QB Brock Purdy Thread

Originally posted by RasSuar:
Purdy does have 1 elite trait, though. It shows up when he's pressured. His 10 yard split is like 95th percentile. Its the reason why he's so nifty and quick in short area situations. It allows him the ability to evade defenders long enough to get a throw off.

Right, I should've specified arm traits.

Originally posted by RasSuar:

Originally posted by Heroism:
Purdy doesn't have elite traits...

Purdy does have 1 elite trait, though. It shows up when he's pressured. His 10 yard split is like 95th percentile. Its the reason why he's so nifty and quick in short area situations. It allows him the ability to evade defenders long enough to get a throw off.

Yes. In that scramble to the left spin throw away, the Commanders CB couldn't run down Purdy.

IMO, for a QB, 10 yard split is so much more important than 40 yard dash.

Originally posted by RasSuar:

Originally posted by Heroism:
Purdy doesn't have elite traits...

Purdy does have 1 elite trait, though. It shows up when he's pressured. His 10 yard split is like 95th percentile. Its the reason why he's so nifty and quick in short area situations. It allows him the ability to evade defenders long enough to get a throw off.

For his NFL experience level he has another elite trait: his vision.

Originally posted by Heroism:
I remember during the draft process of 2021, the topic of natural thrower was prevalent in the draft section. This play precisely encapsulates what a natural thrower is. Purdy's delivery is sped up and arm slot changed; it doesn't matter. He throws a seed. Purdy doesn't have elite traits, but he absolutely has arm talent. Also, I think this is a throw that Trey could struggle with due to the moving parts in his throwing.

That is insane to me. He'd have the quickest draw in the Wild Wild West.

Originally posted by libertyforever:
Yes. In that scramble to the left spin throw away, the Commanders CB couldn't run down Purdy.

IMO, for a QB, 10 yard split is so much more important than 40 yard dash.

The TD run against TB, his ability to make a defender miss and then hit Deebo, etc. The guy is slippery in a way I don't think Jimmy or even Trey is.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by RasSuar:
Purdy does have 1 elite trait, though. It shows up when he's pressured. His 10 yard split is like 95th percentile. Its the reason why he's so nifty and quick in short area situations. It allows him the ability to evade defenders long enough to get a throw off.

Right, I should've specified arm traits.

So from now on, we draft TE's in late rounds with elite athletic traits from run blocking schools, ER's and WR's with the highest 3 cone scores and QB's with elite 10 yard splits and natural throwing ability??? Am I getting this down right?

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by RasSuar:
Purdy does have 1 elite trait, though. It shows up when he's pressured. His 10 yard split is like 95th percentile. Its the reason why he's so nifty and quick in short area situations. It allows him the ability to evade defenders long enough to get a throw off.

Right, I should've specified arm traits.

So from now on, we draft TE's in late rounds with elite athletic traits from run blocking schools, ER's and WR's with the highest 3 cone scores and QB's with elite 10 yard splits and natural throwing ability??? Am I getting this down right?

Not sure why we drafted Hufanga.

Originally posted by libertyforever:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by RasSuar:
Purdy does have 1 elite trait, though. It shows up when he's pressured. His 10 yard split is like 95th percentile. Its the reason why he's so nifty and quick in short area situations. It allows him the ability to evade defenders long enough to get a throw off.

Right, I should've specified arm traits.

So from now on, we draft TE's in late rounds with elite athletic traits from run blocking schools, ER's and WR's with the highest 3 cone scores and QB's with elite 10 yard splits and natural throwing ability??? Am I getting this down right?

Not sure why we drafted Hufanga.

Greenlaw

Originally posted by NCommand:
So from now on, we draft TE's in late rounds with elite athletic traits, ER's and WR's with the highest 3 cone scores and QB's with elite 10 yard splits and natural throwing ability??? Am I getting this down right?

Honestly, I feel like the organization is always evolving in how they evaluate and prioritize physical traits, which is a good thing. Football is constantly changing, so the good organizations need to adjust their player evaluation according to what's happening in the league.

Although, there has been one constant: they put an absolute premium on high-character players, especially after taking a swing and miss on Reuben.

When Kyle was asked about the QB situation - he avoided answering it directly. I think if Trey was undoubtably QB1 next year, Kyle would of said something like that.

"Purdy is playing great but our long term plans haven't changed where Lance is our QB1. anything can happen and we will see how the rest of this season plays out, but that's still our plan".

he didn't. I think that's very interesting. Not saying he's giving up on Lance, I just think it's telling that they're not thinking that this is a gimme to Lance anymore.

Originally posted by libertyforever:

Originally posted by RasSuar:

Originally posted by Heroism:
Purdy doesn't have elite traits...

Purdy does have 1 elite trait, though. It shows up when he's pressured. His 10 yard split is like 95th percentile. Its the reason why he's so nifty and quick in short area situations. It allows him the ability to evade defenders long enough to get a throw off.

Yes. In that scramble to the left spin throw away, the Commanders CB couldn't run down Purdy.

IMO, for a QB, 10 yard split is so much more important than 40 yard dash.

The one play that stands in my mind came against Tampa Bay.

Can't remember the defender's name, but he had Purdy dead to rights in the backfield. But, somehow Purdy moved to evade him and then calmly fired off a sideline pass to Deebo. I remember it looked like a wounded duck. But somehow it landed in Deebo's hands and he got some YAC. I had some concerns about Purdy's arm strength, until I saw the bullet down the middle to Kittle against the Commanders. That was a 35-yard strike.

This kid doesn't miss on the long ball. He's hit pass after pass after pass after pass. How many 30-40 yard passes has this kid hit in just three games? More than any 49er QB I've seen in quite some time.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by NCommand:
So from now on, we draft TE's in late rounds with elite athletic traits, ER's and WR's with the highest 3 cone scores and QB's with elite 10 yard splits and natural throwing ability??? Am I getting this down right?

Honestly, I feel like the organization is always evolving in how they evaluate and prioritize physical traits, which is a good thing. Football is constantly changing, so the good organizations need to adjust their player evaluation according to what's happening in the league.

Although, there has been one constant: they put an absolute premium on high-character players, especially after taking a swing and miss on Reuben.

Lynch said guys that love football. Sounds corny but true. It trickle down to everything they do in football. The coachability. Taking it upon themselves to work on their craft. Willing to improve. All for the love of football.

From what I've seen so far I have to say that Purdy will be fine the rest of the way. We still haven't seen him play from behind or have to lead a comeback drive in the last minute but I think he can handle that.

He isn't the best or maybe even top 10 in anything he does but he seems to be able to do everything good enough to win.

Originally posted by tankle104:
When Kyle was asked about the QB situation - he avoided answering it directly. I think if Trey was undoubtably QB1 next year, Kyle would of said something like that.

"Purdy is playing great but our long term plans haven't changed where Lance is our QB1. anything can happen and we will see how the rest of this season plays out, but that's still our plan".

he didn't. I think that's very interesting. Not saying he's giving up on Lance, I just think it's telling that they're not thinking that this is a gimme to Lance anymore.

Because the media will skewer him if he just hands the job back to lance. Last year you had the excuse that purdy was the 3rd stringer. Now that he's played and is averaging 31 pts per game and seems to execute the offense better than any have yet he can't say that.

If he gives the job back to lance and lance sucks people will call for his head and purdy immediately.

I think the real question people should be asking is what can purdy have done better given the circumstances? Should be be hanging 50 pts every game on teams? What are the expectations of our starting QB? Is wrapping up games at halftime or in the 3rd quarter not enough to win the job?

Has he not done enough to win the job back yet?

Originally posted by billbird2111:

Originally posted by libertyforever:

Originally posted by RasSuar:

Originally posted by Heroism:
Purdy doesn't have elite traits...

Purdy does have 1 elite trait, though. It shows up when he's pressured. His 10 yard split is like 95th percentile. Its the reason why he's so nifty and quick in short area situations. It allows him the ability to evade defenders long enough to get a throw off.

Yes. In that scramble to the left spin throw away, the Commanders CB couldn't run down Purdy.

IMO, for a QB, 10 yard split is so much more important than 40 yard dash.

The one play that stands in my mind came against Tampa Bay.

Can't remember the defender's name, but he had Purdy dead to rights in the backfield. But, somehow Purdy moved to evade him and then calmly fired off a sideline pass to Deebo. I remember it looked like a wounded duck. But somehow it landed in Deebo's hands and he got some YAC. I had some concerns about Purdy's arm strength, until I saw the bullet down the middle to Kittle against the Commanders. That was a 35-yard strike.

This kid doesn't miss on the long ball. He's hit pass after pass after pass after pass. How many 30-40 yard passes has this kid hit in just three games? More than any 49er QB I've seen in quite some time.

He has hit a 28 yarder, a 32 yarder and a 34 yarder for TD's. He hasn't hit any 40 yards deep but is 4 of 7 for 147 yards with 4 TD's with 0 INT's on passes 20+ yards.