Hall of Fame quarterback <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/steve-young">Steve Young</a> understands the pressures of the position and the difficult situation the San Francisco 49ers are currently facing with Brock Purdy’s injury. Having to rely on Mac Jones, who has delivered solid results, creates a unique dynamic that Young called “difficult but good” for the team.



“It’s awkward, but it’s pleasantly awkward,” Young said about the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/san-francisco-49ers">49ers</a>’ QB room. “This is a good locker room. It’s a good QB room.” Jones is set to be a key part of the offensive line again this week as Purdy continues to recover.



Young continued by saying that despite the surrounding chaos, both players remain supportive of each other: “It’s just inevitable. I think the awkwardness brings out the best in both of them. Mac will support Brock 1000%. Brock will support Mac 1000%.”



<h2>John Lynch Echoes Young’s Sentiments</h2>



49ers General Manager John Lynch also weighed in on the delicate quarterback situation involving Purdy and <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/mac-jones">Jones</a>, emphasizing his starting quarterback’s willingness to accept the temporary change while he recovers. Lynch highlighted Purdy’s character as a primary reason the situation remains stable.



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“A cool quality about Brock Purdy is he’s one of the most self assured, humble people. It’s one of the things that appealed to us,” Lynch said. He added that the team feels fortunate with the backup: “I think we all feel fortunate that we found a backup who can go in and play like a starter and earn us tough hard fought wins.”



Regarding a timetable for <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/brock-purdy">Purdy</a>‘s return from injury, Lynch told KNBR: “I don’t think I can give you a completely accurate and direct (answer.) It’s just when is he going to feel right to go play. Although he’s not on the practice field he’s out there working, trying to build up the strength and get that thing in a good place.”

Steve Young sends strong message on 49ers QB situation involving Mac Jones and Brock Purdy

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The San Francisco 49ers’ last season in the NFL was undoubtedly one of their weakest in years. <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/steve-young">Steve Young</a>, one of the most successful players in the franchise’s history, knows where one of the key factors for the team’s potential turnaround could have been. With Kyle Shanahan being the target of his comments, the former QB made it clear that Brock Purdy’s talent could have been better utilized in a more intelligent way.


 


In a recent appearance on 95.7 The Game with Mark Willard and Dan Dibley, the three-time Super Bowl champion with <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/san-francisco-49ers">San Francisco</a> didn’t hide his disappointment after the team’s lackluster season. He pointed out that the head coach could have better utilized Purdy, particularly outside the pocket.



“I said during the season a couple of times, I think (Kyle Shanahan) should call RPOs for Brock,” Young said. ’We should put him on the run out of the huddle where he’s going to carry it. The threat that he needs to bring — look, we understand the processing power, but the game today is there are free first downs with your legs, free touchdowns, especially in the fourth quarter.”



Not only that, but Young also dared to compare Purdy’s talent to one of the biggest revelations of this <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl">NFL</a> season, Jayden Daniels. “(Purdy) can do 80 percent of what Jayden Daniels can do with his legs.”



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“You have to call plays for it. You have to threaten the line of scrimmage. If you’re going to go to the Super Bowl, into the future you have to have a quarterback that’s going to threaten the line of scrimmage every time they have the ball in their hands. These playoffs reminded me of that truth again. I think Brock can do that. It puts him at risk more because the ball is in the hands at the end of the play more often. That’s risky, but I think it’s got to happen.”


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<h2>Shanahan reflects on his influence in Saleh’s arrival</h2>



With the main focus on reversing the results from last season, the San Francisco 49ers have, for now, started to strengthen <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/kyle-shanahan">Kyle Shanahan</a>’s staff. Recently, it was confirmed that former Jets head coach Robert Saleh would join as the new defensive coordinator.



Regarding this situation, it was the head coach himself who expressed his desire to have Saleh on his staff, aiming to improve one of the areas that caused the most difficulty for the team last season.



“I do think people adjust to schemes, and I think you have to adjust too depending on your personnel,” Shanahan said. “And I think that was a tougher thing for us this year. Just going into the season, it was a little bit harder than past seasons and some of the injuries we had, I think, made it really tough for Nick.



“And I thought he got better trying to adjust and do different things, but I do think that’s something that definitely, I’m not saying you’ve got to change schemes, but you have to have the ability, the history and the knowledge of how to change some stuff up when you’re in some certain situations. And I think that we do need that more going forward.”



<h2>The goal of improving the last season</h2>



Far from the expectations set at the start of the season, the San Francisco 49ers comfortably finished in last place in the NFC West. With a negative record of six wins and eleven losses, Shanahan’s team was one of the biggest disappointments of the season.


 


With the regular season over and no playoff chances, the franchise focused solely on improving from what was done and, moving forward, on surrounding <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/brock-purdy">Brock Purdy</a> with the best possible support to help him return to the top as soon as possible.

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Once again, the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/jimmy-garoppolo-makes-bold-statement-about-his-future-20220203-0005.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco 49ers</a> managed to go deep in the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/nfl-2021-22-playoff-format-how-the-football-postseason-will-be-played-20210913-0019.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">playoffs</a> despite not having an explosive offense. Their <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/49ers-news-kyle-shanahan-speaks-up-on-jimmy-garoppolo-future-20220131-0007.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">doubts at the quarterback position</a> haunted them all year long and eventually doomed their chances.
Jimmy Garoppolo performed fairly better than expected during the regular season but could never find his groove in the playoffs. Moreover, Kyle Shanahan didn’t seem too eager to put the ball in his, hands to begin with.
The Niners made Deebo Samuel and Elijah Mitchell the focal points of their offense and, while it worked more often than not, Niners’ legend <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/Top-50-greatest-quarterbacks-in-NFL-history-20200522-0001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Young</a> thinks it showed a lack of confidence in their QB.
<h2>49ers News: Steve Young Says Kyle Shanahan Didn’t Trust Jimmy Garoppolo</h2>
“When he joined the team, the team needed a quarterback to make some throws, and they didn’t have that,” Young told KNBR’s “Tolbert, Krueger and Brooks”. “Jimmy can make throws, he’s a starting quarterback in the league. How far he can go, I feel like in the end was limited by the trust between Kyle and Jimmy. It never got completely established like I wish it would have. In the end, both guys have to own that, and Jimmy does as well.”
“And so where does he fit in the pantheon of 49ers quarterbacks? We’ve had guys that couldn’t play,” Young added. “Guys that couldn’t lead or didn’t own the locker room. He’s accomplished a lot, and I don’t think we should diminish it. But we also have to recognize that whatever is missing, and however it didn’t get done, we all have to own that as well.”
Per Young, the Niners looked like a team that had already made up their mind about Garoppolo even though they were still winning and close to punching another Super Bowl ticket:
“It looks to me like, as an organization, they have decided that despite all of the success and the winning, we’re moving on. And so in the pantheon, it’s somewhere in there, but neither of them, Kyle nor Jimmy, it’s where they know they needed to be,” Young concluded.
 
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