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49ers QB Brock Purdy to Work Out with Bears QB Caleb Williams

In addition to Purdy refining his skills, he also will mentor the top pick in the draft and prepare for life in the NFL.
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Jul 27, 2023; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) throws a pass during training camp at the SAP Performance Facility. Mandatory Credit: Robert Edwards-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 27, 2023; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) throws a pass during training camp at the SAP Performance Facility. Mandatory Credit: Robert Edwards-USA TODAY Sports | Robert Edwards-USA TODAY Sports

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Brock Purdy has a chance to make some major strides this offseason.

Last year, he was rehabbing from elbow surgery. This year, he's working on his throwing mechanics with Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams, who was the no. 1 pick in the NFL Draft. That's because they both have the same personal passing coach, Will Hewlitt.

"Brock's one of the greatest people I've ever met," Hewlitt said on 670 The Score in Chicago. "Just an unbelievable young man. Two years in the league, going into his third year, but played a lot of ball already. And so, Brock, I'm sure, will chop it up with Caleb on his experiences and how he's worked through things."

So in addition to Purdy refining his skills, he also will mentor the top pick in the draft and prepare for life in the NFL. Is there anything Purdy can't do?

Purdy also will work out with Colts starting quarterback Anthony Richardson, Titans backup quarterback Mason Rudolph and Buccaneers backup quarterbacks Kyle Trask and John Wolford. We'll see if Purdy's success will rub off on them.

Through two seasons in the NFL, Purdy's win-loss record is 17-4. He has completed 68.7 percent of his passes. He has thrown 44 touchdown passes and 15 interceptions -- nearly a 3-to-1 ratio. He has averaged a whopping 9.2 yards per pass attempt. He has gone to two NFC Championships and one Super Bowl. And last year, he finished fourth in the MVP voting. He will be eligible for a contract extension in 2025.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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