QB Brock Purdy Thread

Originally posted by reasonable1:
My best friends (one is a die hard Cowboys fan the other a die hard Giants fan) said after the Washington game:

"The 49ers just found the next Tom Brady situation"

And I have to agree. I love Trey Lance...but Brock Purdy is a Kyle Shanahan QB through and through. He's Drew Brees with mobility. This is a fantastic problem to have.

Drew Brees? I mean I'm not going there at
after 5 games.

young Drew was a lot more athletic then people think too, I believe he was a stud tennis player as well

Originally posted by Alfienator:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by 49erF90:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by NCommand:
Brock feels miles ahead of those two as well when speaking to pocket play. Russell had a historic defense and running game while he learned the offense. Kyler already knew the offense from college. But neither relied on the pocket the way Brock is.

Brock really is navigating the pocket like a 10 year classic drop back QB who's had to rely on high level processing to excel.

....and then he's got the short area quickness to escape pressure off that and make off schedule plays.

We've found something special.

TBF, he couldn't be in any better position either but you still have to do it.

Exactly - it's a give and take. We are benefiting from his ridiculous play and he's benefiting from our play calling and playmakers.

If I had to come up with a knock on him, I'd say that if he doesn't get his feet set right - he can make errant throws because he doesn't have a strong enough arm to gun it from every angle.

That's fair. He talked about how important that base is....something he learned from baseball and being a pitcher.

Right, what gives me comfort is that he doesn't seem to be thinking about his mechanics as he is playing - which is what you want, it to be second nature.

the interception to kittle last game - he had the time and space to get his feet right and gun it, I just don't think he saw the defender and made a bad read.

i anticipate we will see that play soon but with Aiyuk. 😈

he didn't see him but he should have made the throw sooner, same with his other throws and his jogging bootlegs... after his two TDs he
s seem to be a little too chill. to me it comes off as cocky than a weakness.

Just because he made a mistake on that play doesn't mean he's cocky. For a rookie making that mistake but didn't let those mistakes rattle him, rather, he moved on quick, maintained his poise and composure and still led his team to win the game. After the game he admitted to his mistakes, he owned them and pledged he will learned from them.

it wasn't just one play as i mentioned in my post.. and i didn't consider it being a mistake or any weakness..That punt to Aiyuk... if purdy doesn't jog in his bootleg he hits Kittle for the game winner easily.. but he came out slower than usual and got blown up.

like you said, it sounds like he has self awareness and will learn from it

There was a play in 49ers-Raiders on which Brock Purdy didn't throw to an open Tyler Kroft for what would've been a TD and instead threw shorter to Brandon Aiyuk.

Purdy to Kroft: "Dude, I owe you one."

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) January 6, 2023

So we see a TD to Kroft this Sunday?

I'm excited to find out now. LOL

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by Furlow:
Jogging bootlegs lol

Lmao I laugh Everytime I see this. Not because he is or isn't doing it, it's just a hilarious critique.

well he's not walking and not running ..what would be the in between ?

Just look at his other bootlegs early in this game and others.. big difference

Originally posted by genus49:
I think it's funny how we have his 10 yard split going from 1.55 to 1.65 in that article's RAS score chart. Which one is it? There is a BIG difference between the two numbers.

And if we're going off measurables he's not some amazing athlete. He's not even avg according to RAS score. He scored a 4.5 and the avg score for the QB position is 5.0. His 10 yard spilt according to them is a 1.61. His 20 yard shuttle and split were good. Everything else is actually really bad.

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Drew Brees? I mean I'm not going there at free 5 games.

I said it after the Miami game.

Remember...we recall New Orleans Brees that literally built an offense with Peyton and grew in it.

But talent wise...Brees never had the biggest arm. He threw with exceptional timing and anticipation bc he knew where everyone would be at all times. I see a lot of that in Purdy. Add in the mobility and they're cooking with gas.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by genus49:
I think it's funny how we have his 10 yard split going from 1.55 to 1.65 in that article's RAS score chart. Which one is it? There is a BIG difference between the two numbers.

And if we're going off measurables he's not some amazing athlete. He's not even avg according to RAS score. He scored a 4.5 and the avg score for the QB position is 5.0. His 10 yard spilt according to them is a 1.61. His 20 yard shuttle and split were good. Everything else is actually really bad.

That's certainly not the way he plays. He plays more athletic than he times and that's all that counts. So much more important things to QB than raw athleticism anyway. Purdy has all of those in massive amounts.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by genus49:
I think it's funny how we have his 10 yard split going from 1.55 to 1.65 in that article's RAS score chart. Which one is it? There is a BIG difference between the two numbers.

And if we're going off measurables he's not some amazing athlete. He's not even avg according to RAS score. He scored a 4.5 and the avg score for the QB position is 5.0. His 10 yard spilt according to them is a 1.61. His 20 yard shuttle and split were good. Everything else is actually really bad.

That's certainly not the way he plays. He plays more athletic than he times and that's all that counts. So much more important things to QB than raw athleticism anyway. Purdy has all of those in massive amounts.

Yep. Based on the eye test, he is more agile and better short distance burst than Trey. Trey can definitely run faster in longer distance. Agility and short distance burst are more important in mobility within the pocket, bootlegs, and rollouts.

Trey being faster in longer distance hasn't help him that much in the game. He hasn't have any breakout runs (design run or scramble runs). He has 50+ run attempts in the NFL already.

So for mobility I will actually give it to Purdy over Trey.

Originally posted by reasonable1:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Drew Brees? I mean I'm not going there at free 5 games.

I said it after the Miami game.

Remember...we recall New Orleans Brees that literally built an offense with Peyton and grew in it.

But talent wise...Brees never had the biggest arm. He threw with exceptional timing and anticipation bc he knew where everyone would be at all times. I see a lot of that in Purdy. Add in the mobility and they're cooking with gas.

You're not being 'reasonable.'

But I love the positivity.

Good and bad (work in progress stuff)

Originally posted by libertyforever:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by genus49:
I think it's funny how we have his 10 yard split going from 1.55 to 1.65 in that article's RAS score chart. Which one is it? There is a BIG difference between the two numbers.

And if we're going off measurables he's not some amazing athlete. He's not even avg according to RAS score. He scored a 4.5 and the avg score for the QB position is 5.0. His 10 yard spilt according to them is a 1.61. His 20 yard shuttle and split were good. Everything else is actually really bad.

That's certainly not the way he plays. He plays more athletic than he times and that's all that counts. So much more important things to QB than raw athleticism anyway. Purdy has all of those in massive amounts.

Yep. Based on the eye test, he is more agile and better short distance burst than Trey. Trey can definitely run faster in longer distance. Agility and short distance burst are more important in mobility within the pocket, bootlegs, and rollouts.

Agreed. So much of QB play in the pocket (phonebooth) is lateral quickness and feel/instincts/anticipation of the pressure. He has this in spades. Trey has good feel but not as much lateral quickness which is another reason Kyle ran him inside and not off tackle to the edges.

Sick'em, Brock.

Originally posted by reasonable1:
I said it after the Miami game.

Remember...we recall New Orleans Brees that literally built an offense with Peyton and grew in it.

But talent wise...Brees never had the biggest arm. He threw with exceptional timing and anticipation bc he knew where everyone would be at all times. I see a lot of that in Purdy. Add in the mobility and they're cooking with gas.

His arm wasn't bottom tier though and you're not giving him any credit for being as athletic as he was early in his career. Brees has very quick feet and had elite agility measureables.

Look I'm team Brock like everyone else, I want him to be a star. It's been 5 games though and while he's played wayyyyy better than anyone thought Mr. Irrelevant would have, there's been some issues that have popped up the past couple games. He's a rookie and hopefully all that stuff improves (I imagine it will) but let's stop with the Brees stuff.

Originally posted by NCommand:
You're not being 'reasonable.'

But I love the positivity.

Short white dude who didn't have a cannon & was one of the best QBs of our generation…I mean they're exactly the same

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by tankle104:
Well I wasn't saying that others haven't had really good rookie seasons - there has been a bunch of rookies over the last 8 years or so that have had great rookie ca
Campaigns but that is obviously due to players being more prepared for the league ever before.

I was really talking about football IQ. The way he seems the game and also understands all the rules. His poise as well.
Someone like mayfield, I never got the impression of "he looks like a vet".

everyone we mentioned above, still looked like rookies to me (even though they played very good), besides Big Ben, luck, and Purdy.

Big Ben wasn't nearly as good his first year as he would become but I watched just about every Steelers game that year because of my friends - he was so clutch and reliable during that 13-0 start. He finally lost in the AFCC

idk how I forgot about burrow! He's like my favorite non 49er! His senior year in college was the greatest I've ever seen.

I mean it's hard to judge football IQ over 5 games. He looks like he gets it and that awesome. Let's see how it goes though. If I'm gonna go sky high best case comp it's Burrow.

I'm liking this comp more and more.

I mean that would be best case one in a million chance lol. Never know though

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by NCommand:
You're not being 'reasonable.'

But I love the positivity.

Short white dude who didn't have a cannon & was one of the best QBs of our generation…I mean they're exactly the same

LOL. Hey, if he doesn't pan out, he could always be a white slot WR like Julian Edelman.