The 49ers played sloppily in their 19-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, and their PFF grades have very few highlights. Since becoming the starting quarterback for the team, Brock Purdy consistently has received some of the highest quarterback grades by PFF. The second-year play-caller's 45.4 grade from Week 6 is the lowest of his NFL career. The quarterback's "sweet spot" of intermediate passes 10-19 yards downfield was not a highlight as it has been in the past. Throughout his NFL career, Purdy had completed an astounding 83.1 percent of those intermediate targets. Sunday was another story for Purdy completing only two of his seven targets for 50 yards, and one interception on passes 10-19 yards downfield. According to PFF, no other quarterback during the 2022-23 stretch is even at 70 percent in those intermediate attempts. Here are more high and low lights from the 49ers Week 6 PFF grades: Offense: RB Christian McCaffrey - 68.2 The All-Pro ball carrier gutted through a large portion of the game with an oblique injury prior to leaving the game in the fourth quarter. McCaffrey carried the ball 11 times for only 47 yards. A whopping 46 of the ball carrier's yards came...
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