2023 NFL Odds: Is Brock Purdy a Top 15 Quarterback?

Micah Parsons didn’t mince words when praising 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy.

“I just don’t think we should continue sleeping with Brock Purdy,” the Cowboys star said on his podcast “The Edge with Micah Parsons.” “…I think people are coming for you the same way they’re coming for (Aaron) Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, you’re surrounded by a good team, but you’re playing hard.”

Parsons added: “If we were to rank Purdy right now… I think Purdy is a top-15 quarterback.”

Quite a compliment from Parsons about a rival interlocutor.

Is Purdy a top 15 QB? Is he an MVP candidate? What do the probabilities say?

Purdy is currently +2000 to win the 2023-24 MVP, the 10th best odds to take home the award, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. He put on an offensive clinic against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1, throwing for 220 yards and two touchdowns, and finishing with a 111.3 passer rating.

While Skip Bayless agreed with Parsons’ comments about Purdy’s position on the NFL QB totem pole, he disagreed with Parsons congratulating the enemy.

“Micah Parsons has an enemy every year called the San Francisco 49ers,” Bayless said this week on “Undisputed.” “They’ve sent the Cowboys home two years in a row… I don’t have a problem, in a vacuum, with what Micah said about Brock Purdy because he’s just absolutely right.”

“…But you play for the Cowboys, whose quarterback is Dak Prescott, who is in a bind in Dallas right now. There’s an unwritten rule here: don’t rave about the quarterback of your archrival and nemesis. Just do not do it.”

FOX Sports betting analyst Jason McIntyre believes Purdy’s MVP odds currently offer value, which is why he’s shooting for 25-1.

Said McIntyre: “Just 17 months ago, Brock Purdy was the last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, an afterthought on a team that had traded two years earlier for Trey Lance. And now Purdy is an MVP candidate? ?He has started and finished eight games in his career: He is 8-0. He has thrown 18 touchdowns against only four interceptions (regular season and postseason). Purdy is not exceptional like Patrick Mahomes is. He won’t put up video game numbers like Tua Tagovailoa. He’s not a dynamic running back like Josh Allen. He doesn’t throw darts like Justin Herbert. But he wins, and in recent history, the MVP has needed two things: one, to play QB (the last 10 MVPs have been QBs), and two, being the first seed in the playoffs.

“If the 49ers capture the No. 1 seed in the NFC and the AFC beats each other, Purdy’s path to MVP is clear, just like Jalen Hurts last year, who had the award locked up until an injury late in the season. the season. “

The Niners are currently +210 favorites to win the NFC and -500 favorites to win the NFC West, according to DraftKings Sportsbook. The team’s Over/Under of 12.5 wins puts it at the top of the NFC and the league. If the season plays out as oddsmakers project, there’s a chance the Niners finish as the No. 1 seed in their conference.

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