49ers coach Kyle Shanahan noted that Brock Purdy is the “most poised rookie” he has ever had after the 21-13 win over the Seahawks.
Shanahan's compliment is significant, considering the 49ers coach was on the Washington Football Team staff in 2012. The team -- led by his dad, Mike Shanahan -- had Robert Griffin III, who won NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, and Kirk Cousins as first-year signal callers on its quarterback depth chart.
Shanahan noted Thursday that Purdy isn't only impressing him by his conduct as a starter. The 49ers QB is earning more respect from the locker room after battling soreness in his"I mean, still, you could tell in pregame warm-ups a number of things that were really tough for him," Shanahan said."And for him to be able to just play, let alone to play the way he did to protect the ball.
"I knew he struggled to move a little bit at times, but there at the end for that third-and-1, for him to be able to run and move the chains there. They had a lot of respect for him before that game, but a lot more now."
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