[NFL] 2025-2026 Thread
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Tetsujin
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To be fair, he is literally the 6th guy on the Niners linebacker depth chart
This was my thought as well. Purdy throws such a catchable ball that he needs to be extra careful when throwing into tight coverage. He's been mostly great with his decision-making though when he's had time to throw. Under pressure he sometimes tries to force things, but that's true of pretty much every young QB. Let's get him some better protection and find him a new #1 receiver (since it seems like Aiyuk is done) and we'll be glad we kept him around.
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Niners have an East Coast roadie against Shadeur and the Browns next week. Two things scare me about that game. Myles Garrett and Myles Garrett.
Its fairly simple, stick to short and medium throws - most his interceptions are longer throws - though some are ricochets - a defender making a play. He needs to take his pull-downs and run the ball when its there. The 2nd interception was an easy first down run - wide midd.e field space. 49ers drew a poor panther team.......and get away with a terrible game from Purdy thanks to one of the seasons best performance on defense. Even Green gave up only 1 TD
The first interception he tried to thread a tight window and missed by about a foot giving the wrong way.....CB Horn could then access to the ball - ill-advised and hot-doggy.....the 2nd one was worse whee he just thought "f@#$-it and chucked it underthrowing it on the move instead of pulling the ball down to an open space run - - Griese needs to get it through Purdy's head that he has well above average running abilit and its f@#$ time to open it up - he's got very good shiftiness. Even if it means sliding everyt time for 4-6 yards......the last interception he didn't see the reverse direction cover.....he loves trying to thread balls - he got away with it quite often his first half season, and especially their superbowl season.....but its caught up to him - he's been more off mark last season this season. Luckily the Panthers are over-achieving chicken feed. Vs say the Colts or Bears the 49ers likely would not have recovered from 3 interceptions. Versus Browns, Purdy is gonna be on the run more guaranteed out of necessity. You saw say Brady and Rivers - great former QBs with terrible scrambling ability, they didn't hesitate to throw the 2-4 yard completions or dump offs......Purdy gets greedy....he sometimes has his 1st layer receiver at 5 yards, but will try the 15-20 yard throw into tight spaces.......if say the 49ers defense is getting thrashed then yeah I understand the risk taking, but when ahead or even in game, he's gotta process the increments and protect from mistakes. 3-interception games or more cannot be anything other than an aberration - once or twice a season at most.
The Seahawks the other week had a good game vs Rams with final close even with 4 interceptions from Darnold - that is reflection of the rejuvenated Seahawks defense. 49ers arent there especially missing 3 impact players out of 11 on defense, but even with full healthy defense, they're not as good even but alot closer. I've read Seahawks a supposed SB contenders and my good friend a Seahawk fan thinks so - but objectively I dont buy that - their offense is not up to it. They're closer now than in years past, but not there yet. 49ers would have to run the tables to have a shot catching the Rams, and they dont look consistent enough on either side of the ball for that.
I'm eager and hoping the Cowboys at home off the Chiefs, but after watching the Colts Offensive Coordinator crap the game away, expectations not too high....but that would be a Thanksgiving!.....Cowboys fighting spirit edging the Eagles was the game of the last weekend.
I think you're pretty spot on there. He tends to get greedy and while that used to work in the past, it no longer works all that well for him these days. They tend to move the ball pretty well when they just dink and dunk it down the field. It's not as exciting but it's effective and he has the playmakers to make it work.
It'll be difficult for anyone to beat the Rams. Their offense is nearly unstoppable. The Seahawks are solid but I don't have them as SB contenders in my book. For the Niners, I think a wild card appearance would cap off a successful season considering all the injuries they've been dealing with. If you told people in preseason that Mac Jones would start 8 games while listing off all the other injuries, I don't think many people would have them as high in the standings as they are right now.
Rooting against the Chiefs is a must in any scenario. They are the 90s Cowboys to most of us now.
All of this makes sense to me. A lot of the issues here appear to be timing related and Purdy not entirely being on the same page with his receivers about how they are going to run their routes and when the ball needs to be released to hit them in stride. Based on Warner's analysis, it looks like the difference between a big play for the 49ers and an interception on all of these plays comes down to Purdy needing to get the ball out a half second sooner and the receivers needing to run sharper routes to seal off the defensive backs. On those long throws, if the ball comes out right when the cut is made, was the ball under thrown since it didn't lead the receiver at the catch point or did the receiver not run to the spot the QB expected them to run to? Or maybe it's a little bit of both.
It's obvious in football when there's been some kind of a mistake but there's so many different players who all need to be executing at the same time on every play that it's hard to identify in real time where the mistake took place. On the first interception I'd lean toward Jennings' route being the problem. On the second interception Purdy was on the run and thought he saw a sure-thing touchdown up field but he couldn't get quite enough under it. He got greedy on that one. On the third interception, the play itself should probably be revised. Jaycee Horn had all the time in the world to diagnose the route and deduce where the ball was going to go. Some kind of action needed to happen on that side of the field to hold him in place a second longer.
Its true that timing is very important in tight spaces, but as noted by ESP47, its really all about incremental gains..... not as exciting but it's effective .....why throw a higher risk ball when you can get the job done with a lower risk ball......and my main point is Purdy has the abiliity to make defenses pay scrambling which he ought to take advantage more often - he's not Steve Young fast or big, but he's quick and nimble enough. The goal is 4 yards every play....3 yards is a push to the defense.