Analyzing why San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy's numbers are down in the playoffs.
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00:00 We need to talk about Brock Purdy.
00:02 I mean, the thing about Brock was.
00:05 No matter what you could say about him in the regular season,
00:08 his numbers were incredible.
00:10 He led the league in like every statistic.
00:12 So no matter what you said, he had the resume to back it up MVP.
00:16 >> Put on the tape.
00:16 >> Credentials.
00:17 >> Put on the tape.
00:18 >> Not anymore.
00:19 I mean, his numbers aren't bad by any stretch, but
00:22 they are not what they were in the regular season.
00:24 I mean, his quarterback rating is in mid to high 80s.
00:27 >> High 80s. >> Which is not the Brock we know.
00:29 >> So what's going on?
00:31 >> And I'll give full credit to Kurt Warner and
00:35 a light bulb went off when I watched this and I went back to watch the film.
00:39 Is that Kyle, and this is a positive,
00:42 he trusts Brock to go through progressions.
00:48 So much so that he's going through one, two, three, four, five.
00:51 Five progressions sometimes.
00:53 And the problem is the ball's not getting out in time because of a pass rush,
00:57 because of adjustments, and it's a pitch late.
01:01 And what's happening is that the pocket's getting condensed and
01:05 he's either walking away from it or he's doing the check down too late.
01:09 And McCaffrey's only getting two or three yards
01:12 when he actually should have done that sooner.
01:15 And what I mean by that is that what Kyle can do is half the field.
01:19 And he did this with Jimmy.
01:21 Basically look at the coverage.
01:23 If you have three linebackers and we have three receivers on this side, and
01:26 you have two defenders and three receivers or two defenders,
01:30 just go to the side where there's one less defender, cuz you have the numbers.
01:34 That's a lot easier to read, right?
01:36 A lot easier to be like dump it off to McCaffrey immediately cuz there's
01:39 three defenders there.
01:41 I've got these people running routes or two defenders there.
01:44 I've got three offensive players running routes.
01:46 There's gonna be a mismatch.
01:48 What he's having him do, and it was very clearly brought up to a tee by
01:53 Kurt Warner was that Brock looks one, two, three, four, five.
01:58 And then he's gotta reset and throw either to five or look back again to one.
02:03 But by the time that that happens, people have recovered.
02:07 You're gonna have athletes, Baltimore did that,
02:10 that they've got good recovery speed.
02:12 Is that he's gotta simplify this for Brock.
02:15 And he relies on Brock's decision making and
02:20 he's relying on Brock's processing, I think a little too much.
02:24 He's a second year player.
02:26 He's treating him like a ten year veteran and
02:30 I think that's a mistake, Grant, cuz it shows.
02:35 >> But I mean, it's a two way street, right?
02:36 It's not just Kyle, it's like Brock, you're on the field.
02:39 You have the autonomy to do what you wanna do.
02:42 It's your team.
02:42 So hold on, let me tell you where I'm going with this.
02:44 So Kyle wants him to execute.
02:47 Of course, Kyle's very domineering.
02:50 Brock wants to please him.
02:51 Brock wants to play the game the right way.
02:54 But how did he win the game, the NFC Championship game?
02:56 Scrambling.
02:57 >> The second one of those scrambles, he had Juan Janney wide open in the film.
03:04 Like no one's around.
03:05 >> It's okay though.
03:06 What I'm saying is with Brock, instead of trying to go through four progressions
03:11 in this pocket against Chris Jones and this pass rush, which is really good,
03:14 even without Charles Amenehu, it's okay to play one read, maybe two reads and
03:19 scramble.
03:20 Frankly, if the scrambling is open, take it.
03:23 There's nothing wrong with that because those are big plays for
03:25 the offense and you're not gonna turn it over.
03:27 >> Agreed.
03:28 >> Really good plays.
03:31 What did Kyle say this week?
03:33 It was the difference between winning and losing?
03:34 I agree.
03:35 >> It was the difference between winning and losing.
03:37 It was, it was.
03:38 But- >> The things I like most about it.
03:40 Can I say something real quick?
03:42 I hope this isn't.
03:42 I'm gonna say it.
03:45 So last week on three different shows, I compared Brock Purdy to Jeff Garcia.
03:49 Yesterday, Garcia texted me.
03:52 Said, hey man, my sister was watching you on KTVU and
03:55 said that you compared Brock to me.
03:57 First of all, thank you.
03:59 Second of all, can you send me the clip?
04:00 I wanna show it to my family.
04:01 Is that wrong that I said that?
04:02 I think it's kinda cool.
04:03 It's like he was honored that he'd be compared to Brock Purdy.
04:07 That's how much people think of Brock Purdy.
04:09 I thought that was, I was like, all right, man, well, I guess I'm sold.
04:11 If Jeff Garcia admires Brock, I mean, I gotta.
04:15 >> Unfortunately, for some reason, and maybe you and me in the minority, but
04:21 people just forget about how good Jeff Garcia was.
04:24 Could you imagine if Brock Purdy did what Jeff Garcia is doing now for Pro Bowls?
04:29 >> Yeah. >> Right?
04:30 And just light up and throw for 4,000 yards and
04:33 throw for the amount of touchdowns he did?
04:35 He was- >> Three straight Pro Bowls and
04:37 that in like this first year in 2000, he rushed for 400 yards and four touchdowns.
04:42 He rushed for 72 times.
04:44 >> What if he's become Steve Young light, right?
04:46 They were calling him the right hand Steve Young.
04:49 >> Yeah, it was 5.8 yards per carry in 2000 and
04:51 he ran the ball five times a game.
04:54 Like that could be Brock Purdy.
04:56 Why not?
04:57 Mahomes plays like that.
04:59 >> Yes.
05:00 >> Mahomes plays like that.
05:01 Steve Young played like that.
05:02 Like go ahead and scramble.
05:04 >> Yeah.
05:06 >> Yeah.
05:06 >> That's interesting that he sent you that clip.
05:08 That's interesting.
05:09 >> I thought it was so interesting.
05:10 I hadn't heard from him in years.
05:12 And he's like, hey man, my sister said you compared Brock to me.
05:15 First of all, thanks.
05:16 Second of all, can I see that?
05:17 I wanna show my family.
05:18 >> He lives out in the west, right?
05:21 He lives in- >> Yeah, I know he's from Gilroy.
05:23 I think he lives in San Diego.
05:26 But- >> And it seems like the Niners haven't
05:29 gone out of their way to bring him on the coaching staff, never do anything with him.
05:33 >> I don't understand that at all.
05:34 He was like- >> There must be something that happened
05:36 with the ownership or something.
05:38 >> I'm not gonna even speculate on that.
05:39 All I know is that Jeff Garcia is a legend.
05:43 End of story. >> Would you want him as a quarterback
05:44 coach? >> Freaking, yeah.
05:46 They always have Joe Montana and Steve Young at games.
05:49 Like can you please bring Jeff Garcia back and give an homage to him?
05:54 Because really, the comparison for Brock, the best comparison for
05:58 Brock is Jeff Garcia.
05:59 It's not Russell Wilson or Drew Brees.
06:01 It's Jeff Garcia, who was, I thought, in 2000, 2001,
06:07 the best quarterbacks in the league were him, Favre, Warner.
06:15 >> And McNabb and the- >> McNabb and Payton.
06:18 Although Payton really wasn't great yet and Tom Brady sure wasn't.
06:22 >> Right, remember it was the inverse.
06:24 All the good quarterbacks were in the NFC when we were growing up.
06:27 >> Right.
06:27 >> And the AFC- >> He was a top five quarterback in
06:30 the NFL.
06:31 >> Yep. >> And he never played with a defense,
06:33 and no offense to Steve Mariucci, but he was not exactly Kyle Shanahan.
06:36 >> No.
06:38 >> No.
06:39 He did have Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens and Garrison Hurst and Charlie Garner.
06:42 He had some players on offense, and he put up some numbers.
06:46 Hell of a player.
06:46 I think that's the best comparison for Brock Purdy.
06:48 And you look at Brock and he looks, Jeff Garcia was in his 30s when he played.
06:52 He was older.
06:53 He was- >> He figured it out.
06:54 >> Brock is not, even though he looks like a teenager, he's built.
06:58 It's not like Sam Darnold, who's very skinny.
07:00 >> No, Brock got some meat to him, yeah.
07:04 >> He's got some meat on his bones.
07:05 >> Yes, yes, yes.
07:06 >> Yeah. >> And he's faster than you think.
07:07 He's got just enough to get by a linebacker.
07:10 >> That play where he shrugged off the pass rusher,
07:14 rolled to his left and hit use check.
07:15 >> That was my favorite play, cuz I was like,
07:19 I've never seen a 49er quarterback not eight do that before.
07:22 [LAUGH] >> I think Garcia could have maybe done
07:25 that, Young could have done that.
07:27 Montana could have done that.
07:28 Jimmy would never have done that.
07:30 >> Those were sacks.
07:31 The comeback would have never happened with Jimmy.
07:34 That's the thing.
07:35 >> Frankly, Colin Kaepernick was not particularly elusive in the pocket.
07:38 >> No, once he got two or three steps, he was lethal, but
07:44 he needed those two or three steps.
07:45 >> He needed those two or three steps.
07:46 And really, that skill set from Purdy, his mobility,
07:50 obviously you'd like more, but that's more than enough.
07:54 It's more than enough.
07:55 You'd love him to be Josh Allen, right?
07:56 Hey man, just go truck the whole defense.
07:59 But what he does is, good enough doesn't even capture it.
08:05 I think that's what people are starting to see with Brock.
08:06 They're like, okay, yeah, his arm isn't the greatest, but
08:11 look at the way he can move.
08:14 Look at how he sees the field and how he keeps plays alive.
08:18 How many guys do it as well as him?
08:21 >> No matter what happens, the other thing that if you're optimistic,
08:24 he's actually gonna have a regular off season this year to improve, right?
08:28 He's gonna say, and if I know Brock, and if you know him the way a seam appears,
08:34 is that he's gonna sit down and he's gonna say, what was I really good at this year?
08:38 And what was I terrible at?
08:39 And let me work on the things that I was terrible at.
08:41 And on off season, maybe he's even better.
08:45 Maybe his arm strength gets another year removed from surgery,
08:47 maybe a titch better.
08:49 But maybe he can do certain things that he knew that he did not do well this year and
08:54 he figured that out.
08:55 He can now, right?
08:56 He's gonna have a full off season.
08:57 >> You started the show comparing this team to the 2019 Chiefs team.
09:02 That team did come from behind.
09:04 But on the way to the Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes, I think, I know,
09:08 he threw eight touchdowns and no picks.
09:10 So they fell in the holes and he just went, I mean,
09:13 he showed that he's Patrick Mahomes.
09:15 Purdy hasn't exactly had that arc in the playoffs right now.
09:22 I mean, he hasn't been bad, but he hasn't been lightened up with touchdowns and
09:26 no picks.
09:27 >> He could have had eight touchdowns, one yarders, and
09:31 it would have changed the narrative, right?
09:32 They just handed it off to McCaffrey and called it a deal, right?
09:36 To me, the touchdowns are great, but how he's getting there, right?
09:40 But you're right, Mahomes didn't do it on his own.
09:43 >> Against the Texans, Mahomes quarterback rating was 134, and
09:47 against the Titans, his rating was 120.
09:49 So he wasn't struggling per se.
09:53 Then he did have a tough time for three quarters against the Niners in
09:56 the Super Bowl.
09:57 But to me, that defense that the Niners had then is way better than the defense
10:01 they have now.
10:02 >> I think that's why it was more consistent.
10:06 I think skill for skill, which is really boggling my mind,
10:11 is that they're just as talented than they were back then.
10:15 I just think it's a skill set.
10:19 >> Their linebackers aren't as strong as they were.
10:21 How's that?
10:23 And watching the game, I will tell you that that third linebacker,
10:27 I'm forgetting his name, not Warner, not Greenlaw, the one who started.
10:31 They need to have Flowers, or what's his name, Dmitri Favreau,
10:36 start over that guy, cuz that guy was out leveraged on all those big runs.
10:41 He was supposed to be there, and he was not.
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