Purdy details priceless advice from 49ers greats Montana, Young originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
With the 49ers set to face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, quarterback Brock Purdy has a chance to join San Francisco legends Joe Montana and Steve Young as the franchise’s only signal-callers to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Those are some big aspirations for Purdy to reach in his first full season as the 49ers’ starter — and he’s soaking in all he can from the two NFL greats in his quest to do so.
“Just briefly talking to Joe, it’s been pretty simple in terms of [him saying], ‘You’ve got a good team around you; Just obviously go through your reads and what [49ers coach] Kyle [Shanahan] is calling. Trust in Kyle,’ ” Purdy told reporters in Las Vegas on Tuesday. ” ‘You don’t need to be this superstar or anything. You can go out and just do your job, do it well, and you’ve got a good team around you and you guys can win that way.’
“And then with Steve, we just talked about our mindsets, you know, in the NFL, with all the stuff going around on the outside, being able to sink back into what you believe and understand who you are, and what your purpose is. And then [Young] spoke to the team about when you have an opportunity like this, you’ve got to take it. You can’t let it slide.
“There’s a lot of players in the NFL that don’t get opportunities to go to the Super Bowl and win, so he was like, ‘You’ve got to do what you can as a team when you have this [opportunity] to take it.’ “
Purdy, despite his young career, has drawn comparisons to both Montana and Young thanks to his on-field savvy and penchant for winning. And throughout their own careers, the Hall of Fame quarterbacks have experienced the ebbs and flows of the NFL that Purdy has to deal with today.
The position is one that comes with plenty of scrutiny — something Montana and Young know all too well, as the two were embroiled in a quarterback controversy of their own during their…
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Publish date : 2024-02-07 03:37:39
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