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Bleacher Report Ranks 49ers QB Brock Purdy 10th Among NFL Quarterbacks

It's hard to know what to make of Brock Purdy.
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Dec 30, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) gets hit by Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell (46) during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images
Dec 30, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) gets hit by Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell (46) during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images | Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images

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It's hard to know what to make of Brock Purdy.

In 2022 and 2023, statistically he was the top quarterback in the NFL. He burst onto the scene as a starter in a way we haven't seen in a while. But in 2024, he ranked outside the top 10 in quarterback rating, completion percentage and Pro Football Focus passing grade.

And yet, Bleacher Report still ranks Purdy the 10th-best quarterback in the NFL following this year's NFL Draft.

"With injuries plaguing the 49ers across the board in 2024, Purdy was merely the NFL's 13th-highest-rated passer while ranking 17th in qualified completion percentage and throwing 12 interceptions in 15 games," writes Bleacher Report's Brad Gagnon.

"In fact, in his first 14 career games, he threw 22 touchdown passes to just four interceptions. In his 26 starts since then, that ratio has dropped to a much more pedestrian 42-to-23. 

"Purdy's overall success and potential keep him in the bottom portion of this list, but I'm not convinced it will last. There's a good chance we've already seen the best of the 2022 final overall pick."

I agree with this analysis.

Not only has Purdy's production been in decline since Christmas of 2023, but he has injured his throwing arm three times in his career. His passes have noticeably less zip now than they did when he was a rookie. And his supporting cast never will be as good as it was when he first became the starter.

Once Caleb Williams, Bo Nix and J.J. McCarthy get established, Purdy probably will fall out of the top 10.

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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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