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Rookie backmost Brock Purdy has made six touchdown passes from his archetypal 3 games for the San Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers became the 2nd NFL squad to seal a spot successful this season's play-offs by winning 21-13 astatine divisional rivals Seattle Seahawks.
On conscionable his 2nd NFL start, rookie backmost Brock Purdy threw 2 touchdown passes to choky extremity George Kittle to springiness the 49ers a seventh consecutive triumph and determination to a 10-4 record.
That secured the NFC West rubric with 3 regular play games left.
The Seahawks (7-7) tin inactive marque the post-season via a wild-card spot.
Purdy, 22, was this year's 'Mr Irrelevant', the nickname fixed to the subordinate selected past successful the NFL draft.
But injuries to Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo person handed the 262nd draught prime an unexpected accidental to pb the 49ers into the play-offs and perchance to Super Bowl 57.
Since the draught moved to 7 rounds successful 1994, nary backmost selected successful the last circular has started a play-off crippled arsenic a rookie - and lone six person played successful a play-off crippled astatine immoderate constituent successful their career.
Purdy became the archetypal Mr Irrelevant to propulsion a regular-season touchdown walk erstwhile helium replaced the injured Garoppolo 2 weeks ago.
Last week helium became the archetypal backmost to bushed grounds seven-time Super Bowl victor Tom Brady connected his archetypal vocation start, arsenic the 49ers defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-7.
And connected his archetypal distant commencement connected Thursday, helium completed 17 of 26 passes for 217 yards successful Seattle, portion Kittle made 4 catches for 93 yards.
From 26 carries, mid-season signing Christian McCaffrey rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown, and added 30 yards connected six catches.
The 49ers led 14-3 astatine half-time and 21-6 with little than 4 minutes remaining, erstwhile Seattle backmost Geno Smith made his solitary touchdown walk to Noah Fant.
In his archetypal play arsenic a starter since 2014, Smith, 32, has amazingly led the Seahawks backmost into play-off contention aft trading Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos and was 31 of 44 passing for 238 yards.
Brock Purdy was selected 262nd and past successful the NFL draught but is acceptable to pb the San Francisco 49ers into the play-offs
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