Deebo explains why Purdy was angry after 49ers win over Bucs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Brock Purdy doesn’t settle for anything less than perfection.
That’s why the 49ers’ star quarterback wasn’t the happiest after San Francisco’s narrow 23-20 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium.
On the latest episode of “Cleats and Convos,” one of Purdy’s top targets, All-Pro wide receiver Deebo Samuel, described the quarterback’s emotions after leading the 49ers to a two-game winning streak.
“What really stands out to me about Brock, and he does this quite a lot, but I don’t go into it that much. We were just on our way back from Tampa and I walked past him and he looked kind of frustrated. just a little bit and I think, ‘What’s going on? You threw almost 400 yards and we won the game.” And he says, ‘I just have to be better,'” Samuel told co-host Liv Moods.
Purdy completed 25 of 36 passes for 353 yards and two touchdowns in the 49ers’ victory. He also helped five different targets surpass 50 yards: Jauan Jennings (93), Ricky Pearsall (73), Christian McCaffrey (68), George Kittle (57) and Samuel (62).
However, despite Sunday’s outcome and success, Purdy regretted a handful of decisions and was visibly irritated with himself.
And Samuel wasn’t surprised at all.
‘It always is [Purdy’s] mentality – that he has to be better – and he was just beating himself up,” Samuel said. “I’m like, ‘Bro, we just won the game,’ and he’s like, ‘I gotta make this throw, I gotta make this throw.'”
The 262nd and final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft has quite the mentality. And 8,108 career passing yards and 62 total touchdowns later, Purdy remains the same grinder.
San Francisco is finally in trouble after the first half of the season was plagued by a series of injuries and disappointing losses. Purdy’s ruthlessness and dedication to the game, as Samuel saw, is largely the reason.
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