That moment in Madden when you finally upgrade to a 99 OVR QB and suddenly every play call feels like Super Bowl-or-bust? Yeah, Brock Purdy ’s living it. Signed, sealed, and delivered a $265 million extension this offseason, the 49ers ‘ signal-caller isn’t just playing football anymore; he’s shouldering the weight of an entire franchise’s recalibrated dreams. Forty games, 9,518 yards, and 64 TDs into a career that rewrote ‘Mr. Irrelevant,’ the real work begins now: making this version of Kyle Shanahan ’s offense hum.

“This is what you pay your quarterback for,” analyst Kirk Morrison hammered home on Willard & Dibs . “This is where Brock Purdy has to earn his money… Purdy has to elevate the roster. When you pay a QB that kind of money, he has to elevate the rest of the rost

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