INSANITY, California Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers wanted to know why he struggled as he examined his performance from Saturday night’s playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers. But he didn’t want to think about it too much.
For Sunday’s NFC Championship Game matchup against the Detroit Lions, Purdy isn’t overly concerned about the past, either recent or distant.
“It doesn’t matter if you played good or bad, like I don’t take really any of that with you the next week,” Purdy stated. “This game is brand-new. It is a novel plan. It’s an unfamiliar setting. It’s all brand-new. It seems as though you have to start over, learn from your mistakes, and build on the good things that you’ve done… I think that’s where the great ones really separate themselves from the others.”
Purdy is getting ready to start in his second NFC Championship Game this week. Following a soggy effort against the Packers, where he battled for the majority of the game before completing his first game-winning touchdown drive of the season in the fourth quarter, he is doing so now.
Purdy admitted on Wednesday that he was a touch hesitant later in the game because of some early decisions he made. His second pass, which was intended for Packers safety Darnell Savage, was particularly noteworthy. But Savage failed to haul it in, sparing the Niners an interception that might have resulted in a touchdown.
Purdy should be more aware of accepting checkdowns when the big play isn’t present going ahead. On Wednesday, he admitted that he was likely searching for the big play too much when playing Green Bay.
Coach Kyle Shanahan, “I wouldn’t put it all on just Brock,” stated. “Brock did some really good things and that would’ve been impossible to win the game without him.”
To be sure, Purdy didn’t understand it until the Niners’ game-winning drive. Purdy made six of seven passes for 47 yards and had two carries for 11 yards to set up running back Christian McCaffrey’s game-winning 6-yard touchdown run, after an inconsistent effort during the first three-plus quarters in the rain.
Purdy remarked, “I need to get better at that.” “I had to accomplish that at the end of the game. We seem to have arrived at that stage. I became more proficient at that. The ball might be moved by us. That’s something I definitely learned, then.”
Purdy’s late-game comeback was insufficient to save him from yet another round of criticism, which has been directed at him frequently this season. However, as
