of mobility he would be ill-equipped to thrive against a Browns defense that was giving up an NFL-low yards per encounter coming in The Browns are shaky on offense but their defense is legit Brock Purdy is knocked down by Cleveland defensive end Myles Garrett A P Photo As for the weather Purdy went to Iowa State It s not as if every competition was played in sunshine or a dome although Purdy has had particular clunkers in poor conditions One of those came in Cleveland in when he was for and the ers lost - with the Browns starting a quarterback named P J Walker Purdy s statistics weren t huge He was of or yards and a -yard touchdown strike to Jauan Jennings At least seven completions were wise throwaways when receivers were covered or the Garrett-led Cleveland defense had him on the run which was often Garrett got him once beating Williams cleanly or his NFL-best th sack On another one spin move left Purdy face-to-face with Garrett and Purdy still managed to throw the ball away I rolled out and he was right there Purdy announced I was like Oh man and threw the ball away He s like C mon bro and he smiled at me And I m like Sorry he s really cool but he s a monster so you ve got to be smart in certain situations Where Purdy was dominant was on third down He completed of passes on the money down for yards and seven first downs The ers were of on third downs overall His -yard touchdown run was on third-and-goal at the His touchdown pass to Jennings was third-and-goal at the When we got here there was snow all over then the day before today it was snowing late at night Purdy stated So I woke up this morning and I was like It is what it is We ve got to find a way to win It doesn t matter how or what just play within our offense let our defense and special teams do its thing and be smart It doesn t matter what it looks like The ers played one of their largest part complementary games of the season with special teams coming up huge on a -yard punt return by Skyy Moore to set up the first touchdown and a fumble recovery by Darrell Luter Jr on Thomas Morstead s punt to set up another They gained only yards and averaged yards per snap against one of the more legit defenses they ll face the rest of the season Purdy helped provide a big momentum boost with a -yard strike to Kittle directly into the wind with seconds to play that set up a -yard field goal by Matt Gay with the ball hitting the upright and clanging through for three points and a - halftime lead We call it a Spartan and it s basically just like a box fade wide and go Kittle stated I was happy he gave me the opportunity on it Brock threw that into various hard wind If there was no wind I think that was a really easy touchdown Cleveland had taken an - lead on its previous possession on a -yard pass from Shedeur Sanders to tight end Harold Fannin Jr with seconds left in the half as linebacker Luke Gifford fell down in coverage Throwing that go path into the wind like that is a big-time play and a huge catch by George Shanahan declared Purdy correctly straddled the line on the play between being safe and taking a shot Related Articles Kurtenbach The ers are battered bruised and extremely dangerous as they head into their bye week What the ers disclosed after beating the Browns Instant analysis of ers - win over Browns in Cleveland Studs and Duds Brock Purdy bounces back ers special teams shine in win over Browns ers-Browns live updates Niners win in windy Cleveland We needed particular momentum and obviously we re trying to be smart Purdy reported I ve got to be aggressive and go with our matchup when we get it Even if it s windy you ve got to make it happen at certain point I feel like that drive really got us going got our confidence going and it bled into the second half for sure Now the ers get a much-needed break and Purdy s toe gets another week to heal before a four-game stretch that begins at Levi s Stadium against Tennessee - before three brutal final games against Indianapolis - on the road and against Chicago - and Seattle - at home Not that Purdy appeared restricted in any way on Sunday He adroitly ran the offense stayed away from turnovers managed the competition effectively and converted third downs He saved the flash for The Dougie