This year’s NFC Championship game will be a full-circle moment for Brock Purdy either way.
Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers advanced to the conference title round on Saturday with a come-from-behind 24-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers. The 49ers will now face the winner of Sunday’s Detroit Lions-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game.
A wild fact went viral on social media in the wake of San Francisco’s win. Their victory means that the NFC title game will pit a former No. 1 overall pick (either Jared Goff or Baker Mayfield) against a former Mr. Irrelevant (Purdy).
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