Coach Kyle Shanahan isn’t the only person connected with the 49ers who believes quarterback Brock Purdy is the “real deal.”

Former 49ers quarterback and current ESPN NFL analyst Alex Smith echoed Shanahan’s Purdy praise during an appearance on 95.7 The Game’s “Willard and Dibs” on Thursday.

“To see what he’s done, it’s honestly the best story in the NFL, the best story in football, one of the best stories in sports and it’s the real deal,” Smith told Mark T. Willard and Dan Dibley. “Brock is the real deal.

“I think for everybody out there trying to say he’s a product of the situation, listen, is Kyle a great offensive coordinator? Of course. Are there great weapons there? Yes, but half the league you could say that about.

“Listen, you go into every, not just the main stats, you go into … some of these more underlying stats for, accuracy, throwing under pressure with the defender in proximity of him, passing outside the pocket, throwing the ball downfield, Brock was No. 1 in the NFL in about every category there was. This guy does it all and then you just turn on the tape … the eye test, he passes it as well.”