On Monday’s Pro Football Talk, former NFL quarterback Chris Simms suggested a remarkable solution to the Purdy situation.
He suggested they should hit the reset button this offseason and trade him to a surprise NFC team.
“Would the Steelers want Brock Purdy as their quarterback?” Simms asked.
“It might be too late in the game to make a move like that for the 49ers right now.
But if I had something to say about it, I would have said, ‘Let’s just blow this thing up, let’s trade him away to somebody and let’s get somebody else at quarterback for the future and build this team again.’
“That’s what I would want to do. My friends Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch probably are going to hate me for saying this.”
It should be noted that the 49ers head coach, Kyle Shanahan, and Simms are best friends; they went to the University of Texas together and have each other’s initials tattooed on their ankles.
The 49ers selected Pro Bowl passer Purdy with the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft.
