Overview
- Purdy is 3–0 through three games and leads the NFL with a 133.1 passer rating while being tied for the league lead with nine passing touchdowns.
- His Week 3 performance included 297 passing yards and four touchdowns in a game that helped solidify his early statistical lead.
- The Ringer's EPA tracking shows Purdy’s passing expected points added through three weeks trails only Tom Brady’s 2007 start for this century.
- Former lineman Damien Woody compared Purdy’s on-field processing to Tom Brady and described the Purdy–Kyle Shanahan pairing as a weapon.
- The early pace projects to about 4,000 yards and 50 touchdowns—a mark reached only three times in NFL history—and the 49ers’ receiver injuries plus upcoming tougher defenses are the main tests for sustainability.