Brock Purdy Had Classy Message for 49ers WR Ronnie Bell After Brutal Drop Late in Loss

Sports Illustrated ^ | Sep 23, 2024 | Andy Nesbitt

[nickcarraway]

The San Francisco 49ers blew a 14-point lead in the second half on Sunday and lost to the rival Los Angeles Rams, 27-24, on a field goal in the final seconds at SoFi Stadium.

The loss dropped the 49ers, who are missing a number of key players, to 1–2 on the season. They were almost able hold off the Rams but a late drop by wide receiver Ronnie Bell that would have put them in field goal position with just over one minute remaining in a tie game played a big role in letting Los Angeles get the wild victory.

Here's the play:

The 49ers punted the ball away two plays later, and shortly after that, the Rams kicked the game-winning field goal.

Brock Purdy—who was without Deebo Samuel, George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey—had a classy message after the game for his young wide receiver.

"He had a double move and that was the look he wanted and he got his guy and by the time I got to him I think I was just trying to give him a chance, and I don’t think I had enough juice on it from where I was in the pocket," Purdy said. "Obviously I think I could have given him a better ball but he’s a young guy and I love him. We’ve all got Ronnie’s back so we’re going to continue to need him and build him up and we’re all in this together.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: blm; nationalanthem; takeaknee

[nickcarraway]

49ers' Brock Purdy shows his class by taking ownership of error that absolutely wasn’t his fault

[Paladin2]

“There ain’t no “I” in team”

[Steven Scharf]

Brock is third winningest QB all time and if he beats my Patriots today, he will be back at .800. This is the top 5 active starting QBs and Top 5 retired QBs.

SFO Brock Purdy 24 19 5 0 .792 5 4 1 .800 29 23 6 .793 Starting
KAN Patrick Mahomes 99 77 22 0 .778 17 14 3 .824 116 91 25 .784 Starting
BAL Lamar Jackson 80 59 21 0 .738 6 2 4 .333 86 61 25 .709 Starting
Buff Josh Allen 96 66 30 0 .688 10 5 5 .500 106 71 35 .670 Starting
WSH Jayden Daniels 3 2 1 0 .667 0 0 0 .000 3 2 1 .667 Starting

QB Tom Dublinski 5 4 1 0 .800 0 0 0 .000 5 4 1 .800 Retired
QB Otto Graham 71 57 13 1 .814 12 9 3 .750 83 66 16 .795 Retired
QB Tom Brady 333 251 82 0 .754 48 35 13 .729 381 286 95 .751 Retired
QB-HB-DB Sid Luckman+ 121 90 29 2 .744 6 5 1 .833 127 95 30 .748 Retired
QB Roger Staubach 114 85 29 0 .746 17 11 6 .647 131 96 35 .733 Retired

[Steven Scharf]

I will be honest, I did 5 and 5 to avoid including Aaron Rogers who is winning a 3 to 0 game against Denver.

The three sets of numbers above are:

Regular Season
GS Wins Lost Ties Percentage

Playoffs
GS Wins Lost Percentage

Totals
GS Wins Lost Percentage

[ShadowAce]

[one guy in new jersey]

There’s an M and an E tho...

[Paladin2]

Foosball ain’t an Individual Sport, unlike transgender boxing....

YMMV

[Fireone]

Huh?
If “they” beats the snot out of “them”, is that really an individual sport?
I get so confused.

[Jan_Sobieski]

LOL! 😂

[Dartoid]

He doesn’t have enough starts to even be making this comparison. Not saying he isn’t good.