The Super Bowl LVIII was a close battle, and no one is more eligible to comment on it than Brock Purdy and Patrick Mahomes. The 49ers put the points on the board early, but Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs got the best of the San Francisco 49ers. There might have been grudges from 2020, and the Niners might carry some forward from now on, but Purdy has nothing but respect for Mahomes.

Brock appeared in the post-game presser after the loss and addressed the situation. However, his reverence for Patrick Mahomes highlights his sportsmanship, even in the face of adversity like this. The Niners’ quarterback praised Mahomes on his arm strength, ability to utilize the pocket, and other attributes.

Brock Purdy has the utmost respect for Patrick Mahomes

The 49ers on CBS uploaded Purdy’s post-game conference snippet on X captioned, “Purdy has nothing but respect for Mahomes 💯.” Purdy briefly mulled over the Niners’ mistakes and elaborated more on Mahomes’ performance, saying, “He’s a baller” and a “competitor.”

“One of the best to ever do it, honestly. Makes plays and obviously got a great arm and stuff but I just feel like you know the way he moves,  his pocket movement and being able to run the ball when his offense needed it, and more than that man he’s a competitor and like we say going into this game man you just don’t wanna let him have the ball because he can obviously do a lot of damage with it so he’s a baller.”

On paper, it looked like Brock Purdy didn’t have a bad game at all. However, the infamous Kansas City Chiefs defense came in clutch when the situation was dire and helped their team to win the Super Bowl LVIII. However, people might not call Brock Purdy “Mr. Irrelevant” after this game.

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How did Brock Purdy etch his name further in the 49ers roster?

Well for starters, he is one of the youngest quarterbacks to carry his team to a Super Bowl. This was his 2 season with the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL as a whole. Despite that, he put his best step forward and played lights out in the Super Bowl LVIII.

His stats from the game reveal that he passed for 255 yards and scored a touchdown, which was a 10-yard pass to Jauan Jennings at the start of the 4 quarter. He didn’t throw an interception and completed 23 of his 38 passes (60.5%).

As they say, there’s always next time. Brock Purdy is young, unlike Patrick Mahomes, who has a lot of football experience. It would be safe to consider that Purdy has what it takes to win a Super Bowl in the future.

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