The 49ers and Bears have gone backwards and forwards within the first half on Sunday night time, however San Francisco is holding a 28-21 lead at halftime.
Things acquired off to an inauspicious begin for San Francisco when Brock Purdy threw a pick-six on the primary play from scrimmage, as linebacker T.J. Edwards returned the seventh interception of his profession 34 yards for a landing.
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But from there, the 49ers scored 14 straight factors with a Purdy 1-yard landing move adopted by a Purdy 10-yard landing run. Per the NBC broadcast, it was the primary time a QB had ever thrown a landing, rushed for a landing, and thrown a pick-six all within the first quarter.
Purdy’s landing run was the beginning of 5 consecutive TD drives by the 2 groups. Luther Burden caught a 35-yard strike from Caleb Williams to tie the rating. Christian McCaffrey rushed for a 5-yard landing, his tenth dashing TD of the 12 months. Colston Loveland caught a 36-yard landing to tie it up once more. Then Purdy ran in his second TD of the night time, this time from 3 yards out to place San Francisco up by seven.
The Bears lastly ended the string of scores once they needed to punt with about 1:15 left within the half.
McCaffrey has rushed for 121 yards on 18 carries, additionally catching two passes for 20 yards.
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Purdy is 14-of-20 for 164 yards with a landing and an interception.
The 49ers have racked up 330 complete yards, 22 first downs, and are 5-of-7 on third down — dominating time of possession 21:56 to eight:04.
But Chicago has gotten some good throws out of Williams, who’s 6-of-12 for 108 yards with two touchdowns at halftime.
On the harm entrance, 49ers left deal with Trent Williams needed to exit after Purdy’s pick-six with a hamstring harm and has not returned. At this level, it seems uncertain that he’ll, although he’s solely been introduced as questionable.
The Bears will obtain the second-half kickoff.