San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy raised some eyebrows on Wednesday when he threw a staggering four interceptions in his final five throws of the team’s practice. But Purdy downplayed any concern about the interceptions.
During an interview on KNBR after throwing the four interceptions in practice, Brock Purdy opened up a little bit about the situation as he explained that training camp is a time to “experiment,” and that sometimes leads to mistakes.
“It’s a fine line,” Purdy said according to 49ers webzone. “You want to go out. You want to be efficient. You want to go through reads and obviously protect the ball and whatnot. But right now is the time for us to go out and—you always hear the quarterback say experiment—but that’s really what it is. Can I fit it in this window on this hitch? Can I look off Fred [Warner] or [Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles[ or [De’Vondre Campbell] in a certain way and then make that throw backside? You’ve got to try it out.”
Purdy explained that in the game, he wants to protect the ball at all costs. But during practice, he’s more willing to let it fly, so to speak.
“In the game and in the season, it comes down to protecting the ball every snap, every play, so you can’t necessarily try those things out. Right now, we can, and so my mindset right now is protect the ball, but let’s be aggressive. Let’s try this out. Let’s figure it out. And so, obviously, I want to go through my reads, check the ball down, and work on that as well because that’s real, that’s football. But there’s a time and a place where I’m like, ‘Hey, you know what? This is practice, and I’m going to drop back and try this out.’ And then you figure out [whether] it could be a part of your game or not for the season,” Purdy said.
We’ll have to see whether or not this becomes a recurring problem for Purdy.
