Purdy wants ‘Tom Brady’ feeling in leading 49ers to dominant wins

Purdy wants ‘Tom Brady’ feeling in leading 49ers to dominant wins originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Now entering his third NFL season, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy is focused on changing his attitude and his mindset.

In an exclusive with the San Francisco Chronicle’s Michael Silver, Purdy described his mindset shift and approach.

“With as good of a team that we have, I want to get to that point where we get to the third quarter, there’s a couple of drives that are crucial, I’m on top of my stuff, we convert on third downs, and we score touchdowns and the lead just gets out of hand,” Purdy told Silver. “It’s having that Tom Brady kind of feeling. Late in the game, it always felt like Tom was just going to take over and not make it close. I feel like I can get to that.”

Purdy further explained to Silver that he wants to be more assertive with his playmaking in games.

“I want to be dominant,” Purdy told Silver. “Not just win games and feel like, ‘Eh.’ I want to be dominant with consistent decisions and feeling like we’re the top dogs every day.

“There were moments last year in games where I would just — I don’t know what it was in the situation — but we’d be up and it’s, ‘All right, be smart with the ball,’ or ‘Let’s just make sure we don’t mess up.’ I want to break through that and get to this point of just being dominant, for four quarters, man. That’s my mindset.”

Purdy had an exceptional sophomore campaign in the NFL, leading San Francisco to Super Bowl LVIII and setting the franchise record for passing yards in a single season.

Still, there were plenty of shaky moments against the top teams in the league, particularly the Kansas City Chiefs in the 49ers’ Super Bowl defeat. Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s defensive schemes made life difficult for Purdy, who struggled to make big plays down the stretch as Kansas City pulled out the overtime victory.

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Author : NBC Sports BayArea

Publish date : 2024-07-29 01:04:00

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