Christian McCaffrey: Brock Purdy's not afraid to throw the deep ball

Purdy's confidence deep is something that McCaffrey has noticed and is not taking for granted.

"We're lucky he's our quarterback, that's for sure," McCaffrey said.  "He makes a lot of big plays. He's not afraid to throw the ball deep. You saw the one to Deebo. That was awesome. We gotta go out there and keep making plays for him."

Samuel said that the deep ball is something the 49ers have been working on during training camp, and now that work is paying off. 

"It's good to see us taking shots down the field," Samuel said. 

In all, Purdy was 25-of-37 with two passing touchdowns, an excellent 111.3 passer rating and a career regular-season high of 310 passing yards. Purdy did much of his damage facing a stiff blitz orchestrated by Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale, going 20-of-31 for 247 yards with both of his passing scores coming against the blitz. 

Purdy's progressing and becoming multifaceted as a quarterback. While he gets rid of the ball quick and did so at a career-high rate of 2.34 seconds versus the Giants, the Niners will be all the more dangerous offensively now that he is starting to throw deep. In year No. 2, the sky is the limit for Purdy and the 49ers offense.