A bit of luck there. Obviously if they knew he was going to be this good, they would have picked him way before the 7th. But I also give the 49ers a lot of credit in developing him. It also didn't hurt that he was playing the scout team QB for 12 weeks last season going up against the number one ranked D in the league. I think that made him a lot better and gave him a lot of confidence when his number was called.
That being said. Trey lance had all the talent in the world, and all the opportunity. But couldn't make it work. So I'm curious if it could be shanahans system wasn't fit for him. A square peg in a round hole sorta thing. Whereas purdy is a round peg and is succeeding, and sure scout team reps absolutely are going to help.
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I think the system was part of it.
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