[OutsiderFan]

Interesting listening to Booger McFarland talk about Shaun King in 1999 as an analog to Brock Purdy in 2022, on MNF broadcast last night.

The Bucs had the #1 Defense in the NFL that year and had Trent Dilfer as their QB, kind of a similar game manager QB as Garoppolo.  Then with 5 weeks to go in season, Dilfer broke his clavicle and Rookie Shaun King who was a star at Tulane, played the final 5 games, as the Bucs went 4-1, and made it to the NFC Championship Game, where they lost, in part because of this... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m24r9JiKV14

You know who else was on that Bucs team?  John Lynch.  

So, there is a non-zero chance Lynch is telling the whole Niners organization about that 1999 Bucs team that really should have gone to the Super Bowl were it not for that absurd incomplete pass call in the NFC Championship game. 

And, if you remember, nobody gave the Patriots a chance to beat the Rams in the Super Bowl that year. But Tom Brady, who was playing in his first and only threw for 147 yards in the game, helped take down those Rams who were considered what the Chiefs are these days.

I'm not going to claim the Niners are winning the Super Bowl with Brock Purdy, but I am going to say that with the #1 Defense and the weapons on offense surrounding Purdy, that it is possible for the Niners to be a legit contender.

[OutsiderFan]

Interesting listening to Booger McFarland talk about Shaun King in 1999 as an analog to Brock Purdy in 2022, on MNF broadcast last night.

The Bucs had the #1 Defense in the NFL that year and had Trent Dilfer as their QB, kind of a similar game manager QB as Garoppolo.  Then with 5 weeks to go in season, Dilfer broke his clavicle and Rookie Shaun King who was a star at Tulane, played the final 5 games, as the Bucs went 4-1, and made it to the NFC Championship Game, where they lost, in part because of this... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m24r9JiKV14

You know who else was on that Bucs team?  John Lynch.  

So, there is a non-zero chance Lynch is telling the whole Niners organization about that 1999 Bucs team that really should have gone to the Super Bowl were it not for that absurd incomplete pass call in the NFC Championship game. 

And, if you remember, nobody gave the Patriots a chance to beat the Rams in the Super Bowl that year. But Tom Brady, who was playing in his first and only threw for 147 yards in the game, helped take down those Rams who were considered what the Chiefs are these days.

I'm not going to claim the Niners are winning the Super Bowl with Brock Purdy, but I am going to say that with the #1 Defense and the weapons on offense surrounding Purdy, that it is possible for the Niners to be a legit contender.