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49ers QB Brock Purdy Ranked No. 28 in NFL's Top 100 List

Purdy ranked higher than Aaron Rodgers, Justin Herbert, Matthew Stafford and Joe Burrow.

Grant Cohn

Oct 8, 2023; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) throws a pass against the Dallas Cowboys during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 8, 2023; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) throws a pass against the Dallas Cowboys during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports / Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports
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Brock Purdy's stock is through the roof.

He has started only 21 regular season games in his career, and he already is considered one of the best players in the league. In fact, the players recently voted him the NFL's 28th-best player in the league's annual Top 100 list.

Purdy ranked higher than Aaron Rodgers, Justin Herbert, Matthew Stafford and Joe Burrow.

If this ranking is based purely on last season, it would make some sense because Purdy finished fourth in the MVP voting. But this ranking seems to take into account more than just 2023. And putting Purdy over Stafford, who won a Super Bowl just a couple years ago, seems shortsighted.

Purdy is a terrific quarterback, but if the Rams had him instead of Stafford, they would be worse. If the Chargers had Purdy instead of Herbert, they would be worse. If the Bengals had Purdy instead of Burrow, they would be worse.

Purdy is great for the 49ers because he's cheap and he can get the ball accurately and on time to their All Pro weapons. But lots of quarterbacks could do the same thing in his place. Even Jimmy Garoppolo, who currently is Stafford's backup, played well for the 49ers. And he didn't play many games with Christian McCaffrey, who's no. 3 on the NFL's Top 100 List this year.

It's fair to say Purdy has become one of the most overrated players in the league because of his unique underdog story. If he were a third-round pick instead of Mr. Irrelevant, he wouldn't have half the hype he has today.

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Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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