QB Brock Purdy Press Conference

QB Brock Purdy

Press Conference – August 1, 2025

San Francisco 49ers

How has life been at home?

“I don’t know. I still really can’t describe it, just how awesome it is coming home and seeing little baby girl and holding her and her sleeping on me. There’s nothing better. No gift can compare. And seeing Jenna [Purdy] and how she’s been awesome as a mom, just all of it all together. It’s so good.”

Congratulations.

“Thank you.”

You’re awfully young to have such an epic offseason. How are you ever going to top this one?

“I don’t know. We’re extremely thankful, just having a baby, our family growing, to be able to knock out the contract and everything. It’s been just a huge blessing all around. Nothing compares to having a baby and being married. That’s first and foremost. So, we’re just extremely excited and our hearts are so big right now.”

How cool is it that you and your teammates are having kids at the same time and that those kids are going to get to grow up with one another?

“It’s awesome. Hopefully we’ll be together for a while and have the kids be out on the field pre-game. We always talk about it and joke around, but I think it could be something that could be really cool. [RB] Christian [McCaffrey] and I have talked about it in the past, a couple years ago even, how it’d be sweet to have kids remember us playing in the NFL and go to work with dad and this is our work. So, it’s pretty cool. Hopefully we can all have our kids grow up together.”

Who gave you the best advice about being a dad?

“There have been so many guys in the locker room. I think [P] Thomas Morstead has been pretty cool to ask questions to. I think he’s got like five kids and just his experience with playing in the NFL, but also making his family a priority and how he’s raised his kids has been pretty cool to hear about. A bunch of other guys have had kids recently in the past couple years, [LB] Fred [Warner] and [OL] Jake Brendel, so it’s been cool to just sort of pick everybody’s brain. It’s been awesome.”

Are you emotionally wiped out with everything that’s been going on these last couple months or is it good to be out in the field again?

“No, it feels good. Obviously, there’s so much stuff that has happened in my life off the field for sure, but to come in the building and keep it simple and play football, I feel like it’s really good for me. I come here and I get my mind back on what matters and stepping out on the field and competing and playing the game that I love. Obviously there’s a new goal with a new team this year, so there’s a chip on all of our shoulders right now so when I come here to work I hone in on what my job is and it feels good. Obviously when I go home it’s great seeing my family too.”

Last Friday, did you know that was going to be the due date and how the day unfolded for you personally?

“Yeah, that was her due date, which was crazy. I had no idea. Every single morning I’d wake up as if I was going about my day in football, and I was just waiting for Jenna to shoot a text over to our PR people and they would come and grab me. But, I woke up that morning and my wife had her doula over at the house and they were like, no, this baby’s coming today. I was like, all right. So, I called, [head coach Kyle] Shanahan and [quarterbacks coach Mick] Lombardi and said, guys, I won’t be able to make it. I think it’s getting real. They said enjoy it and be there for her. Then sure enough, our baby came that day, so that’s how it went down.”

Without getting too personal, was it a long labor?

“I’m trying to think. It started early in the morning, then we had the baby at 2:58 PM, so that whole day.”

Her name is Millie?

“Yeah.”

Is there a story behind how you named Millie?

“Her grandma’s name is Ludmilla, but we didn’t want to name her that. So, we gave her a little nod and went with Millie.”

It’s a joke that receivers always say they’re open. WR Ricky Pearsall was talking yesterday about the slow start for him leading to this season. He said, I just wasn’t really getting targeted, of course the implication that he was probably open. Is there something to that, that you had to work and develop chemistry and trust with him? I’m not saying he was always open, but it started to click a little at least, during the Lions game?

“In our offense it’s usually steps, timing, you’re breaking at a certain angle, and last year Ricky was raw with his talent. He had it, but he also had to learn our system, our timing, and where I’m throwing the ball. He’s got a lot of shimmy, which is great. We need that, specifically against man coverage to create separation and we love that. But, I think that there were sometimes where he had to learn that he you couldn’t take a couple more steps and then break out, I need you there now, I need to get the ball out now. We had a couple of those moments and there were times where he took it a little deeper and then broke open. He was like, ‘dude I was open.’ I said in the timing of the play, I needed it quicker. So, we had moments like that, and that’s part of getting to the NFL, learning the system, a quarterback and a receiver talking and getting to know each other. I feel like it has gotten better for sure over the last year or so. I think towards the end of the last season, you saw Ricky come out his shell, he was playing within our system and timing, so he is going to continue to learn who he is as a receiver and what his strengths are and I’m going to continue to learn with him and that excites me. So, I think we’ve gotten some pretty good work so far and we’re just going to continue to chip away at it.

You remember your first year in the system. You’ve seen other quarterbacks in their first year in the system. QB Mac Jones doesn’t, at least to us, look like he’s in his first year in the system. How do you feel he’s doing picking up the offense?

“Dude, he’s doing great. Obviously like you could just tell the experience that he has playing in the NFL and understanding football in general. He studies really hard. He goes out there and I think his footwork, his eyes, everything is very detailed and just like how Shanahan and Lombardi and [offensive coordinator Klay] Kubiak coach it. And so, he’s going out there, he is executing consistently and he’s doing a great job. So really excited for him.”

DL Nick Bosa had tagged off like three out of four snaps. Does it help you, because you don’t face those guys during the regular season in practice, how does it help you right now in terms of making sure you’re up to speed and all those types of things to have a guy like that on the other side?

“Yeah, it’s huge. Obviously he’ll just tap me on the shoulder or whatever tell me that he was there. But it’s good getting that kind of pass rush. It’s real. If you’re at practice dropping back and you’re not getting touched or anything and you’re going through your progressions all perfectly, to me it can be scary because once you get into the game, it’s 11-on-11, it’s going fast, you’ve got blitzes, you’ve got different stunts by the D-Line and they’re up in your face. So, to have him every single rep and feeling his presence 24/7, honestly, it’s great work for all of us, myself included. Throwing with a push in the pocket and having to have different arm angles around him, it’s all real. So, for him to give us a look like that realistically, like every single play that he is in, it’s really good. So, I appreciate him for that, but obviously he’s getting really good work and I want him to be a monster come season for our team. So, he’s doing just that.”

Do you tell him to chill out at all?

“Heck no. No, I don’t tell him anything. I tell him I appreciate you working and pushing this, so we need it.”

RB Isaac Guerendo hurt his hamstring like right at the beginning of his rookie year and missed a lot of camp, made his presence felt by the end of the year on the field, but he was always a little behind. What are you seeing from him now as he’s stacking practices and what he knows in the passing game and all that kind of thing?

“Yeah, I think he’s doing a great job. Running really hard, hitting the gaps hard. I feel like he understands how we coach reading the run game and stuff and how coach [running backs coach Robert] Bobby Turner’s [Jr.] how he coaches and what he expects and learning from [RB] Christian [McCaffrey]. He’s definitely taken another step. And it’s evident to all of us if you watch the film. So that’s really good. And then in the pass game obviously he’s got good hands, he can get out of the field, he can go up the field and make some big plays over linebackers and safeties. So, all of that put together, he is definitely growing and he’s going to continue to get better. So, for all of us to have him, Christian, a good running back room, it’s really important.”

WR Demarcus Robinson and WR Russell Gage Jr. are making plays for you it looks like. How nice is it to have a couple veteran receivers that you just know are going to go get it for you?

“It’s huge. Obviously with like [WR] Jauan [Jennings], [WR Brandon Aiyuk] B.A. out for now, to have guys that can go in and still show the young guys like, ‘hey, this is how it’s done.’ They’re detailed in what they do, they know their assignment, but you throw it out there in man-coverage, zone or whatever, they’re going to go get it. And tight windows, even if it’s like a bang-bang kind of play, having strong hands and tucking the ball right after, those are all real things. They show that every single practice. So, I’m excited to have them and for them to be an example for the rest of the guys.”

Just on WR Jordan Watkins. With what you were describing with Pearsall, just the precision needed that you’re looking for that the offense requires, where is he in that sort of process?

“Yeah, I think he’s got really good football IQ. He understands the game. You could tell he’s played a lot of football in his career with college and everything and he’s smart with that. I think obviously coming into our system, you’ve got to learn, same thing like Ricky last year as a rookie. It’s ‘what’s the timing? How is Kyle calling this? Where do I have to be within the play? What is my split when I’m run blocking and who am I blocking?’ There’s all these little details there are so important. You watch Jauan Jennings, Brandon Aiyuk, our receivers block really well in our run game, and that’s a huge part of it. And so, I think for him it’s like learning all these things, not just the pass game, but our offense. Running the ball, blocking, who am I blocking, getting there fast. Those are all things. That’s what it takes to play receiver for the 49ers. And so, he’s learning all of those things. He’s shown obviously glimpses and flashes of he can be that kind of guy which is really exciting. So, it’s about putting that all together consistently every single day at camp.”