Brock Purdy: 49ers wanted to make Tom Brady the starter in 2023

If a bombshell drops and no one notices it, does it make a sound?Apparently not.Last week, buried in a #longread from Nick Wagoner of ESPN.com regarding 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy is something new. Something significant. Something previously unknown that would have dramatically reshaped the 2023 NFL season.Purdy told Wagoner that the 49ers wanted to sign Tom Brady to be the starting quarterback for 2023.Here's the quote from the article, which apparently no one noticed when the story dropped on January 16, six days ago."Early in the offseason, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan sat down with Purdy and assured him that if he was healthy he would be the starter unless Brady wanted to play one more season for his hometown Niners. . . . 'That meant so much to me,' Purdy said. 'I remember him saying, if we can get Tom Brady, we're going to try to get him. And I was like, "Yeah, he's the GOAT. I get it." But something deep down inside me was sort of like, "Dude, I just showed you that I can play well in this system. And we were one game away from the Super Bowl." ... More than anything, I was like, "OK, now let's go."'"Credit to MDS for spotting it while looking for something else. No one...