Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by genus49:
You're entitled to your opinion but I'll use your own words...I think that's baloney.
We don't have to read all the opposing team blogs to hear the discussions in the media and Brock has always been downplayed long before his contract.
Majority of the talking heads declined to give him credit because of the weapons around him. Some acted like the guy had no holes to deal with at all despite our OL being pretty poor in pass protection during that 2023 season.
You want to know why Mac has less "bad decisions"? Because he rarely pushed the ball down the field. For all of you guys sitting here and pretending that Purdy should just check down everything would be the first ones to bash him for not winning games because he's playing too safe. Funny you mention Alex Smith with Harbaugh considering that was his biggest issue here with us. How many times did we complain about him throwing short of the sticks? How many 3 and outs did we have in that Giants NFCCG in 2011?
Wanting to neuter your QB from making big plays because you're afraid of turnovers is loser talk IMO. Yes nobody wants turnovers but do we not understand what our defense is now? This isn't 2011 defense out there. You can't simply punt and have the defense make the stop. We need Brock to go for the big plays but he has to be mindful whether the risk and reward are there.
And the one questionable play from that last game was on 3rd down, 49ers up by 9(should've been 11) I am perfectly fine with him taking that shot. You should be too. Playing safe with this defense is going to lose you more games. What are we afraid of? Ask majority of NFL QBs and they will tell you - QBs shouldn't be afraid of taking shots. Trust your guys unless they give you reasons not to.
As for nitpicking not being a thing...you literally have guys complaining about a 3rd and 15 conversion being a hospital ball and talking about it like it was a bad play. Save it man. That's nitpicking to the nth degree.
I don't want to crush Brock for that 3rd down play because he played pretty well overall, and even a turnover in that situation wouldn't have been a disaster in that situation in this game. It's a bad decision though.
Your point about the need to aggressively push the ball downfield because our defense is bad doesn't really ring true for me. Long sustained drives… keeping our offense on the field and our defense off the field… helps as well. The most important thing is that we don't turn it over, and score touchdowns rather than field goals whether it's through explosive plays, or sustained drives. Explosive plays are great, but they don't need to be forced. Take them when the coverage dictates it.
Overall it was a good game to that end. Actually had some help from special teams and a couple defensive turnovers and had some short fields and we capitalized offensively. No real complaints.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm not saying Brock should be airing it out on the regular in YOLO mode. Like I said it's all about risk/reward analysis.
Throwing it up to a spot on 3rd down with a 9 point lead under 2 minutes to go into halftime IMO is an acceptable risk. If Brock makes a better throw or Jennings isn't held it may very well be a completion and maybe we get a TD out of it.
Now him doing that inside our 20 yard line in that situation is not a risk I want him to make. Or making that attempt on 1st or 2nd down.
And that's why I think the guys in here claiming he didn't learn from the prior games are not being honest with their assessments. Heck I'm seeing a play where Pearsall was open for a TD being now described as a play Mac Jones makes and the same people who would be killing Brock for making that throw if the underneath defender gets his hands on the ball are now claiming he made a mistake and Jones would've thrown the TD.
Simply put there are very few ways for Purdy to win for some of these guys. The "easy" plays are Kyle based or any QB can make them. The bad plays are ones only Brock makes apparently.
Jonnydel does a great job pointing out how some of the so called "easy" things are not and sometimes I feel like with QBs like Brock who plays more of the cerebral game they simply get underappreciated because they're not doing the crazy scramble big arm dart down the field stuff.
I expect at least a 30 burger next game, 30 Purdy 
