Niners Nation
Earlier this week, I put a post out on the feed to do a sort of mailbag here on Niners Nation. A lot of you sent me some questions. So I’m here to answer them, for no reason other than Q&A’s can be fun. As I mentioned in the feed post, I don’t care about what I think or say, but if you want me to provide some [unnecessary] context, here’s some [unnecessary] context.
So, with that said, welcome to the first edition of…Gee, I don’t know. “Ask Pato?” “Mailbag?” ”Golden Tickets?” We’ll come up with an official name for this as time goes on, if we continue doing it. Throw your name ideas in the comments or something.
Keep an eye on the Niners Nation Feed for our next edition of this Q&A. It’s that handy little ticker to the right of the posts. And even if you don’t want to ask questions, come engage with us. If you don’t want to talk to me, you’ve got KP, James Brady, even Fooch chiming in over there.
Ok, onto your questions:
“Why is it so difficult for some fans to say Purdy had a bad game?”
– Bigtime22
The same reason it’s difficult for some analysts to admit Brock Purdy is a good quarterback: no one wants to admit they are wrong, have been educated, etc., etc. or in the case of one game, offer even a shred of evidence to the contrary on something that is probably subjective (oh he played objectively bad…but you get the idea). I’m a Brock Purdy fan. I think he’s perfect for Kyle Shanahan. I also think he played poorly on Sunday. The whole team was playing poorly on Sunday, however, so you can’t blame it all on Purdy; there’s a lot more to it than that.
Purdy did have a bad game. A single bad game doesn’t mean the 49ers overpaid him, or that the last few years are just suddenly erased. Especially in Week 4, with injuries piling up and receivers dropping passes. But saying that gives ammo to the other side, and we can’t have that.
“Unless we trade for a (more than) competent edge, this season is toast?”
-CanWeCloneJoe?
“Will we trade for an edge rusher?”
-billthebiker
I’m not sure if a lack of edge for the rest of the season indicates doom when there’s so much more that hurt the 49ers on Sunday. The 49ers defense still doesn’t have an interception for 11 games, and Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, they had like, zero hits and zero sacks—yet they still somehow held the Jaguars to 26 points despite four turnovers, one of which resulted in that inexcusible TD run the moment they (the 49ers defense) took the field. And don’t forget the points scored on the special teams housecall.
While the defense had a hand in Sunday’s disaster, it was a team effort, and one for which the...
