Saban's smart. He was trying to devalue the asset before acquisition, therefore maximizing returns. Plus, they only had so many Dodge Chargers to give out.

TouchdownTony•27 months

He wasn't wrong

broadcaster•27 months

And he would have never been the player he is today if he would have went to a big school like Alabama etc

rtr23242526•27 months

without Purdy the 49ers went to the nfc championship last year and super bowl couple of yrs ago as well..he's just filler at this pernt

Damathe•27 months

Which tells you Shanahan has this whole Coaching thing by the short ones. That running game is timeless.
He's taken his dad's work and tinkered/adjusted to fit the times.

Saleh is gonna work out in NY

SomeLSUguy•27 months

Shanahan had the Texans rolling with Matt Schaub as the QB, his offense runs like a well oiled machine. I'm not sure he gets the credit he deserves, but he is young, his time is coming.

armytiger33•27 months

Young men need to be told this. They don’t need everyone telling them how great the are all the time. I think this was actually a positive for him if he is still talking about it. It must have given him a chip on his shoulder.

RTRcdub•27 months

Saban wasn’t wrong, but I’d take Purdy over Prescott.

BRL79•27 months

Looked more than average accuracy last night. He was on point. What can't be measured is will and that's what Purdy has. It's what made Brady who he is also.

Fightin Okra•27 months

Maybe he wasn’t wrong at the time. And, maybe, that inspired Purdy to get better

St Jean The Baptiste•27 months

It clicked for Brock later in life.

RAB•27 months

Let’s not put the young man in the hall of fame yet, and I guarantee you that Nick Saban didn’t say “your arm strength is whatever.”

biglego•27 months

I bet the full accurate quote was something more like “you don’t have all measurables that NFL scouts look for so come to Bama and be surrounded by NFL talent that will make you look good”.

LSU•27 months

Saban still offered Purdy a scholarship to play QB at Alabama

LSUtoBOOT•27 months

All that aside, he’s a purdy good quarterback.

kjntgr•27 months

Wow that’s so clever, u are the first person to use that joke

Luckydog•27 months

So all true

TigerDM•27 months

All you have to do is look at the last weekends game to see how inexact a science recruiting QB's out of high school is. Only Lawrence was a 5 star. Mahomes, Hurts and Burrow were 4 star power 5 recruits, but certainly not wanted by everyone (Hurts wasn't the highest rated QB on Bama's roster). Dak, Jones, Allen and Purdy were much lower recruits, recruited by lower level or non power 5 schools

Toptigerfan86•27 months

Nobody gets it right all the time

deltaland•27 months

Height is the only thing that can’t be fixed. Arm strength and accuracy can be developed by a good coach

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