Zoe Bell: "San Francisco threw 54 times and ran once—and it didn't matter, because Purdy threw for 565 yards and 6 touchdowns while the Raiders' entire passing game mustered 186. The real game was that Las Vegas kept Jeanty fed with 250 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns and still lost by 10, which tells you exactly how badly the 49ers dominated the air." Caleb Brooks: "Mike Evans caught 10 balls for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns—that's a wideout operating in a different stratosphere from a Raiders secondary that couldn't match his athleticism all afternoon."

The 49ers beat Las Vegas 52-42 in a shootout where San Francisco's passing game overwhelmed the Raiders' defense. Brock Purdy threw for 565 yards and 6 touchdowns on 27 of 54 passing while Mike Evans caught 10 passes for 262 yards and 2 scores, and the 49ers racked up 577 total yards despite running the ball just once for 12 yards. Ashton Jeanty kept the Raiders in it with 250 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns on 39 carries, but Las Vegas managed only 186 passing yards and 3 giveaways to San Francisco's 2, and the margin came down to air yards and execution. San Francisco improves to 6-2 while Las Vegas falls to 3-6.

Riley Parker: "Denver's ground game—84 yards to San Francisco's 54—kept this from being a pure aerial track meet, and that balance let the Broncos' 4 touchdown passes actually mean something instead of just matching Purdy's volume." Sierra Vaughn: "Denver's defense held San Francisco to 54 rushing yards and forced 2 sacks while giving up only 3 turnovers, the kind of structural win that matters in a 14-point game where they got 45 points—and it resets their season entirely, moving them from 4-4 to actually dangerous despite having played the hardest schedule in football so far."

45-31, and neither defence wants to watch it back. Bo Nix was steady for Broncos — 12/20, 302 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT. Brock Purdy threw for 49ers — 25/46, 342 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Brock Purdy has now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 in a row. Through the air: 49ers 342, Broncos 302.

Ava Collins: "Arizona's defense had no answer for Mike Evans—4 touchdowns and 199 yards—and Brock Purdy exploited the gaps relentlessly with 7 scoring passes, leaving the Cardinals scoreless in a 49-14 rout that now has San Francisco undefeated and Arizona without a win."

San Francisco's 49-14 demolition of Arizona on Sunday left no room for interpretation: the Cardinals have a fundamental problem on defense that extends well beyond Week 3. Brock Purdy completed 21 of 33 for 434 yards and 7 touchdowns while Mike Evans caught 9 passes for 199 yards and 4 scores, and Arizona's pass defense had no answer for either. The Cardinals managed just 207 passing yards and 0 sacks in response, and Trey McBride's 10 catches for 162 yards could not mask the gap in execution elsewhere. Arizona needs to stop asking its offense to carry the load—the team ran 29 times for 96 yards—and figure out how to generate pressure and coverage downfield, because at 0-3, the problem is not effort, it is scheme.

49ers 56, Dolphins 35, and it was not that close. Brock Purdy did the damage for 49ers — 27/39, 521 yards, 7 TD, 1 INT. Malik Willis threw for Dolphins — 21/37, 401 yards, 4 TD, 5 INT — in a losing effort. Total yards: 49ers 658, Dolphins 414.