It was revealed Thursday that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy is a finalist for the 2023 NFL Most Valuable Player Award, along with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen.
Not everyone is so sure that Purdy deserves to be in the mix. On Thursday’s edition of “First Things First,” Nick Wright argued that the Niners’ signal-caller shouldn’t be an MVP finalist at all.
“Brock Purdy and Josh Allen have no business being top-five MVP finalists,” Wright said. “Were the Niners some historic juggernaut? Were they a team whose offense had to be so sensational because the defense was so bad? No, they won 12 games. They were one of nine teams in the league this year to win 11 or more games. Their defense was excellent, and their offense was excellent. Do they have to have two MVP finalists? Of course not.”
San Francisco’s offense averaged 257.9 passing yards (fourth in the NFL), 140.5 rushing yards (third), 398.4 total yards (second) and 28.9 points (third) per game in the regular season. Its defense surrendered 214.2 passing yards (14th), 89.7 rushing yards (third), 303.9 total yards (eighth) and 17.5 points (third) per game.
On the other hand, Chris Broussard was just relieved to have MVP voters validate his opinion on Purdy’s 2023 campaign.
“One thing I love about writers — and that’s who votes — [is] writers don’t wave pom-poms,” Broussard said. “Writers are objective, and writers looked at this and objectively said ‘Brock Purdy is in the conversation.”
Purdy totaled 4,280 passing yards, 31 passing touchdowns, 11 interceptions and an NFL-best 113.0 passer rating, while completing 69.4% of his passes in the 16 regular-season starts he made (Purdy didn’t start Week 18 with the Niners having already clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC). He also ran for 144 yards and two touchdowns.
Purdy’s performance earned him a Pro Bowl nod in…
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