Once again, we are back to a familiar situation.Yet another QB injury in SF. From the moment Purdy attempted his 1st QB sneak in LA to emd the 1st half…there was something lingering at the back of my mind that given. Shanahan’s QB history with this team…that play was a lot more risky than usual.
Low and behold,Purdy gets a concussion on a 3rd and 1 QB sneak.One would think we’d be as risk averse with our QB1 as possible given how last season went.
The Chiefs don’t use Mahomes for QB sneaks after he injured his knee during one.Given our offensive line and Purdy coming off an elbow injury, was pushing him.into a pile of diving bodies a good idea to begin with?
Just like last year.Running Lance between the tackles that often was always gonna catch up.Purdy is on the smaller side of QB and our OL isn’t Philly’s.They don’t get good push on these plays.
This might get downvoted.But there’s more options on 3rd and 1 than pushing your most valuable player headfirst into a human brick wall.JPMason is a big back who can get a yard on these plays.Heck, Juice can be used for these short yardage plays.
Purdy is the most important player on this team so we should be avoiding as many risks with him as possible.
Obviously this is now hindsight and I don’t expect Purdy to ever be used for these plays again… but it’s sad that we need an injury to learn this kind of.lesson when the risks are clear from the start. Same thing is happening with CMC’S usage which is like Mitchell’s in 2021 before he got hurt.
Thoughts?
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People don’t want to talk about it.
But Purdy played 4 seasons at Iowa State without getting hurt even once.
Jimmy G got hurt a lot, Trey Lance got Hurt multiple times ( the last one a result of too many QB draws) and now Purdy has been hurt twice in 14 starts.
The UCL injury was a result of a blown blocking assignment on the OL, something that could have been avoided if you play extra attention to Reddick.
This concussion was a result of a 3rd and 1 QB sneak. Purdy is clearly not good at QB sneaks and they put the QB’s head in the hitzone by design. This was too risky from the start and that should have been recognised.
On short yardage situations…you have a Full Back and a big RB on the roster who can be used to get a yard…instead you risk your QB like this.
This post will get downvoted by most. But the reality is that Kyle doesn’t ever take accountability for how his player usage increases injury risk in an already violent sport.
We’ve seen this movie before with him overusing Deebo in 2021 ( he hasn’t been consistently healthy since)…overusing Mitchell ( has lost all his explosiveness) and running Lance up the middle 16 times in 6 Qtrs despite Lance having a knee injury the season prior.
If kyle ran the ball and CMC got stuffed the same people would be asking “Why didn’t they just QB sneak it?”
He got injured on 3rd and 1. You can even call a pass play there. The QB sneak should be a last resort on 4th and 1. I am tired of hearing excuses everytime a QB gets hurt with this team on avoidable plays.
I wouldn’t. I’d be asking why not use Juice