Instant Analysis of the 49ers 22-17 Loss to the Minnesota Vikings
Tonight was by far the worst performance by the 49ers' defense since last season when they were destroyed by the Kansas City Chiefs.
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00:00 The 49ers just lost 22 to 17 to the Minnesota Vikings and now they've lost two games in a row.
00:07 Brock Purdy threw back-to-back interceptions in the fourth quarter. He had two opportunities
00:13 to lead the Niners offense down the field and score a game-winning touchdown, down five,
00:19 and he threw picks both times over the middle to the same player, safety cam Bynum. It was a very
00:26 Jimmy Garoppolo way to end this game and now Brock Purdy has officially come back down to earth.
00:32 We're going to get to him in a minute. We got to start with the defense. The Niners defense
00:36 was atrocious in this game. Only gave up 22 points but it could have been more. I mean they couldn't
00:41 get off the field on third down. They couldn't stop the run. They gave up more than 450 yards.
00:46 They never sacked Kirk Cousins. You can't use the injury excuse for the Niners defense. The
00:51 injuries were on offense. I mean Nick Bosa played the full game. He wasn't injured. He did nothing.
00:56 Javon Hargrave did nothing. Eric Armstead did nothing. Randy Gregory did nothing.
01:00 Drag Reedlaw seemed a little injured running around not quite as fast as normal.
01:05 Travarius Ward committed a bunch of penalties. Diamandre Lenoir, same.
01:08 Steve Wilks blitzing at the end of the first half with like 16 seconds left and giving up a 60-yard
01:14 touchdown. The whole defense was just atrocious. But the story of the game really is the quarterback.
01:24 Yeah he didn't have Debo Samuel. Didn't have Trent Williams. The run game really wasn't
01:29 working because the offensive line wasn't good and Brock Purdy did a good job of moving around and
01:34 avoiding pressure. But then man did he try to do too much. He had opportunities to be the hero.
01:42 He's never really had to be the hero. He's riding on the caboose on this train. Today he needed to
01:48 step up and be the hero. No Debo Samuel, Trent Williams, Christian McCaffrey struggling.
01:54 And what did he do? He pulled a Jimmy Garoppolo. He was not the hero. He was the GOAT. Back to
02:01 back interceptions. This team came back down to earth. He came back down to earth. Before the
02:06 game, Talano Hufunga said it was last week might have been a good loss for the 49ers because it
02:10 woke them up. Well now they got back to back good losses. This is a trend. The
02:17 Niners didn't need a wake-up call in Cleveland. The Niners need to get better.