Many have compared 49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy to the 2001 journey of legendary signal-caller Tom Brady.
Like Brady, who took over for an injured Drew Bledsoe and led the Patriots to their first Super Bowl, Purdy steered San Francisco to the Super Bowl’s doorstep in the place of Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo. However, an elbow injury in the first quarter of the NFC championship sidelined Purdy for much of the 31–7 loss to the Eagles.
On Brady’s Let’s Go podcast with Jim Gray and Larry Fitzgerald, he acknowledged that injuries are part of the game and San Francisco’s fate was ultimately decided when Purdy was forced to exit the game.
