Christian McCaffrey ran amok towards the Carolina Panthers because the San Francisco 49ers improved to 8-4 – however insisted there was no added motivation towards his former group.
McCaffrey supplied the offense on an evening to neglect for 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, ending with 142 scrimmage yards on 31 touches and a landing as San Francisco received 20-9.
The operating again left Carolina for the 49ers three years in the past and dismissed the suggestion he had an additional incentive to carry out after lining up towards the group that drafted him for the primary time.
He stated: “In relation to taking part in within the league, you must strategy every week as related as attainable, keep in your routine. You’ll be able to’t get too far exterior of what’s regular for you, so I attempt to do this. Clearly if you see acquainted faces, it’s all the time good to see them earlier than the sport and after the sport. However that’s a totally new group than after I was there, so it’s actually simply enterprise as soon as the ball is snapped.”
Wayward Purdy grateful to McCaffrey
Purdy was relieved McCaffrey got here up huge after throwing three first-half interceptions.
“The way in which that he prepares each single week, he’s all the time on one,” Purdy stated of his team-mate. “He’s all the time on prime of his stuff and the small print and stuff and his mindset – he desires to exit and he’s able to humble any individual. That’s Christian.”
Purdy seemed good final week towards Arizona after getting back from a toe harm however he struggled right here, significantly within the first half.
Of his three interceptions, he stated: “Truthfully the selections of going to these spots, I used to be wonderful with, it was simply the execution of throwing a greater ball.
“My learn simply took me to the place I threw the ball. From what I noticed up on the massive display, I believed the blokes had been there. I simply missed the throws, to be trustworthy. So bought to return and watch the movie and truly see what occurred.”
He did enhance as the sport went on, including: “Mentally as a quarterback, you need to play aggressive. You need to take what the protection provides you however if you flip the ball over, actually three drives in a row, it’s like ‘All proper’, you are feeling it. You’re feeling a little bit of strain and stuff, however I imply, that is why we’re put on this place. I can deal with this. As a quarterback, you may’t lose confidence in your self. You’ll be able to’t shrivel again after which rapidly take a bunch of checkdowns.”
Brown offers the D
Ji’Ayir Brown was the defensive star for the 49ers with a pair of interceptions and 5 tackles.
“I like this group, man,” he stated. “A bunch of younger guys – hungry, passionate, need to be nice. Wish to be put in a state of affairs to be nice. Each final a kind of guys desires to be nice, man, and so they simply need to contribute to a win as a lot as they’ll. And when you’ve gotten a younger group like that that’s hungry and passionate, you could be an unstoppable protection.”
The win means San Francisco sit third within the NFC west whereas the Panthers slip to 6-6, adequate for second within the NFC South.