The statistics back up the fullback’s words as they relate to Purdy.<\/p>\n
In parts of four NFL seasons since he was selected with the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, Purdy has gone 30-15 as a starter, completing 67.9% of his passes for 84 touchdowns in 45 starts with 238.5 yards per game. Thrust into the starting role as a rookie late in the season after injuries to Jimmy Garoppolo<\/a> and Trey Lance<\/a>, Purdy quarterbacked an NFC Championship Game run before he suffered an elbow injury.<\/p>\n The 2023 Pro Bowler has five postseason wins under his belt. That’s more than Jared Goff<\/a> (four), Justin Herbert<\/a> (none), Lamar Jackson<\/a> (three), Daniel Jones<\/a> (one), Trevor Lawrence<\/a> (one), Jordan Love<\/a> (one), Baker Mayfield<\/a> (two) and Kyler Murray<\/a> (none) \u2013 all first-round picks with longer league tenures than Purdy.<\/p>\n Still, many will point to Purdy’s success being a product of Kyle Shanahan’s offense and having standout skill players surrounding him. He’s also had his share of hazardous outings in which he piles up the interceptions.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, Purdy at his best has played MVP-caliber ball. Such was the case in 2025 when he weathered the storm of injuries and threw for 11 touchdowns from Week 15-17, producing 295-plus yards in each game. However, he struggled in a winner-takes-the-No. 1-seed finale when the 49ers lost to the Seattle Seahawks, 13-3. He did so again in the NFC Championship Game against Seattle.<\/p>\n No matter the naysayers, Purdy is able to lock in, according to his career-long teammate.<\/p>\n “I’m sure, just as a human, there’s that tiny, tiny sliver,” Juszczyk said of whether the criticism gets to the QB. “But Brock does such an incredible job of blocking out the noise.”<\/p>\n With Purdy’s feel-good story of having become the most successful Mr. Irrelevant in NFL history, Juszczyk believes his QB might also be subjected to a negative narrative based on his draft status, regardless of his statistical and team success.<\/p>\n “I don’t know what it is,” Juszczyk said. “I don’t know if it’s just the fact that he’s not a first-round draft pick. Like, if that is just gonna be the story for his entire career and be kinda held against him? Maybe. But, I love the guy, as a person, as my quarterback, as a football player. He is the dude.”<\/p>\n Perhaps most importantly, Purdy is the dude Juszczyk and their teammates want leading them on Sundays.<\/p>\n “I want the most competitive person in the world as my quarterback,” he said, “and I think that’s exactly what we got in Brock.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The statistics back up the fullback’s words as they relate to Purdy. In parts of four NFL seasons…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":724884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[39],"tags":[43574,32080,106747,1232,530,255805,9005,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-724883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-brock-purdy","tag-kyle-juszczyk","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116397229237093118","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}