In a perfect world, we’ll never hear about a backup quarterback after today. If there’s a team in the NFL who knows all too well about playing multiple quarterbacks in a season, it’s the San Francisco 49ers.
Last year felt like the first year we went through an entire season without quarterback drama—and the starter was coming off a torn UCL injury. Brock Purdy received all the reps in this training camp with zero limitations. It may have been boring for some because there were no training camp stats to report, but that’s how it should be.