Analyzing Day 10 of the 2023 49ers QB Competition

SANTA CLARA -- Here's what Brock Purdy, Trey Lance, Sam Darnold and Brandon Allen did on Day 10 of 49ers training camp.

BROCK PURDY

Took most of the reps because the 49ers are so certain he's the best quarterback on the team, just like they were so certain Trey Lance was their best quarterback at this time last year. Today, Purdy didn't get the luxury of throwing to the best receiver on the roster, Brandon Aiyuk, because he got the day off, which means Purdy fell apart. Completed only 7 of 16 pass attempts. Also threw his third pick-six of his seven training camp practices. To be fair, he played well in the red zone, where he typically excels. Today, he threw three touchdown passes and scrambled for a fourth touchdown in the red zone -- he was outstanding. But when he wasn't in the red zone, he was awful, completed just 3 of 11 passes and threw that pick six to Tashaun Gipson for the third time in camp. Purdy is having a solid offseason minus his daily interceptable pass that hits a defender right in the hands. For a quarterback who throws short so much, it's amazing how often he gets picked or nearly picked. But I'm sure people will find a way to spin his mediocre performance today into an outstanding one.

TREY LANCE

Hardly practiced. Completed 3 of 4 pass attempts. Also took three sacks, threw an interception that didn't count because he got sacked already and threw a pass that should have gotten intercepted but was dropped by the cornerback. Lance's body language is terrible and he seems miserable, like he wishes he were anywhere else. I don't blame him. The 49ers have written him off, and yet they still hold him hostage. It almost feels personal.

SAM DARNOLD

Hardly practiced. Completed 4 of 6 pass attempts, took a sack and threw a pass that should have gotten intercepted by linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles but he dropped it. Darnold has turned the backup quarterback competition into a full-blown dink-and-dunk competition -- he simply cannot wait to check the ball down. Maybe that's what Kyle Shanahan wants.

BRANDON ALLEN

Completed all three of his pass attempts and took one sack, but never will earn reps with the first-stringers or second-stringers, because the 49ers don't actually care what quarterbacks do in practice. They just pretend to care.