Brock Purdy Owns Up to his Recent Interceptions

SANTA CLARA -- Brock Purdy has thrown five interceptions in the 49ers' past three games after throwing none in his first five games this season. Something's not right.

On Thursday, Purdy addressed his recent turnovers. Here's what he said, courtesy of the 49ers' P.R. department.

Q: Oftentimes you don't hesitate, you anticipate and just throw to a spot. I don't think all these recent interceptions have been a result of those type of plays. Does it make you in any way mentally a little more hesitant or anything or do you have to guard against interceptions make you more hesitant and not just ripping it like you did?

PURDY: "No there's a fine line of being aggressive anticipating a throw, anticipating a window and then being able to hold it back and being smart with the ball. So that's stuff that I've had to be real with myself with the last couple weeks, just watching the games and stuff. I'm an aggressive kind of quarterback in terms of like anticipation and where my guys are supposed to be, I trust them, and I let it rip. But there's times where I’ve got to be smart with it and be willing to take the check down and depending on the point in the game and where we're at, the scenario, the situation all that comes into play. So I do have to be better at that for sure."

Q: Do you feel like in looking back at some of those, when those have happened that you were pressing a little bit or did it just kind of happen with those interceptions?

PURDY: "Honestly, I think it's sort of just happened. I'd say the Minnesota, the last one that was sort of pressing, like we needed it, we needed a big play, so that was that. But outside of that, I was just being aggressive regardless, like this last game with the second interception especially to B.A. [WR Brandon Aiyuk] just being aggressive, not thinking that backer is going to be in that window and sure enough, he was. So, it's like being smart in those situations, but do we get to a point in the game and I start thinking or pressing, no, just be smart. Fourth quarter comes around, you got to be smart with the ball regardless, no matter what the situation is in that point in the game."

Q: What was your message to the team after the Bengals game?

PURDY: "Yeah, just owning up to turning the ball over. How hard everyone puts their time and effort into this whole thing. The organization, the coaches, the players, everyone plays hard, there's no question, no doubt about that. So I just wanted the team to know and hear from my own mouth, face-to-face like, I got to be better. I own up to the mistakes that I've made and certain points in the game. I have to be smart with the ball. The quarterback is one of the most trusted guys in the organization because we get the ball in our hands every play to make a decision. So just owning up to that and understanding that I have to be better. So I just telling the guys that just came from the heart and that was it."

Q: You talked to the team after the game?

PURDY: "I've talked a couple times after but that one was more just like owning up to some of the decisions that I've made and stuff with the ball. So a little bit different vibe."