At some point reality should take precedence over the narrative. Purdy is not a checkdown artist. That is utterly asinine. You don't lead the NFL in completed air yards per pass attempt, or be second in completed airyards per completion (week 15), if you're a check down artist.
@Go_On_Bite_Me@SourdeathSam@49ersSportsTalk In short:
1. the 49ers delay problem was because of play-call logistics, which is why Alex also struggled with it.
2. QB is not about intelligence, it's about visual processing, spatial awareness, pattern recognition, timing, anticipation, and decision-making under pressure
@Go_On_Bite_Me@SourdeathSam@49ersSportsTalk It's why guys who score very high on general intelligence tests like the Wonderlic can suck (Fitzpatrick) and guys who score really low or mediocre (Manning) can be Hall of Fame caliber. Vision is NOT intelligence.
@Go_On_Bite_Me@SourdeathSam@49ersSportsTalk And the reason was, as pointed out in the other branch of this discussion, because the 49ers employed a play-call system where the offensive coordinator called the play to the HEAD COACH, who then relayed that to the QB. That's why they had high delays in 2011 with Alex Smith too
@Go_On_Bite_Me@SourdeathSam@49ersSportsTalk Shanny QBs can't even call audibles. The scheme is NOT mentally taxing. It's somewhat wordy, but THAT is not why Kap was a horrible fit. He was a horrible fit because you must have touch and vision to run that offense, and Kap has neither.
Fucking filthy casuals disgust me lol.
@Go_On_Bite_Me@SourdeathSam@49ersSportsTalk And lastly, the reason why he was no fit for Shanahan's scheme is because he had NO TOUCH or rhythm. Shany's scheme is not complex for the QB's brain. It's complex for the QB's ARM and VISION. You have to be able to layer a ball over LBs and in front of S's in his scheme.
@Go_On_Bite_Me@SourdeathSam@49ersSportsTalk And do note: reading a defense is NOT the same thing as processing an offense. Reading a defense is about VISION, not intellect. That's why Harvard Grad Ryan Fitzpatrick generally sucked. BRILLIANT man, mediocre field vision.
@Go_On_Bite_Me@SourdeathSam@49ersSportsTalk And as for the 2014 one your 2015 article cited, I already posted a quote from it where they don't mention Kaepernick at all as the reason. Here is the entire thing:
https://t.co/CLYazw1vAx
@LuckyNhiev@1future I see you own a gaming company. That means either you inherited it because you're stupid and can't actually program, OR you are reflexively defending a dev because you work in the industry. THEY FUCKING LIED. "Choices" is not removing options and replacing it with a paid version.
@LuckyNhiev@1future Do you legitimately have a brain condition? EA removed an ALREADY EXISTING FREE OPTION and replaced it with a pay option, WHILST CLAIMING THEY WERE GIVING PLAYERS MORE CHOICES. Do you understand how that is absolute bullshit?