Niners eager for healthy Brock Purdy to get full offseason of work as QB1
Brock Purdy is one of the few 2022 NFL Draft quarterbacks still standing with their original teams, and he’s the only one of the group to truly have thrived so far.
Making it more amazing is that Purdy has helped the San Francisco 49ers reach the NFC Championship Game twice and Super Bowl once, respectively, in his first two seasons as the starter — and he’s done it without the benefit of a full offseason of preparation as the team’s QB1.
As the final pick in the 2022 draft, Purdy spent his rookie offseason scrounging for whatever reps he could get as the team’s third QB. Last offseason, Purdy was rehabbing the torn elbow ligaments he suffered in the conference title-game loss to the Eagles.
Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan told NFL Network’s Steve Wyche on Sunday that the added repetition this summer could lead to even better results for Purdy.
“Everything’s about repetition. You can learn it right away, (but) it’s about going through it,” Shanahan said while attending the Annual League Meeting in Orlando, Fla. “Brock’s gone through a lot in two years in these games, so that’s been great for him. But the way you get better is doing it over and over in practice and just drilling it. It’s all about getting those 10,000 reps.
“He spent it all last year knowing what he had to do, but he was just focusing (on getting) his arm healthy. Now he can go into this offseason knowing what he has to do but training his footwork, training his arm, training his mind. Just getting in the reps.”
