{"id":238196,"date":"2025-07-26T17:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/238196\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T17:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:49:12","slug":"49ers-quarterback-brock-purdy-could-pass-the-eye-test-if-you-didnt-know-he-was-brock-purdy-49ers-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/238196\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers quarterback Brock Purdy could pass the eye test if you didn\u2019t know he was Brock Purdy, 49ers quarterback"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you stripped away the jersey number and team, would anyone recognize San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy as a good quarterback?<\/p>\n

Apparently, the answer is yes\u2014at least according to X, where someone posted a black-and-white, blurry highlight reel of an unnamed quarterback. Spoiler: it was Purdy.<\/p>\n

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The real magic? The comments. Sure, some might be sarcastic, but let\u2019s give the benefit of the doubt and pretend they weren\u2019t all trolling:<\/p>\n

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Nope, that is one Brock Purdy.<\/p>\n

So why bring this up? Because uttering \u201cBrock\u201d and \u201cPurdy\u201d in the same breath as \u201ctop 10 quarterback\u201d still breaks brains in certain NFL circles. He was left off of ESPN\u2019s ranking of top-10 quarterbacks, for…reasons.He didn\u2019t even make ESPN\u2019s top-10 quarterback list. Not even the top 10 with an asterisk. He landed in the \u201creceiving votes\u201d tier, somehow below Kyler Murray. Someone run Murray\u2019s tape through that X filter and see if people still think it\u2019s Mahomes or Favre. I\u2019ll wait.<\/p>\n

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Purdy isn\u2019t too concerned. On his recent appearance with KNBR\u2019s Murph and Markus, he was asked about the ESPN list and had this answer to it:<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody can have their opinion and stuff. For me, it\u2019s always been \u201chow can I be the best version of myself, right now, today, for the 49ers?\u201d And all that matters is, every Sunday, we go out there, and you try to win. And how can I be a quarterback that elevates the guys around me, go out, and find a way to win? And I feel like I\u2019ve done that the last couple of years. There\u2019s always going to be people saying things. Obviously, lists come out and rankings come out, and all the things, but for me, I don\u2019t buy into it. My whole life, it\u2019s been like that: I\u2019ve always been the overlooked guy. For me, I just always got to have a chip on my shoulder and go out and compete every single day and not care about the highs or the lows, but just being consistent. That\u2019s all I care about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Purdy knows the narrative. Even if he wins a Super Bowl, the storyline might still be \u201cIs he actually good?\u201d<\/p>\n

(I hope I get to see what the storylines will be after that).<\/p>\n

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