Where did this come from?
Brock Purdy apparently came out of the San Francisco 49ers’ Week 1 victory over the Seattle Seahawks with multiple injuries. His status for Week 2 is in doubt.
This is what ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Monday evening:
“Brock Purdy has a left shoulder and toe injury that make him uncertain for Sunday’s game in New Orleans. Kyle Shanahan said the team will see how the practice week goes.”
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Schefter’s wording is funny, because it makes it sound like it’s one big injury, a left-shoulder-and-toe injury.
But wording aside, this isn’t funny at all for the 49ers.
Purdy’s backup QB is Mac Jones, which is a decent outcome all things considered. He can win games as a starting quarterback.
But the injury nightmare has started early for the 49ers.
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George Kittle is hurt. Jauan Jennings is hurt. And Purdy, too?
He wasn’t perfect in the opener, but he was out there the whole game to help hold onto a win.
To be fair, the 49ers might not need Purdy to beat this season’s lowly Saints team.
But they just paid Brock a ton of money. Ideally, he’d be on the field leading the way and trying to avoid a repeat of last season’s injury-plagued 6-11 season.
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