QB Brock Purdy Press Conference

QB Brock Purdy

Press Conference – November 13, 2025

San Francisco 49ers

How have the last couple of days gone for you? You’re kind of ramping up a bit.

“Yeah, I feel really good. I feel healthy and excited to be back and ready to go and lead the guys. So, I’m really excited about this week. It’s been a good week so far and we’ve got a couple more days, obviously, got to finish out strong this week, but I feel really good.”

Is your expectation that you’ll start on Sunday?

“Yes. Yep.”

How frustrating has this all been over the last several weeks?

“Yeah, it’s been frustrating, obviously. Going into year four, I wanted to come in and play my best ball so far in my career and was really excited about it. We come in, play Seattle and win on the road and just feeling really good about the year and then all of a sudden, like, I’m just dealing with the toe thing and it has been frustrating. Just the time missed and seeing our team and the opportunity to go and win games, put a season together and feel good about it. So, it’s just been frustrating for sure. But, at the same time, this is just the cards that I’ve been dealt with and I’m not trying to be, ‘woe was me,’ kind of thing. We still have seven games here to go and put something together and our goals are right in front of us. So, that’s how I’m looking at it. I’m excited about it.”

Was Jacksonville, playing against Jacksonville, was that a mistake?

“No. Going into that week, I felt good. I really did. And I thought I was going to be good to go. I just unfortunately got caught in a bad position with my toe again and just reaggravated it. And so, that’s sort of just what happened. And looking back on it, I’m a competitor, I want to go out and lead and I felt good throughout the week to be able to go out and lead our guys to win and play good quarterback. It’s just unfortunate that I got caught in that position.”

Would you say that the second injury took longer to recover than the first injury?

“I mean, honestly, I don’t really know. Obviously, I reaggravated it and so for me, all the decisions that we made were how do I feel week-by-week and we went from there. Going into the Jacksonville game, I felt good after two weeks of rest and then boom, I got caught in an awkward position. And then this time, after, it’s just been take it one week at a time, one day at a time. How do you feel? Can you go this week? No. Can you go next week? We’ll see when we get there. And that’s just how it’s been. And so, here we are after six games I feel really good now. So, that’s just the decisions that we’ve made and the plan that we’ve had.”

Will you play with a steel plate in the toe of your cleat?

“No. I will not.”

Is it more about when you’re running or your follow through, like where have you felt it over the last few weeks on where it might be tender?

“Just more so movement. Running and scrambling and all those kind of things. You know, dropping back and throwing, it’s been pretty good for a while. But, to play quarterback in the NFL, things happen and to be myself and play like myself, I have to move a little bit, and I just wasn’t able to get there for a while. But, now I feel really good and I feel ready to go.”

In one of the games early, it seemed like every break in the action you were warming up, throwing a lot of throws. Is that your normal routine or is that where you’re trying to stay looser or was there something going on there?

“What game are you talking about?”

I guess maybe the first, maybe the second, the Jacksonville game. In the second half. It seemed like every time there was a break in the action, you were playing catch and trying to stay warm. Was that related in any way to the toe?

“No. I’ve done that my whole career. Like anytime there’s a TV timeout or even we’re on the field and there’s an injury or something I usually go to the sideline and throw. So, I’ve done that my whole career.”

Was there any point during this where surgery was brought to you as an option or something that you had to consider?

“No, no. I had a turf toe variation, if that’s what you want to call it, but from multiple sources and doctors and everything, we looked at it and they said there’s no need for surgery.”

We know you guys are competitive, you’re also teammates. When the guy who’s replacing you is out there doing as well as he did and you can hear all the chatter that’s going on, is there a side of you that says, “Man, I need to get back here earlier” or what’s going on in your head when all that’s happening?

“Absolutely love [QB] Mac [Jones] and what he has done. He came in and played extremely well and kept our team alive and moving and going. And so, I appreciate him for that and just everything he’s brought to our team. But, for me it’s been, ‘How do I feel physically?’ It has nothing to do with I need to get back out there for the political side of things. It’s been all about how do I feel really good to go out and lead when I do get back? And so obviously it took six games, sadly, on the second side of things after reaggravating it. But, I want to be smart about this with my career and everything, but at the same time I’m ready to roll and we’ve got seven games ahead of us that I’m really excited about.”

How has this week felt getting back into the timing with guys like RB Christian McCaffrey and TE George Kittle? You haven’t played with George since Week 1.

“Yeah, it’s been good. Obviously, I’ve been in every meeting, all the practices, just watching and making sure I’m in the lingo and just the playbook as a whole and game planning and not getting out of it in that regard. It’s tough if you do that as a quarterback. So, I’ve just been watching their movements and stuff the last, really six weeks, eight weeks, the whole season. And so, going back and practicing with them this week especially it’s been really good. I feel like we’ve all picked up where we left off. [Head coach] Kyle [Shanahan] does a good job with coaching the quarterbacks, throwing on time and having a rhythm within the offense. So, for me to just come back in and do my thing and them do their thing, it’s been pretty easy.”

Kyle mentioned your toe probably won’t fully heal this season. How do you navigate that risk for the remainder of the regular season, even potentially playoffs, now that you’re returning?

“I’m in a really good spot, best that I’ve felt this year since hurting it. And when you play this sport, that’s just the case. Guys are going to play a little banged up or dealing with certain things. A lot of times you’ll even hear what guys are dealing with, but they’re just going about their business and playing and doing what it takes. Obviously, this took me out of the game, so everyone knew about it, but guys are always dealing with things. But, that’s just the nature of the sport. I take a chance stepping out there every time to hurt my other toe, that’s how I’m looking at it. So, I’m going to do whatever it takes to help lead this team, like I said, seven more games this year and make a playoff run and try to go achieve our goal. So, it’s right in front of us.”