Quarterback Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers are currently in the midst of a highly important offseason as for the future direction of the franchise following their run to the Super Bowl this past season, which saw them suffer a gut-wrenching defeat to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime. Still, overall it was a successful season for Purdy in his first full season at the helm in San Francisco, as the star was coming off of surgery the previous offseason for an injury sustained in the 2023 NFC Championship Game vs the Philadelphia Eagles.
Still, Purdy is not without his critics, as podcasters such as Cam Newton and other former and current NFL players have hurled insults in the quarterback’s direction for the perception that he is being carried by his (admittedly great) 49ers supporting cast, and not the other way around
Recently, during a visit with ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show, the 49ers quarterback took the opportunity to fire back at some of those criticisms of his game.
“It’s part of the sport and I’m not saying woah is me, it’s part of it, and people are always going to have a talking point, that’s fine. But for me all I care about is the respect from the guys in the locker room, with the coaches, the staff, the organization. They see how I handle business here and how I perform in games, and what’s on the film, rather than just feelings, and opinions, and emotions. You turn on the film there’s plays being made, there’s a guy that’s playing quarterback for what it is, and that’s how I look at it,” said Purdy, per Pat McAfee on X, the social media platform formerly referred to as Twitter
