QB Brock Purdy Press Conference

QB Brock Purdy

Press Conference – December 19, 2025

San Francisco 49ers

Did you watch the game last night?

“Yes.”

Do you ever tell your offensive players if I throw a ball to the side and it gets batted down and it goes in the endzone jump on it, it’s two points?

“Yeah, the thing with us is you go until the whistle blows. So, obviously that was crazy, the whole thing. I don’t know what else to say about that.”

You can learn from it right?

“Definitely, yeah.”

If it’s something you hadn’t thought about before, even the guy that picked it up, Seattle Seahawks RB Zach Charbonnet picked it up and he looked like he just wasn’t even thinking about it.

“Correct. Obviously they’re fortunate to have just picked it up and then got the two points. So, obviously you just want to go until the whistle blows and you just never know, especially with screens and stuff like that, you don’t know if the ball’s going forward or backwards. So, obviously they were pretty fortunate to get that.”

How much of a boost does it give you guys to know that if you take care of business and win the rest of your games, you get the number one seed and a Bye week?

“Yeah, I mean obviously it’s nice, but we really do have to take it one day at a time because if we don’t obviously take care of business this week, then none of that matters. So for us, it’s how can we continue to get better just even this week at practice, handle business on Monday and make that everything right now. So, that’s where we have to be.”

What did you think of that final play? It was Seattle Seahawks QB Sam Darnold and Seattle Seahawks TE Eric Saubert who teamed up, former Niners to help you guys out?
“Yeah, it was pretty cool. To be able to finish the game the way they did and come back and then obviously us knowing Sam and Sauby was pretty cool for them to finish that. So, it was cool seeing Sauby take his helmet off and celebrate and stuff. We all love him and Sam, so it was cool. But obviously, it’s good for them, but we still have to handle business this week.”

Darnold, when he was here, cited your prep as something that really helped him grow as a player and felt like you were really comprehensive in your approach. Where did that come from? Was that Penn State head coach Matt Campbell or was that high school? Where did you start kind of hitting every single variable on every play?

“I feel like just growing up, every stage that I got to, high school, I think my high school coach did a great job with teaching me just playbook stuff and being detailed. And then getting to college, coach Campbell and my quarterback coach, coach [Joel] Gordon helping me with my footwork and everything being timed up with my feet. And then coming here into [head coach Kyle] Shanahan’s offense and learning from obviously the guys ahead of me, [Los Angeles Chargers QB] Trey [Lance], [Los Angeles Rams QB] Jimmy [Garoppolo], [former QB] Nate Sudfeld and then being coached up by [former QB coach Brian] Griese and Kyle. So, just all of those things together I feel like sort of just have allowed me to understand the position of quarterback and what that entails and the mindset, the studying, the prep, the footwork, all of that put together. So, when Sam came in he helped me too just with his experiences and everything. It was a cool year that we had together and it was cool hearing him say he took some stuff away from my prep and the things that we did as a quarterback room that year.”

Three years ago, you went to Indy for the Combine, but what do you remember from how you did and just how it affected you?

“Yeah, I’m not a guy that’s going to really pop when it comes to the testing and all that kind of stuff, so to me that was that. But, I remember just being in there throwing and stuff and being like, ‘dang, this is pretty cool.’ Like, as a kid growing up watching the Combine and stuff, Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and I don’t know, I thought it was like just a surreal moment. But, more than anything I just wanted an opp with a NFL team and to go from there. So, to be able to go back there Monday Night and actually play a game there this time will be really, really cool for me. So, just little moments like that you’ve got to appreciate as you go in your career.”

I know you’re not studying Indianapolis Colts QB Philip Rivers, but as a fellow quarterback, how do you explain like what he’s pulling off at his age, given the layoff he’s had?

“It’s insane. To be able to basically cold-turkey it and come back, what, five years later and to complete passes and go through an offense and compete and have his team in position to win games. Dude, that’s insane. And especially, for how physical the game is at quarterback. People think, ‘oh, the quarterback doesn’t get hit’ like, you’re dropping back and you’re getting hit after throws and you’ve got to scramble, throw the ball away and take a hit and then get back up and jog back to the huddle, say the play. All those little things that you don’t really think of, to be able to do that at that age, with that amount of time off and come in and compete right away, it’s very impressive. So, he’s a Hall of Famer and to be able to go up and compete against him it’s going to be an honor. We all respect the heck out of him.”

Do you see yourself playing in the NFL when you’re 44?

“We’ll see. You’ve got to take it one year at a time.”

What stands out about the Colts defense when you watch them?

“They do a lot. And I think they do a great job of just playing fast and hard. The physicality when you watch their film pops out. They fly around to the ball and I think just overall they’ve got playmakers. Their defensive line, they all play together, they’re really physical. And then the guys outside of that, they’re flying around and they make plays on the ball. So, this is a defense that you can’t slip up on, you can’t take a breath for one play. They’ll expose you right when you think you’ve got it. So, it’s going to be a four-quarter game of being discipline and attacking when we need to attack. But, we respect the heck out of them and what their D-Coordinator has done wherever he’s been. He’s a very respectable play caller. We’ve just got to be on top of it.”

Against Tennessee, you guys played some tempo and went a little hurry up. Was that your call? Was that part of the game plan? Do you like playing hurry up, a little tempo?
“No, that was Kyle’s call and just switching it up kind of thing for last game against Tennessee. He thought coming out and just moving the ball like that and getting some tempo would be good for us and obviously I think it was. And so, I’ve had history of high school, college, of going fast and picking up the tempo when you need it, not even in two minute, but just in random instances. I think it’s just a good switch up to be able to be an offense that can do both huddle and go fast. I liked it. I know Kyle did too, but it just depends on the game and the scheme and the team that we’re playing.”

In terms of delivery, mobility, playing style, River’s is just pretty unconventional. He doesn’t really look like a lot of other quarterbacks, but he has still done what he’s done. Is that just sort of an example of, you know how to run an offense and know where to go with the ball, don’t make a big deal about the rest of the stuff?

“Yeah, I think the game is 90-percent mental. Like with the scheme, knowing where you’ve got to go with the ball, throwing on time, knowing when guys are coming out of their breaks, when to throw a ball, when not to, just all the things. It’s making decisions at a high level. I think that’s a big part of it and Philip Rivers has done that better than just about anybody in the history of football at playing quarterback. So, he has done a great job with that. The way he throws the ball obviously isn’t, I guess, like what other guys have done in the past, but he’s a guy that gets it there on time. He understands how to play in rhythm and find ways to win and he’s a competitor. Obviously you guys all know that it takes so much to be a really good quarterback in the NFL and to be that consistently, and the fact that he’s been able to do that over his career while throwing the way he does, it goes to show you that it doesn’t matter how it looks, it matters at the end of the day you win, you compete, you throw the ball on time and you do that over and over and over again. And Philip’s done that.”