Things were looking up for the 49ers heading into their Monday Night Football matchup against the Panthers.<\/p>\n
Starting quarterback Brock Purdy and wide receiver Ricky Pearsall were both active for the second straight week after lengthy spells on the sidelines due to injury<\/a>. <\/p>\n While the game started off well enough\u2014the 49ers took their opening drive the length of the field that ended with Purdy throwing a touchdown pass to Jauan Jennings\u2014it quickly went off the rails from there.<\/p>\n On San Francisco\u2019s next three possessions, Purdy threw increasingly dumbfounding interceptions. Jaycee Horn was the first Panthers defender to get in on the action, picking off Purdy to leave Carolina in great field position.<\/p>\n Prime time players make prime time plays<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcfa: ESPN pic.twitter.com\/M2ZZSppHXJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Panthers couldn\u2019t turn the drive into points, but the defense stepped up once again on the 49ers\u2019 next possession. This time it was Mike Jackson playing the hero, intercepting Purdy in the end zone on a pass intended for Pearsall.<\/p>\n Mike Jack takes it back<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcfa: ESPN pic.twitter.com\/h8JKVO2loc<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Again, the Panthers weren\u2019t able to put points on the board, but Horn decided to go back for seconds a little early this Thanksgiving week.<\/p>\n 2nd INT of the night for Horn<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcfa: ESPN pic.twitter.com\/a79StaHeaC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Mercifully, the Panthers would finally eke a field goal out of the turnover this time. As the half came to a close, Purdy threw two more balls that were nearly intercepted, but he was able to keep his turnover total to three heading into the break.<\/p>\n Three picks in a half is never the stat line a quarterback is looking for, but it has to be especially frustrating for Purdy, who is just returning from injury and looking to make good on the five-year, $265 million extension<\/a> he signed with the 49ers in the offseason.<\/p>\n Plenty of people questioned giving Purdy that amount of money when the deal was signed, and his poor placement and decision-making in prime time added some more fuel to that fire. Online, fans were quick to make their voices heard.<\/p>\n Brock Purdy must be AI because Silicon Valley investors sunk hundreds of millions of dollars into him and now they\u2019re really insistent that he\u2019s really good and useful and the rest of us are like uhhhhhhh idk it kinda feels like he messes up all the time<\/p>\n \u2014 Rodger Sherman (@rodger) November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Brock Purdy on Monday Night Football pic.twitter.com\/VtWPfwwe6P<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ryan Linkletter (@blitzlink_) November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Niners paid Brock Purdy $265 million pic.twitter.com\/d5R0m4U4DJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \ud83c\udf28\ufe0f (@NotLikeRuss) November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Mac Jones watching Brock Purdy pic.twitter.com\/c5ULKE5koW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n I don\u2019t think Brock Purdy should be the QB in the second half<\/p>\n \u2014 Diante Lee (@DianteLeeFB) November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n If Brock Purdy won the MVP the EPA boys tried to get him it would have been the darkest day in the history of the sport<\/p>\n \u2014 Lincoln Riley ran from a rivalry (@CokeSipper) November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Nothing better than Brock Purdy floating air biscuits over the middle until the end of time.<\/p>\n