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Brock Purdy's improved passing and decisive running sparked a pivotal 34-27 win and amplified the 49ers' playoff momentum.
As relentlessly inept as the Cleveland Browns football franchise has been since its return in 1999, your San Francisco 49ers had actually not won a game in Cleveland since 1984, the days of Joe Montana and Dwight Clark (back then, Jerry Rice was still just a senior at Mississippi Valley State). Granted, the Niners don't play very often at a Cleveland Stadium that locals have taken to call the Factory of Sadness because of how frequently the Browns lose there.
Washington gave running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. the start once again. He was dealing with an injury throughout the week, but judging by the explosive purpose he was displaying right out of the gate, it didn't seem to be bothering him all that much. Rodriguez broke off some significant gains, finally establishing a ground attack for the Commanders that had been sorely lacking in recent weeks.
Over the past two NFL seasons, the pop megastar has usually stolen the show when she arrives at NFL stadiums to watch her beau Travis Kelce in action with the Kansas City Chiefs. But on Sunday, Swift initially appeared to skip the Chiefs game at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium, in their Super Bowl rematch against the Philadelphia Eagles, TMZ and the Daily Mail reported. She wasn't seen in her usual private suite, cheering Kelce on.