SNAFU

All 49ers’ rookie quarterback George Purdy, aka Mr. Irrelevant, did yesterday was complete eighteen of thirty passes with three touchdowns while running for another in San Francisco’s 41-23 wild-card win over the Seahawks. This got me wondering: Did the Bears know about Purdy? I don’t mean this as a knock on Justin Fields; it’s more a comment on an organization’s ability to recognize talent. The 49ers have it, the Munsters almost always don’t, may Fields be the exception. But consider, before Purdy, San Francisco identified Jimmy Garoppolo as the quarterback it wanted back in 2017. Garoppolo took them to one Super Bowl and may be on the bench (injured, giving Purdy his chance) in another. Two winning quarterbacks acquired in just over five seasons. And over at Soldier Field in that time? Mitch Trubisky, Mike Glennon, Nick Foles, Andy Daulton, Fields. It boggles the mind. Check that. It’s situation normal…