Calling 49ers’ Brock Purdy a ‘system quarterback’ might not be the insult you think it is

LAS VEGAS — Brock Purdy heard fullback Kyle Juszczyk issuing the alert.

The San Francisco 49ers quarterback understood his teammate’s intention: Flip the formation, and send tight end Charlie Woerner in motion on the third-quarter play against the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round.

But Purdy realized what Juszczyk didn’t: The play clock had nearly expired. With just two seconds remaining, proceeding with pre-snap motion risked a delay-of-game penalty.

So instead, Purdy screamed: “Stay there! Stay there!”

Then he shifted to a quick count, fielded the snap with no seconds to spare and delivered an immediate pitch to running back Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey leveraged his blocks to hit a seam upfield and explode for a 39-yard, go-ahead touchdown.

“Stay There, Stay There, Stay There.”

An example of #49ers QB Brock Purdy showcasing how he read the #Packers Defense, told the TE to not move & the rest is history!

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“You have to manage all of that within the shot clock,” Purdy told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday from the 49ers’ Super Bowl week hotel. “We have two [possible] plays a lot of the time, and then you got to say it to the huddle, you got to break it, you got to see what the defense is doing. You got to also know that you’re on a shot clock with usually eight seconds.

“I’m diagnosing all those kinds of things and then, at the end of the day, delivering an accurate ball. So those are things that you do every single play that people on TV and around the world may not know.”

That lack of knowledge, perhaps, has contributed to the dismissive labels Purdy so often receives. A game manager riding the coattails of talented weapons? A system quarterback? Purdy thinks the latter, especially, might be more flattering than his critics intend.

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Publish date : 2024-02-07 04:47:18

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