Two seasons into his NFL profession, Pro Bowl quarterback Brock Purdy has led the 49ers to the franchise’s eighth Super Bowl look.

And like earlier legendary 49ers quarterbacks Joe Montana and Steve Young, Purdy has produced electrical numbers to start his younger profession with San Francisco.

In Monday’s “Football Morning in America,” NBC Sports’ Peter King examined how Purdy stacks up in opposition to the 2 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees stat-wise, evaluating the trio’s first 26 begins with the 49ers. 

King discovered the ends in favor of the Iowa State product “Pretty heady: more wins, more accurate, more yards, better yards-per-attempt, better TD-and-pick margin, higher passer rating.”

Purdy went 21-5 via his first 26 begins within the common season and NFL playoffs, finishing 68.0 p.c of passes for six,466 yards, 9.22 yards per try, 47 touchdowns, 14 interceptions and a 111.3 passer ranking.

After incomes the job in the course of the 1980 NFL season, Montana went 18-8, posting 5,608 yards, 35 touchdowns and 22 interceptions, holding an 88.1 passer ranking after finishing 64.0 p.c of go makes an attempt on 7.09 yards per try.

Young, who wasn’t handed the total reigns in San Francisco till his seventh NFL season in 1991, went 19-7, finishing 65.9 p.c of go makes an attempt for five,961 yards, 8.81 yards per try, 42 touchdowns, 15 interceptions and a passer ranking of 105.1.

While the numbers don’t lie in Purdy’s favor, King identified some caches. 

“But let’s also consider the era and the supporting casts,” King acknowledged. “Passing video games weren’t as environment friendly then. The league-wide regular-season completion proportion in 1981 was 54.6 p.c, and 57.5 p.c in 1991; this season, it was 64.5 p.c. In 1980, [Cleveland Browns’] Brian Sipe led the NFL with a passer ranking of 91.4. That would have been 18th within the league this season. Plus, quarterbacks didn’t have the protecting cloaks by rule round them the best way they do now.

“(Regarding) the talent around them, Purdy has the best. Montana’s cast: Earl Cooper/Ricky Patton (RB); Dwight Clark, Freddie Solomon (WR); Charle Young (TE) … Young’s cast: Dexter Carter/Ricky Watters (RB), Jerry Rice, John Taylor (WR), Brent Jones (TE) … Purdy’s cast: Christian McCaffrey (RB), Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk (WR), George Kittle (TE).”

Purdy is a Super Bowl LVIII victory away from being a San Francisco nice till the top of time – like Young and Montana are. 

And the 24-year-old, after being chosen with the 262nd and last 2022 NFL Draft selection by the 49ers, has one of the best numbers of the trio so far.  

King reiterated that whereas Purdy has the higher numbers and different analyses would possibly think about Montana or Young to have been higher at this stage, the present 49ers quarterback is doing what’s requested of him at a excessive degree.

“What I draw from the comparability: Purdy’s quantity needs to be significantly higher on this period, higher even than all-timers like Montana and Young, King wrote. “And they’re higher, markedly. Enough to have his staff in two convention title video games and one Super Bowl in his first two years. But the numbers don’t imply you need to deliberately deflate Purdy since you assume there’s no approach he belongs in the identical league with Montana and Young. 

“Purdy is existing in his era, in his time, with a coach who produces terrific plans, with an excellent supporting cast, and he’s doing what’s asked of him, and doing it superbly. In the end, that’s what counts, in any era.”

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