Sorting Out The 49ers Present and Future at Quarterback
Projecting the San Francisco 49ers' options at quarterback for the future.
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00:00 Who is the best quarterback on the 49ers right now?
00:03 Honestly, when you're at camp, what are you seeing?
00:07 Is it Brock Purdy?
00:08 Is it Trey Lance?
00:10 Is it Sam Darnold?
00:11 Is it Brandon Allen?
00:12 Who is the best quarterback on the field every day?
00:16 It's a really good question.
00:18 It has nothing to do with last year
00:20 or what Trey Lance did in the past
00:22 or what Brock Purdy did in the past.
00:24 Purdy's coming off an injury.
00:26 Lance is coming off an injury.
00:27 He's totally reworked his mechanics.
00:28 These are different guys.
00:30 Who is the best quarterback on the team right now?
00:34 And the answer is
00:39 it doesn't matter who the best quarterback
00:45 on the team is right now.
00:47 It doesn't matter if Brock Purdy
00:51 is a little bit better than Trey Lance
00:54 or Trey Lance is a little bit better than Brock Purdy
00:58 because neither one is good enough
01:02 to win the Super Bowl this year.
01:05 Neither one.
01:08 Brock Purdy, he has so much poise
01:14 and leadership and confidence and maturity
01:19 and his aura is impeccable.
01:23 Every single intangible you can mention
01:26 is great with Brock Purdy.
01:28 It's just that the tangible stuff with him
01:31 is extremely underwhelming.
01:33 Extremely.
01:35 As a thrower, he's more limited than Jimmy Garoppolo.
01:41 All the things we didn't like about Jimmy Garoppolo,
01:44 that's Brock Purdy plus.
01:46 And he's coming off an injury and he's 23
01:49 and he's inexperienced
01:52 and defenses are just starting to get a book on him
01:54 and the right side of the line isn't that good
01:57 and he's gotten hurt twice in eight games
01:59 and he's gonna be under duress a whole lot
02:01 and if he starts week one,
02:03 he's probably not gonna be starting week 17
02:06 because these are the 49ers.
02:07 I don't mean to rant.
02:09 I'm trying to keep myself calm.
02:11 But it ain't Brock.
02:14 Kyle can call him the real deal.
02:15 He ain't.
02:17 Not yet.
02:18 Trey Lance making strides.
02:21 Quickened up that release.
02:23 More accurate.
02:24 Better at throwing the short stuff.
02:26 He's not ready either.
02:28 Four career starts.
02:29 Doesn't seem happy, doesn't seem confident.
02:34 Promising player who has his own struggles.
02:39 Today he was really good.
02:41 With seven throws.
02:45 Playing with the second and third stringers.
02:47 I mean, he's really had no time with the starters this year.
02:50 So if all of a sudden you wanted to throw him out there,
02:53 maybe he'd be like Brock last year
02:55 or maybe he'd have no chemistry
02:56 with the players out there and he'd struggle.
02:59 He's not getting prepared to start.
03:02 He's getting prepared to get buried.
03:04 And then there's Sam Darnold
03:08 who threw an interception today
03:10 and
03:11 is not good.
03:18 He's definitely the worst quarterback on the team.
03:21 I don't know if Brandon Allen counts,
03:23 but let's take Brandon Allen aside.
03:24 Darnold is definitely the worst quarterback on the team.
03:28 He's not good.
03:29 Lance has improved,
03:32 but it's just practice
03:33 and we've seen Brock Purdy win games,
03:36 but none of these guys are winning the Super Bowl this year.
03:41 I feel pretty confident in saying that.
03:43 It's August 8th, 2023,
03:47 and I'm saying that none of these quarterbacks
03:51 are gonna win the Super Bowl this season.
03:53 I'm saying it with my chest
03:56 and I'd be happy to be wrong,
03:59 but that's the impression I get every day
04:01 when I walk off that practice field.
04:03 Man, this is a hell of a team.
04:05 Great team
04:06 with a really super duper mediocre quarterback room
04:11 that they can prop up
04:13 because they have coaching and defense and weapons and stuff
04:16 and media people that just wanna praise everything
04:20 the 49ers do, but honestly,
04:22 honestly, if the question is,
04:25 who's the best quarterback on the 49ers,
04:27 the answer is none of the above.
04:30 And I think we gotta stop comparing
04:35 Niners quarterbacks to each other.
04:37 Anytime you criticize Brock Purdy, people say,
04:41 yeah, but he's better than Trey Lance.
04:42 Who freaking cares?
04:46 What does that prove?
04:47 Oh, well, that means the Niners
04:48 is gonna win the Super Bowl this year.
04:49 Oh, he's better than Jimmy Garoppolo.
04:52 What does that prove?
04:53 Jimmy Garoppolo is having a meltdown right now
04:55 with the Raiders.
04:55 Can't wait to see that.
04:56 The best quarterback on the 49ers
05:00 is the quarterback they haven't acquired yet.
05:02 The guy they're gonna get next year
05:03 when these guys don't work out.
05:05 That's the best quarterback on the 49ers.
05:06 And then, and then,
05:08 the best quarterback on the 49ers after that
05:10 will be the next guy they get
05:11 because Kyle Shanahan can just keep playing this game
05:13 forever and then the Yorks are just gonna smile
05:15 because they hired him and they think
05:16 they look like geniuses for having him.
05:19 They are making money.
05:20 The best quarterback on the 49ers is Christian Caffrey,
05:26 Debo Samuel.
05:27 Juan Torres is the best quarterback on the 49ers.
05:31 If Purdy were to get injured, Trey would play and shine.
05:34 I don't know that he would play and shine.
05:36 This is Kyle Shanahan, the 49ers.
05:38 I have no idea about that.
05:41 He might get hurt again.
05:42 Claudio says, with that shaky right side of the line,
05:44 all these quarterbacks getting a shot during the season,
05:46 quarterback talk needs to chill.
05:48 Purdy's elbow not holding up.
05:49 D Wood, 7300, says, oh, he's improving in camp.
05:54 Trey needs to take the job.
05:55 From what you're reporting, he's improving,
05:57 but he has to have F this attitude and ball out.
06:01 He does.
06:03 Poppy Chulo, what's up, Poppy Chulo, says,
06:05 that's football, Shanahan's famous last words.
06:07 Please remind him that on his way out the door.
06:10 Hey, that's football, baby.
06:12 Nathan Flores says, that's why I ain't getting
06:14 Brock jersey, could be a different quarterback
06:16 in 2024 entirely.
06:18 Yeah, wait on that jersey.
06:20 Rob Schneider says, Grant, you and Dave Lombardi
06:22 and a couple other Niner journalists
06:23 are always off with your own views
06:25 on how the day went, someone's feelings are in the way.
06:28 Well, we also show our work.
06:30 You can watch us, you can watch him, me,
06:33 all, decide who you agree with.
06:36 We do our best to explain what we're seeing.
06:38 It'd be nice if there were official stats,
06:40 but there aren't.
06:41 Rob Schneider.
06:43 Chris Telerico says, Kyle won't win a Super Bowl
06:44 as a head coach, period.
06:45 It's funny how Kyle thinks Brock's the real deal
06:47 when his physical limitations are everything you need
06:50 to play the position.
06:52 When his physical limitations are everything
06:53 you need to play the position.
06:55 Yeah, I think Kyle likes the idea of winning a Super Bowl
06:59 with the most physically limited quarterback in the NFL.
07:01 I think he thinks that's cool.
07:03 Like he is turning the difficulty on Madden up
07:07 to expert or something.
07:08 I haven't played Madden in 20 years.
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