Kyle Shanahan Explains Why Brock Purdy Won't Start Even If Available In Week 9

49ers backmost Brock Purdy has been dealing pinch a turf toed wounded each play that has kept him retired of astir of San Francisco’s games this year.

Purdy was said to beryllium making important advancement successful believe precocious this week, and nan connection from coach Kyle Shanahan is that he whitethorn beryllium disposable for nan team's Week 9 crippled against nan Giants. Only... not arsenic a starter.

That unsocial nickname confused some, but Shanahan gave an mentation successful his property conference connected Friday arsenic for why Purdy won't start, moreover though he whitethorn technically beryllium patient capable to go.

"He didn't get each nan starter reps this week. As soon arsenic he had a chance to get done believe and worldly nan first time, we fto him get each those starter reps and it was great. Then location was a chance he could re-hurt it successful nan crippled and he did and he's been retired for nan past month," Shanahan said. "He sewage much reps this week, but we weren't going to perpetrate to each of that for illustration we did past time. So I deliberation it's easing it backmost much than past time."

So, nan reasoning is reasonably simple: The squad hurried him backmost up of Week 4, and nan consequence was Purdy needing moreover more clip to get backmost to believe readiness than erstwhile he initially injured nan toe. Rather than risking nan aforesaid outcome, nan Niners look to judge a spot much remainder will thief nan young quarterback's rest-of-season health.

It makes sense, considering nan Niners conscionable agreed to a monolithic statement hold pinch nan young quarterback up of this season. While location has been plentifulness of speculation that nan squad could manus nan keys to Mac Jones moreover aft Purdy is backmost fixed really good he's performed successful Purdy's absence, that's incredibly unlikely.

The nationalist disorder astir Purdy's wounded is mostly to do pinch him being "day-to-day" for truthful galore weeks successful a row. The young QB has explained that nan wounded has been a frustrating, lingering process, pinch setbacks on nan way. The day-to-day designation, successful this case, doesn't mean he's group to return successful a matter of days, rather, that nan squad is having to show his progression each day.

Shanahan added astatine 1 constituent that Purdy's toed is not, "fully healthy." He besides said Purdy didn't get, "a lot," of starter reps this week.

San Francisco, 5-3, has won 4 of its six games without Purdy pinch Mac Jones nether center.

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