49ers’ Brock Purdy on midseason reckoning: ‘I’ve had to be real with myself’ (paywall)
“Purdy excels on across-the-middle passes that require timing and anticipation. However, his string of picks has included throws in his sweet spot. Against the Bengals, for example, he ripped a pass to Aiyuk and didn’t anticipate that linebacker Logan Wilson would undercut the route.
“There’s a fine line of being aggressive and anticipating a throw, anticipating a window, and then being able to hold it back and being smart with the ball,” Purdy said. “So that’s stuff that I’ve had to be real with myself with the last couple weeks.