Can Brock Purdy Overcome a Bad Head Coach?

Brock Purdy is one hell of a quarterback, particularly when everything goes his way.

If you give him an elite defense, an elite running game, an elite left tackle, an elite set of weapons and an elite head coach, he'll play at an elite level, too. Just look at his numbers in the regular season. He led the league in quarterback rating (113.0), touchdown percentage (7.0) and yards per pass attempt (9.6). That's like the quarterback triple crown.

If you put Purdy in the ideal situation, which is what he currently is in, he won't mess it up. In fact, he'll elevate a little bit. He'll find the open man consistently and he'll avoid some pressure in the process.

But if Purdy's situation isn't ideal, he can't overcome it.

The Super Bowl was a perfect example. Kyle Shanahan had his typical meltdown in the biggest game of the season -- he was awful from beginning to end. He couldn't get the run game going, plus he couldn't protect his quarterback. The Chiefs consistently rushed more players than the 49ers could block. That's on Shanahan. He put Purdy in a terrible position.

And to Purdy's credit, he never turned the ball over. He was better than Shanahan. He didn't let Shanahan's meltdown affect him.

But Purdy couldn't overcome Shanahan, put the team on his back and win the Super Bowl the way Josh Allen might have if he had been in Purdy's place.

Josh Allen overcomes bad coaching every week -- the Bills always have a bad offensive coordinator. They fired one midseason. And jet, Allen still finds ways to win in spite of his coach's incompetence, because he's truly special.

Purdy isn't there yet.