Down 17 points to Detroit at the half of last season’s NFC title game, Brock Purdy helped engineer the comeback that sent the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl in one of the most memorable performances of a spectacular first full season as a NFL starting quarterback.

With nothing left to play for this season, the 49ers will have to hope that Brock Purdy grows from a challenging 2024 campaign.

A rough 2024 season exposed some of the flaws on the San Francisco 49ers' roster. Fixing those flaws in the offseason will be key to re-opening the team's Super Bowl window, but quarterback Brock Purdy remains the biggest factor in San Francisco's future success.

T he San Francisco 49ers season has not gone the way they had hoped. Injuries, underperformance, bad luck, and some questionable late-game decisions have led them to a 6-9 record