It is not any kind of exaggeration to call Sunday's NFC Championship Game the biggest contest of Brock Purdy's life. It was an opportunity for the San Francisco 49ers quarterback to accomplish the inconceivable—to go from "Mr. Irrelevant" to the Super Bowl in just his second season. To pour a massive bucket of cold water on the notion that he's a game manager propped up by one of the most talented and balanced rosters in the NFL.
For the first 30 minutes of the game, it appeared that Purdy's naysayers were going to be out in force on Monday morning.