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That is also my take, the team carried him, I don't see him as a long term solution in the NFL, a one hit wonder.. He wasn't overlooked by everyone by accident..
Carried him? That's hilarious, dude made play after play. Give the man some credit, he came in and did a great job. As a Hawks fan I did not like seeing that, but I had to give the man his props. Had he not been knocked out early, it could have very easily been the niners in the SB, not eagles. One hit wonder, you have zero facts to back that claim.. just silly.
Let's meet here one year from today and then see who predicted correctly. He did Ok in his limited number of games, mostly because you could have done as well with the team that surrounded him. He may turn out to be a star, he may not, the sample is too small to know at this point.
No it’s called vision and stats. Geno is a top 10 ranked QB index quarterback. Geno throws dots. Purdy is a set play system quarterback
As Hawker84 noted above, Purdy made play after play, including a bunch of off-script ones. He'll be even better this year with the benefit of more experience. I wanted to dismiss Purdy as a system QB also, but the evidence is overwhelming that he's simply a very good QB at the NFL level. Granted, the 49ers strong running game helps him a lot, but Purdy simply made the right reads and the right throws over and over again, and won games through HIS play as much as the team's play.
Purdy is great I’ve always stated that. Great poise in the pocket, makes good decisions and had a ton of P5 experience coming in as a rookie. Darnold is now their best quarterback however, as funny as it sounds he’s not bad he’s a step below Drew Lock but definitely serviceable in their system. He has a bazooka arm
Darnold was indeed surprisingly good for Carolina at the end of the year. He also had the benefit of Carolina's strong running game that pretty much bulldozed Seattle into submission. (Don't even recall who Carolina's QB was that game, they hardly threw it at all, only remember they smash-mouthed their way down the field multiple times and crushed our D's soul that game.
I agree with everything you're saying, but that does not demish what he did on the field last season. His team did not carry him, he went out and performed at a high level week after week... based on those performances, you cannot consider him just another one hit wonder.
