Brock Purdy declines to address whether he’s a “game manager”

49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, who has finally stabilized the one position his team couldn't quite figure out, has emerged as an MVP candidate. He also continues to be labeled by some as a "game manager."The questions intensified this week, when former NFL quarterback and 2015 league MVP Cam Newton applied that label to Purdy and other current starters, including Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, Lions quarterback Jared Goff, and Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.On Thursday, Purdy was asked during his midweek press conference whether he considers himself a game manager."I don't know," Purdy said. "I don't want to comment on that. Like I said, I'm playing quarterback, trying to win games and we'll see at the end of all of it."The term "game manager" undermines a quarterback's involvement in his team's success. It suggests that he's doing nothing special to contribute to the effort. That the rest of the team is carrying him, not the other way around. That the quarterback's goal is to simply not screw things up.It's an inaccurate label to attach to any of the quarterbacks Newton listed. The better term for someone like Purdy is "system quarterback." That's not an insult. 49ers...