SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- As San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy wrapped up his media availability after Sunday's win against the Miami Dolphins, linebacker Fred Warner greeted Purdy, pointed to him and declared "MVP."
Just two weeks into the season, it's far too early for any sweeping award declarations, but Purdy's performance against the rebuilding Dolphins on Sunday was so close to perfect that Warner wanted the world to know he sees where Purdy could go in his fifth NFL season.
"Brock is unbelievable," Warner said. "I've spoken on how great of a preseason he had and his camp, his command of the offense, but it's different. We get judged on those three hours that we're out there. For him to be operating the offense the way he is right now, it doesn't matter who the other pieces are. As long as Brock's the one that's being the point guard, I know we're good."
After a weeklong stay in Melbourne, Australia, to open the season, there were plenty of questions this week about whether the Niners might have a letdown against a Dolphins team that is in the first year of a roster teardown.
Purdy heard that chatter and silenced it with one of his best and most complete games as the Niners rolled to a 35-13 win to improve to 2-0. Combined with their 27-7 win against the Los Angeles Rams last week, San Francisco has started the season with back-to-back wins of 20-plus points to open a season for the first time in franchise history.
With Purdy at the controls, the Niners scored a touchdown on each of their first five possessions, the first time they've done that in the past 45 seasons, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
After receiver Deebo Samuel dropped Purdy's third pass attempt, Purdy rattled off 18 straight completions, a streak that ended only when officials flagged him for intentional grounding on his final pass of the day.
Purdy said he wasn't even aware of the streak as he was too busy trying to help push the Niners to a bigger lead after getting just two offensive possessions in the first half.
"I honestly didn't know until towards the end, fourth quarter maybe," Purdy said. "For me, every play, every drive mattered. It wasn't like we went out there and just blew these guys out. It was a game. And that's what we're saying. That's the NFL. That's where my headspace was at."
By the time it was over, Purdy was 20-of-22 for 287 yards with two touchdowns for a 99.7 QBR and tacked on 30 rushing yards with another score. In the process, he became the second player in NFL history with 250-plus passing yards with a completion rate of 90% or better in multiple games, joining Derek Carr at that mark.
Purdy also is the first quarterback in league history to hit both those marks in a game with 30 or more rushing yards. Entering the Sunday night game, Purdy leads the league in QBR (95.9) and completion percentage (80.4%) and is tied for fifth in touchdown passes (five).
Though Purdy has had another quick start to his season, running back Christian McCaffrey isn't surprised that his quarterback continues to improve.
"I feel like I answer that question all the time," McCaffrey said. "He's an incredible, great quarterback.
"Can he take it to another level? I mean, yeah, but he's already in the category of somebody that is special. I've been answering that question for years now. Are you shocked how good he is? And then next week, are you shocked how good he is? Next year, are you shocked? And now I'm not shocked. He's special."
While Purdy continued his hot start to the season, McCaffrey further etched his name into the NFL record books. The versatile back scored on a pair of 1-yard rushing touchdowns Sunday, bringing his career total to 100 with 50 of those as a Niner and the other 50 as a Carolina Panther.
McCaffrey joined Marshall Faulk (Rams, Colts) and Randy Moss (Vikings, Patriots) as the only players in league history to score 50 touchdowns with multiple franchises.
"It's kind of crazy to hear that," McCaffrey said. "I watched all those guys growing up, Marshall Faulk being somebody that I've probably seen every single snap he's played.
"Randy Moss, I probably threw it to him a million times on Madden growing up. So those are huge honors, and definitely a big honor that I'm happy to have."
McCaffrey also became the fourth-fastest player to reach the century mark, doing it in 114 games, one fewer than Niners legend Jerry Rice. Only LaDainian Tomlinson (89 games), Emmitt Smith (93) and Shaun Alexander (96) have done it faster.
"I think it's the beginning of what will go down as a Hall of Fame career," 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk said. "I don't think he's going to end at 100."