In four career games in the rain or snow, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy's completion percentage is 52.2, his passer rating is 66.3, and he has fumbled twice.
They're about to make Brock Purdy one of the highest-paid players in the NFL despite the fact that he struggles big-time in wet weather. Unfortunately for the 49ers, they play in Northern California, where it tends to rain in the winter. In fact, it rained last Thursday during the 49ers' 12-6 loss to the Rams during which Purdy posted a quarterback rating of 45.4.
In four career games in the rain or snow, Purdy's completion percentage is 52.2, his passer rating is 66.3, and he has fumbled twice."Any person that's throwing an object in the rain, it makes it wet, the grip isn't as good," Purdy explained. "I think for me it's been more about learning how to change the motion a little bit and throw differently in the rain.
So far, Purdy hasn't found an effective adjustment. Maybe that's because his hands are relatively small for an NFL quarterback. The ball seems to slip out of his hand when it's wet. It even slipped out when he was playing in Minnesota earlier this season simply because the air was humid.Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011.
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