"Brock Purdy became the first 49ers quarterback ever to throw for five touchdown passes in a single Monday Night Football game, and the 49ers romped last night in a yuletide touchdown party over the Indianapolis Colts. The San Francisco 49ers rattled off their fifth straight victory Monday night with a 48-27 win over the Indianapolis Colts that seemed like just another one of their easy wins over creampuff teams that have characterized the Niners' last month."
"Jokes galore have been cracked about the Colts' 44-year-old, pulled-out-of-retirement emergency quarterback Philip Rivers, a man currently playing NFL quarterback even though he's . But the noticeably chubbier Rivers played pretty respectably, going 23-for-35 and 277 yards, plus two TDs and the one interception. The problem was that he plays for the Indianapolis Colts."
"The 49ers evened it up to 7-7 with a 22-yard touchdown pass to Demarcus Robinson, and the Colts promptly fumbled the ensuing kickoff to give the Niners that ball at the Indianapolis 26-yard line. An easy two-yard touchdown throw to Christian McCaffrey would put the 49ers up 14-7. Yet the pesky, aging Philip Rivers would manage to score again, tying the game 14-14. The 49ers would create more breathing room with a second quarter George Kittle touchdown and an Eddy Pineiro field goal, but we almost got another miracle out of Pineiro just before halftime. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan decided Fuck it, why not?, and trotted Pineiro out for a ridiculously unlikely 64-yard field goal attempt right before halftime. Pineiro almost hit it! But the ball doinked off the lower crossbar (and quite loudly at that), leaving the halftime score 24-17, Niners."
Brock Purdy threw five touchdown passes as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Indianapolis Colts 48-27, marking the team's fifth straight victory. The 49ers had already clinched a playoff berth and remain in contention for the NFC No. 1 seed and home-field advantage. Philip Rivers, a 44-year-old emergency quarterback pulled out of retirement, completed 23 of 35 passes for 277 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. The Colts fumbled a kickoff that led to a Christian McCaffrey touchdown, George Kittle scored in the second quarter, and Eddy Pineiro nearly converted an improbable 64-yard field goal that struck the crossbar before halftime.
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