Brock Purdy fell short of some votes behind Dak Prescott, which is why he didn't make the All-Pro team. Was he snubbed?
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00:00 Brock Purdy was talking to Mark Schlereth
00:02 For some game and according to Schlereth this Schlereth who would
00:08 Stink
00:10 Yeah, who's got a Marschlereth? Yeah, I forget. I probably get his name, right?
00:15 Anyway, Brock Purdy said that he if you think he's a game manager
00:20 You either don't watch the film or you don't know what he's what what you're watching and that he's a gunslinger
00:24 Because he makes some really tough throws into some really tight windows
00:29 So my question is not is he a gunslinger?
00:32 But does he need to be a gunslinger in these playoffs for the 49ers? And yeah, is he a gunslinger? What is a gunslinger?
00:40 We're for
00:43 He is he is a gunslinger and that's kind of always that was always my issue with him in college
00:49 That was the only reason I had a third round grade on him instead of a second or a first round grade it
00:55 Really wasn't the arm strength that became like a thing and yes, it is true. He doesn't have the strongest arm
01:00 But that wasn't my issue my issue with him was his decision-making and thinking he's more
01:06 Sometimes than what he actually is and trying to be the ultimate playmaker instead of playing within himself now
01:11 I do think there's a fine line. I love his playmaking
01:14 I think that his playmaking is important to who he is, but you really have to find the balance
01:19 You can't have you can't have the Brett Favre style plays the Josh Allen style plays
01:25 You're you're not
01:28 physically gifted enough to overcome those
01:30 You can't have a game manager skill set in a gunslinger mindset. Otherwise, you're Jimmy Garoppolo
01:38 Okay, that's what Jimmy Garoppolo's problem was
01:40 He thought he was better than what he is and he played outside of himself now
01:44 I also don't think he was as smart as Brock when it came to reading defenses and that was also an issue
01:50 But ultimately yes, I do think Brock is a bit of a gunslinger
01:54 There is room for that, but I don't think he needs to
01:58 this year
02:01 Be out there ready to prove everybody wrong
02:04 Time will tell Brock you have a whole career in front of you play within the system
02:08 Do what you got to do to win these games?
02:10 But don't go above and beyond unless it's required if it's required and the team's struggling and you gotta you got to put them on
02:17 Your back and that's the only option they have sure do what you can to try to win in that scenario
02:21 But if it's not the requirement
02:23 Don't go out there trying to make something happen. And by the way most young quarterbacks
02:28 Everybody's all offended by this game manager thing most young quarterbacks, even the great ones were game managers when they're young
02:36 That's not that big of a deal
02:37 It doesn't mean you can't evolve but right now what this team needs is a true game manager somebody that's not gonna turn over the football
02:44 And make a play here there. He doesn't have to be the hero. This is not hero ball with this team at this moment
02:52 I'm going to attempt to define the term gunslinger because it's one of these football terms. It has no definition
02:57 What is a gunslinger mean? And why does Brock Purdy want to be seen as one?
03:01 Well, I think from his perspective a gunslinger like he said is a guy who can fit
03:07 passes into tight windows
03:09 Which is true, but that essentially means that you're taking chances
03:14 You're the kind of guy who could take chances and pull it off
03:18 They don't need him to do that
03:22 They do not need him to do that and whether he can do it or not
03:26 Like they don't that's not required your job to manage the game
03:30 Don't turn the ball over and just distribute it to Debo
03:34 I you McCaffrey kiddo and you shake every once in a while because someone's always open and you you do a great job of finding
03:40 Them but these are these are easy passes 95% of the time and yes, you can make difficult ones
03:45 We've seen you do it all the time, but you don't need you to maybe once a game maybe twice a game
03:51 They need you to but they need you to do is manage the game
03:54 Because when you don't turn it throw a pick there two and four and when you don't they're 10. Oh, I
04:01 Mean look at Ben Roethlisberger Hall of Fame quarterback who has all the physical attributes you could want
04:07 He was a game manager early in his career. That's not what the Steelers needed him. They didn't need him to be this hero
04:14 Same thing with Tom Brady. They didn't need him to be a hero and they won Super Bowls at a young age
04:19 Because they played well within the system and managed the game all of a sudden. It's an offensive term. I don't get it. I
04:28 Don't understand it if Brock's really that perturbed by it and he goes out here and tries to win these games. I think that's a mistake
04:34 Let's stick with the gunslinger term
04:36 So we're defining it a gunslinger
04:38 Takes chances Brock does take chances. He throws with anticipations and at his worst those tensions those chances don't pay off
04:45 gunslinger also
04:47 gets in shootouts
04:49 Right. I don't see that from Brock and maybe he will one day but I'm looking at his game log past attempts in games
04:56 28 32 25 27 27 30 25 26 31 30 27 24 21 30
05:01 So you thought 29 when he said and he averaged 27 attempts a game the league averages 34 again. Yeah
05:07 the gunslinger is the kind of guy where
05:10 Ask him to throw 60 passes in the game. Say look man. We got we need you this week. You're Dan Marino. You're Brett Favre
05:18 Something's broken down. We need you to carry the team with your arm and get in a shootout
05:24 Maybe Brock can do that. But the Niners haven't I'm gonna switch my metaphors here
05:28 Let him cook yet and when they've tried it hasn't gone
05:32 Always so great. Like he's good in certain doses in certain situations and I mean played an MVP level
05:40 He gets ultimate credit for that but gunslinger. I
05:43 Mean depending on how you define it. I don't think it's something he necessarily needs to aspire to at this time
05:49 Yeah, and I don't again job
05:54 Early early in your career. You don't need to be that guy
05:57 Maybe you can eventually become that guy and there are downsides that come with being a gunslinger
06:04 I mean as great as Brett Favre was as great as Josh Allen is
06:07 There are turnovers have to overcome because you are willing to put the ball in harm's way on a regular basis now
06:14 When you look at guys like that you look at a guy like Josh Allen, for example, who had three turnovers early in that game
06:22 You also look at him and say
06:24 He's probably still better than Tua and is gonna find a way to win this game and you have the utmost confidence in them
06:29 And so that is a great attribute to have that you believe in guys like that
06:32 But sometimes they get themselves into a little bit of trouble and what I'm saying is Brock Purdy with his physical abilities is
06:40 Not that guy. He can't throw three interceptions and come from behind. He's not now that is not who he is
06:46 Everybody loves him because he plays on time. He's accurate. He's smart
06:50 He's mobile all these other things that you don't have to be loved for having a rocket arm and turning the ball over three times
06:57 That is not who you are and you can't overcome that make a living playing like that
07:01 Yeah
07:02 Just because you can make a few plays in a game and put together a highlight
07:05 Reel of 10 to 15 plays where you did some gunslinger stuff doesn't make you a gunslinger
07:09 It doesn't you don't make a living that way got real gunslingers do this
07:14 It's a it's a life choice
07:16 It's how they get through their life and you do that while you're up 15
07:20 Sorry, I'm getting
07:23 Pimp it when you're up 15
07:28 Yeah, but here's the thing
07:30 You you can have you can take quote-unquote chances. That doesn't mean that you have to play within the confines of a tennis court
07:38 I love the way you described Jimmy G is he always played within a tennis court Brock Purdy doesn't do that
07:44 But what Brock Purdy does is he picks and chooses wisely?
07:47 When to take those chances and when he does he's not putting the ball in harm's way
07:52 He's throwing it to an open guy. He just sees it and is not afraid to uncork it
07:57 I love that side of him that if that's a if that's how he defines gunslinger then keep that keep that in your arsenal
08:04 but trying to throw into tight windows and and
08:07 Come from behind and be the hero like that is not what the 49ers need not yet
08:13 Anyways, eventually if you're gonna get paid you better be that guy
08:16 Otherwise, you're not worth being paid if you can't carry the team, but right now he's very inexpensive
08:23 He's way out kicked his coverage as far as the contract goes and this team is stacked play within the confines of the offense
08:30 Eventually you can go out there and be that guy and prove everybody wrong if that's really who you think you are
08:35 It's just reminds me of just like
08:38 Russell Wilson ten years later
08:41 Russell Wilson went to Pro Bowls won a Super Bowl won a ton of games extremely successful quarterback
08:47 But he always had this sort of chip on the shoulder like hey, I'm not a product of the run game in the defense
08:51 Hey, you know, you can really build this team around me. Hey, you should let me cook like no
08:58 In a specific way and that's okay
09:02 He was great throwing 25 to 30 passes a game right in that sweet spot
09:06 But once he started to like cook it wasn't so great and I'm not there aren't that many quarterbacks who could truly do that
09:12 I feel like Purdy might be in that
09:14 Boat and there's nothing wrong with that. Russell Wilson is one of the best quarterbacks I've ever covered
09:19 Yeah, very
09:22 To Russell Wilson, but I don't think I am
09:24 Russell Wilson never got an MVP vote Brock Purdy. Well, how about that?
09:29 How about that I mean I guess I don't know I think I think if if
09:36 49er fans know what Russell Wilson brought to the table and how much he gave them fits if Brock Purdy can can be a pain in
09:43 The backside of the NFC West for the next 10 years. I think 49er fans will take that
09:47 I think he can be seems like the only division that really gives him problems. They have seen North
09:52 They don't have to face him again for what four years
09:55 That's good. Yeah, or the Super Bowl. We'll see where the Super Bowl. Yeah, I guess there's that
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