Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Originally posted by Bloodless:
I just don't think it is true that Brock is unable to beat great defenses. Or that he needs a super team to win. He was a few plays away from winning the Superbowl.
He is one of the few QBs that was able to beat Seattle this year. The other 2. Tampa and the Rams, have way better WRs. Purdy has struggled against Mike Macdonald though. Which is concerning given they are a division team. But you could say the same thing for Kyle.
Purdy had a bad game and Yes, there are some limitations with Purdy's arm and Seattle exploited it tonight. But he only got 32 yards on the ground from his RBs. Offensive line gave up a lot of pressure and his receivers failed to get separation. He was driving for a TD and the ball hit his players hands for an INT. Hardly a super star performance only held back by the QB. We stunk as an entire unit on offense tonight, against a really good defense.
Every QB struggles when the pass blocking is ass. The emphasis should be to get him as much pass blocking as is feasible. The Saints put a giant wall in front of Drew Brees to give him time to operate.
You give Purdy time and he'll usually find the open target but they also do need more speed at receiver overall.
We seem to struggle against really talented sound units that can play really good lock-down man coverage. Granted not a lot of teams have the ability to cover our team in man. Our RBs and TEs generally destroy their LBS. That's why the Pearsall loss was so big, and before when Aiyuk would miss games for us. These guys had the speed/ route running and could beat man coverage on the outside.