4 overreactions from Week 2: Brock Purdy’s overthrows will eventually cost the 49ers

Last week, we said the passing offense should run through Brandon Aiyuk after our Week 1 overreactions. Aiyuk was banged up with a shoulder injury, so he didn’t have the same production in Week 2.

Let’s get into our overreactions from the 49ers win over the Rams.

Brock Purdy’s overthrows will cost the offense...eventually

For a team that scored 30 points for the second week in a row, you would have thought the quarterback played horrific. During his postgame press conference, the first couple of questions to Brock Purdy were something along the lines of “are you kicking yourself for leaving yards on the field?”

To his credit, Purdy owned his misses. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was a little…