Brock Purdy's preseason debut doesn't look great, but fans shouldn't worry

Brock Purdy wasn't exactly electrifying during his preseason debut against the Saints, but it's not exactly something fans should worry about.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy saw three offensive drives during his preseason debut against the visiting New Orleans Saints after riding the bench during the Niners' exhibition opener last week against the Tennessee Titans.

From the casual observer's perspective, it wasn't exactly a great outing.

Purdy completed just two of six passes for 11 yards, accumulating a passer rating of just 42.4 while getting hit twice and failing to hit what appeared to be his favorite target, veteran wide receiver Trent Taylor. And the quarterback nearly was picked off on an attempt to tight end Eric Saubert.

For those who are looking to doubt Purdy going into his third year, this latest outing will provide some ammunition.

However, there are plenty of reasons not to be concerned about Purdy's outing.

Fans have no reason to be worried about Brock Purdy's preseason debut

Despite telling reporters he was planning on playing Purdy and a good number of his starters, head coach Kyle Shanahan actually held back the vast majority of his top weapons, including tight end George Kittle, wide receiver Deebo Samuel and a still-injured running back, Christian McCaffrey.

Saints head coach Dennis Allen, meanwhile, fielded a good chunk of his starting defense, including edge rushers Cameron Jordan and Chase Young.

The fact Purdy was heavily targeting players like Taylor and Saubert tells many what fans need to know: It's a preseason game. Those two targets are backups, at best, and neither is expected to help the signal-caller deliver big numbers and big plays.

On top of that, Shanahan's innovative play designs aren't going to be on full display whatsoever, and it's about as vanilla an offensive approach as can be, making the on-camera results nowhere near as significant as some might believe them to be.

In short, it's not something to be concerned about. At all.

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