Chris Simms breaks down Brock Purdy's QB ranking, development

49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco

NBC Sports Bay Area

Nfl, Football, Matt Maiocco, San Francisco 49ers, Sports

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

NBC Sports football analyst Chris Simms joins "49ers Talk" host Matt Maiocco to break down San Francisco and quarterback Brock Purdy. Simms' annual QB countdown assesses the NFL's top signal-callers and where they stand in the position group. Simms details what goes into his evaluation of quarterbacks and the attributes Purdy possesses that traditional metrics might not track. Also, Jennifer Lee Chan joins Matt to analyze how the impending addition of edge rusher Bryce Huff from the Philadelphia Eagles might affect the newly retooled defensive line.

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0:00.0	The 49ers are not finished adding to their roster, and they're using some of their 2026
0:09.4	draft capital to make some improvements to the team.
0:12.9	In the past few weeks, the 49ers have brought in a lot of reinforcements for their
0:16.6	depleted defensive line.
0:18.7	First, the team added three defensive linemen within their first four
0:22.3	rounds of the draft, including the number 11 overall pick, Michael Williams. And now the 49ers are
0:28.4	set to add edge rusher Bryce Huff, whom 49ers defense coordinator Robert Salad knows very well.
0:34.9	Jennifer Lee Chan and I will discuss the 49ers latest activity and what comes
0:39.3	next. Also, Chris Sims joins us to provide his breakdown of Brock Purdy and the 49ers as he
0:46.8	is set to unveil his complete NFL quarterback rankings. We'll have all that and much more on
0:52.1	this episode of 49ers talk coming at you right now.
0:56.5	Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
1:02.7	Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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1:25.7	We are now entering week two of OTAs. The end of the offseason program pretty
1:33.3	much in sight, Jennifer. And maybe the end of the 49ers adding pieces to their puzzle could be
1:39.0	in sight as well. Potentially, but I have heard that they are looking to add more to the roster. I mean,
1:45.0	you look at a couple positions at safety. They're very, very light. I know Jair Brown is set to come back from an ankle procedure he had by training camp, but still, Malik Mustafa, no certain date on when he's coming back with the ACL injury. That's a position where
2:01.2	they're very light at. And then wide receiver, we've talked about that before. You know,
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