QB Brock Purdy Press Conference

QB Brock Purdy

Press Conference – December 31, 2025

San Francisco 49ers

Offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak was saying how they have three levels of elite players on defense. Is that what you see when you watch the Seahawks?

“Yeah. Across the board, just really good defense starting with their front, backers, and then obviously their secondary. They fly around, really good ball skills and then just the way that they all play together. It’s a really well-coached defense. All year they’ve just had great tape. I feel like they just do a good job of making the quarterbacks really have to be on top of their job just every play and waiting for that quarterback to slip up and give them an op. So, they’ve capitalized all year. And so, really good.”

Kubiak also said that you’d never admit it, but it took you some time to just be yourself out there. If you can like replay in your mind when that switch hit, what was it where it was like Brock is enough and Brock can play like Brock?

“What did he mean by that?”

He was asked about your growing confidence and how you’ve always been good and confident but settling into being you and not trying to play like anything outside of how you play and being able to accept it. He said it in a good way.

“I’m trying to think how to answer your question. I don’t know. I feel like I’ve been a pretty serious kind of guy, doing my job and everything. But, I’m in year four, so I feel like guys really do feed off of an authentic leader and authentic quarterback and guy in the locker room and someone that’s real. So, obviously trying to do my job really well at a high level and then from that you can have some fun with it and be yourself. And you know, at some point this season, obviously I was dealing with like my toe injury and whatnot, but once I started feeling really good from that, I was like, ‘alright, man, I’m in year four. I want to play my best ball and I want to\have fun with the guys that I’m doing it with.’ So, not really sure that I know a certain point, but just ever since coming back from my toe, it’s sort of just been like, ‘alright dude. Go do your job, do it well, and once you score, celebrate with the guys, have fun with it and sort of create some momentum for the guys to feed off of.’”

Is Week 1 tape worth much considering how long ago it was?

“Yeah, definitely. I think just seeing our personnel versus their personnel, situational football, just things that you can definitely go back and see. Yes, it was the first game of the season, so there are changes and things that go on during the season on both sides of the ball, but at the end of the day, those are the guys that we’re playing against. They’re going to be playing against us. It is valuable to go back and watch that game.”

I know it came in two different clumps, four weeks that you were on, four weeks that you were off. Did that give you any time to look and maybe take a step back? Do you feel different or did that alter the way you approached the way you’re playing now?

“Can you say that again?”

When you were out missing games, the most you missed since becoming a starter.

“Just even the road games, to be on the road and I’m not playing, on the flights and stuff, sort of just going back and watching ball, having time to actually go back and watch myself and the games and everything. So, I did some reflecting in terms of where I could be better but also reminding myself of who I am as a quarterback. My style of play, when I get back, how do I want to look, how do I want to feel? So, there was some really good reflecting that I did during that time. But at the same time, it was like, still help out [QB] Mac [Jones], try to find ways to win and help out the team however I could. So, I was handling those two things, but I think when I did come back and I was ready to roll, I definitely had a picture in my mind of, ‘alright dude, I want to play this style of ball.’ I feel like it did help out in some regard.”

You may not have studied Seattle Seahawks QB Sam Darnold, but since he’s left here, he’s won 26 games for two different teams. What do you think of what he’s been able to accomplish since leaving here?

“Just playing quarterback at a really high level in the NFL. For him to go and obviously do it with Minnesota and then Seattle, two different teams, it just goes to show you how great of a player he is, great of a guy in the locker room. You can’t be a quarterback and fake it. Like guys can sniff that out. And he’s a guy that’s gone to two different places and built up cultures to where they’re winning cultures. So, it’s a testament to him for who he is. He’s an awesome guy and obviously the talent, the mindset to play quarterback, he’s got it. So, definitely not surprised that he has done that.”

It might sound kind of silly, but can you trace your origins of the Dougie back? I know before that Cleveland game you told your teammates during practice like, “hey, if I score, I’m going to hit this.” But, why that dance? Why at that time? Was that part of you wanting to have more fun with play and why that dance in particular as well?

“Just going into that game, it was a cold game, and we knew it was going to be cold and the weather and everything. So, I don’t know. I sort of wanted to just get the vibes going. And for me, I told the team, like, ‘if we score, I want to like dance at some point. I’d never done that really.’ And so, the first thing, first dance that came to mind was the Dougie. I don’t know why, but I was like, ‘I feel like it would get the guys going if I hit it.’ (Laughter). So, I told the guys at walk-through that if we scored, we’re going to do it, and we did and it has sort of been the thing.”

Did you imagine it would become what it has now become over the last three weeks?

“Not really. It was just like a one-time thing, have fun with it. But, once we kept scoring and stuff, I was like, ‘alright, let’s just keep having fun.’ And that’s the only thing that really came to mind was to keep doing that. So, guys have sort of ran with it and we’ve had fun with it.”

While we’ve talked about having fun, your job requires a lot of tedium, a lot of intricate details and things like that. Do you feel like the team feeds off when a quarterback in particular is kind of having fun and it’s organic?

“Definitely. I think just with what comes with playing the position of quarterback in the NFL there’s a lot of pressure, there’s a lot of just handling the huddle, the team, all the things. So, to have a guy be able to handle that kind of stuff, but do his job really well, and then from there still be a bro and a guy in the locker room that guys can have fun with. It’s a meaningful thing to a lot of guys. That’s not even just with quarterback. I think that’s with all positions. But, it’s not just hey, let’s go out and just have fun. It’s like, no, we’ve got a job to do, and we’ve got to do it at a high level. And then once we score, then we can celebrate and do those things. But, I feel like everybody understands that in this locker room, that’s a good thing about it. But, that’s sort of just how I view it.”

What did you learn about WR Ricky Pearsall in the offseason and all the time he spent in Florida and Arizona?

“Ricky’s a baller and he’s a footballer. He’s a guy that loves football. I’ve talked about this before, but the cool thing about Ricky is whenever we’re practicing, whether it’s routes on air, offseason stuff, even when we get back in team settings here, he’s always asking questions with how he can run his route or what he’s expecting from what the quarterback’s expecting from the receiver. He’s a guy that I can go and grow with. It’s not just a transactional relationship. It’s a thing that he really wants to dive deeper into this thing with his quarterback and get better together. So, I think that’s what I saw from him in the offseason. And he’s got the love for the game. He is not a guy that’s just doing it for what the game brings. He loves being out there, running routes, breaking off guys one-on-one and making a big play in front of everybody. Like, he loves it. He’s an authentic dude. So, I love playing football with him, but I feel like that’s sort of what I took away from working out with him.”

What’s your relationship with WR Jauan Jennings? What’s the connection there that he wasn’t around through camp and you’re having to defend kind of his contract stuff, but he’s come on a lot the last month-and-a-half with you?

“J.J. and I go back to when I first got in as a rookie, so it’s been four years of playing football together. I have the utmost respect for him. Just when you turn on the film, he’s a guy that goes hard 24/7, run blocking, he catches a ball and then we will try to drag three guys with him to get the first down. He’s done that time and time again. He’s a guy that you want on your team to go and battle for and with. And so, I don’t know. I have nothing but love for J.J. and I know it’s vice versa. Together we want to play with each other as long as we can. He’s always going to be where he needs to be. I’m going to try to get him the ball as much as I can. And obviously the whole contract thing, that was what it was, but I was so excited just to get him back and get going. I feel like we’ve found our stride and we’ve just got to keep it up.”

We’ve talked about the Dougie and all this, but it seems like you’ve had this somewhere inside you for a while because head coach Kyle Shanahan and offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak both noted you did the discount double check after throwing a touchdown to Cincinnati Bengals TE Tanner Hudson in the 2022 preseason opener. Can you bring us back to that moment and what inspired it? No one really knew you. Why would you think you could pull that off?

“I don’t know. It’s just like one of those things in the moment we’re playing the Packers, my rookie year, throw a touchdown and all the guys were celebrating. First thing I think is we’re playing the Packers and [Pittsburgh Steelers QB] Aaron Rodgers is on the other sideline, so I discount double checked. It was dumb. I’m a rookie. It was in the moment like, ‘really, bro?’ I was just trying to make the team and I pulled that out. But, I don’t know, it’s just a competitive thing in me. So, I’ll just leave it at that.”

Your team has had to overcome, yourself included. What does this opportunity on Saturday mean to you to be playing for the number one seed in the NFC?

“Yeah, obviously we’ve just taken it one day at a time all season long. We never really thought that ‘hey man, we’ve got to go attack the number one seed.’ It was always we’ve got to go take on whoever we’re playing on Sunday and win that game. And so, this is just where we’re at at the end of the year. We’re very grateful for that to be in this opportunity and situation. But, we can talk all we want. We have to go do it at the end of the day. So, we’ve just got to go do our job, take it one play at a time for four quarters and see where we’re at at the end. But, we’re excited and we’re going to do everything we can.”