Brock Purdy explains meaning behind 49ers playing with 'bloody mindset'

Brock Purdy is more than ready for the 2024 NFL season. On Saturday, the San Francisco 49ers star quarterback showed off a dark side to get his point across before later explaining what he meant.

Earlier in the day, Purdy said the 49ers needed to play with a "bloody mindset in an interview with Michael Silver of the San Francisco Chronicle. Soon thereafter, he broke down the meaning behind the macabre language.

"Just having that chip on our shoulder," Purdy told Omar Ruiz of NFL Network. "It's football. Every Sunday you're going to get everybody's best shot and nothing's ever given to us. It doesn't matter what you did last year, the years before. Every Sunday, we have to go into it like we have to go and take it."

Purdy also plans to walk the walk. He added that if the 49ers are to meet their expectations, it starts with him being accountable.

"It's staying on the field, converting on third downs, being smart, checking the ball down, not turning the ball over," Purdy said.

In 2023, Purdy did just about everything right, leading the NFL in passer rating (113.0), yards per completion (13.9) and touchdown percentage (7.0). Likewise, he also took care of the ball, with only five quarterbacks who started 16 or more games finishing with fewer interceptions (11).

Purdy's higher aims say a lot about the former "Mr. Irrelevant," especially with a hefty extension looming. Meanwhile, he said the focus was on winning despite seeing the lucrative deals inked by several quarterbacks recently, including a four-year $220M contract signed by Green Bay Packers Jordan Love, making him the highest-paid in NFL history.

"I'm happy for those guys," Purdy told Silver. "This season is so long and there's so much stuff that you go through. So to get caught up in what the years can look like down the road or anything like that, to me, that's pretty nonsense."