What we learned as Purdy struggles in 49ers' Christmas loss to Ravens

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers simply were not ready for prime time Monday night.

Quarterback Brock Purdy, who entered the week as the top NFL MVP candidate, had the worst game of his football life.

And the Baltimore Ravens took full advantage of all the 49ers’ shortcomings in rolling to a 33-19 blowout victory at Levi’s Stadium on Christmas night.

It was just the third time in NFL history that teams with the best records in each conference matched up in December or later since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. The Ravens, now 12-3, showed why they entered as the top team in the AFC.

The 49ers? Not so much.

This game did not live up to the anticipation, as San Francisco simply was overmatched in every which way.