Originally posted by captveg:
Originally posted by SFVNiner:
Originally posted by Shorteous:
Originally posted by captveg:
Originally posted by Mankster:
The first 10 minutes of this conversation is GOLD! Pro Football Talk
King is absolutely right. Purdy's draft status is coloring these reactions, because that's the standard Purdy is expected to return to - 7th round nobody.
If he was a 1st or 2nd round pick people would be saying "man, he's really living up to his expectations" instead.
That's the way media narratives work. It's unfair, and it doesn't really matter for what happens on the field, but it's the reality.
Tom Brady had won THREE Super Bowls and still prior to the 2007 16-0 year some in the media framed it as him being lucky to be matched up with that defense, "just" an elite game manager, etc. The draft spot of Purdy is going to stick with him for a LONG time even if he wins multiple championships.
And florio indirectly confirmed that he was judging him based on the personal initial bias he created. Brock Purdy isn't a QB name… Florio essentially showed how non-objective and biased the media is.
he'll jump on the wagon when the other 🐑 start leading the way lol
Had to listen but it's so hard to absorb the BS florio spouts at every single opportunity!
Essentially he's still holding Purdy to more testing 🙄 ... never heard anyone so desperate to be "right!"
And if you hear what his "only" test left is, its "win a big game by making the hero deep pass". That's it. That's apparently all Florio needs to see. So Purdy could throw for 5000 yards this season and 50 TDs while going 17-0 and Florio could still point to the lack of "big game" hero ball and say "Eh, I'm still not sure if we know how good he is."
If he's still looking for additional visible markers of his ability, that means he has no idea what to look for. Because Purdy is showing everyone what consistent, good decision making looks like every quarter of every game he has played. It's amazing to me people are desperately searching for big splash conspicuous plays. Lord.
What Purdy is doing at QB, is a lot like what Jerry did at WR to be successful. Few gymnastic catches like fred biletnikoff, Sterling Sharpe, gary garrison.
Nope. Most of Jerry's catches were easy, in-stride completions. So easy they looked like your grandmother could catch them. Very few analysts could break down exactly
why everything looked effortless. Purdy is doing the same with his job, that jerry did with his. And if you don't get it, you don't get it.
