by: Dan Morrison 10 hours ago dan_morrison96
The San Francisco 49ers have been without starting quarterback Brock Purdy since a Week 4 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Now, they’ve finally got an encouraging sign that he could be ready to return soon.
During Thursday morning’s episode of Get Up , Adam Schefter shared that Purdy is improving and there’s an effort to get him ready to play this Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. That effort includes getting ramped up in practice. So, while nothing has been guaranteed, there are also positive signs.
“The 49ers seem to be ramping up Brock Purdy in an effort to get him ready to play Sunday against Arizona,” Schefter said. “We’ll see how he feels this week at practice, but practice has looked a little bit different this week, and it looks like they might be getting Purdy back this week after all the talk about him coming back one week after another and Mac Jones filling in. It looks like this could be time for Purdy this week, depending on how he feels.”
Injuries have been a concern for Purdy this season. He initially got banged up in Week 1 before returning for that Week 4 game. However, a turf toe injury has become a recurring issue and has kept him sidelined. Incidentally, turf toe is the same injury that has kept Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow sidelined since Week 2.
In that very limited playing time, Purdy completed 65.8% of passes for 586 yards and four touchdowns. However, he also threw four interceptions.