49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has been throwing a lot of interceptions in training recently, which apparently doesn’t worry his coach.
In the San Francisco 49ers’ training camp, quarterback Brock Purdy recently threw several interceptions, which became more and more of a topic of conversation in the past week.
The quarterback himself has already spoken out on the subject, explaining that protecting the ball is an issue primarily in the regular season – but less so in preparation. Now is the time to go out there, experiment and try shots that you wouldn’t normally take because of the risk of negative consequences.
Meanwhile, head coach Kyle Shanahan has also taken a stand and explained that he is not worried about the many turnovers in training.
“I know that statistics always play a big role in training, and I also know that this will be noticed,” he explained in an interview with “49ersWebzone.com”.
“And we never want a lot of picks in practice, no matter who it is, but Brock has never really had an interception problem. He’s protected the ball pretty well in his two years in this league. He’s not afraid to throw the ball either.”
He continued: “If we were really trying to fix that in training, and if he had a problem and we were just focusing on that and he still had those stats, then that would be something that would worry us. But that’s something I really wasn’t worried about with Brock, and that’s why those stats are also something that didn’t worry me at all.”
In 27 competitive games for the 49ers, Purdy had 50 touchdowns and 16 interceptions, winning 21 of them.
