It’s been another offseason arguing about who will start at quarterback for the 49ers, and yes, we’ll do that again later this morning. But we rarely talk about how they compare to the quarterbacks on other teams.
PFF ranked each quarterback in the NFL, and with Brock Purdy as the perceived starter, he found himself one spot ahead of Jimmy Garoppolo at No. 23:
23. BROCK PURDY, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
Purdy passed for 8.3 yards per attempt last season in his run as the starter — more than Patrick Mahomes and every quarterback in the league other than Tua Tagovailoa — but he attempted just 233 passes in an offense we know to be a virtual cheat code for production.