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Brock Purdy Proves Merit for 49ers
Sports Illustrated
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1/29/2024
Brock Purdy is going to the Super Bowl, and in the process, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback has made a lot of criticism look silly.
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Mr. Irrelevant is heading to the Super Bowl.
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Dakota, you know, Brock Purdy at this point,
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I know he's like the most polarizing player in the NFL,
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but I think his critics kind of have to shut up.
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You know, you don't have to say he's the best QB
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in the league or anything like that,
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but to deny that he's very good,
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given what he's accomplished with the 49ers,
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I think is almost insane.
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And he's more than a game manager in the sense that
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he's extending plays and making things happen
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outside of the pocket and on the run.
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And to me, that's what separates the guys
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who sort of just are along for the ride
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with the guys who are helping pilot shit.
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- Yeah, but to me, it's bigger than that.
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If you look at what happened in that Ravens game,
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you have a guy who's probably gonna win the MVP,
00:45
and it's just like, I just needed you to be yourself.
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Like, don't let the moment be too big.
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Just do your job.
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And I think with Brock, he often just does his job,
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whatever that entails, if he needs to just stay in the pocket,
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if he needs to scramble for maybe once or twice a game
01:02
to get a first down, he just does what's necessary to win.
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And what it's worth, for that team,
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that's all they need him to do.
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He's surrounded by playmakers.
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He doesn't try to overcomplicate it.
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I'm gonna give the ball to the guys that make plays.
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And if it's required of me to think outside the box
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and make something happen, I will.
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But you're not a game manager, and he deserves his props.
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And I think he is a playmaker, though.
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That's where I'll even say, Brock Purdy needs to be considered
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amongst their playmakers.
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Yes, he can get the ball to Debo Samuel.
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Yes, he can get the ball to Christian McCaffrey.
01:35
Yes, he has Iyuk and Kittle.
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No one's taking away from that.
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And obviously, you know, the offensive line as well.
01:41
But if it wasn't for him making those plays himself
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with his legs and with his scrambling ability
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to extend the plays,
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then the 49ers aren't where they are right now.
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So that's where I guess, you know, I push back on any notion
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he's a product as much as, you know,
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a part of the overall product.
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But I think him being a product is not a bad thing.
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I think, like, it's okay for him not to be seen as
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in the realm of a Mahomes or an Allen or Lamar,
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where it's like, I'm gonna figure something out.
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I'm gonna make it happen.
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Like, it's all on me.
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And that's okay.
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Like, it's good for him to be like,
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"Look, I have all these playmakers.
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My job is to just not mess it up.
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And then every once, every now and then,
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I'll improvise and make something happen."
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And that's okay to me.
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Like, he doesn't have to be seen as just
02:35
this extreme talented guy.
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Like, he's just, "No, let me just do my job."
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I think his biggest pro is the fact that
02:43
he's allowing himself to be that
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and not letting his ego get the best of him
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to say, "I need to do more."
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He's like, "No, I have the guys around me.
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I don't need to do anything more than that."
02:53
- Well, you know, he may not be Mahomes,
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but when you take that very top level,
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I think he's the next guy up right after that.
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