Quote (Hako @ Jan 22 2024 10:28pm)
Doubtful considering Lawrence was rated as the best deep ball thrower in NFL for a majority of the season. That's actual air yards down field for completion, not YAC included.
Also, YAC played a big factor in why his beyond 20+ looks so good. That system is a QB dream and designed to get the ball in the playmakers hands to run after the catch. Which is exactly what you guys do so well. Shanahan's system makes all of his QBs look better than they are. They look great on schedule, but struggle off schedule.
Purdy was 16th in intended air yards. 10th in intended air yards per pass attempt. 4th in YAC and 1st is YAC per completion.
purdy takes deep shots down field all the time, more often than any qb ive seen under kyle shannahan because he trusts him the most. never seen a qb for kyle shannahan lineup out of shotgun so often. i would have to go look at deep statistics and shit to be able to fully defend what you just said but at the end of the day i dont think that is nessecary because whether its yac or not, any qb who has that many 25+ yard completions, isn't as bad at throwing down field as the media may want to portray that he is for the sake of clicks. fact is, saying purdy is bad gets tons of views, way more views than just saying the truth. which is that he is now on his way to his 2nd nfc chip in his 1st full season as starter and is 3-0 in the playoffs when he finishes the game, he is on pace to be as close to mahomes as any other qb in the nfl in terms of winning big games. he's actually ahead of mahomes pace because in his first partial season he even made the nfc chip, mahomes didnt make the afc chip until his first full season. dont allow the media to move the goalpost on what we normally expect from guys purdy's age, it might cause you to miss out on greatness.
p.s. my jacksonville comment was actually just me talkin shit playfully as the jags are one of my 2 fav afc teams and i love the owner, and i even love jacksonville drill rap so i love me some jacksonville lol, and you guys absolutely have your franchise qb for sure i wouldnt claim otherwise, im just saying i think the 49ers finally have aswell. he doesnt have to be god tier ranked in everything he just needs to be so good that our very mistrusting headcoach actually trusts him. to open up our playbook.