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George Kittle: ‘Brock Purdy is Playing at Such a High Level Right Now’ | Press Pass

Oct 09, 20237 min
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San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle spoke to the media following the team’s 42-10 win over the Dallas Cowboys.

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Three touchdown game. Thank you the last kep that was here. But what's what's your chemistry developed with Rock for you to get a three touchdown? You know, just being able to practice with him and Brock his consistency is what's really helpful. Also being able to see vernon pregame. I think he told me to score three to tie his records. I was like, a fine, Vern, I'll do it. I'll tell Parrak. But no, just he's Brocks just so consistent every single day. He's the same guy he's on Wednesday

as he is on Sunday. He's super detailed, he's super confident. It's everything you want in a quarterback. And he's just playing at such a high level right now. And I think really the best thing he does, you guys see it, he's just his ability to move in the pocket and keep his eyes up and see things develop. And so if you don't doesn't if he doesn't hit you like you know where he's supposed to, he sees the second window.

He's just very very good at that. Well, let me ask you, yes, when was your last three touchdown game? That was my first one? Yeah? I think so? Oh yeah, I mean I a hell of a seventh grade running back. I'll tell you that much. Yeah, running back in defensive end. I had a lot of sacks as well. But uh yeah, I know it's been a minute, but it's always fun. You mentioned keeping his eyes on the downfield on your third touchdown, he's kind of rolling left a little bit.

Is Is it like you made like a second move on that. No, I mean that was a play design. I think Christian just did a really good job. The dion got a little bit upfield and he just like I said, Brock's pocket awareness and being able to move and like keep his feet in position so he can make all those throws. He's like he's a robot man. He's just very special that he could tell like that Rock was kind of on today? Could you tell that? I think Brock's always on, Like I said, when you

see him on Wednesday, he's on. You know, it's the first day we get like one hundred first and second round passes and fifty runs, and he knows all of the cans, he knows how to change the play, he does everything. So he's just so prepared every single day.

Is that kind of more sunny because he's so you know, career wise, you know, uh, yes and no. I always say that one of the things about Brock that allows him to be a really good quarterback is he played for four years at Iowa State, so like he played a lot of you know, he's played a ton of snaps and he's just been able to play and he's had he's had the highest of highs, he had the

lowest of lows. He's had to come back, he's had to you know, play through tough seasons and just when you experience, you know, all the highs and lows in college and when you get to the NFL, you're just kind of prepared for it. And I'm not trying to compare college in the NFL, but it's he's just had so many reps that he's it's allowing him to play like a vet. Was played so well in his college career he ended up being the last picking an a Hill draft.

He still can't figure that out. Uh, you know, they'll probably say something about his size and his hands are

too small to hold the football. When you're jewand dress at each of your touchdowns, it seems like rought through it with a different pace, you know, like on the line, Yeah, you know, do you see that every day in practice or yeah, I mean he throws some ridiculous footballs in practice and like you, I mean, I know everyone likes a tweet during training camp about interceptions and stuff like that,

but that's just him getting ready for the season. He's going against, you know, in my opinion, the best defense in the NFL and we honestly, the best thing about training camp for us was really that Nick Bosa didn't play, and so we were able to actually have an offense and he didn't have to disrupt every single play if he wasn't going against Trent Wiams, noth against our tackles. That's just how good Nick Bosa is, and so we

were actually able to you know, have fun drives. He was able to look downfield and just get used to it and build chemistry with all of our skilled players and that that's really what it is with team that's won a lot of games and convincing batch. But in terms of a total team performance tonight, where would this rank and turn? I mean, I think that's one of

our best team performances. You know, on Sunday night football, it's my favorite night to play because everybody's watching there's a ton of football just played, and everybody's sitting at home with their friends and family either celebrating or you know, morning, but they're still watching that game. And for us to go out like that, and I mean, you talk about our defense, Fred Warner played a hell of a game to night, you know, interception, force, fumble, bunch of tackles.

Our whole d line was fantastic. And then you look at our special teams, which Snowski just can't not plant it great. He's been fantastic. All those all those punts inside the ten, inside the five. It's really difficult as an offense to do that, especially when you're coming out of the end zone. Our crowd's really loud. George Odom's fantastic. You know, he had all those tackles on special teams.

He really sets a tone, gets the crowd going. And then every time you put the ball in one of our skill position's hands, uh, they have an opportunity to score a touchdown. So we have a really good team. We're healthy, and we're clicking right now. You've been waiting for that flicker. We've had that installed since like last year, like I want to say, like weeks seven, or eight and it's just always up. I'm like, dude, can we

call it? And we called it last year in the NFCY Championship game with Christian didn't throw it because I think I was just like quadruple covered. Didn't really have much of a threat of throwing last year. But it was fun. I actually saw sit on my couch and I saw Laporta scored on it with the Lions, and I was like, sent to my tight end coach. I was like, dude, they ran our play, how'd they know? He was like, don't worry, We're gonna run it better, and yeah, it's ten yards farther out, so I guess

that counts. But I'm never upset when two Iowa Titans are scoring on the same play. When you hear it one hundred percent touchdown and then you know the best part about that was it's usually like on the dummy, which means that broxing it up there, you know, why day, Why Day, said Hut Hut, And like, pretend that we're going to change it to a new play, and the play clock was running down, so we just went on one instead, and a right Colton thought it was still

on the dummy. So he doesn't even move. So I had to stay in a little bit longer to not let the defensive end just blow up the whole play. So at first I was like, Oh, this is gonna be not great because the corner was just sitting out there with the safety. And then turns out he tried to cover Christian. I was able to run down the sideline. Uh twice. Uh we I mean I think we ran it on Wednesday and a walk through. We ran it on Friday and the walk through, and then we ran

again on Saturday and the walk through. So whenever you get something ran three times, that means you're probably gonna run in the game. In my last year against the Cowboys, you had a big game. You're obviously pretty featured part of the passing game plan. Did you sense that that today you'd be heavily featured again? Yeah? So no. I mean I would say like last week versus Cardinals, I thought I was gonna have one hundred and fifty yards and three touchdowns and you just, you know, just not

the way that the game went. And you know, Kyle calls you know, whatever's hot. That's how he feels and that's why he's such a talented play caller. I knew I had some activity in the red zone this week which was really fun. And you can see like the first play was a you know, one of our favorite red zone plays called it, you know, go up seven zero, and then we had that trick play and then the last one too. We actually just took it from New England. They ran it this past week. I think they ran

it last or whenever. Yeah, they ran it against them and it worked out really well. So it was just, uh, just fun to be able to get in the end zone. Did you know you were that much better than them? And what did you learn about your team? Meaning so decisive aspects? You know, I think Dallas is a fantastic football team. They really are. They have athletes all over

the football field. They can make plays. I mean, they were one of their the I think their first touchdown that deep shot was a hell of a catch by the wide receiver. Wonder foot ball by DK. It's just the thing about in our office and defense especially is we're just a very violent football team and the hits just kind of add up after a while, whether you know, whoever's you know, dealing with, whether it's Trent Williams on a block or Fred and Dre on a pass player.

Our safety is coming down like those things build up after a while. And that's how our training camp. That's how OT, that kind of how OTA is, that's our training camp is Like we're a violent, physical football team and that's just the standard of the forty nine ers. And you know, I still go back last year. My Faari statistic ever is every team that played us lost the next week. And you know that's our goal is you know, you have to get up for us. And

that's just kind of how we play regardless. And I know sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't work, but we're gonna be as violent as can in every single game. Thank you guys, have wonderful night.

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