On Christmas night, the Baltimore Ravens will face off against the San Francisco 49ers in what should be one of the contenders for game of the year.
Plenty of big storylines are on the table for both teams, including the MVP race, which has likely come down to Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson vs. San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy.
The Ravens need to do their best to slow down Purdy and the 49ers’ offense, which has been high-powered throughout the 2023 NFL season. When Baltimore’s head coach was asked about Purdy, he praised the former Iowa State signal-caller, saying he’s an “excellent quarterback.”
“Well, [with] Brock Purdy I see a very good quarterback. He’s playing at a very high level, leading a very high-level offense to great success. He’s playing winning football and operates his style. He sees things. He gets the ball out quick. He can make every throw. He throws a beautiful ball [and] moves around the pocket, scrambles when he needs to, throws on the run when he needs to [and] operates the system really well – all the things that I’m sure their coaches really want to see in a quarterback. I’m sure he’s doing really well. So, for us, it’s just a matter of defending the offense. He’s a part of the offense. They have a lot of good players ,[and] they have a really good scheme, so [we will be] applying our defense and our players, our abilities and physicality and all the other things that we do to try and stop their offense.”