before we delve into that game. Here's a little Cal Shanahan
from yesterday on Brock Purdy's, extensive College
playing experience.
No, I just think when you're a four-year starter in a pretty
big conference, you just been in some pressure and you've
done it a lot. You have to come in there as a freshman. When
you do this youngest on the team and to be able to do that
for years in a row,
you can tell when guys have done that they just they just
been under Center a bunch. They understand just how to play
the game, they've been in a lot and
they've been in a lot of situations now. He's got to
see, there's a huge difference in the league and stuff like
that, but
you can talk about a lot of things, but you can tell he's
been in it and I think that's how he knows how to play fast.
Wouldn't it be something if this guy becomes the
next Generations? Tom Brady in that. He's the lowly, drafted
player Who develops into a starter and is pretty damn good
and gets it done and and there's The
Fray under similar circumstances a year earlier
than Brady did. But but again Brady versus purty
purty, first career start because he didn't start last
week because the injury happened in the first quarter.
What's your confidence level in per day as he walks out there
onto the field, see? Tom, Brady, running out of
the tunnel with his. Let's effing go and he's back
in his home area, even though it's a long drive to San Mateo
from Santa Clara, especially in traffic. But what's your
confidence that Purdy
can get it? Done against a team like the Buckeye? I'm pretty
confident from what I saw last week. Now, again, if it gets to
the point where, wait, they're down by 14 and he's got to drop
back and throw the ball 45 times. And when the game then
I don't
feel good about that. That's not what he's made to do at least.
Not yet. But with the way in the confines of how we see 49er
football, play on a weekly basis, I think he works. He's
going to he'll make it work.
You see his experience you do?
He does a lot of those little nuances that a quarterback
needs to do. And last week men, he made some really high level
plays. He actually missed some of the easier plays where you
went. Wait, that was an easy one. How did you miss that one?
But
wait, you're going to make this one? With a guy in your face,
on a third and ten, and then throw it down them. So it throw
a seed down the middle, the kiddo,
I mean, he had a few side arm throws where he got out, how to
throw it around pressure, and again, standing here in
the pocket, reading it II, just think with reps and then
Shanahan not putting too much on his plate. And as we always
talked about the team
rallies around these situations, right? The defense
is going, we gotta play better, we don't got Jimmy G. We're
going to have to help this guy. Come on Deebo Samuel and
Brandon. I Euchre saying that, you know, I it's one of those
where a little bit like we saw with Dak Prescott, it's gonna
bring the team. Mmmmm together
a little bit and
I don't expect him to if they I don't expect him to be, you
know, some glaring weakness. Let's just say that. I think
he's gonna be plenty good. I'm not so sure he's a better
athlete than Jimmy G
his arm to me looked he was physically better than
I thought. He would be his arm looked every bit as strong as
Jimmy G. So now it's just taken care of the football and
when Shanahan delivers a play, you got to make it.
And I think his kids capable of that, Mike
Listen to this quote from Trent Williams long-term grizzled
veteran left tackle on Brock / D. You would think he's been in
the league 15 years. If you're talking, he'll say shut your
ass up,
he ain't no timid. Rookie feeling his way around, he'll
get on your ass. You would think he's like, Peyton Manning
or something wide receivers not running. You'll hear him
cussing. A wide receiver out, man.
Sounds a lot like Tom Brady. Yeah that does sounds a lot
like what you need. Yeah. Come in and get it done. Right? How
in the hell did this guy lasts until the final pick in
the draft and Chris four-year starter
all the experience, great personality leadership traits,
what the hell? What are the other 31 teams thinking are
they all looking for a franchise quarterback, Whenever
Wherever and however, they can find one. What's the,
what's the issue? Why did he fall? Well, it's not great,
physical talent. I don't think anybody saw a huge potential
and then another similarity to tell him. Well, yeah. And then
he played it and there's another similarity.
He played in an offense that wasn't necessarily quarterback
Centric. So there wasn't a ton of yards. Oh well gosh, he's
look at the yard so I can justify drafting him three
rounds earlier. Right? You know they played in the Pro style
type of offense,
you know, there were the only team in the Big 12 that like
actually had a full back and ran like an ISO play every now
and then or stuff like that. So I think that's probably why.
And then wins and losses weren't always easy there. They
were pretty good why I was there but you know, they
weren't
a national Powerhouse
but this is again as
Discuss many times.
This is not a quarterback Centric team.
This is not, you know, and in a lot of ways
this is a crazy statement. I'm about to say I'm more worried
about Tom Brady than I am Brock / D, in this game, I am
I mean
Brady Brady is had moments of looking like absolute s*** this
year and now he's got I'm sorry.
I mean he's we saw it last week, you know, you can say
what you want. I'm sick of fluffing around this subject
but we saw a now he's got the 49ers pass rush and this
defense. And that's where
it's going to be interesting to watch.
You know you're watching a guy that's kind of on his last leg
and gets jumping in the pocket and misses a lot of throws and
opportunities. I mean that he's gone throw it out there
and there's a number of plays
and at least he threw down the field in this game which was
good to see.
But yeah, I'm just as intrigued by how Brady looks with these
guys swarming around him as I am with Brock Purdy and just
how he, you know,
responds to being his first start ever.
Yeah.
Think about this, the Bucks had that hard-fought game played,
you know on Monday night. Yeah they got to travel across
the country
and they're playing a 49ers team that was at home last
week.
I'd home the week before that, those little factors make
a difference. That's a weird quirk in the scheduling that it
puts the Bucks in a spot where they got to fly to
San Francisco's. Just part of all this recovering from that
game and As I've said multiple times, I was looking for a good
gift of Jeff Van Gundy on Alonzo, Mourning's leg that's
going to be Donovan Smith on Nick Bosa
on Sunday. It's going to be potentially a long day for Tom
Brady. He's gonna have to get the ball out faster than he
ever has. So I got a lot of faith in Brock per day. A lot
of faith in the 49ers and I think they'll be perfectly fine
without
Jimmy Garoppolo all due respect. Jim and girl people
are mad at me for saying that it's like, folks, haven't we
seen this movie? Don't what? Don't we know that this 49ers
team isn't be
successful because of Garoppolo they quote the
Stats of well, they always go well when he heard of the team.
Yeah, when they win, he doesn't like, you know what, you know
what though? How many of those games did, Nick Bosa, not play
to
ya think that's more important to look at. You'd like to have
some of that and I should put them together on their record
without Nick Bose. They definitely they've had some of
the year he hurt his ankle, right? And in New York,
the Jets Bosa hurt
out for the year.
There's been some of that
and then you know I could I could argue to that some of
the backups they had we're just not good enough to
get it. It done in any,
you know, and it anyway. And I also think Stu was some of
the backups. I put a little blame on Shannon because I feel like
he just was like, wait you're a backup on the run, the same
offense is Jimmy Garoppolo. Here we go
and it's like they weren't ready for it
so I think Shannon has learned from those experiences and
we'll manage Purdy better than he did a Nick Mullens or a CJ
beathard. Maybe when they had to take over the job.
And you've got Christian McCaffrey, you've got the bow
Samuel? You've got guys, who can move the ball, you just
slip into 2019 postseason mode where you just run it, you're
running, you're running, you're running your play. Great
defense. You win football games
and and again you said it Brock Purdy made some great throws.
He does it. This is an opportunity with all the crap
that the 49ers have been dealing with freaking
themselves out over quarterback position the trade up for trail
ants. All this stuff
now Shannon has got a guy who's like this lump of clay
that shows a ton of potential.
And he just molds him the right way, it could be a lot of fun
for cow down the stretch and they I think we'll still make
the playoffs and I still think they will be very dangerous.
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