Former wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. has an answer to the mystery of how 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy fell as far as he did in the NFL Draft: fear and laziness.
In an impassioned rant on his podcast, “Cut To It,” Smith pointed out that in a handful of games, Purdy, the last pick in the 2022 draft, has shown more than many blue chip prospects show in a year or two.
So how does someone who was capable of taking a team to the conference championship as a rookie fall to the final pick when so many busts come out of the first round?