Kyle Shanahan is an offensive genius, and statistically, most of his quarterbacks, I think, prove that.

But why is that the case?

And which quarterbacks are elite and which are not?

On today's Locked on 49ers.

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bryan peacock and eric crocker thanks for hanging out with this. And thanks for tuning in.

We are talking San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks.

We're talking about Kyle Shanahan.

And there's been a lot going on talking about this stuff.

So we got to chime in on it.

We got to talk about third down conversion rates.

And why Kyle Shanahan is such a great head coach, why he's such a great

offense coordinator, and why one former San Francisco 49ers said, Kyle should get a lifetime

contract, Brock. Let's start with, let's start with the big debate right now, which is going on.

And we got to go to...

First, let's go to David Lombardi, who's using chess references on Twitter for some reason.

He said, over the past three years, Brock Purdy has led the NFL in third and long,

eight plus yards yards conversion rates,

the one scenario where, quote-unquote, Shanahan system is least capable of helping him.

Third and long may be as ultimate of a quarterback measurement split as we have,

and Purdy is number one.

Checkmate was the tweet sent by

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