49ers HC Kyle Shanahan claims it took just 3 games to show everyone why Brock Purdy is their best QB despite multiple interceptions in practice as Trey Lance debacle continues

Shanahan said throwing interceptions is not okay but he prefers letting Brock Purdy do his thing.

49ers HC Kyle Shanahan claims it took just 3 games to show everyone why Brock Purdy is their best QB despite multiple interceptions in practice as Trey Lance debacle continues

Shanahan wants to keep faith in Brock Purdy (Image via NBC Sports)

Despite throwing several interceptions during training, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has faith in quarterback Brock Purdy. Why wouldn’t he be? The supposed alternative to him, Trey Lance, has failed to prove himself despite playing in the same system.

Last season, it became apparent that Purdy would become the starting signal-caller after Jimmy Garoppolo got injured just after a few games. They went unbeaten throughout the regular season and even reached the playoffs.

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“It took only three games,” said Shanahan, according to Albert Breer of SI.com. “That was never going to change.” However, the 23-year-old’s season ended prematurely against the Philadelphia Eagles due to an elbow injury. Since then, he has been in rehab. Meanwhile, Garoppolo was traded to the Raiders, and Sam Darnold was signed as a secondary backup.

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Meanwhile, the Iowa State graduate appeared shaky during the recent training camps. As per the Athletic, Purdy has thrown 10 interceptions in 197 training camp throws, including two on Wednesday. Furthermore, the last pick in the 2022 draft had a 5 percent interception rate during the two training camps.

Nevertheless, Shanahan wants to believe in Brock Purdy, despite the question marks over whether he can replicate last season’s wonders or if he is just a one-hit-wonder.

“There were so many questions about his [Brock Purdy] injury,” Kyle Shanahan said. “He’d come back from it. He was always clearly our starter.”

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Brock Purdy has the backing of a San Francisco 49ers great

49ers HC Kyle Shanahan claims it took just 3 games to show everyone why he’s their best QB despite multiple interceptions in practice as Trey Lance debacle continues
Purdy is the starting quarterback for the 49ers (Image via USA Today)

When Steve Young joined the San Francisco 49ers in 1987, he had the daunting task of replacing the legendary Joe Montana. After failed stints in Los Angeles and Tampa Bay, he was desperate to prove himself as the No. 1 pick in the draft. His chance finally came three years later, and he took it with both hands, winning the Super Bowl three times.

Brock Purdy, on the other hand, has been thrown into the lion’s den from the beginning and has proved every analyst and critic wrong by performing way beyond expectations. He doesn’t have the rocket arm that Young did, but the 61-year-old says Purdy is the “real deal.”

“Brock has limitations. Everyone does, at some level,” Young told the 49ers website. “But he does things that don’t expose it. He’s smart and understands the game in a unique way. He is the real deal.” He emphasized that Coach Shanahan has similar feelings about Brock Purdy because he can depend on him.

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