How the Ravens’ disastrous game helped Purdy’s defense against the Seahawks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Brock Purdy learned a valuable lesson, or two, or three, or four against the Baltimore Ravens last season.
In what was the worst start of his young NFL career, the 49ers quarterback threw four interceptions in San Francisco’s 33-19 Week 16 loss to Baltimore at Levi’s Stadium.
The Ravens’ defensive coordinator at the time was Mike Macdonald, who is now the first-year head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, who Purdy just diced in the 49ers win 36-24 on “Thursday Night Football.”
The difference between Purdy’s performance against the Ravens last season and his performance against Macdonald’s Seahawks on Thursday was night and day, which Purdy attributes, in part, to the lessons he learned from that disastrous game ago. is almost a year old.
“I think at the beginning of the game it was, ‘If they throw this, here’s my answer,’ and it’s as simple as that,” Purdy said after the game. “I just try to keep it simple and obviously control the ball when I needed to and hit my No. 1 or my No. 2 in my progression as efficiently as possible and I just kept it simple Last year in this match I felt like I just lost the rhythm and was trying to force things and just wasn’t playing in the right mindset. , namely being aggressive, intelligent and accepting what the defense gave me.
“I learned my lesson from the game, and then coming into this game, obviously new personnel, it’s the Seahawks, not the Ravens. And so for me, it was a similar plan, yeah, but that’s what what we’re trying to do and how can I be effective as best as I can?
The Seahawks personnel, as Purdy mentions, is different from the Ravens’ star-studded defense, but Seattle’s plan of attack likely mirrored Baltimore’s last season.
Purdy, however, was clearly no fool.
