QB Brock Purdy Press Conference

QB Brock Purdy

Press Conference – January 14, 2026

San Francisco 49ers

What’s the biggest challenge of facing a team twice in three weeks?

“I think just finding obviously what had happened in the last game and what adjustments you can make. But also, we just played them two weeks ago, so looking back at the other game plan as well and having it sort of fresh in your mind, picking it up where you left off and obviously making some changes where you need to. But yeah, it feels like we just played them.”

They were obviously effective against you. Do you go into it thinking, okay, they’re going to do the same thing or you figure no, they’re going to mix it up since we just saw them? Or do you not worry about any of that and let head coach Kyle Shanahan and the coaches worry about how they might attack or whatever tweaks they might have?

“Yeah, I mean obviously we look at the last game that’s most recent two weeks ago and then you’ve still got to look at the whole season and how they played just in general and who they are as a defense and stuff. But, obviously Kyle and the coaches do a great job with understanding where we weren’t great, where we were good and what we can continue to be good at and build on those kinds of things. But, they do a good job with that. Kyle’s done it year-after-year where we’ve played teams pretty quickly, like a quick turnaround, and has made some pretty good adjustments and stuff. But, at the end of the day, you’ve got to go out and execute and play a physical game, execute on third down and stay on the field. You can draw up all the plays that you want, but at the end of the day, it’s, ‘can I be better than the guy across from me and do it longer?’”

You’ve done nothing but win up in Seattle. So, when friends ask you to describe the environment and what it’s like to win up there, what do you tell them?

“Yeah, it’s one of the hardest places to play when it comes to the environment and the fans, every down matters. You have to be on point with everything, your communication, the operation and things like that because it all matters, it all adds up. But, when you’re on top of it and you can execute on the road, it can feel really good when you do your job at a high level. So, tough place to play, but it’s worth it if you’re on top of your stuff.”

The defense is really talented, but it seems like they have an elite scheme and an elite play caller. What makes Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald such a challenge from a quarterback’s perspective?

“Yeah, he just does a good job of making the quarterback have to earn everything. I feel like there’s not a lot of easy gimme plays out there. You have to play quarterback for four quarters, be smart with the ball and go through your progressions truly. Then on top of that, the front, how they coach up the front with the push in the pocket, playing pretty deep to short on a lot of things and not allowing you to have a lot of explosive plays across the board, like you have to go earn every single yard. That’s obviously for the quarterback, but for the offense as a whole, it goes for everybody. So, he does a good job with it. He’s got a good scheme and then on top of that, really good players.”

Is it fair to say you can’t be greedy and you have to sort of take what he gives you?

“Definitely, yep.”

Is it easy for you to be patient like that?

“Yeah, I mean I think over the years I’ve sort of had to learn in certain situations when to be patient, take what they give you, stay on the field and compete on third downs and do that the whole way or there are a couple ops maybe of if we do have a play call with an opportunity on and they give us a look like, let’s go and let’s take it. So, it’s just that fine balance. But, I’ve been up against this guy a couple times and I feel like the theme of it has been definitely be patient and find ways to stay on the field.”

San Francisco will go into Seattle labeled as underdogs. Is that a tagline that you guys cherish and relish going in?

“Yeah, I think at the end of the day for us we just focus on ourselves. We watched the film against Philly and we’re all so eager to get better from that. And then obviously to, we’re in the playoffs now. We stayed alive and we’re alive right now. So for us, how can we just go and find a way, play together and play our standard of ball as the 49ers. So, that’s how we look at it. Obviously, yeah, you can call us underdogs and everything, but for us we just focus on ourselves and go about it that way.”

Three years ago today, I think you made your playoff debut against Seattle. How are you a better quarterback today than the guy that went into that game?

“I just think the system, how Kyle calls plays, what I need to do as a quarterback for four quarters. I just feel like I have a better grasp of that. My rookie year was, I got thrown out there and I knew the plays and everything, yes, but I was just sort of just playing and sometimes wishing. Like looking back and watching the film, man, I’ve got to be smart in some situational football moments. I feel like now three years later, I just feel better in that regard. But, it’s never easy. It’s the NFL. New guys come in, there’s a new scheme, there’s new coaching, you name it. You have to find ways to adapt and be at your best every Sunday and nothing’s ever given to you just because you had success the last week or year’s past. So, that’s something that I’ve also sort of had to wrap my mind around mentally.”

What had it been like for you seeing LB Fred Warner, from the season-ending injury to now maybe not at being a season-ending injury? What has it done for the locker room just to have that window open for him and there’s a possibility that he could play at some point here?

“Yeah, it’s pretty cool. Obviously, Fred, he’s different from anybody else in terms of he can be labeled as having a season-ending injury and then all of a sudden just go hard on the rehab and get right just in case there is an opportunity. So, here we are and it’s pretty cool because he’s done every little thing right. And just being around the locker room and being around in the weight room at practice it’s just cool because you could feel him and his presence. Guys are like, ‘man, like 54 is right there around the corner.’ Obviously if we do our job, handle our business, then we can get him back, which would be really cool. Guys feed off that. He’s the captain here, man. He’s the guy that we all follow and he set the standard of how we play here. So, to get him back would be really cool.”

What makes Seattle Seahawks S Nick Emmanwori such a tough guy to go against and play for him in these kinds of games?

“Yeah, obviously he’s a young, talented, flies around kind of player. You’ve got length, he’s a guy that is going to bring it for four quarters. He can cover, he can drop back in zone. He can do it all. So, for all of us, we’ve just got to do our job and be on top of our stuff. He’s a guy that you’ve just got to be aware of because if he catches you slipping, he is going to make you pay.”

Your first road start was in Seattle. It’s not like you were intimidated or anything by that environment, but when you look at that, being in that environment and you’ve gone through so much, is it more like you embrace that kind of hostility now more so than maybe you did as a rookie?

“Yeah, I think as I’ve played, you start to learn and sort of feed off of the backs against the wall kind of mentality of everybody there is wanting you to fail and all you’ve got is your sideline and your team and that’s it. And obviously some of the faithful that travel and stuff, which is great, but it’s almost this mentality of like everybody’s out against us and we’ve got to defend ourselves and fight. I don’t know. It’s been a thing that I sort of have learned that as I’ve played, I really do like it. I know a lot of guys in the locker room do. If you’re in the NFL as a competitor, you’re going to love that challenge. So, that’s the good thing about it. But at the end of the day, like I said, you’ve got to go execute every single play, every single down and then look up at the end and see what happens.”