I've typed this up before. It wasn't Purdy. It was Kyle. Kyle never trusted Jimmy enough after the SB to allow anything other than vanilla with him and Trey was all QB runs with long developing plays which wouldn't have worked given his lack of experience. Purdy was the only one he put in positive positions with his playcalling.
If this was an actual battle for the starting position this off-season instead of gifting the job I'm not sure who would've won it, but making it a lay up for Brock wasn't the best strategy because he's only in his second year and we've seen one year flukes before. This pre-season Brock has looked like Alex Smith with his QB decisions. Lynch clearly let Kyle rock with whatever QB decisions he wanted this year because on the field Darnold wasn't blowing Trey out of the water and Brock has been a check down king.
Purdy isn't a special talent. He is Kyle's preference. Just like Darnold and Allen. This is about the coach getting the QB room he wanted. We're back to the Beathard/Mullen QB room days and we'll know if it's going to go bad pretty quick because the Steelers are looking locked in.
Really feels like this. Gonna screenshot and post on Twitter
Kyle has proven that his qb decision making is ass
He better hope this isn’t Brocksanity
Coulda kept Jimmy for this foolishness.
And we haven’t gone one season with Kyle without the Qb(s) getting hurt.