Mike Macdonald details challenges facing Brock Purdy, 49ers' offense

49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Football, Matt Maiocco, Sports, Nfl, San Francisco 49ers

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On "49ers Talk," NBC Sports Bay Area's Matt Maiocco sits down with Seattle Seahawks coach and Super Bowl LX champion Mike Macdonald at the American Century Classic golf tournament in South Lake Tahoe. Macdonald evaluates the challenges of defending against a Kyle Shanahan led-offense and shares why the Seahawks poached former 49ers assistant Brian Fleury to replace Klint Kubiak as their new offense coordinator. Later, Jennifer Lee Chan links up with Matt to to discuss where Brock Purdy ranks on NFL Network's Top 100.

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0:26.6	The Seattle Seahawks had the upper hand on the 49ers last season. Well, let's face it, Mike McDonald's squad got the best of everyone in the NFL en route to their Super Bowl title.
0:33.6	So what does it say that the team that did not allow the 49ers any room to breathe
0:38.1	ended up raiding Kyle Shanahan staff to find their next offensive coordinator?
0:42.8	On this episode of 49ers talk, Mike McDonald, the coach of the Super Bowl winners,
0:47.8	stops by and explains why he hired Brian Flurry to run his offense.
0:52.3	McDonald also talks about the challenges of facing Channingham's offense and whether he feels his defense has the 49ers number.
1:00.5	Jennifer Lee Chan and I will also discuss where Brock Pretty ranked on the NFL Network's top 100,
1:06.6	and interestingly, which defensive player was featured in highlighting the attributes of the 49ers quarterback.
1:13.1	We'll have all that and much more on this episode of 49ers talk coming at you right now.
1:18.4	Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
1:24.7	Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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