What the 49ers are saying after winning NFC West title against Arizona.
The 49ers remain in the driver’s seat for home field throughout the playoffs after 45-29 road win against Cardinals.
sampling of what the 49ers were saying Sunday after a 45-29 road win over the Arizona Cardinals to wrap up their second straight NFC West title:
COACH KYLE SHANAHAN
Reaction to Brock Purdy injury
“I mean, just nervous. Not thinking much. Didn’t see what happened because I was looking down field. I assumed he got hit in the head.
I was a little nervous. Once he got to the sideline, they told me it was a stinger. Sometimes those takes over a week, sometimes a couple of minutes.
On Christian mccafery.
He means so much what a good football player he is. Everyone sees it. The type of guy he’s been, the way he works, how well he takes care of the body. He’s as committed to his job as any person I’ve been around.
He wanted to play in game. When you have some tough injuries and the way he came out of his career, I might mess this up, unbelievable rookie year and tough injuries. If I ever insinuate that he’ll bite my head off, won’t say wear and tear. He wants to prove everybody wrong all the time, and he’s usually right.
Winning the division.
Our No. 1 goal was to get in the playoffs and we got that last week. Winning the division last year and this year it’s huge. Winning the division, it’s a better road in the playoffs. I know our guys are pumped. Now we want to get two (playoff) home games and a bye.
Brock Purdy’s best trait
That he can see the whole field, that nothing he can’t do. He has poise and can react. When he doesn’t have time, he can get it to a checkdown and not take a sack.
He has great command of the offense. The amount of plays he’s made the past two years is more than any quarterback I’ve been around.
Crowd chanting for Purdy
Real cool for him, to hear that..cool for me to hear it for him. He said he had a lot of people here.
I didn’t realize (it was his homecoming) until last couple of days. With a scare with the injury, to finish the game with the crowd chanting your name, it’s pretty cool.
Charvarius Ward playing with groin injury
Him battling to get back this game, I was impressed. I considered him a long shot earlier in the week and he kept saying he wasn’t.
He has not hesitated on anything. Running through the ball. He’s getting his hands up and knocking the ball down better than anybody on the planet. He got that pick six and the next one.
It’s like they stick to his hands now. It’s cool he did the first one and hopefully there are plenty more now.
The run defense
Looking at it live, I thought we missed way too many tackles. Give them credit, they have guys who are tough to tackle.
It was disappointing on the missed tackles. We definitely didn’t play the run good enough and that was obvious. But we came with one thing on the mind and that was to get a win.
Purdy vs. McCaffrey for MVP
I don’t have to differentiate, thank goodness. Been around a couple of MVPs in my career.
These two, they’re the most obvious to me. I might be bias being on my team but look at the numbers or the film.
Steve Wilks and the challenge of Arizona
We talked a lot all week, they have too many good players and they run a good scheme and there’d be times they got us. If we could survive the day … we did that. I know the stat board doesn’t look great but the defense is why we won today, too.
McCaffrey’s knee
I wasn’t excited. But when there’s a play clock going and need to call plays, you can’t think about it.