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since68
I agree with OldGoat,
"23-of-38 for 255 passing yards and a TD isn't "great" to me.”
Remember that was with an extra possession.
He was 19/32 for 205 through 4 quarters. Very few teams win with those QB numbers.
If every QB in the league was to QB the Niner’s offense (the only fair way to think about it), imo Purdy would be at best middle of the pack of the 32 starters. Yes, he will get better, but most of his success stems from their weapons, his underrated ability to run/scramble and Shanahan’s scheming. See Jimmy G's stats. If Purdy were on the Raiders his stats would be mediocre as well.
Most of his success comes from:
-first read schemed open receivers; easy passes/screens to Mc, Deebo, etc and yac; scrambles that lead to “wide open” receivers
There were several throws/completions throughout the game that would have changed the game, but Purdy was inaccurate. A better QB would have made the throws and Niners probably win - Stafford, Allen, Cousins, Herbert, Burrow, etc. It also seems, instead of standing in against pressure and making a big time throw, Purdy has been coached? to hurriedly throw the ball away and avoid sacks/getting drilled as he throws/turnovers. As opposed to other QBs who stand in for that extra 1/2 second, take shots, but make game winning throws because of it - Warner, Stafford, etc.
Like OldGoat kinda said, the league is lucky the Niners keep staying with QBs that are good enough to help their stacked rosters
win a lot of games, but not good enough to win it all.
Stafford on the Niners? They would have won the last 3 years. Purdy make the throws Stafford did on game winning 2021 Super Bowl drive? No chance.
Change QBs in this year’s Super Bowl and Niners win by 15.
It’s really just a game of wack-a-mole in terms of roster building. The Niners really don’t have a pro pass game. Deebo is a gadget player. He gets schemed to get the ball into space after tons of misdirection and never creates space on his routes. Aiyuk was drafted because of his impressive YAC. Jennings is their best pure route runner.
But they pay for players that will net them 5-10 yards per play— TE, RB, Slot receiver—and anyone who can get them the ball on the cheap allows them pay out the salaries of their chunk play guys.
If teams would stop pretending like they’re the Bengals or the Rams or the Vikings in terms of a passing team and just focus on stopping the run, the check downs and passes over the middle, as long as you have players who can tackle, you challenge their QBs to throw outside the numbers and stretch the field.
I don’t know why teams play their passing game “honest”.
They are the opposite of last season (2022) when the Rams had no run game and teams like Tennessee and Buffalo ignored the run, pinned their ears back for the pass rush and played pass. What happened is it got Stafford hurt.
Si, the converse is the Niners. Stuff their run game, don’t play soft pass coverage over the middle and force Brock into being Mahomes.
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