Purdy stays focused as expectations grow after 49ers-record contract
Brock Purdy insisted my mindset hasn t changed upon signing a five-year million contract extension this spring Others however may not think of the ers -year-old quarterback as a plucky underdog anymore By getting paid among the NFL s top quarterbacks Purdy will be scrutinized more than ever and the demands to snap the ers -year Lombardi Trophy drought will only intensify Pressure to win Look that comes with the job description Especially with the ers whether Purdy was taking his first snaps in after being the last contestant drafted Mr Irrelevant or in after he led the group to the Super Bowl and passed for a franchise record yards Joe and Steve set that standard pretty high right former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan reported referring to former ers Hall of Fame quarterbacks Joe Montana and Steve Young who helped fill the ers trophy circumstance with five Super Bowl trophies They set it high for everybody who comes along Ryan came heartbreakingly close to winning a Super Bowl with the Falcons in when current ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was his offensive coordinator Ryan a former league MVP twice signed contract extensions over million in his career so he s familiar with the spotlight intensifying as the bank account increases It changes the questions you re going to be questioned Ryan commented It changes perceptions It changes the outside noise all the time And frankly it changes the locker room too There s an expectation to elevate everything around you Purdy won his first regular-season starts but he s - since That however excludes the almighty playoffs where he s best judged In he won two playoff games before an injured elbow derailed the ers in the NFC title encounter at Philadelphia A year later he led the ers to the NFC crown with comeback wins over Green Bay and Detroit before an overtime loss in the Super Bowl to Kansas City The ers missed the playoffs last season I m so happy for him He s been playing so well the last three years and he deserves it stated Sam Darnold Purdy s backup in and now the starter with the division rival Seattle Seahawks He has such a good head on his shoulders He s going to continue to keep the main thing the main thing The best quality Brock has is he ll continue to be himself no matter what Purdy s payday came with the endorsement of QB standard-bearer Montana who mentioned I mean it s not like he hasn t done the job He s been fairly consistent He had a lot of injuries Those are all tough to deal with San Francisco er starting quarterback Brock Purdy practices alongside apparent No quarterback Sam Darnold Wednesday Aug in Santa Clara Calif Karl Mondon Bay Area News Group Last season the ers withered through a - season amid myriad twists and turns But their faith never wavered in Purdy nor did the expectation he d receive a huge payday once he became eligible after last season Purdy s salary last season including a performance bump was less than what almost every backup quarterback in the league was paid His expectations are inevitably going to be high for himself and it s inevitably going to be more each year fullback Kyle Juszczyk announced But we expect Brock to do what he s been doing Ryan echoed that and he speaks from firsthand experience in the Shanahan system in Atlanta Ryan the No overall pick in received extensions from Atlanta in million and million It didn t change me though It didn t change the way I m going to work Ryan recalled If I need to change because of what you re paying me I wasn t doing it right prior to this I ve consistently felt they re not going to pay you if they want you to be different than what you are They want you to be the best version of what you can be I think there ll be no issue with a guy like Brock Also it s the going rate San Francisco ers quarterback Brock Purdy walks the sideline during the third quarter of their NFL preseason competition at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara Calif on Saturday Aug The San Francisco ers defeated the Los Angeles Chargers - Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group Former Washington quarterback Joe Theisman framed Purdy s plight in a different light Now the pressure really gets on him Can you earn the dollars You earned the opportunity to get it Now can you earn the dollars Theisman reported That s really where it falls But I m thrilled for Brock I think the ers will bounce back this year In the Super Bowl two seasons ago Purdy pushed the ers into late leads via field-goal drives and they still became the first unit to lose a Super Bowl after leading in the fourth quarter and overtime Related Articles Latest down ers schedule A look at the Niners season from Week through Kurtenbach Purdy must take on mantle of the man for ers Luke Farrell relishes dirty work as ers new blocking tight end NFL fearless forecast Super Bowl MVP winners and big themes including encounter managers success Kurtenbach A gut check for the Faithful I m predicting the ers will miss the playoffs in Justin Reid was a Chiefs safety in Super Bowl LVIII when he watched Purdy rally the ers twice in the second half of the eventual overtime loss He s a Purdy advocate He deserves a lot more credit He had two guys come before him in Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance and they re playing in the same system and they didn t execute at the level he does Reid mentioned He s not the biggest guy He doesn t have all the sexy traits or whatever But at the end of the day this is a production business and he gets the job done When we were tournament planning for the Super Bowl Reid added our coordinator Steve Spagnuolo had the utmost respect for him and his craft The ers do too That is why they invested the biggest contract in their history into the quarterback they took No overall just three years ago