Brock Purdy is on cusp of NFL record if he can get past Broncos, Seahawks

The keepers of the NFL’s record books had better prepare their pens.There’s a new name that’s going to need to be entered: Brock Purdy.The San Francisco 49ers quarterback took home a pretty nice honor Thursday — recognized as the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for the first time in his career — but that may feel like small potatoes in a couple weeks when he officially earns another title:The highest-rated passer in NFL history.Purdy’s hot start this season has done more than take Kyle Shanahan’s offense to another level and propel his name into the center of the MVP debate.It has put him on the cusp of an NFL record. That is, if he can get past two of his toughest tests of the season the next two weeks.Purdy is 64 pass attempts away from 1,500 for his career, which will officially qualify him for the NFL record books.

With three straight games of a 100-plus rating — the only QB in the NFL with that notch on their belt this season — Purdy’s career number is sitting pretty at 105.4.The current record holder, Lamar Jackson, has a mark of 102.7.Three others have ratings of 100 or better: Aaron Rodgers, Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes.The rest of the Top 10 is populated by Russell Wilson, DeShaun Watson, Drew Brees, Dak Prescott, Jimmy Garoppolo (!), Jared Goff and Tom Brady.

Reflective of the emphasis on passing in the modern offense, but generally pretty good company to keep.(The only QBs in the top-50 all-time who played even a majority of their careers before the 2000s? Joe Montana and Steve Young, a testament to Bill Walsh’s innovation.)The metric, for anyone familiar, measures completion percentage, yards per attempt, touchdowns per attempt, and interceptions per attempt on a scale of 0 to 158.3.Purdy’s 20-of-22 effort against the Dolphins, for example, scored a 149.1, the second-highest mark in the NFL this season (trailing Trevor Lawrence’s four-TD, five-incompletion game in Week 1.)Purdy is the only quarterback responsible for two...