Brock Purdy is already second in MVP odds on FanDuel Sportsbook after just three weeks, and look, I know it’s early September, but that’s a stat that makes you double-take. This dude is getting recognized nationally, and he only had one spotlight game where he wasn’t even asked to carry the whole load. His coach, Kyle Shanahan, even mentioned a couple of great plays Purdy had on Sunday, and those were just the ones he was grilled about. It’s wild to think about.
This Guy’s Stats Are Beyond Belief
When you dig into the numbers, it gets even crazier. Purdy has doubled Josh Allen’s total EPA right now, and Allen is sitting in second place. His passing success rate is a whopping four percentage points higher than Lamar Jackson, who’s second there. We’re talking about a 9-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio, which is definitely not too shabby. And get this: he isn’t just dinking and dunking his way down the field. Thirty percent of his throws are intermediate, making him fifth-highest in the entire league for that.
Remember that $265 million contract he got? Yeah, he wasn’t paid like an underrated player, but he’s absolutely performing at an MVP level. His quarterback rating, which even accounts for rushing, is a bananas 93.8. That’s less than seven points shy of perfect! To put that in perspective, the highest QBR in all of 2025 was 77.1. And his passer rating is an insane 133.1. Seriously, that number would be tough to hit in three games of Madden. The best passer rating last year was 113.5. You gotta go all the way back to that undefeated Patriots team in 2007 to find a quarterback with a higher EPA added on passing plays through the first three weeks than Purdy. I’m not saying he’s gonna throw for over 4,000 yards and 50 touchdowns, but that’s the pace he’s on. And it’s even more impressive because he isn’t even throwing to the wide receivers he was slated to have before training camp started. With all the injuries on the other side of the ball, that team is gonna need him to keep playing at this white-hot level if they want to stay undefeated.
Aggression, Growth, And Just Plain Guts
One thing that kinda gets lost in all the Purdy talk is how aggressive he is. Shanahan definitely gives him a bunch of “easy outs,” you know, like a quick six-yard pass to George Kittle or a swing pass out of the backfield to Deebo Samuel. But that’s just not how Purdy operates. More often than not, he’s passing up those gimme completions for a tight-window throw 15 yards downfield. It happens literally every week. It happened on his very first dropback of the game to Mike Evans, and then again later on a backside throw to Kittle. He’s simply not interested in those first-level routes.
Where he’s really grown, even since last year, is his ability to manipulate defenders. You can only do that if you know the offense inside and out, right? Purdy’s shown this knack for hitting his second and third progressions in the blink of an eye, but he’s also holding defenders with his eyes, creating bigger throwing windows for himself. And what’s been super obvious for two weeks straight is Purdy manufacturing chunk plays against the blitz. It’d be easy for him to just check the ball down and be cool with a five-yard gain against five- and six-man rushes. But again, that’s not his style. He’s a swing-for-the-fences kind of quarterback. You think you can get over on him by bringing extra rushers? He’ll make you pay.
This early in the season, you gotta wonder if he can keep it up. But if he does, it’s gonna be a wild ride watching what he can do next.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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