Brock Purdy makes NFL history: 49ers QB extends this improbable streak with Thursday night win over Giants

Brock Purdy had already made NFL historical past as soon as this season, and he did it once more when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the New York Giants on Thursday night. 

The 30-12 win over New York provides Purdy 8 instantly regular-season wins to begin his profession, the third-longest streak in NFL historical past. Purdy’s streak was once at seven video games heading into the matchup, which had him tied with 4 different quarterbacks for the 0.33 spot at the all-time record. Now he has the No. 3 spot all to himself.

Here’s a take a look at the longest successful streaks via any quarterback to begin their profession: 

As you’ll see, the longest streak in NFL historical past belongs to Ben Roethlisberger. Big Ben’s streak began in Week 3 of the 2004 season and lasted till Week 3 of the 2005 season. 

During his rookie 12 months in 2004, Roethlisberger led the Steelers to the AFC Championship recreation and despite the fact that Pittsburgh did not win, Big Ben would rebound in 2005 via main the Steelers to a win in Super Bowl XL. 

Purdy is now in a an identical scenario: The second-year quarterback led his group to the convention identify recreation all over his rookie 12 months, and despite the fact that the 49ers got here up brief, they’re lately the odds-on favourite to take house the Lombardi Trophy this 12 months. 

Purdy’s streak began in Week 13 of the 2022 season with a 35-7 win over the Buccaneers and because then, the 49ers had been unbeatable with him underneath heart. 

At the velocity issues are going, Purdy may rise up to No. 2 at the record via mid-October. Purdy will wish to win two extra video games to tie Tomczak, which would possibly not be simple. Although the 49ers will likely be closely preferred in Week 4 in opposition to the Cardinals, issues gets a lot more difficult in Week 5 after they face the Cowboys. 

With the win Thursday night, Purdy has a sound probability to catch Roethlisberger. Here’s a take a look at the 49ers’ upcoming time table:

Week 4: Cardinals (0-2)
Week 5: Cowboys (2-0)
Week 6: at Browns (1-1)
Week 7: at Vikings (0-2)
Week 8: Bengals (0-2)
Week 9: BYE
Week 10: at Jaguars (1-1)
Week 11: Buccaneers (2-0)
Week 12: at Seahawks (1-1)

If Purdy’s streak makes it to Week 12 and the 49ers can beat the Seahawks, he will overtake Roethlisberger for the longest successful streak to begin a QB’s profession in NFL historical past. 

Even if that does not occur, Purdy has already made some NFL historical past this 12 months. In a 30-7 win over the Steelers in Week 1, Purdy was the FIRST quarterback in NFL historical past to win his first six regular-season begins whilst ALSO throwing a couple of touchdowns in every recreation. Purdy may be the primary QB in NFL historical past to sign up a QB ranking of a minimum of 95 in every of his first six begins. Both of the ones streaks led to Week 2 in opposition to the Rams, however the excellent news for Purdy is that he had already etched his identify within the NFL file e book earlier than that came about.