SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Nearest a few up-and-down drives to seen the sport Thursday night time, the San Francisco 49ers in the end were given rolling on their 0.33 ownership as quarterback Brock Purdy discovered rookie receiver Ronnie Bell for the sport’s first landing.

On third-and-5 on the Giants’ 9, Purdy dropped again, recognized a blitz coming from the left facet and floated the cross towards the sideline as Bell got here out of his fracture, leapt and hauled it in. For Bell, it’s the primary reception and landing of his younger profession upcoming the Niners worn a seventh-round select on him.

With founding receiver Brandon Aiyuk no longer enjoying on account of a shoulder trauma, Bell was once taking up a larger workload.

Purdy was once 6-for-7 for 101 yards and the landing on 0.33 downs throughout the Bell TD. That’s already essentially the most passing yards Purdy has had on 0.33 downs in any sport of his NFL profession, consistent with ESPN Stats & Knowledge.

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