Once again, the moment wasn’t too big for Brock Purdy The rookie quarterback experienced a bunch of firsts in rallying the 49ers past the Raiders, writes AlbertBreer
So this was new for Brock Purdy, as an NFL quarterback. He was down in a game for the first time since the first quarter he played in—back against Miami on Dec. 4. He trailed by double digits for the first time. He was behind in the second half for the first time. He trailed on the road for the first time.
I got a lot of good playmakers around me, and I want to go out and just use the experience I have in terms of getting my feet set, ripping the ball to the guy that’s open, and not make it anything more than that.Purdy didn’t let it come to that Sunday. The problem was Jarrett Stidham—Derek Carr’s replacement—was doing more than keeping pace. He was ripping the Niners’ proud defense a new one.
And that’s where the twist came. Robbie Gould came on and missed the kick, and Purdy would run one more play—a kneeldown to set up another Gould field goal try, following a play in which Nick Bosa forced a pick by walking left tackle Kolton Miller back into Stidham, knocking Stidham off-balance and his throw into safety Tashaun Gipson’s waiting arms.
“I enjoyed playing for the Jets and the Giants, and it’s just another team. The importance of this game is that we give ourselves a shot for the playoffs.” “Really, I just was getting up in the pocket, getting ready to get up and out and maybe get some yards, and DeeJay kinda flashed right there,” Smith says. “He was too close for me to throw it to him, so the flip was necessary. I guess everyone was like,,’ but it’s just one of those spur-of-the-moment things where you’re just playing ball. My favorite player of all time is Brett Favre. He used to do that all the time. So, hopefully, I made him proud with that.
On the year now, he’s thrown for 4,069 yards, 29 touchdowns, nine picks, a 102.9 passer rating, and he’s completed 70.2% of his throws. Along those lines, as he saw it, Sunday against his former team, was not really a culmination of anything. Instead, it was just a continuation of where he’s been headed for quite some time, which made the Jets game, again, simply the next one for him.
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