It did not take long for San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan to realize that he had something special with quarterback Brock Purdy.
Shanahan told Albert Breer of SI.com that it "took about three games last season" for him to see that Purdy was the guy. He then said that Sam Darnold and Trey Lance are great insurance to have, but he is confident that Purdy is the best fit for the job.
"He's been [the starter] since last year ended," Shanahan said, per Breer. "He was always clearly our starter, but there were so many questions about his injury, how he'd come back from it, that we didn't even know if he'd be ready for this year, so we had to prepare for everything else.