Originally posted by tankle104:
"Of the multiple ways Purdy has elevated an already
talented supporting cast and dynamic offensive
scheme, it's the addition of a successful deep passing
game that has raised the Niners offense to its current
historic trajectories.
Through 13 games, the Niners rank second in the NFL
in offensive points per game (29.2), first in offensive
efficiency (77.58) and offensive expected points added
(119.4), third in passing yards per game (262.7) and
rushing yards per game (139.6) and second in total
yards per game (402.3). They are also posting the
seventh-best defense-adjusted value over average
(DVOA) (35.2%) of any offense ever tracked through a
team's first 13 games.
Despite an outside narrative that Purdy takes dump-
offs and checkdowns for most of his passing yards, the
numbers don't support that notion.
Only 20.4% of Purdy's pass attempts have been at or behind the line of scrimmage, the second-lowest mark in the league.
In those numbers is the revelation that Shanahan has
inherent trust in Purdy to cut it loose more than any
quarterback hes had since arriving in 2017. Before this
season, the Niners' most 30-plus yard attempts in a
season was 2022, when Jimmy Garoppolo tried 12
such deep shots. Garoppolo went 1-of-12.
What's more, from 2017 through 2022, Garoppolo was
6-of-40 with two touchdowns and six interceptions on
throws traveling 30-plus air yards. Purdy already has
more completions and touchdowns in just 13 games
this season.
Indeed, for the Niners the deep ball isn't so much
about quantity as it is quality. Purdy is in the middle of
the pack in terms of pass attempts at the 20- and 30-
plus air yard marks but still ranks near the top of the
league in completions because of his accuracy.
For the season, Purdy is fourth in completions on
throws traveling 10-plus air yards (79) and 15-plus air
yards (51) and fifth in completions on throws traveling
20-plus air yards (24). That's a product of Purdy
ranking second in completion percentage on throws of
10-plus air yards and first in completion rate on 15-
and 20-plus yard throws. He is seventh in the NFL in
air yards per attempt (7.9) while comfortably ranking
first in yards per attempt (9.9), yards per completion
(14.1) and yards per drop back (8.8)."
*chefs kiss* that's our QB 😭
okay.......
citation?