Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers
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QB Brock Purdy reportedly will miss two to five weeks due to turf toe. Backup Mac Jones is expected to fill in at quarterback.
Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters Wednesday Brock Purdy's chance of playing in San Francisco's game at New Orleans is "a long shot."
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Kyle Shanahan Gives Brock Purdy Injury Update Ahead of Week 2 vs. Saints. 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters on Wednesday that starting quarterback Brock Purdy is a "long shot" to play on Sunday against the Saints.
And, in an appearance on Good Morning Football on Thursday, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport suggested Purdy could miss as many as five games. Rapoport put Purdy’s recovery timeline at two to five weeks with what is described as a variant of turf toe.
The 49ers did a hard reset this past offseason, trading Deebo Samuel, cutting contracts the team deemed to be underwater, re-signing the team’s core three — Purdy, George Kittle, Fred Warner, loading up on 11 draft picks, and putting a full-court press to successfully bring back defensive coordinator Robert Saleh.