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As one of the NFL’s most decorated quarterbacks in the history of the game, FOX Sports NFL analyst Tom Brady may know a thing or two about spotting a good QB.
On Monday’s episode of “The Herd,” the seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback spoke with host Colin Cowherd about the “poise” he’s seeing this season from San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, and the potential of the (4-4) Niners squad to go on another run at a championship after coming up just short in last year’s Super Bowl.
“I think it’s poise and composure. It’s calm under chaos,” Brady said of Purdy’s command on the field. “That’s what the quarterback needs to do.
“He walks into that huddle, meets 10 other guys looking at him … and they all have that confidence in Brock as a player.”
As the future Hall of Famer pointed out, this year has been a difficult one for Purdy and the Niners’ offensive line, as injuries have plagued the team this season and limited his ability to utilize his go-to offensive weapons like running back Christian McCaffrey, tight end George Kittle and wideouts Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk. McCaffrey has missed the entire season due to an achilles injury, Aiyuk tore his ACL during the team’s 28-18 loss to the Chiefs in Week 8 and will miss the rest of the year, and Kittle and Samuel have both battled injuries this season as well.
“This offense, to me, even studying the last few days, is a lot different than the one they had last year and the year before,” Brady said. “They had so many weapons the last couple years. Brock essentially was a point guard out there just delivering balls to halfbacks and flipping it out there to Samuels to gain yards, and then he’s got Aiyuk catching in cuts and running for lunch. ‘Oh, you forgot about Kittle. Boom. We’re going to throw over the top of you there.’ This offense has been in and out of a lot of their great players.”
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