QB Brock Purdy Press Conference

QB Brock Purdy

Press Conference – October 1, 2026

San Francisco 49ers

Congratulations on being named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month. How do you feel about it?

“I’m grateful. But, at the same time it’s so early in the year that I’m trying to go win this next game and be my best today, right here, right now. But, whoever voted and put it together, I’m for sure grateful.”

Did playing against Denver Broncos S Talanoa Hufanga in practice while he was here help you kind of understand what he can do on the field?

“Yes, all the training camp reps and all the stuff of us going up against each other, have a good idea of Huff and how he plays and stuff. Obviously, he’s in a little bit different of a scheme, but he’s out there making plays for sure. So, I love the guy. He’s awesome. He was a great teammate to me and everything and who he is. So, I’ve got a lot of respect for him. But, on Sunday, hopefully we’ll be able to be smart knowing where he’s at and stuff and just what he does, how he makes plays and how he helps his team. And he did that for us here. So yeah, I’ve just got to have my antenna up, I think, the whole game of knowing where he’s at.”

He had that big sack coming off the edge against the Rams. In that scenario where someone’s coming in late like that, lining up late, is that your responsibility to kind of point that out to everybody and change the protection?

“I think it depends on what the protection is to start. Are we in a five-man protection, six-man protection with the back? Teams have different rules with that and stuff. So that obviously depends on the play and everything. So in that case, yeah, I don’t know exactly what the Rams were trying to attack and go from there or what their protection rules were in that play. But yeah, there are some times where if he’s coming like that in a certain protection, then either we can flip the protection and try to slide to him or just throw hot and have a guy run a route behind him or something like that. Obviously it depends, but I don’t know what the Rams were trying to do there. Huff obviously made a great play coming around there and timed it up pretty good on the snap.”

You guys are doing a lot of good things offensively. One of the things I’ve noticed is that you’re not getting stuck in the pocket ever. Is that something that you and quarterbacks coach Mick Lombardi work on or are you just fortunate in the early going?

“Yeah, every week is a little different with how we view the pocket with getting the ball out. If a certain look’s not there, let’s progress and get the ball out of your hands and stuff. Mick does a good job with giving me a heads up on what he’s seen throughout his film study and stuff throughout the week on what kind of game he thinks it is within the pocket. Obviously with scheme and the pass game and all that kind of stuff. But, he does a really good job with sort of giving me a heads up on what my depth in the pocket needs to be and how he expects the game to go and to be smart in certain situations and if I can get a little deeper in the pocket in this game or not. He’s done a good job with that. And then at the same time, it’s just a big credit to the guys up front, what they’ve been doing. I’ve said this time and time again, the fact that they’ve played with each other over the last couple years and have looked at a lot of different kind of schemes and looks, experiences that they’ve been through together, they’re doing a really good job for me too. Collective effort there.”

President of football operations/general manager John Lynch used an interesting word to describe your throwing earlier today on the radio. He used the word torque, that he sees more torque in your throws. Why is that? Is that something that you feared you would lose when you had to have your elbow repaired a few years ago?

“I don’t think so. I think for me, it’s like you play in the NFL and with who I am as a quarterback and as a thrower, I have to sort of have this mindset of like being a violent thrower. And obviously I think I’m pretty well with the touch ball and all that kind of stuff and anticipation. But, when it comes to getting the ball out of my hands and windows closing quick in the NFL, like for me, this year I wanted to make an emphasis on just putting more zip on the ball and just having a violent mindset. I don’t think it has anything to do with, ‘Is your arm strong enough or is it not?’ I think it’s what’s your mindset when you drop back and when you’re going through progressions. When something’s there, have your feet in the ground and have the mindset to put it on them and just have that way of thinking rather than always trying to throw the touch ball. So, I don’t know. Something that I saw on film last year for me and I just wanted to go into this offseason with that, work on that. And I feel like I’ve sort of seen it throughout camp and then the first couple games.”

Do you get data back in terms of miles per hour on the velocity of some of these throws? Are you ever curious to check?

“No.”

How has it been with WR Brandin Cooks on the field with you guys? I know it’s been only a couple of days, but he ran a 4.33 in the Combine. Does he still have that speed?

“Yeah, definitely. He’s quick. He looks great. He looks fresh. It was cool for him to be here last week too and sort of go through some practices with him and stuff and just seeing how he moves. And then now this week, him getting more involved with the game plan and just being there sort of in the mix of things and getting him the ball and seeing what he does in space. So, I think he’s in year 13 or something like that, but definitely still got that playmaking ability, which is cool.”

You said you don’t have the data, but does it feel like you have a couple more MPHs on throws when you’re ripping it? Can you tell?

“Yeah. Like I said, if I had a radar gun or something and I tracked the hardest throw I had every single year throughout the NFL and I really tried to throw, I really think that it would all be the same. Going back to that mindset, I think it’s just like the mindset of when I drop back and tell myself to be aggressive here and to rip the ball and not just try to anticipate and layer this throw. No, this throw can be ripped in this hole right now and go from there. So yeah, hopefully that answers your question. I don’t know.”

Does the experience level and trusting what you’re seeing, tie into being able to throw violently?

“One-hundred percent. I think just understanding our concepts, the defense I’m going up against, obviously having good rapport with [TE] George [Kittle] and [RB] Christian [McCaffrey] and getting in and out of cuts and putting the ball on them. And all the experiences that I’ve sort of been through so far in my career, just taking it to another level of I’ve seen this before, let’s commit to the throw and, like I said, put it on them and rip it.”

You’ve been under the center, 57-percent in the first three games. Do you prefer being under center as opposed to being in the gun? Does it help you with your rhythm when you drop from under center?

“Man, honestly, I love the balance that [head coach] Kyle [Shanahan] has with that being under center for the run game, the play-action pass, just the dropbacks. I like it a lot. I like sort of what defenses do. There’s a lot of defensive checks where the quarterback’s under center and now they can tip off on certain things. But for us, it sort of balances everything out because we can do anything from under center. And I like it. I think I’ve grown to like it. Obviously, like growing up, it’s been a lot of shotgun stuff. College, all shotgun. And you come to the NFL and it’s like, no we can do everything from under center still. Kyle’s taught me that and I’ve grown to like it a lot actually. But either way, gun or under center for me, however he has a play drawn up and stuff, I’m going to trust that and go about it. But, I just love how balanced we are with it.”

Kyle evidently showed highlights on Saturday night and CB Upton Stout was a big part of it. What kind of example does his play style have for the rest of the guys?

“Yeah, it’s awesome. Just the energy that Stout plays with, his IQ for a young player. Obviously we’ve seen all these highlights, for us as players in team meetings and stuff over the years with [LB] Fred [Warner] flying around, [DL Nick] Bosa, [LB] Dre Greenlaw, some of our old DBs that we’ve had around like [former DB] Jimmie Ward and Huff and all these guys, like the way they played. You always see those guys. And as we’ve been a couple of years removed from those teams, it’s really cool to see a young guy come in and now feed off that. When we always talk about the standard and stuff here, that’s what we’re talking about, how guys play, the defense flying around. It takes all 11 guys. And even though Stout’s a young guy, he’s in his second year. On film, you put on the film and watch, the dude finishes plays. He’s running all across the field, getting up after a hit, just energetic and the whole defense feeds off it. Even us offensive players, when we watch that, it’s like, okay, that’s what’s going on on the other side of the ball for us. It’s really cool. Proud of the guy. I know he’s going to have a great year, but he’s continuing to raise that standard, which is cool.”

What’s the challenge of going against Huff as a quarterback?

“I think he’s really smart. I think he sees the game different from other safeties with knowing offensive concepts and sort of knowing and anticipating routes and stuff. He’s always been smart in that way and I respect it a lot. He knows the right times to do things and he’s smart. Obviously he’s got good hands if the ball comes his way. He’s got good ball skills and he’s fast around the edge on the blitzing. He can do everything. Obviously he trains with [former NFL S] Troy Polamalu and all that. You could definitely feel that on the film when you watch him. So, it’s really cool. I’ve got a lot of respect for him.”