49ers have one thing the Commanders desperately need Brock Purdys game sense
It doesn’t get more dysfunctional than the last time Jayden Daniels had the football in his hands.The Commanders come to town with equal crises of confidence in their quarterback and head coach.Wires somehow got crossed between Daniels and Dan Quinn last week, leading to the clock running out in overtime.
This forced Washington to settle for a tie despite reaching field-goal range after the quarterback was tackled in bounds with no timeouts.On the list of things that just don’t happen in the NFL, this was right up there.Daniels apparently felt the need to call a players-only meeting in hopes of regaining his teammates’ trust.Can you imagine Kyle Shanahan or Brock Purdy ever putting the 49ers in such a situation? The ending might as well have taken place in France for as foreign as it felt for the Faithful who are witnessing the beauty of the pure opposite, a coach and quarterback in total lockstep.Is there any other coach-QB combo you’d rather have leading a drive late in crunch time?Shanahan’s game-calling has come a long way since the Super Bowl that shall not be named when he was an offensive coordinator, which happened to be the last time he had a QB he trusted as much as Purdy.
Quinn, the head coach of that Falcons team, perhaps not so much.The 49ers are 5-0 and the clear Super Bowl favorites heading into their primetime clash with the Commanders on Monday for any number of reasons, but the mind-meld between Shanahan and Purdy in the quarterback’s fifth season in his system is near the top.The only problem with the 49ers’ dominance so far this season is that it’s robbed us of getting the chance to see Purdy deliver his formal dissertation on Shanahan 301.It’s been more than two years now since he was last asked to author a true two-minute drill.That drive ended in an interception and a 24-23 loss to the Cardinals on Oct.
6, 2024.Purdy’s play so far this season suggests a more favorable outcome the next time the situation arises.Shanahan ...