QB Brock Purdy Thread

Originally posted by NineFourNiner:
Let's hope he has no ill effects today.

He won't. Not a guy that can come back this quickly this fit. I am fully confident he can keep this up. He is FAR ahead of schedule. It is easy to see why this guy had made Kyle a believer

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by Memphis9er:

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by Memphis9er:

Originally posted by 49ersRing:
Mahomes is definitely on pace to be the GOAT. That he still managed to win the Super Bowl despite suffering a pretty severe high-ankle sprain just a few weeks earlier is damn impressive. I wish our QBs had that level of grit and determination.

You mean like gritting out an UCL injury to a throwing arm to finish the game?

Mahomes would have stayed in the game and threw left-handed if he had to. It's not like a severe high-ankle sprain is child's play in terms of injuries for a QB. Mahomes just wanted it that badly. He's a competitor.

Rings posts embarrass himself, as per usual. Maybe be more subtle?

No offense to you, ring. Just to your posts.

In this instance I don't think he's wrong. I legit could see Mahomes trying to throw left handed if he was put in Purdy's situation in the NFCCG

such natural smooth throwing motion, release leads with elbow above shoulder line

100/100 QBs would rather play with a high ankle sprain vs throwing left handed. High ankle sprain vs torn elbow aren't even in the same galaxy

Originally posted by Memphis9er:

Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Furlow:

Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:
Some of Purdy's inaccuracies might have to do with an arm that's probably stronger now than ever. All the work he's put in on that arm. Many of the errant throws seemed to be overthrown. Fifty yards in the air. He may just need to adjust his angles. With a full TC, we should be confident he will.

Purdy is throwing 50 yard passes wtf?

Work ethic!

I actually think this may be part of the issue with his overthrows. Not necessarily because of the rehab alone but his entire body is bigger and stronger, you can tell he's working out. So just the power and torque coming from his lower body is probably more. Mix in some rust, I think it makes sense. Lol

That's at least my crackpot theory.

Hope he does come out of this with a stronger arm.

That TD throw that Kittle stole from Ray-Ray against the Commanders was 45 yards in the air. The myth of Brock not having a good arm is from his college days. He's added velocity (reportedly 5-6 mph) since then with the same guy he has been working with to get back into shape. Not to mention that there are less than one throw a game of forty yards or more from the top guys with cannons for arms. Arm strength is one of the least important abilities of a quarterback, all they need is to be adequate and accurate.

A good strong run game will reduce the need for a QB with a rocket arm. Having said that, I agree, Brock has a good NFL arm. It's not weak by my standards - as you said that pass that Kittle stole is a great example of his arm.

Originally posted by Memphis9er:

Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Furlow:

Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:
Some of Purdy's inaccuracies might have to do with an arm that's probably stronger now than ever. All the work he's put in on that arm. Many of the errant throws seemed to be overthrown. Fifty yards in the air. He may just need to adjust his angles. With a full TC, we should be confident he will.

Purdy is throwing 50 yard passes wtf?

Work ethic!

I actually think this may be part of the issue with his overthrows. Not necessarily because of the rehab alone but his entire body is bigger and stronger, you can tell he's working out. So just the power and torque coming from his lower body is probably more. Mix in some rust, I think it makes sense. Lol

That's at least my crackpot theory.

Hope he does come out of this with a stronger arm.

That TD throw that Kittle stole from Ray-Ray against the Commanders was 45 yards in the air. The myth of Brock not having a good arm is from his college days. He's added velocity (reportedly 5-6 mph) since then with the same guy he has been working with to get back into shape. Not to mention that there are less than one throw a game of forty yards or more from the top guys with cannons for arms. Arm strength is one of the least important abilities of a quarterback, all they need is to be adequate and accurate.

I think that was why he dropped so much, personally, in the draft. If you watch his college film, he had a below average arm. Between senior year and rookie year, he added the speed and velocity mentioned above. You can make your arm stronger too, Brady did that over the years.

my only worry during the rehab was that he would lose some strength, because he doesn't really have the velocity/strength to lose, but I wasn't too worried cause I listened to his doctors, and other doctors, say he would be back to normal.

i just hope he keeps building on it

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by Memphis9er:

Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Furlow:

Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:
Some of Purdy's inaccuracies might have to do with an arm that's probably stronger now than ever. All the work he's put in on that arm. Many of the errant throws seemed to be overthrown. Fifty yards in the air. He may just need to adjust his angles. With a full TC, we should be confident he will.

Purdy is throwing 50 yard passes wtf?

Work ethic!

I actually think this may be part of the issue with his overthrows. Not necessarily because of the rehab alone but his entire body is bigger and stronger, you can tell he's working out. So just the power and torque coming from his lower body is probably more. Mix in some rust, I think it makes sense. Lol

That's at least my crackpot theory.

Hope he does come out of this with a stronger arm.

That TD throw that Kittle stole from Ray-Ray against the Commanders was 45 yards in the air. The myth of Brock not having a good arm is from his college days. He's added velocity (reportedly 5-6 mph) since then with the same guy he has been working with to get back into shape. Not to mention that there are less than one throw a game of forty yards or more from the top guys with cannons for arms. Arm strength is one of the least important abilities of a quarterback, all they need is to be adequate and accurate.

A good strong run game will reduce the need for a QB with a rocket arm. Having said that, I agree, Brock has a good NFL arm. It's not weak by my standards - as you said that pass that Kittle stole is a great example of his arm.

I think the best benefit of having a strong arm is that it helps increase your room for error. Lance can be a little later on a throw than Purdy can afford to, and still get it there on time.

outside of that, how often are you throwing 80 yard bombs?

there is just a sex appeal to those kind of throws but they're not a material part of the game plan.

Originally posted by frenchmov:
100/100 QBs would rather play with a high ankle sprain vs throwing left handed. High ankle sprain vs torn elbow aren't even in the same galaxy

It's amazing that this would have to be explained to anyone.

Originally posted by Pillbusta:
I recognize Trey as the higher ceiling prospect and I am VERY upset that we have not made every attempt to realize our significant investment in him, however, I have to root for the players that are gonna play on Sundays. It may well yet be Trey but it sure seems like Shanahan is hellbent on giving Brock the lion's share of reps with the 1s while making Trey split time with Darnold and Allen.

I am also stating that if Kyle is gonna trot out Purdy on Sundays then he BETTER be able to take his lesser measurables and then be able to take what is in between his ears and beat Hurts and Mahomes and that ilk or else we are no better than we were with Jimmy out there. If we are gonna spend three firsts selecting a raw prospect and then NOT make every effort to develop him then Brock better damn well be Drew Brees or at least just win us a Super Bowl because us getting rid of Jimmy was supposed to be about just that

No I'm with ya. I'm rooting for anyone wearing red and gold. I don't get the 6 degrees of separation though? That's not how it works when discussing if he can hang with so and so.

I agree he's gotta be Brees level to make them stop doing whatever with Lance. Jimmy G 2.0 is a f**king awful way to move on from….jimmy G.

Originally posted by Giedi:
A good strong run game will reduce the need for a QB with a rocket arm. Having said that, I agree, Brock has a good NFL arm. It's not weak by my standards - as you said that pass that Kittle stole is a great example of his arm.

Every single nfl QB can make that throw. I've seen Tyler Hennicke make similar throws and he's got a weak ass arm. His arm isn't a positive, it's just not. I would put it towards the bottom of the league as far as starting QBs go. His arm wasn't what made him good last yr. It was the collection of talent around him. Play calling and him being about to diagnose quickly. We will see how it all goes with more film on him. Sounds like he's up for the challenge and he's got the moxie to be QB1.

Originally posted by Pillbusta:
I recognize Trey as the higher ceiling prospect and I am VERY upset that we have not made every attempt to realize our significant investment in him, however, I have to root for the players that are gonna play on Sundays. It may well yet be Trey but it sure seems like Shanahan is hellbent on giving Brock the lion's share of reps with the 1s while making Trey split time with Darnold and Allen.

I am also stating that if Kyle is gonna trot out Purdy on Sundays then he BETTER be able to take his lesser measurables and then be able to take what is in between his ears and beat Hurts and Mahomes and that ilk or else we are no better than we were with Jimmy out there. If we are gonna spend three firsts selecting a raw prospect and then NOT make every effort to develop him then Brock better damn well be Drew Brees or at least just win us a Super Bowl because us getting rid of Jimmy was supposed to be about just that

PillB, Brock Purdy has never lost to any QB, including the greatest of all time. He was injured, not defeated.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Giedi:
A good strong run game will reduce the need for a QB with a rocket arm. Having said that, I agree, Brock has a good NFL arm. It's not weak by my standards - as you said that pass that Kittle stole is a great example of his arm.

Every single nfl QB can make that throw. I've seen Tyler Hennicke make similar throws and he's got a weak ass arm. His arm isn't a positive, it's just not. I would put it towards the bottom of the league as far as starting QBs go. His arm wasn't what made him good last yr. It was the collection of talent around him. Play calling and him being about to diagnose quickly. We will see how it all goes with more film on him. Sounds like he's up for the challenge and he's got the moxie to be QB1.

Again, a pretty equivalent throw in terms of arm strength from Nick Mullens:



Let's not kid ourselves, Purdy's arm strength, from what we've seen, is nothing special and adequate at best. He doesn't need great arm strength to be highly successful in this offense. Like Barrows said, he doesn't need to be a super star, just a distributor. I do find it weird that some here will say that arm strength isn't important, but elsewhere try to argue that Purdy's arm strength is above average, which seems to indicate that they do care about it after all.

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Giedi:
A good strong run game will reduce the need for a QB with a rocket arm. Having said that, I agree, Brock has a good NFL arm. It's not weak by my standards - as you said that pass that Kittle stole is a great example of his arm.

Every single nfl QB can make that throw. I've seen Tyler Hennicke make similar throws and he's got a weak ass arm. His arm isn't a positive, it's just not. I would put it towards the bottom of the league as far as starting QBs go. His arm wasn't what made him good last yr. It was the collection of talent around him. Play calling and him being about to diagnose quickly. We will see how it all goes with more film on him. Sounds like he's up for the challenge and he's got the moxie to be QB1.

Again, a pretty equivalent throw in terms of arm strength from Nick Mullens:



Let's not kid ourselves, Purdy's arm strength, from what we've seen, is nothing special and adequate at best. He doesn't need great arm strength to be highly successful in this offense. Like Barrows said, he doesn't need to be a super star, just a distributor. I do find it weird that some here will say that arm strength isn't important, but elsewhere try to argue that Purdy's arm strength is above average, which seems to indicate that they do care about it after all.

Bingo, imo there's no reason to pretend he's got something he doesn't. It's okay, you don't have to have laser rocket arm to be successful. You do need to become more accurate and anticipate much quicker. You might be able to get away with some of it early, but if you don't have those other traits (elite level) you will get exposed. We will see where Brock is at this yr…if he's not that guy, we've wasted yet another yr of developing the guy that both Lynch/kyle had no problem attaching their careers to

I mean he was the last pick in the draft because of the lack of that true arm talent, his size and overall he never got any better in college. Not sure why people are trying to change the truth of it…especially when they're the ones that are saying arm strength doesn't matter.

Originally posted by riverrunzthruit:

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such natural smooth throwing motion, release leads with elbow above shoulder line

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Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:

Originally posted by Memphis9er:

Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:

Originally posted by tankle104:

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Furlow:

Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:

Some of Purdy's inaccuracies might have to do with an arm that's probably stronger now than ever. All the work he's put in on that arm. Many of the errant throws seemed to be overthrown. Fifty yards in the air. He may just need to adjust his angles. With a full TC, we should be confident he will.

Purdy is throwing 50 yard passes wtf?

Work ethic!

I actually think this may be part of the issue with his overthrows. Not necessarily because of the rehab alone but his entire body is bigger and stronger, you can tell he's working out. So just the power and torque coming from his lower body is probably more. Mix in some rust, I think it makes sense. Lol

That's at least my crackpot theory.

Hope he does come out of this with a stronger arm.

That TD throw that Kittle stole from Ray-Ray against the Commanders was 45 yards in the air. The myth of Brock not having a good arm is from his college days. He's added velocity (reportedly 5-6 mph) since then with the same guy he has been working with to get back into shape. Not to mention that there are less than one throw a game of forty yards or more from the top guys with cannons for arms. Arm strength is one of the least important abilities of a quarterback, all they need is to be adequate and accurate.

And you can see his limitations on his arm with that interception against the Raiders. Also, arm strength isn't just about the long ball. It reduces the margin of error in multiple facets of quarterbacking. If his arm gets a bit stronger, he doesn't have to be 100% right every single time. He can be slightly late and still get it there. People here just do not get it, probably because of the Jimmy Club.

Should Purdy's continued work on his body and his technique give him a little bit more arm strength, he's going to be better at almost every type of play and throw, because his margin for error will increase.

I have seen nothing but an above average arm.

What the f**k does some Jimmy Club have to do with Brock's arm and what is the Jimmy Club anyway?

My guess is that you are butthurt about people disagreeing with you about Jimmy and that obsession is affecting yout judgement here.

This stuff became apparent in those terrible Alex threads that plagued the Zone for years.