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Brock Purdy and the San Francisco forty-niners made history in Australia Friday night, dismantling the Los Angeles Rams twenty-seven to seven in the NFL's first-ever regular-season game on Australian soil. Purdy completed twenty-five of thirty-four passes for two hundred five yards and three touchdowns, bouncing back from an early interception to carve up the Rams defense and spread the ball to eight different receivers. Clinical is the word.
Speaking of the Rams, Myles Garrett — the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, acquired in that blockbuster offseason trade from Cleveland — had himself a quiet debut on the Los Angeles defense. Forty-niner offensive tackle Trent Williams essentially erased him from the game, a sobering first impression for a player brought in to terrorize opposing quarterbacks all season long.
And shifting focus to what's ahead, Jalen Hurts and Jayden Daniels are both entering pivotal moments in their careers as the Eagles and Commanders square off in a Week One clash. Hurts is the reigning Super Bowl MVP after Philadelphia blew out Kansas City in Super Bowl fifty-nine, while Daniels is looking to build on Washington's first NFC Championship appearance in over thirty years.
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