Are People Rooting for 49ers QB Brock Purdy to Fail?
Analyzing whether people are rooting for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy to fail.
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00:00 How did you sense the tone of the Brock Purdy criticism?
00:04 Do you feel like people were like gleeful that he finally lost a game?
00:08 >> No. >> And didn't play well.
00:10 >> No, I don't think that people were happy that Brock performed poorly or
00:17 that he had a bad game.
00:18 I think that people were happy that it kind of balanced the narrative.
00:26 There seems to be a visceral push to crown Brock,
00:29 what he as a top team quarterback when,
00:35 I mean if you truly believe that's what he is, then you should have the courage to
00:40 wait for it to materialize in front of us.
00:43 And it really is a disservice to Brock when people make him a target.
00:48 When they push things on him that he quite frankly hasn't even shown yet, and
00:53 he's just showing early signs of.
00:55 So when you say when Brock has a good game,
00:59 like a phenomenal game like the Cowboys game, he was really good.
01:02 Or week one, he was very good.
01:05 When he has those games, and then you're asked, well,
01:09 did Brock have a phenomenal day?
01:11 You say, no, man, this is a good day, man.
01:13 You stack this game and let's just see what we could do.
01:16 That sounds like you're hating.
01:18 It sounds like you're not giving him any credit after he has a bad game.
01:23 But after he has a game like this, and somebody asks, well,
01:26 what do you think of Brock?
01:27 And you come off with, well, hey, man, it's one game.
01:30 You know what I'm saying?
01:30 It is what it is.
01:31 It happened within four quarters, but it's just stacking days.
01:34 Let's see what we can do with next week.
01:36 It doesn't sound like hating then.
01:38 It doesn't sound like you're coming off against the kid.
01:40 So what I'm more galvanized around is having more of a balanced approach
01:46 in Brock's maturation process because I feel like we'll weed out a lot of
01:51 dishonest brokers, right?
01:53 If you want Brock to be a franchise quarterback and you want him here for
01:56 the future, then you're willing to see him go through his lumps, right?
02:00 Because you want your guy to be tested.
02:03 But if you can't- >> You know the test is coming, sorry.
02:06 >> Thank you, and you- >> Yeah.
02:07 >> You go, you know that this is the NFL, those tests are coming.
02:11 But if you can't stomach him struggling, if you can't stomach just hearing
02:15 criticism about what's simply being done right in front of you,
02:19 then you have to check yourself and
02:21 understand that it was never about Brock to begin with.
02:23 You just want a perfect vessel to live vicariously through.
02:27 So there's two sides of this.
02:29 >> And this is why I felt I wasn't gleeful about his performance.
02:34 I wasn't gleeful at the Niners loss, but I appreciated the loss because I feel
02:39 like we finally learned a lot about Brock Purdy in particular,
02:43 because we know he's good.
02:45 And this loss doesn't change that, he's a good quarterback.
02:50 But at the same time, he hadn't really faced adversity yet.
02:54 He lost the NFC Championship game, but him and the whole team can say that he
02:58 would have won if he played the whole time.
03:01 He played the whole game in this game and he lost to the Browns.
03:04 And in the process, I mean, we're not gonna overreact to it because it's one loss and
03:08 he's had a lot of wins.
03:10 But it's like we finally learned his strengths and weaknesses.
03:13 It's a coverage thing.
03:15 If you play zone coverage against Brock and sort of expect him to
03:19 not execute, you're playing yourself.
03:23 He executes like the best vets in the league and he'll take what you give him.
03:28 He won't force it down the field.
03:30 It's the wrong approach.
03:32 And then this week, the Vikings, what they do is they blitz a lot.
03:35 If you try to do that to Brock Purdy, he's gonna beat you.
03:38 He's gonna find it.
03:40 But if you can do what the Browns did and not a lot of teams can,
03:44 all of a sudden, Brock's, I don't know what you wanna call it,
03:47 limitations or weaknesses or- >> I don't even-
03:51 >> They come to the forefront.
03:53 >> Yeah, I don't even see it as weaknesses.
03:56 I see it as we don't know what we have yet, right?
04:00 We haven't had a full season with Brock.
04:02 So being able to see- >> He's a human.
04:04 He's a human against the Browns as opposed to the other times where he looked like
04:08 he was playing Harry Potter.
04:09 >> Exactly, yeah, so- >> Peter Pan.
04:12 >> Yeah, my narrative around Brock is that I'm not looking for
04:18 anything that he's weak at.
04:20 We already know what we got coming out the gate.
04:23 If somebody says that, man, Brock can't throw this throw.
04:26 Well, yeah, we already knew that his arm strength is gonna be something that's
04:30 gonna be left to be desired.
04:32 Now, how he matriculates around that is what makes him great, right?
04:37 We knew that Tom Brady couldn't run.
04:39 We knew he wasn't athletic.
04:40 But what made him great is what he turned into it, right?
04:44 Tom Brady's athleticism superseded him being able to run up and down the field.
04:48 But really his athleticism was used on pocket awareness, being almost unsackable,
04:54 being able to know how to get rid of the ball and to climb up in the pocket and
04:57 to keep the sticks alive.
04:59 Those are the things that somebody with Brock's skill set is gonna have to be able
05:04 to hone as he moves forward.
05:06 So it's not about looking at what he can't do.
05:08 We already know some of the things that he can't do.
05:11 We're just trying to see how are you gonna fashion what you can do in this arena.
05:15 And that's what we were looking for, right?
05:17 And that's what he's growing into.
05:19 He needs reps, even Brock needs reps.
05:23 He has not played enough football for
05:25 him to be able to know what to do in every situation.
05:28 So yeah, he got caught with his pants down because we had a team
05:32 where Jim Swartz has this offense's number.
05:35 Facts, it's by the numbers.
05:38 And with losing two weapons in the inclement weather game on the road against
05:43 a number one defense, he already had the card stacked against him
05:48 before he even took the first snap, right?
05:51 So what we wanna be able to understand is that there's two sides of following Brock.
05:59 And there is the sensationalized mob who is either galvanized
06:05 on his unquestioned success or his impenetrable doom, his impending doom.
06:12 Or there's people who understand football in its construct and see, hey man,
06:17 there's tests that are gonna be coming down the road anyway for this kid.
06:21 There's no reason to argue about it incessantly every day.
06:25 So I see both sides.
06:26 There's the side that they wanna muck rake and grab their pitchforks and
06:33 make this a huge ballyhoo.
06:35 [LAUGH] But there is a balanced side to this that is gonna be able to,
06:40 that understands that whether we like it or not,
06:43 the truth is gonna bear out anyway.
06:46 >> I don't think anyone takes pleasure in watching Brock Purdy struggle.
06:50 I think everyone is rooting for Brock Purdy and
06:52 understands that this is a guy who deserves to get a big payday.
06:55 And we're all rooting for him to keep playing well.
06:58 I just feel like what we learned was, given what happened against the Browns,
07:03 take the Browns out of it.
07:05 When you combine Purdy's processing, elite processing and
07:09 elite preparation with Kyle Shanahan's scheme and pre-snap motion.
07:13 And the five eligible receivers that Purdy has to work with, and
07:17 defenses mostly playing zone.
07:19 It makes sense that Brock Purdy is putting up crazy numbers.
07:25 >> Right. >> The combination of,
07:26 and he's part of it.
07:27 I'm not, he's absolutely part of his processing and
07:30 preparation is on another level.
07:32 He's like a 35 year old football savant.
07:34 But he also has a lot of benefits.
07:37 And when he goes against a defense like Cleveland that can kind of match those
07:40 eligible receivers and Kyle's scheme.
07:42 Like he had Jim Schwartz's is every bit the match for Kyle Shanahan.
07:45 And like the players on in Cleveland every bit the match for
07:47 the players in San Francisco.
07:49 Finally had a team that could match up and challenge him man to man.
07:53 And Brock didn't look like the MVP of the league.
07:57 I'm not saying that's the real Brock Purdy, but that's the other,
08:00 that's his shadow, the shadow Brock.
08:03 >> Yeah, I agree with that.
08:04 I mean, I do know that nobody gets away with the league.
08:09 There's gonna be a book on you.
08:10 Whether or not people know how to read it correctly or not is up to them, right?
08:14 >> Right.
08:14 >> Well, what does that mean?
08:16 Everybody's not gonna be able to replicate what the Browns did to us last week.
08:20 They're just not, right?
08:21 >> Including the Vikings this week.
08:22 >> Including the Vikings, right.
08:24 And there's gonna be teams including the Vikings who don't even do what the Browns
08:28 do on defense in order to make that a big game or a hard game for us offensively.
08:33 So this is just honestly like a blip on the map compared to everything that Brock
08:39 has done, right?
08:40 It's just that it was just jarring to see it just kind of like overnight.
08:45 You thought you would see kind of like tendencies that slip or
08:49 ways that we could possibly lose games.
08:51 But you didn't expect it, you didn't expect to just see the rock bottom floor in
08:55 one game, right?
08:56 So like even- >> We did.
08:59 >> But we did, exactly.
09:00 >> We did.
09:01 >> That's the thing that is a little alarming to me is that it's not
09:05 necessarily that Brock had a bad game.
09:08 But it was the fact that it would happen so quick in just literally overnight.
09:13 As far as the game before, he had a way better game.
09:16 So for me, this is just more time on task and proof of concept to see where Brock
09:21 is gonna be, that's all, right?
09:24 We got rid of tons of assets to be able to keep him for
09:28 him to be the franchise guy.
09:31 So I mean, if he's a rental, then what are we talking about?
09:35 >> See, that's what I wanna go to before we move on.
09:37 To me, you watch a game like that and you realize like, okay,
09:40 you finally meet your match in terms of supporting cast, your team against theirs.
09:44 And you look like that, makes me feel like you can't just put Brock Purdy on any team
09:49 and he's gonna ball out.
09:50 If you put him on the Saints, I don't know how good he would look.
09:54 And then you can't just give him any contract.
09:59 I'm looking at that, I'm thinking, is this guy worth $40 million a year?
10:02 If you start taking away the supporting cast because he's a franchise quarterback,
10:06 making franchise quarterback money, what's that gonna look like?
10:09 But that's all issues for down the line.
10:11 >> I just feel like the Eagles are there right now, right?
10:14 Jalen Hurts had this incredible season last year,
10:16 they made him the highest paid player in the league.
10:18 And now look at him.
10:19 >> They're stuck with him.
10:20 >> They're stuck with him and he's not that great.
10:22 And I think people could have seen it coming, man, he wasn't making any money.
10:25 He was new, he was on the best team.
10:28 Wait for it, wait till the book is out on him and he's actually making real money.
10:32 That's kind of the things that are going through my mind when I watch Purdy,
10:35 what's happening to Hurts right now in his fourth year in the league.
10:38 >> Yeah, in Philly, they were definitely prisoners at the moment.
10:40 They really wanted to right some wrongs.
10:42 They themselves got rid of a high pick that scratched everybody's head and
10:47 Carson Wentz.
10:48 >> Carson Wentz.
10:49 >> Yeah, and I feel as though that there was a little bit of impatience
10:55 from the front office over there of saying that, dude, not only is Jalen enough,
11:02 but we gotta be able to kind of get rid of the stench of what we did with Carson Wentz.
11:06 We gotta be able to wrap our arms around this guy.
11:09 We can't be seen being wishy-washy about this kid,
11:11 especially if he shows us that we're ready to win with the window that we have, right?
11:16 And that's kind of what the Eagles did.
11:17 That team was ready before Jalen Hurts got there.
11:20 So as soon as Jalen Hurts came in and kind of solidified,
11:24 added with a couple of pieces, it just seemed as though, hey,
11:26 let's kind of just make him our guy.
11:29 Like, ready, let's just do it.
11:31 But now that they didn't handle business against Kansas City with the Super Bowl,
11:38 they're really stuck with Jalen Hurts now, right?
11:40 And then now you're kind of stuck with making sure that you keep an offense that
11:45 not only is good enough and viable against the league, but
11:47 you gotta keep an offense that's good enough for Jalen Hurts to be a weapon, right?
11:53 You can't just go get bargain guys anymore.
11:55 You gotta go get a Julio Jones.
11:57 You gotta get AJ Brown.
11:58 You gotta get somebody that can actually literally go up and get the ball.
12:01 So Jalen Hurts is surrounded and he's loaded with athletes.
12:05 But you mean to tell me that if they didn't have a veteran over there,
12:09 they wouldn't be feeling a lot better about their situation?
12:12 >> Yeah.
12:13 >> So the same thing applies here where I'm not too sure that
12:19 our coaching staff is really wrapped around Brock being the guy, right?
12:27 And we'll see, we'll see.
12:29 Because last week was the first developmental game where Brock had
12:34 showed his age, he showed his experience.
12:38 How much more can this, I mean, we're gonna talk about it, but
12:44 do they have the stomach to see this kid through?
12:48 >> Yeah, we're gonna get there.
12:49 Okay, Elite Archer 23 says, yes, people are praying for
12:52 Brock's demise with you being at the top of the list.
12:54 People are so sensitive.
12:56 I'm not praying for Brock's demise.
12:58 Why would I?
13:00 I mean, what did he do to me, first of all?
13:03 Second of all, the man is at the bottom of the food chain in terms of
13:07 financial pecking order on his own team.
13:10 I think everyone feels like he's deserved his contract extension.
13:13 Or he should have had his contract renegotiated a long time ago, but
13:16 there's a stupid rule in the CBA that needs to be changed.
13:19 I'm on Brock's side.
13:21 I'm just not crowning him an elite quarterback like Philly did with
13:24 Jalen Hurts too soon, and look at him now.
13:27 I'm just trying to remain professionally distanced.
13:32 Every quarterback that's won a Super Bowl wasn't the guy, right?
13:36 So Brock doesn't have to be the guy for us to win the Super Bowl.
13:40 However, if we're going to keep him on our team as a franchise quarterback,
13:44 then he deserves the grace to grow.
13:46 He does.
13:47 Nobody's praying on Brock's demise, but he ain't gonna be given anything either.
13:52 >> Many PSF 95 says, be writers always ask the team questions that lead to
13:56 specific answers after a loss.
13:57 Shanahan isn't going to say, wait, you're right.
13:59 We would have won if you use McCaffrey less, even if it's true.
14:02 >> True, but you still gotta ask him the question and
14:05 see what he says and how he says it and his demeanor.
14:09 Sonny says, Grant, thoughts on Jack Hammer?
14:11 Gave my thoughts on Jack Hammer on Twitter.
14:14 I don't wanna get into it.
14:15 That's his life and I don't wanna talk about it.
14:18 Sorry, Sonny.
14:18 Rome gut levels is good or bad.
14:22 It's always more about Kyle than Brock.
14:23 >> You know the answer to that, bro.
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