Big J wrote:CrimsonCrew wrote:Big J wrote:
Dak is better than Purdy. His problems are between the ears.
Dak is incompetent, but still better than the first QB in the history of the league to start his career by going 6-0 with two passing TDs in every game and a passer rating above 95 in every game? Either Dak is pretty darn good, or Purdy's better than him.
Plenty of QB's have had hot 6 game stretches. Purdy's just happened to be at the beginning of his career on a team loaded with the best weapons in the league.
Dude, I was with you on Trey being kinda screwed and > Darnold, but you keep underrating Purdy as a game manager when he routinely takes intermediate shots when shorter is available. He also routinely buys time for intermediate and even long second windows to open up, he’s throwing 50/50 balls despite no starter on the team with the possible exception of Kittle having shown much history of winning those, and literally every NFL round table is talking about how
aggressive Kyle’s game plan suddenly is with Purdy. One of the best defensive HC’s in recent history had all offseason to study him, plan accordingly and despite the right side of the OL getting beat like a drum Purdy sliced and diced. And this game’s offence was almost entirely Purdy’s arm and the running game; YAC wasn’t.
But more you keep talking like proposing that the opposite of what he’s done literally every game he’s played in and not blown his arm out is less likely than what you imagine his future play will be. That’s not reasonable. Saying you need more time before believing that he’ll keep doing what he’s done every game is getting closer to unreasonable, but still viable. Saying that his play will certainly be what it has never yet been feels like you’re just grinding an axe. We both wish Trey was still here, but don’t let that blind you to how impressive Purdy is playing.
And it’s not like Foles throwing bombs into baskets, it’s not unrepeatable, almost everything Purdy’s doing comes from reading and understanding coverages and where X means Y is open, etc. and then just basic accuracy, plus the ability to buy time with his ridiculous short area speed. None of that just goes away. Will he increasingly see different looks? Prbably some, but like I said no one is going to have more time to try and make him do what they don’t think he can do than Tomlin just had. Not telling you to buy in, your take, but I’m suggesting constantly yelling ‘sell, sell, sell’ is seeming a bit odd. Try just watching what he does, not what we wish Lance was doing. I think there’s a very good chance we got something here. Maybe not a guy who Carrie’s us when the surrounding talent falls away, but right here, right now, the way he’s playing we’re probably the best team in the league. Enjoy it.