Brock Purdy looked like his old self, but a 41-22 road win by the 49ers Sunday over the Arizona Cardinals saw a handful of important plays that had nothing to do with the offense.

It was far from perfect, but the 49ers‘ defense and special teams played the kind of complementary roles a team needs if it is striving to make the playoffs. And the 49ers, for all their injuries and flaws, are 7-4, get an extra day to heal up with a Monday night game against Carolina up next at Levi’s Stadium.

A record-setting day by Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett was no match for the 49ers’ play-making and served as evidence that inflated yardage totals have never been a match for defensive takeaways when it comes to winning football.

Brissett completed an NFL-record 47 passes in 57 attempts for 452 yar

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