SANTA CLARA – Brock Purdy isn’t necessarily a Christian McCaffrey product, but he’s so much better when McCaffrey is on the court.

When McCaffrey plays, Purdy’s passer rating is 111.9 and his win-loss record is 18-4. When McCaffrey isn’t playing, Purdy’s passer rating is 93.7 and his record is 4-4. Striking contrast.

On Thursday, Purdy was asked about his chemistry with McCaffrey. Here’s what Purdy said courtesy of the 49ers public relations department.

Q: With RB Christian McCaffrey returning to practice now for a second week, do you see a difference in what that does for everyone? Does this uplift everyone? What does this add to each training day?

PURDY: “Yeah, he goes hard, every rep, he does everything right. He doesn’t make any mistakes or anything. And so when we see the level he’s playing at, for all of us, we’re like ‘alright man, Christian’s back’ and we just have to do our job really well and when we get him the ball, let’s go for it. make sure the blocking is correct. For me, it’s how can I give him an accurate ball and transition so he can get the most YAC possible? It’s like all these little things that you kind of start to see everyone raise their level of play. And so, it’s crazy when one person comes back of his caliber, what that does to our team and to everyone raising their game. So obviously extremely happy to have him back for everything he does for us. But more than anything, we have so much respect for the way he goes about his business and for being such a great teammate that he is.

Q: Back to your chemistry with Christian McCaffrey. Throw it to the right sideline that you kind of arced over. He said he was halfway to looking when he turned to grab it. Is it just the trust that you have in him, that you’ve already built in the past, that you knew he would be there? Is that part of it?

PURDY: “Of course. Yeah. We have traveled this route many times, from camp to games, in the past. And obviously, as if it were just a testimony to its details. I know where he’s going to be because every time he does it in practice live or against a defender, he gives me an indicator or there are subtle movements because he does it constantly. And so, for me at that point, it was just a matter of confidence because I knew where he was supposed to be and how he was going through the course. And that’s the kind of guy he is. He organized those kinds of plays for me, so if it’s off schedule or anything, I know where it’s supposed to be. And so, it’s just the chemistry and the trust that we’ve built and hopefully we can continue to have that in the future.

Q: Was it last week because he obviously hasn’t trained much in the last few months?

PURDY: “Yeah. We ran it last week in training. But if we look at last year and the reps he had in camp early on, they were all reps that we put together. So once it comes back, we’re like, “Okay, this piece is back,” and we’re like, “Okay, honey.”

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