Purdy in the game!

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The INT was a high pass over the middle in the endzone, but overall Purdy played well, had one drop that should have been caught, but he looked like he belonged in the league, if nothing else.
He has a future, if nothing more than a backup, but you can have a nice profitable career as a backup.
Yep, and two of the other passes were the right read. Just a little too hyped up and threw them just a bit high.
 

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And a couple right off recievers' hands. 4 for 9 isn't a great description of his effort.

Not too shabby I must admit. Just looked a little nervous or maybe excited is the better word. Threw one in the dirt and the end zone int was just bad, but honestly no worse than any other rookie's first series.
 

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The INT was a high pass over the middle in the endzone, but overall Purdy played well, had one drop that should have been caught, but he looked like he belonged in the league, if nothing else.
He has a future, if nothing more than a backup, but you can have a nice profitable career as a backup.

Honestly back up QB in the nfl would be the ideal job. Make good money. Don’t take the beatings that a starter does.
 

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Honestly back up QB in the nfl would be the ideal job. Make good money. Don’t take the beatings that a starter does.
Back-up QB in the NFL might be the best job in sports really. You're paid well but don't take a beating like a starter does. Nobody is calling into talk radio to complain about how much you suck either. Sign me up for that.
 

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Not sure why we don't see backup QB's more often in the NFL. Seems like typically the startes play the whole game irriegardless.
 

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Honestly back up QB in the nfl would be the ideal job. Make good money. Don’t take the beatings that a starter does.
Learn a lot about offensive schemes and how to attack a defense - great entry point into coaching. Kubiak and Garrett come to mind.
 

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Not sure why we don't see backup QB's more often in the NFL. Seems like typically the startes play the whole game irriegardless.

True, but then again 20+ point blowouts are not too common in the NFL. I suspect there's a very high correlation of blowouts on either side plus late-4th quarter timeframe netting the backup QBs out there on both teams. If you're only down 2 scores with 5 minutes left, most teams think they can still come back and win it...and some do.
 

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Back-up QB in the NFL might be the best job in sports really. You're paid well but don't take a beating like a starter does. Nobody is calling into talk radio to complain about how much you suck either. Sign me up for that.
Back up QB or starting pitcher. Your points for backup QB but starting pitchers play once a week while traveling all over the US and can golf at any course they want. Chase Daniel and John Smultz have lived my 2 dream careers.
 
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Many QBs have various incentives in their contracts. 10 minutes on the bench might be the difference between hitting them or not.
 

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Back-up QB in the NFL might be the best job in sports really. You're paid well but don't take a beating like a starter does. Nobody is calling into talk radio to complain about how much you suck either. Sign me up for that.
and if you can reach Henne/Daniels/Rosenfels/Wallace level elder-statesman you almost get the nod over some guys because of your presence.

No doubt from all reports Brock has the locker-room/teammate part down pretty well
 

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What is the niners deal? They have a bazillion weapons on offense now, and up until the past 2 weeks, had the best defense statistically speaking. Does Brock really have a shot to play moving forward? QB is arguably the position holding them back. That is a ton of pressure on his shoulders though.