QB Brock Purdy Thread

Originally posted by Dshearn:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Steve Young was also my favorite player growing up and I agree. He could RIP IT. Dude was a physical specimen who could literally flick it with ease. A simple highlight can easily prove that.

Steve was a wrist thrower. Lot's of people use him as an example of snap and lift.

Steve had a good arm, in an era of insane arms. Steve was not top 5 in his era for arm strength. Just off the top of my mind, Moon, Elway, George, Cunningham, Farve, Kelly and Marino come to mind. They all clearly had bigger arms. With all those, you could argue Troy Aikman.

If someone put a gun to my head I would say Young was top 10ish in arm strength in his era.....no one....is going to argue Purdy is top 10 in this era.

Young had a stronger arm then Purdy has now.....but I would put Purdy over Montana, and as a QB I got laughed out of a thread recently for saying I would take Young over Montana.....most would view Montana over Young...as well as all the QBs listed here with only Marino being a real argument.

Purdy has enough arm, and all his other stuff seems great. Love the dude.

Agree with all this. I didn't mean to come off as implying Steve was the most powerful thrower out there, only that he had plenty of arm and I'd never say it was average.

Steve had a beautiful deep ball. Didn't have an insane arm but plenty of zip. I don't think Purdys arm is on Steve's level

Originally posted by frenchmov:
Steve had a beautiful deep ball. Didn't have an insane arm but plenty of zip. I don't think Purdys arm is on Steve's level

Purdys catchable ball and quick delivery is optimally suited for kyles offense and quick game

Its not a rocket arm but it doesnt matter when you are accurate af

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
Purdys catchable ball and quick delivery is optimally suited for kyles offense and quick game

Its not a rocket arm but it doesnt matter when you are accurate af

Agreed. Wasn't meant as a slight against purdy but young for sure has a better arm

Originally posted by qnnhan7:
Steve was fast and he can juke like a RB. And most importantly, he didn't blow a freaking knee trynna do it. Unlike the previous QB we had

For all his running, it never occurred to me watching Young that he could blow a knee. He was a natural. I get the same sense with Brock.

Yeah...Brock's injury was more of a fluke. He is built like brick. Hope he picks up some tips off how Russ was able to protect himself for most of his career. Go out of bounds early and such.

He already has the bail on a play and drop if a defender already has a good hold on him. Know when to fight another day. The next play!

Purdy and caleb williams are the same height

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by qnnhan7:
Steve was fast and he can juke like a RB. And most importantly, he didn't blow a freaking knee trynna do it. Unlike the previous QB we had

For all his running, it never occurred to me watching Young that he could blow a knee. He was a natural. I get the same sense with Brock.

Yeah...Brock's injury was more of a fluke. He is built like brick. Hope he picks up some tips off how Russ was able to protect himself for most of his career. Go out of bounds early and such.

He already has the bail on a play and drop if a defender already has a good hold on him. Know when to fight another day. The next play!

"Very good, but Brick no hit back!" - Compliments of Chong Li

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by frenchmov:
Steve had a beautiful deep ball. Didn't have an insane arm but plenty of zip. I don't think Purdys arm is on Steve's level

Purdys catchable ball and quick delivery is optimally suited for kyles offense and quick game

Its not a rocket arm but it doesnt matter when you are accurate af

Agree 💯%, and I haven't seen a QB process this fast since our legendary QB's back in the day. Brock's arm isn't the strongest, but it's fine for Kyle's offense for sure. Over time, it can get stronger - it will just take some time. Out of all of our Hall of Fame QB legendary roster (Tittle, Montana, Young) I think Steve's arm is the strongest IMO.

One reason Brock doesn't need a big arm in Kyle's offense is because Kyle has a knack for finding Running Backs (CMC, Mitchell, Brieda, Mason). Walsh was OK at it, but coaches like Dan Reeves and Shula never seemed to be able to draft or acquire those hall of fame level RB's. Once you have a great running back, those play actions that Kyle loves -- just open up the passing windows wide open. Brock can hit those barnyard wide windows with ease, with his accuracy and timing. No need for a rocket arm there.

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
Blind speculation because your intuition tells you something is not evidence. The only evidence that isn't tainted by speculation is what has been said.

That video literally says, "We'd like to keep him here as a 3, but we'd like to do what's good for him too."

You're right. You can only help those who want help. I live in reality. That's the difference here.

Logically, we wouldn't send a player that we like and believes has upside to a conference rival. Especially not for a fourth round pick. No one in the nfl likes someone that much to where they'll send a guy they really believe will become a good player to one of the teams in their way of a championship, especially at quarterback.

I've said it many times, it's not what Kyle and John say - the truth is in what they don't say and what they do. Their actions tell you exactly what they're planning on doing and what they believe. That's why some of us were able to see what the team was planning on doing all off season.

But at the end of the day, there is no way in hell we would send Trey to the cowboy (conference rival and historical rival) if they believed he was going to be a good player. No team would do that, idc how much they like a player. Where they sent Trey tells us all we need to know about how they actually feel about him as a football player and what they believe his upside is.

Logically, we can and did. Just like we did with Charles Haley.

So happy Lance is gone!

Originally posted by Niner4ever:
So happy Lance is gone!

Im not happy he's gone from a perspective of our team will forever be on the "worst trade up in NFL history" list. No one will ever come close.

But yeah was time to move on and would've been a distraction.

https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/171453-montana-49ers-brock-purdy-makes-great-decisions-comes/

Brock plays like Montana in most regards for us we will be beyond elated!!

Originally posted by Pillbusta:
https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/171453-montana-49ers-brock-purdy-makes-great-decisions-comes/

Brock plays like Montana in most regards for us we will be beyond elated!!

Love that 16 loves 13

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by frenchmov:
Steve had a beautiful deep ball. Didn't have an insane arm but plenty of zip. I don't think Purdys arm is on Steve's level

Purdys catchable ball and quick delivery is optimally suited for kyles offense and quick game

Its not a rocket arm but it doesnt matter when you are accurate af

And throw with great anticipation to the perfect spot timely.

Originally posted by qnnhan7:
Steve was fast and he can juke like a RB. And most importantly, he didn't blow a freaking knee trynna do it. Unlike the previous QB we had

For all his running, it never occurred to me watching Young that he could blow a knee. He was a natural. I get the same sense with Brock.

I don't know, rewatching those games Steve doesn't look fast at all. Dude was tough as nails and determined, but not a burner by any means. I just don't think teams were as prepared during those days to defend against a running QB.