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Cowherd oddly ranks 49ers QB Purdy behind Broncos rookie Nix originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Colin Cowherd dropped his latest NFL quarterback ranking, and it’s a doozy. Particularly because of where he has 49ers signal-caller Brock Purdy ranked.
The FOX Sports analyst, on Friday’s episode of “The Herd with Colin Cowherd,” discussed Purdy’s place in the quarterback hierarchy in a segment called “Better Than Brock,” where he chose quarterbacks who he would prefer to have over Purdy.
While Cowherd did choose Purdy over other notable quarterbacks such as Minnesota’s Sam Darnold, Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa, Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts and New York’s Aaron Rodgers, he did choose a handful of questionable quarterbacks over Purdy. These are the quarterbacks Cowherd would take over Purdy: (h/t 49erswebzone)
Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys
Jared Goff, Detroit Lions
Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers
C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans
Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders
Bo Nix, Denver Broncos
Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars
Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears
Kirk Cousins, Atlanta Falcons
Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals
Perhaps the most head-scratching pick was Nix, the Broncos’ rookie quarterback who struggled mightily to begin the 2024 NFL season before playing better in recent weeks.
“He’s a more accurate thrower, collegiately,” Cowherd said of Nix. “I think Bo Nix is [better]. By the way, he’s starting to settle in. He didn’t inherit all these [TE George] Kittle and [WR] Deebo [Samuel] and [WR Brandon] Aiyuk and all these wonderful toys to play with. He’s basically got [WR] Courtland Sutton and cross your fingers.
“Bo Nix is on a heater. And again, C.J. Stroud, Bo Nix, they have the responsibility to rebuild a team. They don’t get the luxury seating [from] day one.”
Cowherd made these comments on Friday, before Denver’s 23-16 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday in which Nix completed 19 of 33 pass attempts for 216 passing yards, two touchdowns and…
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Author : NBC Sports BayArea
Publish date : 2024-10-14 17:50:02
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