Brock Purdy, who had to hear an earful from Kyle Shanahan, takes blame for brutal loss to the Chiefs

Brock Purdy held himself accountable for the San Francisco 49ers' 28-18 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Brock Purdy, who had to hear an earful from Kyle Shanahan, takes blame for brutal loss to the Chiefs

Brock Purdy (Image via IMAGO)

This year was the one where Brock Purdy was supposed to go out there and prove he is as good a quarterback even when not surrounded with elite talent around him in San Francisco. So far, he has not had much success doing that. Through 7 weeks, the 49ers are 3-4 and lost the biggest game of their season to the Kansas City Chiefs.

In a repeat of Super Bowl LVIII, Brock Purdy and the 49ers were expected to go in and dominate but the quarterback wound up having one of the worst nights of his career. He had 212 yards and three interceptions for zero touchdowns.

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After Sunday night’s loss, the quarterback took full accountability for his performance.

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I gotta play better for sure, just win my throws, some decisions, and that’s pretty simple…I think we’ve got to convert on third downs and find a way, especially when our defense is doing a great job getting stops and getting us the ball back. So it’s on us to move the chains and we just failed. Obviously, Kansas City is a great defense and everything, but we’re a great offense in our eyes and we know that we can play at a really high level...

Brock Purdy said in his post-game press conference as reported by 49erswebzone

All three of his turnovers were entirely his fault because he made the wrong decision under pressure. Purdy managed to score two rushing touchdowns, but he turned the ball over frequently and failed to get the offense into rhythm early on.

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Brock Purdy made mistakes after he acted on his sense of urgency to make plays for the team

The quarterback began to get restless to get the offense going. This was a bad move as it encouraged him to make unwise decisions and eventually caused the interceptions.

The night was challenging for San Francisco before kickoff itself because wide receiver Jauan Jennings was out due to a hip injury and Deebo Samuel was not well enough to step onto the field.

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Brock Purdy (Image via IMAGO)

Things took a turn for the worse when Brandon Aiyuk left the game with a suspected ACL injury which could keep him out for the remainder of this season. Purdy’s go-to targets were all injured. However, the quarterback had opportunities on offense wherein he could have capitalized upon, but was unable to.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan was infuriated with Purdy and had a one-on-one talk with him that allegedly lasted over five minutes discussing his performance. It is bad when the HC does not want to wait until the next day to talk about all that went wrong.

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It was far from Brock Purdy‘s best day on Sunday, but on the positive side, he has had bad performances in the past and has been able to get through them and bounce back. Next week, the San Francisco 49ers take on the Dallas Cowboys before they head into a bye week.