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Brock Purdy and trusting the process - And ability to process (1 Viewer)

Why say it, Brock? You're negotiating for about a hundred fifty million-plus dollars. Don't pull the curtain away for us to see the wizard, man. Don't do it. Follow the yellow brick road.
 
rockaction said:
Why say it, Brock? You're negotiating for about a hundred fifty million-plus dollars. Don't pull the curtain away for us to see the wizard, man. Don't do it. Follow the yellow brick road.
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I could see the other side though. Working with limited information and visibility, it's more important than ever to be prepared and to be able to process information quickly.

Purdy vs Trey Lance was the perfect illustration of it takes a lot more than physical talent.
 
Joe Bryant said:
I could see the other side though. Working with limited information and visibility, it's more important than ever to be prepared and to be able to process information quickly.
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I totally agree about the importance of processing and knowing where your teammate is going to be before he's even there and even if you can't even see them. That's a great skill set to have, and you want people to know how good your skill set is so that they want to invest in you. So I take your point.

I certainly wasn't diminishing the importance of processing and working with limited means effectively. Enough of an arm and an ability to process are probably the two most important things for a quarterback to have. You have to see it unfold with your vision (or brain, in this case) and then be able to get it there on time with your arm.

I was more thinking about his wallet. Purdy hasn't signed his extension yet. All things constant, the team, I'd sure, would prefer he was 6'5" and that he could actually see over or through everybody, right? I mean, I was kidding, but you don't want to tell somebody that's about to invest $150,000,000-plus to retain your services that you can't even see what you're doing half of the time. Not that it necessarily matters, and SF probably knows that and doesn't care precisely because of the reasoning you gave, but somehow those are tidbits of information you keep under wraps most of the time. Probably not a big deal at all and I gave it the appropriate seriousness I think it deserved by comparing it to The Wizard of Oz.

It struck me as "Whoa. He actually admitted that." It takes guts to say that and hopefully doesn't ding him in San Francisco's eyes or give other teams a competitive advantage knowing now that he's playing blind nearly half of the time.

I like Purdy and wish him well in his football endeavors. Mr. Irrelevant to a hundred million-plus in a few short years. Nice work if you can get it. (Nice work if you can do it because so few can.)
 
rockaction said:
Joe Bryant said:
I could see the other side though. Working with limited information and visibility, it's more important than ever to be prepared and to be able to process information quickly.
Click to expand...

I totally agree about the importance of processing and knowing where your teammate is going to be before he's even there and even if you can't even see them. That's a great skill set to have, and you want people to know how good your skill set is so that they want to invest in you. So I take your point.

I certainly wasn't diminishing the importance of processing and working with limited means effectively. Enough of an arm and an ability to process are probably the two most important things for a quarterback to have. You have to see it unfold with your vision (or brain, in this case) and then be able to get it there on time with your arm.

I was more thinking about his wallet. Purdy hasn't signed his extension yet. All things constant, the team, I'd sure, would prefer he was 6'5" and that he could actually see over or through everybody, right? I mean, I was kidding, but you don't want to tell somebody that's about to invest $150,000,000-plus to retain your services that you can't even see what you're doing half of the time. Not that it necessarily matters, and SF probably knows that and doesn't care precisely because of the reasoning you gave, but somehow those are tidbits of information you keep under wraps most of the time. Probably not a big deal at all and I gave it the appropriate seriousness I think it deserved by comparing it to The Wizard of Oz.

It struck me as "Whoa. He actually admitted that." It takes guts to say that and hopefully doesn't ding him in San Francisco's eyes or give other teams a competitive advantage knowing now that he's playing blind nearly half of the time.

I like Purdy and wish him well in his football endeavors. Mr. Irrelevant to a hundred million-plus in a few short years. Nice work if you can get it. (Nice work if you can do it because so few can.)
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I could well be wrong but I think his point was most all QBs have that problem. The 6'5" can't see over the linemen with their hands up either. Plus, it feels like the day of the 6'5" / low mobility archetype is fading a bit.

Will be interesting.

And to be fair, I don't think anyone that's involved in Purdy's extension was surprised at all to hear what he said. And really, I'm sure none of us here were. I thought it was more remarkable he was talking about it to the public.
 
Joe Bryant said:
rockaction said:
Joe Bryant said:
I could see the other side though. Working with limited information and visibility, it's more important than ever to be prepared and to be able to process information quickly.
Click to expand...

I totally agree about the importance of processing and knowing where your teammate is going to be before he's even there and even if you can't even see them. That's a great skill set to have, and you want people to know how good your skill set is so that they want to invest in you. So I take your point.

I certainly wasn't diminishing the importance of processing and working with limited means effectively. Enough of an arm and an ability to process are probably the two most important things for a quarterback to have. You have to see it unfold with your vision (or brain, in this case) and then be able to get it there on time with your arm.

I was more thinking about his wallet. Purdy hasn't signed his extension yet. All things constant, the team, I'd sure, would prefer he was 6'5" and that he could actually see over or through everybody, right? I mean, I was kidding, but you don't want to tell somebody that's about to invest $150,000,000-plus to retain your services that you can't even see what you're doing half of the time. Not that it necessarily matters, and SF probably knows that and doesn't care precisely because of the reasoning you gave, but somehow those are tidbits of information you keep under wraps most of the time. Probably not a big deal at all and I gave it the appropriate seriousness I think it deserved by comparing it to The Wizard of Oz.

It struck me as "Whoa. He actually admitted that." It takes guts to say that and hopefully doesn't ding him in San Francisco's eyes or give other teams a competitive advantage knowing now that he's playing blind nearly half of the time.

I like Purdy and wish him well in his football endeavors. Mr. Irrelevant to a hundred million-plus in a few short years. Nice work if you can get it. (Nice work if you can do it because so few can.)
Click to expand...

I could well be wrong but I think his point was most all QBs have that problem. The 6'5" can't see over the linemen with their hands up either. Plus, it feels like the day of the 6'5" / low mobility archetype is fading a bit.

Will be interesting.

And to be fair, I don't think anyone that's involved in Purdy's extension was surprised at all to hear what he said. And really, I'm sure none of us here were. I thought it was more remarkable he was talking about it to the public.
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You're probably dead-on about the first part. I wouldn't know having not played QB anywhere near that level.

The bolded is what really surprised me and prompted me to respond. That he admitted it to everybody was a bit of a jaw-dropper. They generally don't admit things like that. Anyway, cool stuff.
 
rockaction said:
Joe Bryant said:
rockaction said:
Joe Bryant said:
I could see the other side though. Working with limited information and visibility, it's more important than ever to be prepared and to be able to process information quickly.
Click to expand...

I totally agree about the importance of processing and knowing where your teammate is going to be before he's even there and even if you can't even see them. That's a great skill set to have, and you want people to know how good your skill set is so that they want to invest in you. So I take your point.

I certainly wasn't diminishing the importance of processing and working with limited means effectively. Enough of an arm and an ability to process are probably the two most important things for a quarterback to have. You have to see it unfold with your vision (or brain, in this case) and then be able to get it there on time with your arm.

I was more thinking about his wallet. Purdy hasn't signed his extension yet. All things constant, the team, I'd sure, would prefer he was 6'5" and that he could actually see over or through everybody, right? I mean, I was kidding, but you don't want to tell somebody that's about to invest $150,000,000-plus to retain your services that you can't even see what you're doing half of the time. Not that it necessarily matters, and SF probably knows that and doesn't care precisely because of the reasoning you gave, but somehow those are tidbits of information you keep under wraps most of the time. Probably not a big deal at all and I gave it the appropriate seriousness I think it deserved by comparing it to The Wizard of Oz.

It struck me as "Whoa. He actually admitted that." It takes guts to say that and hopefully doesn't ding him in San Francisco's eyes or give other teams a competitive advantage knowing now that he's playing blind nearly half of the time.

I like Purdy and wish him well in his football endeavors. Mr. Irrelevant to a hundred million-plus in a few short years. Nice work if you can get it. (Nice work if you can do it because so few can.)
Click to expand...

I could well be wrong but I think his point was most all QBs have that problem. The 6'5" can't see over the linemen with their hands up either. Plus, it feels like the day of the 6'5" / low mobility archetype is fading a bit.

Will be interesting.

And to be fair, I don't think anyone that's involved in Purdy's extension was surprised at all to hear what he said. And really, I'm sure none of us here were. I thought it was more remarkable he was talking about it to the public.
Click to expand...

You're probably dead-on about the first part. I wouldn't know having not played QB anywhere near that level.

The bolded is what really surprised me and prompted me to respond. That he admitted it to everybody was a bit of a jaw-dropper. They generally don't admit things like that. Anyway, cool stuff.
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Agreed GB. The openness was nice to see. And I hear you, during a negotiation time, it's probably best to be quiet. My guess is he's got a pretty good awareness of how the contract thing will go and feels comfortable talking more openly. But that's purely a guess.
 
Joe Bryant said:
rockaction said:
Why say it, Brock? You're negotiating for about a hundred fifty million-plus dollars. Don't pull the curtain away for us to see the wizard, man. Don't do it. Follow the yellow brick road.
Click to expand...

I could see the other side though. Working with limited information and visibility, it's more important than ever to be prepared and to be able to process information quickly.

Purdy vs Trey Lance was the perfect illustration of it takes a lot more than physical talent.
Click to expand...
There should be a 30-for-30 on the amount of side eye Trey Lance produced during the 49ers 2022 training camp.
 
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