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If there’s one player who has an eye for being a good quarterback, it’s 49ers legend and Football Hall of Famer Joe Montana.
With San Francisco one win away from securing the franchise’s sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy, second-year quarterback Brock Purdy will lead the 49ers under center in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium, where he looks to silence his many critics overshadowing superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes. and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Montana joined”The Rich Eisen Show” this week in Las Vegas, where he discussed Purdy’s rise to the NFL and why the doubts surrounding the young quarterback are misplaced.
“I’m not sure what you’re talking about, the guy is playing pretty good football and everyone still doubts him,” Montana told Eisen. “I just think he understands this offense, he understands the people around him. He doesn’t force balls if he doesn’t have to. But you can always tell when a guy is comfortable in an offense when he plays the way Brock does.
“Don’t doubt it, doubt the draft. He’s proof, (Tom) Brady is proof that they haven’t figured out how to draft him. What’s important, what’s not important. Because you just don’t know who he is.” “I’m going to make that transition. I don’t know why people question it.”
Critics often label Purdy a “game manager,” downplaying his breakout season in which he was a finalist for the NFL MVP award, was named an NFC Pro Bowl starter, and broke countless league records. and the franchise, largely due to the supporting cast around him. .
Montana also joined the “Dan Patrick Show” this week, where he offered his advice to Purdy ahead of the 24-year-old’s first Super Bowl appearance and explained how Purdy’s situation in coach Kyle Shanahan’s offense compares to that of legendary coach Bill Walsh.
“Don’t do anything different than what you’ve been doing,” Montana said of his advice to Purdy. “I like what he’s been doing, he’s found a way to understand what that offense is about, and the people around him can only make him better. His job is to find a way to get the ball to those guys.
“That’s how Bill’s offense typically worked when we had Jerry (Rice) and John Taylor. John Taylor went over 90 (yards) twice in the 49ers-Rams game (Dec. 11, 1989). I threw two seven-yard passes on a slant, but in the books, I had 190 passing yards and two touchdowns.”
Montana seems to subscribe to the belief that all callers are technically “game managers” or “system quarterbacks,” and he, a four-time Super Bowl-winning Hall of Fame quarterback in the first Voting is no different.
Purdy getting a win over the defending champion Chiefs on Sunday would go a long way toward silencing a large portion of the remaining skeptics.
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