For Purdy, however, these preseason reps still were extremely valuable, offering an environment that can't be replicated in practice, effectively helping the young QB build a callus for San Francisco's upcoming 2024 NFL regular-season opener against the New York Jets.
At practice you're not getting that. Obviously, you get a pass rush and all that kind of stuff, but to get out in the game and understand that there's a mental clock where you have to get the ball out, or else you're going to get hit.
Honestly, it's those things that I liked. Just the idea of playing in a preseason game to feel again, before the season gets here and everything. It's good reps for me, it's a good feel for me as a quarterback, so I didn't mind it.
It didn't matter to Purdy that this was an exhibition game. To the young quarterback, football is a physical game regardless of what stage it’s in.
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