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?