Brock Purdy is on the verge of breaking a pair of San Francisco 49ers passing records
San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy is on the cusp of breaking two franchise passing records.
Brock Purdy has the San Francisco 49ers atop the NFC standings at 11-3.
Purdy has a chance to break two franchise passing records for single-season yards and touchdowns. Purdy’s impressive season could lead to an NFL MVP and a Super Bowl win for the 49ers.
Famously taken with the 262nd and final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, the Iowa State alum was thrown to the wolves a season ago following a season-ending injury to Jimmy Garoppolo but showed no fear as he became the first quarterback to ever beat a Tom Brady-led team in his first career start.
Purdy ultimately won his first seven starts, including a pair of playoff games, and didn’t take his first loss until the NFC Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles, during which he suffered an elbow injury in the first quarter that rendered him unable to throw the ball more than 10 yards. One has to wonder what would have happened had the injury not occurred.
Clearly determined to prove his Cinderella story to close the 2022 campaign wasn’t a fluke, Purdy has been absolutely phenomenal in his first full season as a starter.
Not only does the soon-to-be 24-year-old have the 49ers sitting atop the NFC standings at 11-3, but he’s also the clear-cut favorite in the NFL MVP race heading into a Christmas Day clash with the AFC-leading Baltimore Ravens.
As an added bonus, Purdy also has a shot over the final three weeks of the season to break a pair of franchise passing records.
Brock Purdy is on the verge of breaking two San Francisco 49ers passing records
Purdy has a shot to set new single-season records for passing yards and touchdowns
As he’s been for the vast majority of the 2023 campaign, Purdy was fantastic in San Francisco’s 45-29 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Week 15, completing 64% of his passes for 242 yards with four touchdowns and zero interceptions.
For the season, the Arizona native has now thrown for 3,795 yards, good for ninth on the franchise’s single-season passing yards list. However, he trails the leader by just 483 yards. And that leader may surprise some as it’s neither Joe Montana nor Steve Young, who are easily the two greatest quarterbacks in 49ers history.
