Brock Purdy

But there was really...

Brock almost never looked his way.

He was never the initial read of any of the routes he ran, even though he was on the field as much as any 49ers wide receiver until he left the game.

And, uh, he, he was never targeted.

I thought the touchdown to Anquan...

I mean, excuse me, to, to Mike Evans, I didn't think it was a great thrown ball, just the location of it, but it did not matter.

And maybe that's what Brock Purdy think, like, "Bro, I could put it anywhere in the vicinity of this guy.

It doesn't matter.

They were scoring from all different angles.

Purdy was red hot.

Uh, Jennings is making catches.

Obviously McCaffrey, Kittle.

I don't know what to expect.

I think you can trust that, uh, Kyle Shanahan is gonna manufacture some offense, which maybe I'm being disrespectful to Brock Purdy, 'cause he was pretty awesome in that game, too.

Uh, Kyle Shanahan and Brock Purdy are gonna manufacture offense.

But the most interesting thing, I think, is how good that 49ers defense was.

So like speaking from a genera- or from a divisional, um, look overall is like I feel like I trust the 49ers on offense and defense.

Which one is their true identity? But I thought Tampa looked really bad, and I think Baker Mayfield is gonna miss Mike Evans.

Look how sharp and crisp Brock Purdy looked in Australia throwing to M- Mike Evans on third downs.

He's a king maker.

He makes up for mistakes with his length.

And when it comes to Lock, I think the best correlation there, the best comp, is what Mac Jones did last year for the 49ers.

Had to play eight games in relief of Brock Purdy.

Won five of them, completed 70% of his passes, 2,100 yards, 13 touchdowns, six interceptions, a 97.4 passer rating.

Kept them afloat so they could stay in the race, and then when Purdy came back, man, he got hot and he carried them into the playoffs, and then of course they ran into the Seahawks, who were red hot at the time, and they shut him down.

But now taking A.J. Brown out, it's like it's going to get bad over there for the Patriots.

It looks like we both have Matthew Stafford too high as well and have Brock Purdy too low.

I agree with you on that because I think the game itself showed the importance because now granted the Patriots have a really good defense.

They do, but they didn't get takeaways and they didn't create like the Seahawks are option.

And, and maybe it will.

Maybe, you know, after a while, I think Justin's gonna have to get used to this scheme and throwing in tight windows, and anticipation, and all the things that you gotta do that Brock Purdy, and, and Matthew Stafford, and the guys that play in this West Coast scheme, that, that Kyle Shanahan, Mike, Mike McVay...

Or, or, [laughs] Mike McVay.

Mike McDaniel, Sean McVay, all these guys run where it's condensed.

really happy.

And Brock Purdy is my backup, and he had 21, so there we go.

There you go.

My quarterbacks are looking solid.

In the fourth quarter, if you're up 30-9, are you running Jordan Love up the middle on a quarterback draw if he's dinged up? Absolutely not.

Are you running Brock Purdy up the middle? No.

No. No.

Because you're going to get your most valuable pieces hurt.