QB Brock Purdy Thread

He appears to have it above the shoulders. Not just "reading defenses," but seeing them, seeing the holes, seeing the field, finding the open guy, utilizing built in alerts and having the courage to do so. And anticipation as well. Wonderful anticipation. And he seems to have a general understanding of angles, how defenses react over time, how the offense moves when things aren't going to plan, an intuitive sense of when to bail and when to stick in there.

Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
He appears to have it above the shoulders. Not just "reading defenses," but seeing them, seeing the holes, seeing the field, finding the open guy, utilizing built in alerts and having the courage to do so. And anticipation as well. Wonderful anticipation. And he seems to have a general understanding of angles, how defenses react over time, how the offense moves when things aren't going to plan, an intuitive sense of when to bail and when to stick in there.

People keep bringing up his 4 years in college and all the reps he got as to why he has looked so good so far. There have been other QB's that have had 100's of snaps and 1,000's of reps coming out of college that haven't looked this good in their first 4 games in the NFL. Getting Purdy in the 7th round was an absolute steal. With the way he is playing, for all the reasons you have mentioned, he looks like a multi year vet. If we didn't know any better, we would think he was a top 10 pick.

who says he has a weak arm ? That's a decent deep ball…

Originally posted by YACBros85:

Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
He appears to have it above the shoulders. Not just "reading defenses," but seeing them, seeing the holes, seeing the field, finding the open guy, utilizing built in alerts and having the courage to do so. And anticipation as well. Wonderful anticipation. And he seems to have a general understanding of angles, how defenses react over time, how the offense moves when things aren't going to plan, an intuitive sense of when to bail and when to stick in there.

People keep bringing up his 4 years in college and all the reps he got as to why he has looked so good so far. There have been other QB's that have had 100's of snaps and 1,000's of reps coming out of college that haven't looked this good in their first 4 games in the NFL. Getting Purdy in the 7th round was an absolute steal. With the way he is playing, for all the reasons you have mentioned, he looks like a multi year vet. If we didn't know any better, we would think he was a top 10 pick.

Hindsight is 20/20 but if you went back in time and did the draft now knowing what you know he would have likely been a first rounder, even with a limited sample size of gameplay…

Originally posted by YACBros85:

Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
He appears to have it above the shoulders. Not just "reading defenses," but seeing them, seeing the holes, seeing the field, finding the open guy, utilizing built in alerts and having the courage to do so. And anticipation as well. Wonderful anticipation. And he seems to have a general understanding of angles, how defenses react over time, how the offense moves when things aren't going to plan, an intuitive sense of when to bail and when to stick in there.

People keep bringing up his 4 years in college and all the reps he got as to why he has looked so good so far. There have been other QB's that have had 100's of snaps and 1,000's of reps coming out of college that haven't looked this good in their first 4 games in the NFL. Getting Purdy in the 7th round was an absolute steal. With the way he is playing, for all the reasons you have mentioned, he looks like a multi year vet. If we didn't know any better, we would think he was a top 10 pick.

True. Very true. I'm guessing people are just looking for a correlation esp. when comparing to Trey.

Either way, he didn't have 4 years of experience in Kyle's system or the NFL. That's a whole other beast.

And he's showing things many 10 year veterans don't ever get.

This kid seems like a natural and a natural fit for this offense and he couldn't have better personnel, timing, scheme and coaching around him to help him realize his abilities. I'm enjoying every second of this...always love the underdogs anyhow.

I have read a lot of analysis, praise, and pessimistic quotes from various media outlets (including the Zone). Why is it that people can't SEE what's happening here. Brock Purdy is a legitimate NFL quarterback. He's played four games. Has made throws, and plays like other QB's in the league who are successful. The one thing that stands out to me is his confidence. When I saw him come into the Dolphins game after Jimmy got hurt, you could tell he was comfortable and READY. I've watched him play these four games and I sense some Montana thing going on. I watched Joe while he played at Notre Dame and he was the same there as he was on the Niners. But, Brock has youthful confidence to go along with his youthful abilities. He may stumble somewhere along the line (who hasn't) but from what I've witnessed so far, this kid won't let anything stop him from being a championship QB😎

Originally posted by YACBros85:
People keep bringing up his 4 years in college and all the reps he got as to why he has looked so good so far. There have been other QB's that have had 100's of snaps and 1,000's of reps coming out of college that haven't looked this good in their first 4 games in the NFL. Getting Purdy in the 7th round was an absolute steal. With the way he is playing, for all the reasons you have mentioned, he looks like a multi year vet. If we didn't know any better, we would think he was a top 10 pick.

I agree, the experience alone is meaningless, lots of QB's come out of the draft just as experienced and never have a good run of games like he's had. He's in a good situation, surrounded by playmakers, with a top coaching staff, a tremendous defense but all of that alone isn't sufficient, he's clearly been putting in the work in film study and doing what he needed to in order to prepare to play for that level. As long as he doesn't get a big head and continues to grind and work his ass off, there's no real limit to whats possible for him.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by YACBros85:
People keep bringing up his 4 years in college and all the reps he got as to why he has looked so good so far. There have been other QB's that have had 100's of snaps and 1,000's of reps coming out of college that haven't looked this good in their first 4 games in the NFL. Getting Purdy in the 7th round was an absolute steal. With the way he is playing, for all the reasons you have mentioned, he looks like a multi year vet. If we didn't know any better, we would think he was a top 10 pick.

I agree, the experience alone is meaningless, lots of QB's come out of the draft just as experienced and never have a good run of games like he's had. He's in a good situation, surrounded by playmakers, with a top coaching staff, a tremendous defense but all of that alone isn't sufficient, he's clearly been putting in the work in film study and doing what he needed to in order to prepare to play for that level. As long as he doesn't get a big head and continues to grind and work his ass off, there's no real limit to whats possible for him.

It may be that he also has certain natural talents most QBs do not. Specifically referring to the ability to just see the field and react to it with poise. I remember Charlie Weis talking about how he called a play, and presnap he saw something prensap that he was so sure there was no way Brady was going to notice it. Brady gave no indication he had seen it, but at the snap, he made the play Weis saw was there, and that's when he knew Brady was special. I don't think that can really be learned. Maybe a bit. I'm sure you can improve on that, like anything. But I also think there's a natural limit, just like there is with physical abilities. I feel like some people have this and some don't.

And watching Purdy, I feel like he's got it. We'll see, but it really feels like he's able to have that vision and awareness of what a defense is doing, and an intuitive grasp of where its weakness is.

He doesn´t come from nowhere also. I mean he had a hell of a freshman season with Iowa State and he was the best player of his state his last year in high school.
Maybe he just needed to play with better teammates and a better coaching staff.
Context matters in this sport specially at the QB position.

I really like his finger gun celebration, pew pew pew!

Originally posted by D0PEMAN:
I really like his finger gun celebration, pew pew pew!

His touchdown celebration > Montana's,

Which means he's better than Montana.

Championship!

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by WestCoastForever:
Have we heard from cciowa on Brock Purdy? Hope he's okay, he hasn't posted for a while

Love CC, but he usually more present in here when SF is playing poorly.

True

Originally posted by YACBros85:

Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
He appears to have it above the shoulders. Not just "reading defenses," but seeing them, seeing the holes, seeing the field, finding the open guy, utilizing built in alerts and having the courage to do so. And anticipation as well. Wonderful anticipation. And he seems to have a general understanding of angles, how defenses react over time, how the offense moves when things aren't going to plan, an intuitive sense of when to bail and when to stick in there.

People keep bringing up his 4 years in college and all the reps he got as to why he has looked so good so far. There have been other QB's that have had 100's of snaps and 1,000's of reps coming out of college that haven't looked this good in their first 4 games in the NFL. Getting Purdy in the 7th round was an absolute steal. With the way he is playing, for all the reasons you have mentioned, he looks like a multi year vet. If we didn't know any better, we would think he was a top 10 pick.

Lawrence took all the snaps during his career at Clemson SHe was considered a can't miss generational player. He struggled hus entire first season. His problem was he was so good that he got picked 1st by a terrible team.

Purdy was actually lucky to get picked last by the Niners. If he had gone in the middle or late rounds to some bad team he would probably either still be on the bench or struggling as a starter. It helps to have good players around you.

No QB can succeed with a poor O line or no decent receivers. SF has been called a QB friendly offense because they have talent and Kyle is a good play caller. That's true but the QB still needs to play well within that system.

Originally posted by D0PEMAN:
I really like his finger gun celebration, pew pew pew!

He did grow up in Arizona which is the location of Tombstone. Maybe a call back to that.

Originally posted by D0PEMAN:
I really like his finger gun celebration, pew pew pew!

If he keeps bombing touchdowns from 40 yards out he'll have to change to the air bazooka celebration.