Why Brock Purdy Sees the Field So Well

After Brock Purdy hung 45 points on the Cardinals and cemented himself as the MVP of the league, head coach Kyle Shanahan explained what makes him so special.

"He can see the whole field," Shanahan said. "There's nothing that he can't do. He has a poise out there. He can see it and react. When he doesn't have time, he finds a way to get it to a check down or he creates and gets something off schedule. He has great command of our offense, but also the amount of plays he makes throughout these two years has been as many plays of any quarterback I've ever been around. He has been a stud."

Notice that the first thing Shanahan mentioned was Purdy's field vision. It's a key trait, something Jimmy Garoppolo didn't have and something that's hard to teach.

On Monday, I asked Shanahan during a conference call about Purdy's field vision.

"I think it's a God-given trait that develops," Shanahan said. "I think you're on a certain spectrum, and the more times you get put in those situations, the more reps you can get, your preparation of what to anticipate in those situations, everything can make that talent that you're born with something that you excel in or that you don't really develop. But if you don't have it, it's not something you can develop. You have to have a certain amount of that. Some are higher than others. Some I think can make it better the more football they play and the more situations they get in. But you definitely have to have a certain amount to see the field like that."