injured his foot and San Francisco turned to Purdy. He has been terrific, posting a 13-to-4 TD-INT ratio, while completing 67 percent of his passes for a 107.3 rating, which is almost two points higher than any QB in the NFL who had enough attempts to qualify. More impressively, Purdy is now 7-0 as the 49ers’ starting quarterback.The NFL coach who wrote the scouting report said Monday, “The biggest thing that stood out differently than from his college film, and John Lynch, is his athleticism.
“There feels like there’s two or three of those guys every year, who’ve played a ton in college. They produced and know the playbook in and out but are just physically limited. They play so much and so you get a really good look at what they can’t do, where sometimes it helps guys that don’t play that much because their warts don’t show up as much.”
Evaluating college quarterbacks has always been particularly vexing for the NFL. One school of thought, the coach said, is if you’re going to take a QB in the first round, he needs to be elite at one thing. “That was the whole debate with
BruceFeldmanCFB I tracked what every college quarterback did during the COVID pause of 2020. Purdy did LEAST of anyone. During the pause, he refused to pick up a football & instead focused entirely on faith & family. It stunted his growth & 2020 was his worst passer rating. But God had his back.
BruceFeldmanCFB I'm definitely not a fan of black supremacy in sports. But shrewd teams are able to utilize it to their advantage. For instance, to draft a Hall of Fame-caliber white quarterback in the 6th or 7th round.
BruceFeldmanCFB Still not sure Purdy is a starter anywhere outside of SF...
CFB BruceFeldmanCFB Good piece…I think Grit has something to do with his success…all the data and measurements on him are all physical…there are also a lot of things related to the rest of the team, which was discussed at the end…there’s also coaching…can’t wait to see what happens!
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