Reverend Conehead
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Here's what I noticed about Purdy in the 49er game:
1. He does not have to lift his team up or do everything himself. They protect him well, have a killer running game, and a stifling defense. Even their special teams are quite good.
2. His receivers are often wide open, thus requiring him only to make easy throws. That's not always. Sometimes he needs to thread the needle, and he can do it when he needs to. But he doesn't have to thread the needle on every throw.
3. If the opposing defense sells out to try to sack Purdy, the 49ers will burn their butts with a long running play or a screenpass.
4. The 49ers adapt extremely well to their opponents' game plan. Seattle was staying right with them, and even had a tiny lead at the half. The 9ers made halftime adjustments and then came out in the second half and clobbered them. They shut them out for most of the second half.
This is taking nothing away from Brock Purdy. He's done an excellent job, and has done everything they asked of him. The 49ers are simply showing what you need to do to help a quarterback to succeed, and that's to not put everything on his shoulders. We saw a modicum of this in 2014 when they finally gave Romo a great O-line and a superb running game. Suddenly he was having the best season of his career.
Purdy has every reason to be confident. He knows on many throws, he just has to get it there without threading a needle. He knows if he did screw up and throw a pick, his team has a defense that can bail him out. He knows on many plays he just has to hand it off, and the line and the running back will take care of the rest. He knows the other team won't shut down his running game. He doesn't have to make a superb, genius play on every play. Then on the occasional play where he actually does need to place the ball in a small window, where only his guy can get it and the defender can't, he has the skill to do that.
The 9ers are just a better organization through and through than the Cowboys. They know how to set up a system where a good quarterback can thrive. They're not going to make Purdy drop back into the shotgun every play and have to make a pass that threads the needle, all while having to dodge defenders because of a crap O-line. They do a great job switching it up, and not only that, the switching up is designed to take advantage of what the other team's defense has been doing. They use that judo concept of using your opponent's momentum against him.
1. He does not have to lift his team up or do everything himself. They protect him well, have a killer running game, and a stifling defense. Even their special teams are quite good.
2. His receivers are often wide open, thus requiring him only to make easy throws. That's not always. Sometimes he needs to thread the needle, and he can do it when he needs to. But he doesn't have to thread the needle on every throw.
3. If the opposing defense sells out to try to sack Purdy, the 49ers will burn their butts with a long running play or a screenpass.
4. The 49ers adapt extremely well to their opponents' game plan. Seattle was staying right with them, and even had a tiny lead at the half. The 9ers made halftime adjustments and then came out in the second half and clobbered them. They shut them out for most of the second half.
This is taking nothing away from Brock Purdy. He's done an excellent job, and has done everything they asked of him. The 49ers are simply showing what you need to do to help a quarterback to succeed, and that's to not put everything on his shoulders. We saw a modicum of this in 2014 when they finally gave Romo a great O-line and a superb running game. Suddenly he was having the best season of his career.
Purdy has every reason to be confident. He knows on many throws, he just has to get it there without threading a needle. He knows if he did screw up and throw a pick, his team has a defense that can bail him out. He knows on many plays he just has to hand it off, and the line and the running back will take care of the rest. He knows the other team won't shut down his running game. He doesn't have to make a superb, genius play on every play. Then on the occasional play where he actually does need to place the ball in a small window, where only his guy can get it and the defender can't, he has the skill to do that.
The 9ers are just a better organization through and through than the Cowboys. They know how to set up a system where a good quarterback can thrive. They're not going to make Purdy drop back into the shotgun every play and have to make a pass that threads the needle, all while having to dodge defenders because of a crap O-line. They do a great job switching it up, and not only that, the switching up is designed to take advantage of what the other team's defense has been doing. They use that judo concept of using your opponent's momentum against him.
