Regardless of guiding the San Francisco 49ers to a Tremendous Bowl look in 2023, Brock Purdy nonetheless has but to persuade lots of people that he’s a legit franchise quarterback. He clearly has his sights set on altering that in 2024.
Purdy stated his purpose for 2024 is to be “dominant” and rather more assertive on and off the sector. The 49ers quarterback believes there have been occasions when the 49ers coasted final yr and he doesn’t need that to proceed.
“I need to be dominant,” Purdy advised Michael Silver of the San Francisco Chronicle. “Not simply win video games and really feel like, ‘Eh.’ I need to be dominant with constant selections and feeling like we’re the highest canines day by day.”
The 24-year-old signal-caller then elaborated on his feedback.
“There have been moments final yr in video games the place I might simply — I don’t know what it was within the state of affairs — however we’d be up,” Purdy stated, “and it’s, ‘Alright, be good with the ball,’ or ‘Let’s simply be certain that we don’t mess up.’ I need to break by way of that and get up to now of simply being dominant, for 4 quarters, man. That’s my mindset.”
Purdy’s teammates have already seen the change in his demeanor. Silver cites one instance from coaching camp during which Purdy referred to as out embellished veteran Deebo Samuel for a missed route throughout a drill.
On the floor, Purdy’s 2023 numbers had been nice, as he threw for 4,280 yards and 31 touchdowns. Nonetheless, his relative lack of pedigree as a seventh-round choose could preserve some from shopping for in. Some nonetheless attribute a whole lot of Purdy’s success to the weapons which encompass him.
Purdy appears to have satisfied most of his foes that he’s legit, although. That’s an important half, however the quarterback clearly needs to go above and past in 2024.
