{"id":18676,"date":"2024-11-24T17:35:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T17:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18676"},"modified":"2024-11-24T17:35:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T17:35:33","slug":"49ers-not-fearing-long-term-brock-purdy-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18676","title":{"rendered":"49ers Not Fearing Long-Term Brock Purdy Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A successful UCL rehab led to Brock Purdy<\/a><\/strong> not missing any time due to injury last season, but the 49ers\u2019 starting quarterback is out for the team\u2019s Packers matchup today<\/a>. It is not yet certain Purdy will return in Week 13, but the team views it as likely.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>An injury to the blossoming passer\u2019s throwing shoulder will keep him out in Green Bay, though no IR stint should be expected. The 49ers believe Purdy will be ready to play against the Bills next week, ESPN.com\u2019s Adam Schefter notes<\/a>, as a high level of concern is not present. While a return after one absence would help put Purdy back on track \u2014 as offseason extension talks are expected \u2014 the 49ers are in a difficult spot presently.<\/p>\n

Also hopeful (per Schefter<\/a>) Trent Williams<\/a><\/strong> will play today, the 49ers will face the 7-3 Packers without their other two most important players. Nick Bosa<\/a><\/strong> is also out, dealing with hip and oblique injuries. The 49ers will face the 9-2 Bills on Sunday night next week. Although the defending NFC champions have two more NFC West games left, they also host the surging Lions in Week 17. Williams is battling an ankle injury<\/a> and did not practice this week. One of five All-Pros on San Francisco\u2019s offense, the future Hall of Famer certainly would be vital to protecting Purdy\u2019s backup.<\/p>\n

As Brandon Allen<\/a><\/strong> prepares for his first start since Week 17 of the 2021 season \u2014 when Bengals HC Zac Taylor<\/strong> rested starters \u2014 ESPN\u2019s FPI gives the 49ers just a 21.5% chance to make the playoffs. Allen, 32, has not made more than one start in a season since 2020. The 49ers added him shortly after the 2023 draft, and Sam Darnold<\/a><\/strong> beating out Trey Lance<\/a><\/strong> for the backup job last year keyed the trade with the Cowboys and Allen rising to the No. 3 role. Darnold\u2019s offseason Vikings defection bumped him to the No. 2 job<\/a>, and Josh Dobbs<\/a><\/strong> will back up the former sixth-round pick today.<\/p>\n

Following Jalen Hurts<\/a><\/strong> in going toe-to-toe with Patrick Mahomes<\/a><\/strong> in a Super Bowl, Purdy has established himself as the 49ers\u2019 unquestioned starter. He ranks fifth in QBR this season and in 2023 became the first passer to average at least 9.6 yards per attempt over a full season since the 1950s. Although some rumblings around the league have suggested a Kirk Cousins<\/a><\/strong> trade as a contingency plan<\/a> in case the 49ers become leery of giving a former seventh-round pick a contract at or near the Dak Prescott<\/a><\/strong> rate, Purdy is expected to secure a top-market salary in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n