The San Francisco 49ers' offensive coordinator, Klay Kubiak, suggests there is still room for improvement regarding their QB1.

Purdy missed a major portion of the 2025 season due to injuries sustained to his shoulder and toe. However, Kubiak discusses how he wants Purdy to improve in certain areas before the 2026 season.

"I wouldn't say it's one thing,” Kubiak said, as per X post of 49ers on NBCS.

Kubiak added that Purdy is an athletic guy and is quick with his feet. However, he is missing out on the chances to display his potential. 

“But are you missing an opportunity to make a better play down the field, maybe because you decided to run, or you moved a certain way, and you missed a guy down the field?” Kubiak said during the 49ers' rookie minicamp.

Purdy’s turf toe injury sidelined him for eight games from Week 1 of the 2025 season. He came back in Week 11, recording 197 of 284 passes for 2,167 yards for the remainder of the season. 

“There were some weird setbacks in his season that I think had to do with his injury,” Kubiak added. “He came out, had an awesome camp, had an awesome first week, then he had the injury. Then he comes back from the injury, and you could tell it took him a while to kind of get back to feeling 100 percent.” 

He completed 919 out of 1353 passes for 11,685 yards in 49 appearances across four seasons with the 49ers.

Kubiack wants Purdy to be more ‘effective from within the pocket’ this offseason. He wanted him to find ways where he can ‘move in the pocket to find throwing lanes’.

Kubiak also wants Purdy to be more consistent in the pocket area and work on the pocket movement.

HC Kyle Shanahan is reportedly working closely with Brock Purdy this offseason. Purdy watches his clips and improves on them, making him easy to coach, as Shanahan mentioned during the NFL Annual League Meeting earlier this year.

With both coaches heavily involved in Brock Purdy’s development, one NFL analyst projects him to have his best season yet.

NFL Insider Shares Surprising Brock Purdy Outlook 

ESPN expert Mike Clay projected Purdy to be the passing yards leader in 2026 with 4,284 yards. This number will put him well ahead of veteran QBs Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, and reigning MVP Matthew Stafford.

He had his best campaign in 2023, completing 308 of 444 passes for 4,280 yards. However, this number doesn't come off as unreachable for the 2023 Pro Bowler. 

According to a report from Sports Illustrated, Purdy can be the top player in passing yards only if he plays all 17 games.

On recovering from his injury, Prudy will enter the 2026 season along with new WR Mike Evans.

The San Francisco 49ers will still need strong yards-after-catch production for Brock Purdy to reach those passing numbers, as projected by Clay.

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Written by

Archana Ramakrishnan

Edited by

Rishab Nandi