After Brock Purdy’s 255-yard, three-touchdown performance against the Seahawks on Thursday, even Fox Sports’ Nick Wright had to hand it to the 49ers quarterback during his Friday afternoon sports talk show. But because it was Wright, perhaps Purdy’s most prominent critic in the national sports media, the kind words were not without a caveat.
Overall, Wright said that Purdy “played an excellent game” and admitted that he was “impressed,” albeit “marginally,” with the quarterback’s performance. However, the skeptical host made sure to argue that the numbers the third-year player put up against the Seahawks are no different from what a couple of other quarterbacks have done against Seattle this year.