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49ers camp takeaways: Mixed bag for Purdy in team drills originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SANTA CLARA — Things started well for Brock Purdy and the 49ers’ offense on Tuesday.
But when things went bad, things went very bad during the team’s sixth practice of training camp.
The defense had the upper hand a day earlier when the 49ers held their first padded practice of the summer. And it was more of the same on Tuesday.
Here are five takeaways from the 49ers’ day at training camp:
Purdy plays giveaway
There was a lot of breath wasted last summer talking about the number of interceptions Purdy threw during training camp.
Hey, why mess with what’s working? After all, Purdy had a season in which he was named the NFC Pro Bowl starter and finished fourth in the NFL MVP voting.
Well, it’s happening again.
Purdy followed up a three-interception day with four interceptions on Tuesday — all coming on his final five pass attempts of the day.
Ji’Ayir Brown intercepted Purdy, who appeared to throw late for Deebo Samuel along the left sideline. After a run play, linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles picked off Purdy on a pass intended for Jauan Jennings over the middle.
Jennings had a deep pass go through his hands a short time later that led to George Odum’s second pick in two days. On the next play, Deommodore Lenoir intercepted a pass at the sideline that would have gone for a pick-six. It also was Lenoir’s second interception in two days.
Before Purdy’s interception spree on Tuesday, linebacker Fred Warner dropped a would-be interception on a pass intended for Chris Conley. Warner had an interception on Monday.
The day started well for Purdy, who was announced as No. 28 on the list of the NFL Network’s Top 100 Players of 2024.
Early in practice, Purdy connected on a beautiful 40-yard throw to Samuel down the left sideline over Isaac Yiadom and Brown that would have gone for a long touchdown.
His next three passes were nice throws, too. He zipped it to…
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Publish date : 2024-07-30 21:07:26
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