WEBVTT - Brock Purdy Talks 'Finding a Way to Win' | Press Pass 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.800 He's had a touchdown catch call back. We've seen what 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:03.880 he can do as a ballcarrier. 0:00:04.040 --> 0:00:05.640 What kind of potential does he have as a receiver. 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:08.799 Yeah, I think he's got just good skills with seeing 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:11.719 the defense and a good feel. So when he's running 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:13.800 these you know, choice routes and stuff from the backfield, 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:16.880 he understands where the quarterback needs to put the ball 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:18.400 and then from there he's able to make plays. 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:18.560 Man. 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:21.760 Obviously, he's he's great with shedding tackles and making plays 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:24.800 after the catch and the yak that comes with it, 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:27.159 and so he's got a lot of potential with it. 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:29.520 We's got to continue to grow in that area together 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:32.879 and and give him some opportunities. But from what we've 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:35.319 done so far, even dating back to last year, he's 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:37.159 made you know, some catches and stuff last year out 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:40.200 of the backfield as well, and so I'm really happy 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:42.280 for him, and I know that, you know, we still 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:44.000 have to continue to get better together. 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:47.000 The process, you and the running back being on the 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.559 same page as far as those choice routes and just 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:52.400 you know, having an understanding of. 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:53.280 Where he's going to be. 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:57.680 Yeah, you know, like you can drop a play on paper, 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:00.920 but when everything is live and it's going full speed 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:05.440 against another defense and stuff. There's another component of understanding 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:07.080 where you need to be and how you need to 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:09.000 run your route based off of leverage and all those 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:12.400 kinds of things, and especially as a running back coming 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:14.319 out of the backfield, that's such a big thing. Obviously, 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.680 Christian is probably the best in the league to do it, 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.920 and so for JP to jump in those shoes and 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:22.760 try it out and feel it out, he's done a 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.000 great job. And it's not easy. You know. We've seen 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.399 some running backs where you really can't do that kind 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.679 of stuff because we've seen that practice and stuff, because 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.280 it's it's hard for them to read defenses and and 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:35.200 all that. But JP's got a great feel. He's a natural, 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:36.959 and he's got great hands. You have to be able 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:39.520 to catch the ball smoothly in transition, and he does 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.360 that really well. So I'm excited to see what we 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:42.880 can do with them. 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:45.760 If you guys, an offense still had a lot of 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:47.720 success abouly, but maybe it looks a little different than 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:49.440 it has in the past in terms of pushing the 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:51.040 ball down the field more. Maybe if you're more tight 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.280 those what are you seeing from defenses that maybe is 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.240 kind of changing the way you have to go about 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.320 getting that. And is that something that you think pertains 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:00.000 to you guys specifically or is it just kind of 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.480 team specific and the defenses they are facing. 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.480 I would say it's more team specific. You know, everyone 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:08.680 everybody sort of has a style of how they play. 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.960 You know, Minnesota did their their zone coverages and everything 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:15.519 like that were brought all out. You know, last week 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:17.720 against the Patriots, they did a good job of playing 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.200 man and funneling everything to the middle. So like there's 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:24.080 different themes every week. You know, obviously they're gonna scheme 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:25.600 us up and try to do what's best for them 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.760 and stopping us with the playmakers that we have. But 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.080 at the same time, I do feel like there may 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:33.080 be a theme of you know, man coverage and and 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:35.360 try to play one on one football. We got that 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:37.280 from the Rams, we got that last week with the Patriots, 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.080 So like we we do see it more and more 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.200 to get man and so for us, what does that mean? 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:43.840 We just got to beat the guy in front of us. 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:45.120 And then for me as a quarterback, I got to 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:46.920 be accurate with the ball and we got to execute 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:50.320 you know, that's It's just that's football at its finest, 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.480 and so I feel like we we may see that 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:55.280 a little bit more, But at the same time, you 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:57.920 never know, because every defense has their different style. So 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.040 hopeful defenses. 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.240 Are purposely like bucking up the middle of the field 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:05.720 a little bit more in terms of trying to take 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.200 away some of the intermediate crossers and things that you've 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:09.280 kind of been a living off. 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:10.200 Of for s couple of years. 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:10.640 No, I. 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.320 Agree that they are. You know, I feel like my 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.600 rookie year and uh that twenty twenty two season, even 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.240 with Jimmy Man, we hit a lot of stuff over 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:20.760 the middle, and we had a lot of explosives like 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.360 that and cross courting plays and getting the ball in 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:25.480 the in the like Debo and Ba's hands and then 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:27.880 you know, they break it one tackle and they're gone. 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:29.840 And so I feel like we do see a lot 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:31.280 more help and stuff in the middle of the field, 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:33.480 for sure, But at the same time that opens up 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:35.920 other things and avenues and areas for us to get 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.520 better and attack. And so some defenses do that, some don't, 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:43.600 And so I guess that's something that we've seen over 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.720 the last year or so. But we have to adjust. Man, 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:47.480 that's football. 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:51.480 You guys have a twenty five career regular season starts. Now, 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:55.640 where have you seen or recognize the biggest growth that 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.920 you've made during that time? And then what's the next 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.680 step for you to take it into you higher level? 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.920 Yeah, I think you know, over the last year, so 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:07.600 it's it's been about getting in and executing and doing 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:09.520 my job well. And I feel like when I first 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:11.480 got in, it was, you know, all right, how can 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.240 I handle this offense as a whole, just mentally with 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.040 how Kyle calls it and the language that it is. 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.640 That's it's tough, man, and you got to study. You 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.200 got to be on top of your stuff. And I 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.240 feel like I've grown in that area for sure. And 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.479 then I think, just for myself, the challenge for me 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.720 now is, man, how can I continue to have that 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.919 mentality of having the chip on my shoulder and competing 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:35.919 every every down in the game for four quarters. I 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:37.880 feel like when I first got in my rookie year, 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.080 there was this this energy of hey, I'm a young 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.039 guy getting thrown in. Man, I'm gonna just show my 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.200 guys that I can compete and bring it and bring 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.000 it every down in every play and give our team 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.719 a chance. And sometimes you know, like when you play 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:52.000 for a long time, you can sort of lose that 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.520 and get into the mental part of the game of 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:56.240 I just I need to do this in the game 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:58.240 or that in the game. But what it boils down 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.240 to is, for four quarters man, how can can you 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:03.080 compete and bring and elevate everybody else's game around you 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.120 by doing what it takes to win and that simplicity 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.160 of it. So I feel like that's still an area 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.719 that I can learn from and grow and be reminded 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:12.400 that that's what football is. 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:15.799 So question your teammates. 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:17.880 They believe in you is clear when they're asked about 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:21.000 you and your abilities. But there's this crowd of people 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:22.200 that they still. 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.279 Want you to make a believer at or make you 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:26.440 want you to make them a believer that you can 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:27.600 do what it is that you can do. 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.240 Do you ever listen to that kind of stuff and 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.600 go out in a game and say, huh, like watch 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:33.080 this or do you just block it all that? 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:37.120 Yeah? No, I don't you know, buy into really what 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.440 people say about me or what they believe about me. 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:43.320 Like like I said before, all that matters is for 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:46.119 me to come in, do my job really well, allow 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:49.560 this offense to move and be the machine that it is, 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:53.120 and go out and and win, find a way to win. 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.240 And so if we're doing that, I mean, people can 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.920 say all that they want, but if I I'm performing 0:05:57.920 --> 0:05:59.640 for my guys in the locker room and the coaches 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:02.560 and the organization, that's all it matters. And so I 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.960 continue to hang my hat on that. And and that's 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:07.840 that's my mindset every game as I'm playing for these 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:10.320 guys right here, no one else, like obviously are faithful 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.440 in the fans and everything, but more than anything, man, 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.320 the guys in the locker room that we go to 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:19.000 work for work with every single day. And so you 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.360 know that's my mindset. And then obviously if you watch 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.719 the film and the games, then you see what you see. 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:27.719 So early in the game, you hit Brandon on a 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:29.680 crosser is kind of a deep cross. It's like fifth 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:34.000 play and it's the route combination seemed really to make 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:37.800 him wide open. What did you anticipate when you when 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:39.800 you were going through that play the night before and 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:41.760 did it shake out the way you thought it would? 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:46.160 Yeah, I Mean they had two safeties split deep. They 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:48.240 played cover two. Uh we had a guy on the 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.279 outside running running off a corner and a safety and 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.960 then all BA had to do was clear this Mike 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.120 linebacker going deep in the middle of the field. And 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.600 so as I'm dropping back going through my read, I'm like, 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:00.000 all right, we got this. If I can get the 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.400 ball out in front and bacross that linebacker, we should 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:05.880 be good. And so, you know, the night before, we 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.040 have our set of plays that we're going to try 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:10.280 to run in the beginning of the game, and and 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:12.400 I just try to go through every scenario with coverages 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.320 and stuff of what's my answer if I get this 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:18.320 coverage or that, And so with Cover two on that play, 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:20.000 I was like, all right, if we get this, I 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.120 just got to get enough time for bea to crossfield 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:24.040 and it should be there, and sure enough it was. 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:30.160 So that's just giving him this season. I mean, I 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:32.440 feel like he's definitely a guy that you know, when 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.200 defenses are scheming up our offense there they got a 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.760 circle eleven and know that if you leave him one 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:39.480 on one, you know there he's going to be a 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.720 target at some point in the game. And so they 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.120 do their best of you know, clouding putting his safety 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.560 over the top and double teaming him and all that 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:50.040 kind of stuff. But you know, for us, that's that's football. 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.440 We still have plenty of opportunities for us to be 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:53.920 able to get him the ball and stuff, and that's 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:56.320 something that you know, throughout the game plans and stuff 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.520 throughout the week, we still find a way to make 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.440 it work. So I know we're gonna get in plenty 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.960 of targets and plays coming, so we're excited about it. 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.920 You kick more short field goals than you probably wanted 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:09.840 to see in the first four games. I think you're 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:12.360 fifty percent in the red zone and last year was 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:15.000 like sixty eight. The obvious answer is the best red 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.320 zone back in the league is not playing. But what 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:19.960 other things do you see that you guys can get 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.200 in the end zone the kind of frequency you did 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:22.760 last year. 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.000 Man, I mean, I know it sounds pretty cliche, but 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.880 I think just the simple executing your job, you know, 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:32.720 and everybody doing their part. There's there's been everybody sort 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.040 of had their moments in the red zone, including myself 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:39.520 with the reads protection guys picking up certain guys, and 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:40.400 that's what it comes down to. 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:40.640 Man. 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:42.760 It takes eleven guys to do their job really well 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:44.600 and then for us to be on point when it 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:46.920 comes to the throw and catch, and so that's what 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:49.480 it comes down to. Obviously, I think being able to 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:52.440 run the ball in is a huge thing, and so 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:54.440 when it comes down to third down and stuff, we 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:55.920 just have to execute better in the red zone. And 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:58.200 that's that's what it comes down to. And that's why, 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.760 you know, we haven't executed the way we've wanted to 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:02.719 at our standard, and that's why we've had to kick 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.640 so many field goals. But you know, everybody just has 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.000 to do their job. You learn early throughout the season 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:10.439 of what it takes and it's not just given to 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.640 you down there. Especially down there, everything's tighter. So we 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:15.360 just got to be on point and uh and learn 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:18.520 from mistakes and push each other in that area. 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:24.280 So maybe more so than most is really obsessed with 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.240 like what he puts in his body and health and 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.160 all that is that. I don't know. 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:33.160 Maybe you can speak to as far as every notice 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:36.400 that and those guys like him and Kittle and Christian, 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.080 have they influenced you as far as you know what 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:42.360 it takes to save this game for I mean, you 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:45.440 see the longevity of you know, you check and for 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:49.360 how old he is, because he's extremely old. Uh just yeah, 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.400 for how long he's been playing seriously at a high 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:55.120 level and he still looks great and feels great and 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:58.160 he's there at every practice and every game and every moment. Man, 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:00.920 he's there. Juice is there and so so obviously the 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:02.680 way he prepares and what he puts into his body 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:06.959 is real. Same with George Christian fred Bosa, like all 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:09.600 these guys, man, the best of the best. Every little 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:13.800 thing matters sleep, hydration, nutrition, Those are things that they 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:15.640 hone on and we see it literally every day in 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:17.640 the cafeteria of what they put into their body and 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.560 how some things can make your body inflamed and not 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.959 recover fast as fast and that's why they're eating so 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:27.360 clean and stuff. So they're a testament to that. I've 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:30.160 definitely learned from them. Obviously I want to continue to 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:32.880 get better in that area and as my career goes on. 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:35.640 But he's a testament to it. So he's the best 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:36.000 to do it. 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:38.160 You said to. 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.040 Debo after that play that you could have led him 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.120 a little bit more. What did you see from that 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:44.719 play when you were in it, and then afterwards watching the. 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.360 Film, Yeah, I still believe that. You know, if I 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:49.679 would have just let him in and tried, I think 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:52.800 that's a touchdown. But obviously the safety that was in 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:54.800 the middle of the field wasn't getting deep and we 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:57.600 had a post on which in which Debo ran really well. 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.480 And you know, for me, I I saw him so 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.880 open that I didn't want to overthrow them. I did 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.440 that last year against the Rams. There's some plays where 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:07.680 I've underthrown them too, and so I was just trying 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.240 to get a completion. But in hindsight, man, it's like, man, 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:11.640 I got to be aggressive. I got to lead him 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.199 and stride and trust him more than anything for him 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:15.920 to go and make that play. And so that's what 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.360 I meant by it. So I just I wish I 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:19.920 would have let him and I would have been a touchdown, 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:21.280 but JP finished it either way. 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.120 So and you've confirmed it after you watch the. 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.840 Film, correct, Yeah, So. 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.240 One more rocket after its best started in almost twenty 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:31.880 five years. 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.560 Care to comment on the unbeaten Iowa state cyclone? 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:39.720 Oh? Yeah? Uh? Man? Just what coach Campbell's done over there, 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:42.840 what he believes in all the guys that he's got 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.640 rallied going. They got really good players, they got a 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:48.400 good team, good culture. I'm pumped for him. So I 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:50.520 just hope they keep going. I know they will. They're 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.120 going to compete every every Saturday and bring their best 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.360 and uh man, am I proud to be a cyclone 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:59.040 and see them have their success. So thanks God,