49ers legend Steve Young says Kyle Shanahan ‘has cracked the code’ on quarterback play

Ever since Brock Purdy was elevated to the San Francisco 49ers’ starting lineup and immediately began producing elite results, there’s been a ton of discussion surrounding the idea of exactly how good Purdy really is, and whether or not he is a “game manager.” 

For Purdy’s part, he said during Super Bowl media availability that he doesn’t really care about said discussion, and that he views the “game manager” label as a compliment. 

“I feel like it can be a compliment at times, where it’s like, ‘All right, you’ve got a guy that can come in and run the system well,'” Purdy said. “I feel like that’s a compliment. I think you’re doing things right, mentally, and obviously, you’re good enough to be able to hit guys that are open and make plays.

“You know, there’s 32 teams in the NFL, and there’s not a lot of people that can come in and play the quarterback position well in the NFL. It’s a hard job. So if you’re saying that I’m a game manager and I don’t look flashy in how I do it, I mean, that’s your opinion, and that’s okay.”

Still, that won’t stop people from talking about the topic anyway. The latest to weigh in: former 49ers quarterback and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Steve Young. 

“He’s not the prototype. But what he is, is he’s playing the quarterback position,” Young said on ESPN’s This is Football. “Not all the things that go along with — I played the quarterback position, but I had some other stuff that I could do. But you still have to do the job, and the job that he’s doing is the job that every quarterback needs to do. Get the play, call it, run it, get the ball out effectively and efficiently, under duress, in a couple of seconds, against the fastest game in America, and the best athletes in America. He’s doing that in an incredible way. 

“So, I don’t know what you want to call it. I don’t know what you want to name it. There’s no criticism. It just IS. If you wanna…

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Author : Jared Dubin

Publish date : 2024-02-08 21:09:00

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