{"id":44836,"date":"2025-03-28T11:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44836"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:17:11","slug":"brock-purdy-takes-brutal-swipe-at-former-san-francisco-49ers-teammate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44836","title":{"rendered":"Brock Purdy takes brutal swipe at former San Francisco 49ers teammate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Super Bowl winner Matt Stevens dies at 51\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By ERIC BLUM<\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2025-03-28T02:09:08+0000\"> 22:09 EDT, 27 March 2025 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2025-03-28T03:38:34+0000\"> 23:38 EDT, 27 March 2025 <\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brock Purdy went out of his way to make a brutal dig at the expense of former San Francisco 49ers teammate Jimmy Garoppolo.<\/p>\n<p>Purdy and Garoppolo were both quarterbacks on the 49ers during the 2022 season, in competition for playing time.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Lance started the season as San Francisco&#8217;s starting quarterback, with an injury quickly giving way to Garoppolo.<\/p>\n<p>It was not a guarantee Purdy would even make the team out of training camp, as he had to beat Nate Sudfeld for a roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>By the back stretch of the season, Purdy was the 49ers&#8217; starter, a position he has not relinquished since. It was also a position he always believed he could be in, partly due to who was in front of him on the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Once Jimmy Garoppolo became the starter [in 2022], I was like I might get some playing time this year. I just don&#8217;t know when,&#8217; Purdy said this week about taking over the 49ers&#8217; offensive helm. on the Built4More Podcast.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brock Purdy went out of his way to make a dig at former 49ers teammate Jimmy Garoppolo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Purdy and Garoppolo were both quarterbacks on the 49ers during the 2022 season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Damn: Brock Purdy fired shots at Jimmy Garoppolo when asked when he thought he might become the 49ers starting QB:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once Jimmy Garoppolo became the starter (in 2022) | was like I might get some playing time this year. I just don&#8217;t know when.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>(via @Built4MorePod) pic.twitter.com\/28HR5Ht87U<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 27, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Purdy led the 49ers to the NFC Championship Game during his rookie season, before suffering an elbow injury himself.<\/p>\n<p>In year No 2 under Purdy, the 49ers reached the Super Bowl and nearly won it before Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs to their second straight championship.<\/p>\n<p>Last year was Purdy&#8217;s worst in the NFL, as San Francisco did not make the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Garoppolo left the 49ers after the 2022 season to become the starting quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>After one year, he was released, and he has been the backup for the Los Angeles Rams ever since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Brock Purdy took a brutal swipe at a former teammate this week when describing his past with the organization and how his early days in the NFL went.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":44837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[176,9,12,182],"class_list":["post-44836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-dailymail","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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