The further 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy advances in the playoffs, the more the following scenario unfolds: fans across the country wonder whether Purdy would be the first rookie quarterback to take his team to the Super Bowl
advances in the playoffs, the more the following scenario unfolds: fans across the country, ruminating on couches and barstools, wonder whether Purdy would be the first rookie quarterback to take his team to the Super Bowl.
Purdy, already one of just nine rookies ever to win a postseason game, would indeed be the first rookie quarterback to win a conference title in the Super Bowl era.Pat Haden, Rams, 1976 Like Purdy, Haden was pressed into service by injuries to the Rams' top two quarterbacks, and led his team to the NFC championship. Unlike Purdy, Haden actually had a year of pro football under his belt with the World Football League's Southern California Sun.Brock was even older than Haden—34, to be exact—after 10 years in the CFL with Winnipeg and Hamilton. Like Haden, he took Los Angeles to the NFC championship before being shut out 24–0 by the Bears.
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