Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan confident Brock Purdy will bounce back from stinger, four interceptions

It was a nightmare on Christmas for Brock Purdy.

It started terribly well, as Purdy connected with George Kittle for a 58-yard run and catch ahead of a 13-yarder to put the San Francisco 49ers on the Baltimore Ravens' 15-yard line during their opening drive.

Then Purdy saw Deebo Samuel in the end zone and didn't see Kyle Hamilton.

Hamilton swooped in, tallying the first of his two interceptions and Purdy's four.

At evening's end, Purdy was on the sidelines, having suffered an aggravation of a stinger and thrown a quartet of INTs in the 49ers' 33-19 loss to the Ravens.

Despite the insult and the injury, head coach Kyle Shanahan expressed confidence that Purdy will rebound from the poor performance and the stinger.

"He stayed in there, kept battling," Shanahan said. "Our whole team struggled there in the second half, so it just wasn't him. I know he was disappointed not being able to finish it there, but given that stinger again, I just wanted to keep him out of there. Ready for him to bounce back next week."

Purdy finished his night going 18 of 32 for 255 yards, no touchdowns, the four picks and a dismal 42.6 rating. Midway through the fourth quarter, Purdy was sacked by Jadeveon Clowney, which aggravated a stinger injury he's been dealing with. He went to the blue medical tent and was cleared to return, but Shanahan erred on the side of caution and went with Sam Darnold for the last two drives of the game.

"Yeah, I played the whole game, fine not thinking about it or anything at all," Purdy said. "It wasn't even a thing. You know just the way I got tackled on that play, it sort of just lit up again just like last week. So, I had to go through the protocol, process in the tent and everything like that. It sort of just how it went