SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the Brock Purdy pitch count comes to a close for the San Francisco 49ers — possibly as early as this week, according to Kyle Shanahan — there was one enduring point the head coach wanted to make clear about where Purdy’s performance is registering.
“[It’s] the same thing I saw before he got hurt,” Shanahan said Saturday. “Nothing different.”
It’s an important declaration because it cuts through the continued “outside” measuring that has encircled the 49ers since the start of training camp. A daily dose of mathematics that has harped on quarterback stat lines between Purdy and dueling backups Trey Lance and Sam Darnold, calculating everything from snap counts to completion percentages to red zone performances and perceived body language.