{"id":478119,"date":"2026-09-28T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/478119\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:00:25","slug":"49ers-qb-brock-purdy-jokingly-calls-george-kittle-selfish-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/478119\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers QB Brock Purdy jokingly calls George Kittle \u2018selfish \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area & California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brock Purdy<\/a> had a 45-yard touchdown run erased Sunday.<\/a> He knew exactly who to blame.<\/p>\n

George Kittle’s<\/a> holding penalty wiped out the score, and Purdy responded by finding Kittle for a 20-yard touchdown pass with 1:31 left, the play that iced the 49ers’ 36-30 win over the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> and moved San Francisco to 3-0.<\/p>\n

Asked afterward whether he had to grit his teeth to throw that touchdown to the man who cost him one, Purdy did not need long to answer.<\/p>\n

“100 percent, we were just joking, saying he was really selfish to get the flag and then score a touchdown after,” Purdy said. “But it was fun. I’m glad we were able to finish and capitalize there. Just typical George fashion.”<\/p>\n

Brock Purdy this season:<\/p>\n

789 passing yards
10 total TD, 1 INT
72.3 completion %
1 sick TD run called back by holding<\/p>\n

He leads the league in passing touchdowns (9).pic.twitter.com\/q2WhnVSALz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Underdog NFL (@UnderdogNFL) September 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Kittle took the ribbing in stride when the same play came up later in the press conference, though he made a point of noting where he thought the blame really belonged. <\/p>\n

“It’s frustrating, but hey, refs are entitled to make their own calls, I won’t argue with that,” Kittle said. “But I was so excited when they called that play because the way they’ve been running downhill this whole drive… I’m going to be uncovered here. And I was uncovered. So probably should’ve gone out of bounds. We could have just kneeled it out, but no one told me to, so that’s their fault, not mine.”<\/p>\n

The banter came easily because the offense did not need the run. Purdy finished 15-of-27 for 297 yards with four touchdown passes, pushing his combined touchdown total to 10 through three games — tied for the most in franchise history at this point of a season — while leading the league with a 95.5 QB rating.<\/a> Kittle finished with two touchdowns of his own, less than nine months after tearing his Achilles.<\/p>\n

For a quarterback playing this well, one wiped-out touchdown was barely a footnote. It just gave Purdy a fresh punchline.<\/p>\n

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