QB Brock Purdy Thread

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Yeah he probably should have just ate the sack there like Mac or previous QBs would have done instead of making a great play getting the ball to one of his playmakers while being hit right when releasing the ball.

This.

Trying to remember a qb as criticized and under a microscope as BP is. Brady comes to mind. Steve also. When Mac has made any mistakes, nobody really talks about it lol. Why? People are chomping at the bit to find fault with Purdy. Probably cause he got paid, 7th rounder idk. I don't get it, we have some of the most entitled, nitpicking fans in the league lol. A 40 burger win and ppl are complaining lol

Originally posted by krizay:

Originally posted by goodthings19:
I don't have any issue with this throw. Is it a little unconventional? Perhaps. But to sit here and chalk it up as a bad decision is a stretch in my opinion

I never said it was a bad decision. I called it a hospital ball

Right for me calling a pass a "hospital ball" implies that it was a bad decision. In my opinion, in order to classify a throw as a hospital ball there needs to a moderate to severe level of risk involved for the receiver. For the throw in question, I don't believe the receiver's well-being was ever a legitimate concern

Let's have Jalen Squirts and Dmo remind ppl what a hospital ball really is

And I just like replaying that clip

Originally posted by goodthings19:

Originally posted by krizay:

Originally posted by goodthings19:
I don't have any issue with this throw. Is it a little unconventional? Perhaps. But to sit here and chalk it up as a bad decision is a stretch in my opinion

I never said it was a bad decision. I called it a hospital ball

Right for me calling a pass a "hospital ball" implies that it was a bad decision. In my opinion, in order to classify a throw as a hospital ball there needs to a moderate to severe level of risk involved for the receiver. For the throw in question, I don't believe the receiver's well-being was ever a legitimate concern

He had to leave his feet straight up high in the air. He was exposed to a hard hit (being flipped) or low hit (like we've seen Kittle take passes from of the head of Hospital Passes, Dr. Jimmy G)

As long as Brock doesn't do it often, it's all good.

Edit- there are different kinds of hospital passes (ex- leading a reciever into a hard hit)... but at the end it's all about leaving your recievers exposed, not able to protect themselves.

Purdy looked good, still don't feel good about him playing with turf toe

I think there are two things in play re: current discussion. Definition of hospital ball and whether if hospital ball by definition implies bad decision.

For me, hospital ball isnt necessarily a bad decision per say. A hospital ball thrown on 3rd and 5 in a crucial moment to a guy who is open is not a bad decision. We can call The Catch a hospital ball but no one ever puts it in this context because that hospital ball won a playoffs game. No one cares that TO got popped hard by two guys as long as he hung onto the ball.

Second, I dont even think the play discussed is a hospital ball. A hospital ball is a ball usually thrown in the middle of the field where a safety or a lb sitting in the zone or coming downfield has a free shot from where the receiver isnt expecting a hit. A comeback route against a corner outside right next to the boundary with no help defenders is just a contested ball if that. Juaun caught a lot of such contested catches high from Brock before. You know the guy covering you in man coverage will make a tackle on you. You arent blindsided by it.

Was the throw great ? No, it would be great if it was lower and had more zip on it, but really to me this is a very bizarre play to focus on.

Originally posted by Montana:
Let's have Jalen Squirts and Dmo remind ppl what a hospital ball really is

And I just like replaying that clip

I was thinking more so this.. 😬

%3D

Originally posted by Afrikan:
I was thinking more so this.. 😬

https://twitter.com/eaglesfilmstudy/status/1811517549894336921

Lolol Brees didn't even see/look at Brown coming, focus totally on Bush. And this is from one of the best qbs of all time. I honestly don't think Purdy would ever throw a ball like that. Purdy wouldn't get fixated like that. His eyes have more awareness of the field. But what about that throw to Jennings recently though, where he got his ribs insta smashed after the catch, hospital ball?

Since I talk about a number of Brock's plays in this week's review - here it is:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by krizay:

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Throwing a 15-yard comeback route from the far hash to your RB vs a corner who's converted to man-cov is wild. Melton kind of seems surprised they even attempted this throw, lol pic.twitter.com/trNSGU3K5z

— JonnydelsFA (@jonnydels) November 18, 2025

I don't think this is a hospital pass.

And this is why Genus49 over obsession for people to watch twice is pointless. As I'm clearly watching this play again and i still think CMC is in a defenseless position where the DB could f**k him up if he plays this differently.

People are going to see what they want to see even if you watch multiple times.

You maybe Krizay but you're not crazy. The only reason some don't think too much of that play is because Christian got up fine. But if you zoom in, you can see he landed weird with his legs. If a defender tackled him differently, then something else could have happened.

Basically Christian was exposed there. That's the point of hospital passes, leaving your recievers exposed. Now if this were Jimmy G, he gets no benefit of the doubt. But I'll give Brock the benefit of the doubt until he does it more often. I understand that these kinds of plays occur in the league..and some are needed to make key conversations or TDs. But usually they don't happen often, because Coaches do something about it. Jimmy G was the first QB I've ever seen allowed to do it for so long.

You guys are absolutely ridiculous lol. It's a throw made before the receiver turns around. A hospital ball is one where the QB throws to the WR with defenders in position to lay a serious hit on them.

It's an anticipation throw on 3rd and 15 that we converted for the first down. The fact that you're both claiming it wasn't a good play tells me the issue isn't Brock…

Originally posted by jonnydel:
Since I talk about a number of Brock's plays in this week's review - here it is:

Thanks! Good stuff as always.

Originally posted by Montana:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Yeah he probably should have just ate the sack there like Mac or previous QBs would have done instead of making a great play getting the ball to one of his playmakers while being hit right when releasing the ball.

This.

Trying to remember a qb as criticized and under a microscope as BP is. Brady comes to mind. Steve also. When Mac has made any mistakes, nobody really talks about it lol. Why? People are chomping at the bit to find fault with Purdy. Probably cause he got paid, 7th rounder idk. I don't get it, we have some of the most entitled, nitpicking fans in the league lol. A 40 burger win and ppl are complaining lol

I love Brock, but yea it's mainly because he got paid. Mac makes much much less so it's easier to justify not criticizing him when he makes a mistake. It's not so easy to cut bait with Purdy, therefore people are tougher on him. I'm tougher on him than Mac because I want to see that next level. I think he can get there. Next level to me is:

- no more bone headed throws deep in opponents territory
- no interceptions, but definitely no more than 1 in a game
- touch is great, but keep working on arm strength (I think it's better this year)
- take the easy check down more often. Brady lived off them
- complete a few more game winning drives. Last year was a nightmare for injuries just like this year has been. With that being said he didn't come through on some game winning drives that were in his control. This is where the real test is

Lol but then they would just call him Checkdown Charlie like before, never satisfied

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by krizay:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
It seems like the Brock fans are always looking to show evidence that he's great. I don't understand why anyone doesn't like Brock. He's a good QB and other than a couple of unfortunate injuries he's been very sturdy. There's no reason to keep trying to make a case for him to be an elite QB or top 10 or whatever. He works well in Kyle's system. That's all that counts. Some more physically gifted QBs might not be suited for this system because they want to go off script too much. Kyle likes structure and Brock does well in a structured system. Jones has shown he does as well. It makes no difference if he's in the top 5, top 10 or top 20 as long as he plays well enough for the team to win.

I consider myself a Brock fan. I've never had him in the top 5, even in 2023.

I have no problem with people having him in their top 10 and I don't particularly care if some don't...as long as they don't have him closer to 20 than 10.

However the bold part of your statement made me laugh considering just how this thread is going. I think Brock has had a ridiculous microscope on him at all times since he took over as the starting QB. Personally I had it on him early on until I bought all the way in.

But there is way more criticism for Brock than majority of other QBs. You can find a number of reasons why people keep pushing him down. Whether it's Shanahan, the avengers, Mac's play etc...

People are so caught up in their own opinions that they will dig into his game to absurd levels to make them feel right about him. And what I find funny are that some of the biggest critics refuse to take a 2nd look at the game with the same microscope they use to bash the guy in real time.

It's just difficult to give a guy like Brock credit unless he's somehow doing it with terrible coaching and terrible WRs. And yet the same people will talk up Mac...cuz we saw how well he played with worse offensive coaching and players around him. So what's the difference? He's a former first round pick so he automatically gets the benefit of the doubt?

I too am a Brock fan. I actually had him borderline top 5 in 23. I even think he played pretty good on Sunday.

All my comments are for the exact people CatchMaster80 is talking about. The ones that think he learned from Mac. This game wasn't much different from SEA or Jax except A: the defense and special teams played complimentary football and got us some short fields and B: Arizona didn't take advantage of the opportunities he gave them.

Brock f**ked up and showed us how great he can be in 22/23. That is the standard that got him paid. That is the standard I'm personally holding him to. Not because i don't like him. Because he showed us that's what he can be.

I don't think Brock has changed that much from 22/23 vs 24/25.

This was Brock in 2023. He's always been willing to take risks for better or worse.

https://twitter.com/NFLonDAZN/status/1723766246921920777

Defenders are actually catching his balls a bit more bow. He was super lucky in 23 with drops from the DBs. Lucked changed a bit last year. He's always made some WTF throws.

Originally posted by Montana:
This.

Trying to remember a qb as criticized and under a microscope as BP is. Brady comes to mind. Steve also. When Mac has made any mistakes, nobody really talks about it lol. Why? People are chomping at the bit to find fault with Purdy. Probably cause he got paid, 7th rounder idk. I don't get it, we have some of the most entitled, nitpicking fans in the league lol. A 40 burger win and ppl are complaining lol

I dont really think its exclusive to Purdy. Most Niner fans dont really read other teams sites but most QBs are scrutinized just as much.

I will say tho, Mac is just not a risk taker, so he hasnt made many mistakes and he definitely has very few WTF throws, probably the least amount of them for a Niners QB I've seen since...I dont know, Alex Smith under Harbaugh ? That doesnt mean hes the best QB or anything, simply means hes risk averse and will check down a lot. This actually has been a thing on Alabama tape as well, I distinctly remember watching his tape and a lot of third downs hed just check down short of sticks without looking at more than one read.... and he had myriad of playmakers at Alabama so a lot of those went for first downs.

Mac makes far less bad decisions than Purdy in this offense, I dont think its a far-fetched thing to say, and the tape will show it too. It doesnt have to do anything with their salary or anything else. It just is. They are different QBs with different strengths and weaknesses. The offense is far more vertical and dynamic with Purdy, but it also is more turnover prone. Theyre just different QBs at what they do. Harbaugh would probably take Mac over Brock, and someone like Martz would pick Purdy over Mac. I take Brock over Mac easily just off mobility and ability to hit any route. But turnovers and reckless throws are a real problem.

As far as "nitpicking", personally I think its baloney. We all watch football games and when bad plays get made its fine to criticize them if you think they are bad. Doesnt matter what the final score is. The whole "we won so you cant criticize football plays" thing is just dumb. It just develops this toxic positivity mindset where you cant talk football.