![]() ![]() And a couple that he just can’t explain, that just do happen. A few that he probably just missed trying to throw around a guy so it doesn’t get tipped. So there were definitely a few that got Brock. “I think a couple, even just watching (Green Bay quarterback Jordan) Love, too, watching the first play of the game that he had, on that swing route, the ball slipping, throwing in front of the guy. “I think it did a little bit,” Shanahan said on his conference call. ![]() Even Kyle Shanahan conceded on Monday that the rain seemed to affect some of Purdy’s throws. He did plenty at the end of Saturday’s weird game.īut also: Everybody saw how much trouble Purdy and the 49ers’ offense had in the first three-plus quarters on Saturday (and in the rain at Cleveland a few months ago), so now the weather forecast for Sunday looms as quite significant for Purdy and the entire 49ers Super Bowl dream. He’s done plenty to earn all their trust. The 49ers aren’t going into Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against Detroit at Levi’s Stadium with major trepidation about their quarterback. He’s only days past his 24th birthday, he’s finishing his first full season as an NFL starter and - oh, this point is fairly important - despite his struggles, the 49ers quarterback was absolutely on target for the entirety of the late drive to beat the Packers on Saturday in the divisional-round drizzle, which was his third career playoff victory in four starts. That doesn’t mean he’ll never play a good game in the rain. Purdy’s powers are diminished greatly when he can’t get a good grip on the ball. Yes, I think last weekend’s slippery performance is enough to come to a single non-partisan conclusion among the half-baked extremes of the endless debate about Purdy’s standing among NFL quarterbacks: Just add water, and suddenly the Brock Purdy super-formula seems to get a bit diluted and messy.
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