Only days before the NFL's 53-man cutdown deadline last August, Brock Purdy, the quarterback now hailed as the San Francisco 49ers' savior, wasn't even a sure bet to make their roster.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy warms up before an NFL divisional round playoff football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Only days before the NFL’s 53-man cutdown deadline last August, Brock Purdy, the quarterback now hailed as the San Francisco 49ers’ savior, wasn’t even a sure bet to make their roster.
As last April's NFL Draft approached, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch discussed the possibility of adding a third quarterback with one of the team's final picks. Inearlier this month, Lynch recalled Shanahan telling him,"I'd like to go get another young quarterback just to add into the mix. Let's try to identify one later."
“We got there to Mr. Irrelevant and I think we all just kind of looked at each other and said, ‘Why chance it?’ ” Lynch recalled. Those qualities eventually manifested in preseason games too. Wearing a No. 14 jersey instead of his now familiar No. 13, Purdy engineered a game-winning drive in his debut against Green Bay. He opened more eyes the next two weeks by displaying more agility and athleticism than his college film suggested he had, by making plays with defenders in his face and by enduring crunching hits and popping right back up.
Garoppolo's return left the 49ers with more decisions to make. Now it wasn't just choosing between Purdy and Sudfeld to be the backup quarterback. The 49ers had to decide if they would use a valuable 53-man roster spot onOn August 30, the 49ers cut Sudfeld with the hope that another team would sign him and offset part of the $2 million they owed him. That same day, they announced that Purdy had made the 53-man roster.
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