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Chris Simms: Brock Purdy “Not Even Close To As Good As Baker Mayfield”

January 10th, 2025

Bullish on Baker Mayfield.

One quarterback has taken his team to overtime in a Super Bowl and his worst season was losing in the NFC title game, all in his first two seasons in the NFL.

The other is still looking for his first conference title appearance. Yet former Bucs quarterback Chris Simms would take the guy with less postseason success in a heartbeat over the guy who has enjoyed nothing but playoff success (until this year).

That would be 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield. Of course, Purdy is the guy came this-close to the ultimate quarterback glory in his second season with the 49ers.

Mayfield on the other hand hasn’t (yet) gotten his teams to the conference finals. Yet Simms thinks the two quarterbacks are worlds apart. Simms would take Mayfield over Purdy in a heartbeat.

Simms joined his partner in crime, the creator, curator and overall guru of Pro Football Talk, the great Mike Florio, to discuss how much Purdy might be worth on the open market.

For reasons Joe is not quite clear, a lot of NFL people simply do not respect Purdy one bit. Count Simms in this group as he said he’d pay Mayfield much more than Purdy to play for him if he ran an NFL team.

Purdy will be entering a contract year with San Francisco in 2025.

“If I’m the 49ers, I’m offering $30 million. I’m offering $25 million,” Simms said passionately. “Baker Mayfield is making [$30 million]. You’re not even close to as good as Baker Mayfield. Sorry.”

It’s an interesting point. Purdy has had more success in the postseason than Mayfield, and let’s be honest, that’s where quarterbacks make their bones.

Eli Manning is in serious discussions with Ira and his Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors gang. And it’s not so much what he did on the field, but what he did in the postseason. Take away Manning’s rings, and you’re left with Jim Hart.

That’s why it cracks Joe up to hear some people squeal about Lamar Jackson so much they pitch a tent. Yet Jackson, for all his regular-season hardware and viral highlights has no more postseason wins than Mayfield.

Meanwhile, Mayfield’s personality rubs off on his teammates in a good way and he energizes the rest of the team with his gutsy play.

What does Purdy inspire the 49ers to do, go get a vanilla milkshake after the game? Joe likes Purdy but he’s about as inspirational as a house plant.

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8 Responses to “Chris Simms: Brock Purdy “Not Even Close To As Good As Baker Mayfield””

  1. adam from ny Says:
    January 10th, 2025 at 4:08 am

    aaron rodgers can wind up in sf…

    and tom brady is gonna be thinking “man oh man, i can still do this”

    i think purdy ran his course in sf

  2. garro Says:
    January 10th, 2025 at 4:34 am

    Slow news day indeed when Simms’ opinion on a QB, especially Purdy is somehow newsworthy…Geez!

    Wonder what TB thinks…

    Go Bucs

  3. heyjude Says:
    January 10th, 2025 at 5:05 am

    Good for Chris Simms. He is correct. Baker is definitely a rock star on the field and does a lot with their foundation, community. Purdy has been good, but should not make more money than Baker. They both are on the Pro Bowl alternative list too. Baker won MVP last year. Hopefully we are in the SB!

  4. Jack Burton Mercer Says:
    January 10th, 2025 at 5:16 am

    Can’t tell who is better because at their level that depends a LOT on their situation. But Purdy is pretty damn good.

  5. mg Says:
    January 10th, 2025 at 5:33 am

    If the niners would have taken TB-12, they would have won 3 super bowls.

  6. Lt. Dan Says:
    January 10th, 2025 at 6:48 am

    Jim Hart! Holy smokes Joe you are as old as me!

  7. BakerFan Says:
    January 10th, 2025 at 8:16 am

    Purdy = Wentz. Iowa State product that did not do much in college either. Definitely a system qb.

  8. Zoocomics Says:
    January 10th, 2025 at 8:26 am

    Given Shanahan was able to work with the immobile Matt Ryan, perhaps it would work for a guy like Brady as well… but honestly, I think where Shanahan’s offense has involved to, I think Purdy was built specifically to run his offense. Shanahan likes motion, read-option, rollouts. That really wasn’t is not Tom’s game. I think Tom was in his sweet spot under Arians and his vertical attack.

    That being said, you put Purdy on any other franchise, especially those that are desperate for a QB, and you pay him a gaudy amount of money and I think he falls flat. Purdy has had the benefit of growing up on a team that was ready to win, with an offensive line and run game that was really good, a great TE, and a defense that allows the offense plenty of room for error.

 

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