And finally, here is the Chase Daniel breakdown

And Chase confirms what I was saying, Brock isn't driving the ball, he just floats those out there into the middle where anyone sitting and waiting can grab it.

But, that Brock is definitely still the guy over Mac Jones.

Speak of the devil (or the opposite, with this guy)

This guy being Kurt Warner, a God-loving man if we ever knew one.

Kurt is a great QB analyst because he understands the position, understands offensive concepts, understands defenses, and can package and relay that huge amount of information in a way that allows us non-NFL-QBs to understand it as well. (Chase Daniels is also pretty good, I find.)

And here Kurt is, breaking down Brock's 3 INTs. Watch this. It's so educational.

Brock Purdy creates more hand-wringing turmoil with NFL "analysts" than any other QB in history

And it's because he was the final pick in his draft class. People are just unable to correlate good NFL QB with low or very low draft status. Even though Tom Brady was famously drafted in the 6th round of his class, and Kurt Warner was famously undrafted entirely.

Now those two are slightly different as they won Superbowls. Which means, God, how much greater would it have been for the Niners to have beaten the Chiefs in OT two years ago. The rings for Trent, Fred, George, CMC, Deebo, Bosa, Charvarius Ward (would have been his 2nd), Dre Greenlaw, etc etc. BUT ALSO - maybe, just maybe a silencing of some of the "analysts". That golden silence, I would love so much.

But that did not happen, despite Brock coming as close to winning as SB as you can possibly get - putting up the first points in OT - without actually winning. (And don't be fooled by anyone's revisionist history, he and Jauan Jennings were earning that ring. JJ was going to be the MVP if the Niners won. And I do still think about the missed assignment on 3rd down where Chris Jones ran straight through the line and forced Brock to throw way too early to JJ in the end zone, leading to the incompletion and then the field goal instead of the TD.)

Instead, after a 3-INT performance against the Panthers on Monday, people are still wailing, decrying and insisting that Shanahan should re-insert Mac Jones as starting QB.

No.

Did any of you watch the game? The interceptions were bad, there's no doubt. I too was yelling at my TV. I wondered whether his toe injury was not allowing him to drive the ball in his throws. All three picks were bad floaters just waiting to drop into someone, anyone's arms. The last one everyone said was a great play by Horn, and it was - but if Brock threw a laser then that may have been a Pearsall touchdown. I don't remember seeing a safety in the vicinity behind Ricky as he waited for that ball to come down.

So, at the start of the third quarter, Brock went into a more conservative mode, giving up big play hunting and taking the shorter throws and checkdowns. And GUESS WHAT? THAT SURE LOOKED LIKE WHAT MAC JONES WAS DOING. That scoring drive was exactly what Mac has been doing all year. If Kyle wanted that, he would have (and maybe did tell Brock at the half) to just do that. No need to swap him out for Mac, he can do all those things Mac does.

This is NOT a slight on Mac Jones. That is efficient QB'ing. But that's also not what Kyle is willing to settle for, clearly, when he knows Brock can also hit the seam or sidelines or end zone corners.

Did anyone with wring-ed hands watch the Cards game? That's exactly what Brock was doing, and that is what Brock brings to the table above and beyond Mac Jones. How quickly, or conveniently, everyone forgets.

Brock is prone to these types of INTs. We've seen it before, last Xmas vs Baltimore for example. It's the style he plays. He has the same floor as Mac Jones, but he also has a higher ceiling. That is the boiled down truth of why Shanahan knows Brock is his starting QB.

So please, shut up about QB controversies. Especially if you know football, which the "analysts" absolutely know better than I do. I mean seriously, it's just making you sound dumb.

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As a side note, though equally important, the defense sure stepped up to cover up Brock's mistakes and ultimately win that game. Loved what I saw out of those young young dogs out there, swarming and playing a full team game. Protect the pack mentality. Go Niners!

Niners completely waste Brock and Jauan's almost perfect game

 

It's the sort of loss that makes me feel sick to my stomach. The previous week at Minnesota, where the Niners were competitive but ended up losing by six points, felt like an 'ah there's things to fix but they're plain to see and fixable' game.

This week against the Rams in contrast was a game where Purdy was missing three of his top four options on offense, where he would be forced to show up and show out in order to really truly shut up the naysayers (though of course not really, and definitely not once and for all - we could only hope).

And he did!! He played about as well as any QB this season. (Yes there was a strip sack but that was McKivitz, not Brock.) He was throwing to Jauan all over the yard, and holy god JJ had the game of his life - which is saying something because he should have been Superbowl MVP had the Niners won that one.

But they didn't win the Superbowl, and they didn't win this one either, and JJ - and Brock - will not get the recognition they deserve. What a waste, and what a shame. It's for them that the pit of despair exists in my guts today.

The reason for so many of the heartbreaking losses in the past, what, dozen or so years has been special teams. And special teams once again fucked us yesterday. And no, I don't even blame Moody (yes being drafted in the 3rd round raises expectations pretty damn high for a kicker, but his draft position isn't his fault). No one expects a 55 yarder to be automatic, that's not a reasonable expectation. But LA's successful fake punt and the final LA punt return were just not okay. Those are not winning plays, to say the least. Why can't we find a decent  special teams coordinator?? What is the origin of this curse?

The defense also should not be relinquishing that type of lead. Why does it keep happening to the Niners? Does this happen to other teams too? It boggles my mind, given the talent and the recent success that they've established as one of the standards in the NFL. New coordinator yes, and also yes I remember Demeco and Saleh both requiring time to get up to speed. But no, you should not be giving up a 10 point lead in the 4th quarter to end up losing by a last second field goal. Not to an admittedly pretty great QB, but with one with only ONE receiver.

I also have to say, Kyle, please stop with the Ronnie Bell. How many times does this guy have to break your heart? Put him on the practice squad if you want to keep him, but stop playing him in games. It's not working man, a receiver who can't catch does not work in the NFL.

Anyway, Brock and JJ, y'all balled absolutely tf out yesterday and I wish the rest of the team could have held on and won so your accomplishments could be properly recognized.

Quarterback Conversations with Steve Young and Brock Purdy | 49ers

Steve Young continues to be the absolute best.

Nothing more to say than that, just a pleasure watching him interview Brock. That smooth ass lawyer speak comes through like a warm breeze.

Great work no. 8!

Edit: even though blogger and youtube are both owned by google, one is blocking the other here. Why? I don't know. But here is the link for a click, or a cut and paste:

https://youtu.be/iPIgj_I_1Zo?si=E6bdB1UjvsbHRVTC