49ers’ “90-in-90” series puts Brock Purdy’s touchdown pace front and center for 2026

The San Francisco 49ers’ offseason “90-in-90” project has reached quarterback Brock Purdy, using a simple prompt to frame the next season: how many touchdowns will Purdy throw in 2026. The format places one player on center stage each day across the team’s offseason roster, and Purdy’s stop is notable because expectations around him have been shaped as much by availability as by performance.

Last season, Purdy’s campaign featured a level of frustration that lingered with the fan base. Yahoo Sports’ preview notes that there was a stretch early in the year when multiple injuries affected him during the first half of the season, creating a cloud over the continuity of the offense. In that context, the same preview explains that brief chatter emerged about whether the 49ers might have been better served with another quarterback.

That alternate-identity question, even if short-lived, is part of why the 49ers are asking Purdy to carry this particular discussion. In a typical offseason, touchdown totals can be treated as a tidy performance metric. In Purdy’s case, the conversation also represents a reset, a chance to put the offense on stable footing and to translate the team’s personnel, play design, and game-to-game rhythm into a measurable scoring pace.

The “90-in-90” framing matters because it keeps the focus on the roster as the team builds its 2026 identity. Purdy is the quarterback anchor for that group. The more the offense looks like it has consistent health behind him, the more any touchdown projection stops being theoretical and starts reflecting real execution across the full calendar of the season.

At the same time, any attempt to land on a definitive touchdown number in advance will inevitably be conditional. Even with a clear role and long-term importance, a quarterback’s touchdown production is affected by factors outside his control, including how frequently the offense reaches the red zone, which playmakers finish drives, how game scripts develop, and whether injuries elsewhere reshape the play-calling approach.

What to watch next is less about a single prediction and more about trajectory. The 49ers’ offseason campaign will keep circulating through key roster pieces in the days ahead, and it will be tied to how the team plans to use Purdy in different phases of the offense. For Purdy, the 2026 storyline will still center on whether the unit can stay synced for long stretches, because that is what turns a touchdown question from a headline into a season-long answer.