After he was the last player chosen in the 2022 NFL Draft, quarterback Brock Purdy entered last season third on the San Francisco 49ers’ depth chart and was pretty much an afterthought.
But after Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo both suffered season-ending injuries, Purdy took over in Week 13 and played brilliantly right away.
He turned into a nice Cinderella story fairly quickly, but many across the nation doubted he was for real and dismissed him as a “system quarterback,” especially since the 49ers throw the football less frequently than most, if not all, other teams.
But after his dazzling performance in Sunday’s blowout win over the Philadelphia Eagles, Purdy has become a frightening reality for the rest of the NFL.
Danny Kanell said, per NFL on CBS, that Purdy is having one of the best starts to a career of any NFL quarterback, and he has the stats to back up that claim.
.@dannykanell says Brock Purdy is having one of the best starts to a career of all time… and he’s got the numbers to back it up 👀 pic.twitter.com/LFjhQKt9pW
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) December 4, 2023
Purdy now has 17 games — a full NFL season — as a starter under his belt, and in those games, as Kanell pointed out, Purdy has the highest completion percentage, QBR, and yards per pass attempt of any quarterback in his first 17 starts.
In fact, he’s currently leading everyone in the NFL in pass completion percentage, passer rating, and yards per both pass attempt and pass completion, and he’s very narrowly behind the Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott for the lead in QBR.
Against the Eagles, the Iowa State University product was 19 of 27 for 314 yards and four touchdowns in a dominating 42-19 win at Lincoln Financial Field.
In fact, that win and performance has apparently put Purdy in the discussion for the league MVP award.
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