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49ers Not Letting Brock Purdy Throw at Wednesday's Practice

Is there concern about Purdy's availability for Sunday?

Grant Cohn

Nov 17, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) scrambles away from Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) and Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Byron Murphy II (91) in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images
Nov 17, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) scrambles away from Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) and Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Byron Murphy II (91) in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images / David Gonzales-Imagn Images
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SANTA CLARA -- The 49ers are being extremely cautious with Brock Purdy.

Purdy injured his shoulder on Sunday during the 49ers' 20-17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The team officially lists him as day-to-day with shoulder soreness, which is vague. It's unclear just how serious the injury is.

On Wednesday, Purdy was a limited participant in practice, which in his case means he didn't throw. He took his drops and practiced going through progressions, but he didn't throw any passes. Either he's not healthy enough to physically throw a football right now or the 49ers simply want to give him extra rest four days before the most important game of the season.

Is there concern about Purdy's availability for Sunday?

"Not much right now," head coach Kyle Shanahan said before practice. "We'll see how this week goes. He's limited today, so I think that's good news."

It's hard to know what to make of Shanahan's answer. If Purdy were in danger of missing Sunday's game, Shanahan might not want the Packers to know that just yet. He might want them to prepare for Purdy and then have to adjust to defend Brandon Allen or Joshua Dobbs just before kickoff. Because the more time the Packers have to prepare for the backup quarterbacks, the worse those quarterbacks will perform.

If Purdy throws a pass in practice at any point this week, he probably will play in Green Bay. But if he never throws a pass in practice this week, don't hold your breath.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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