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49ers QB Brock Purdy is Day to Day with Shoulder Soreness

On Sunday, Purdy rushed 5 times for 40 yards, plus he scored a diving touchdown. So he could have injured his shoulder on any one of those plays. In addition, he got sacked twice and hit four times.

Grant Cohn

Nov 17, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) scrambles away from Seattle Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon (21) 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 cornerback Devon Witherspoon (21) in the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images / David Gonzales-Imagn Images
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SANTA CLARA -- Brock Purdy injured his shoulder Sunday during the 49ers' 20-17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The 49ers list him as a day to day with shoulder soreness.

Kyle Shanahan reported the injury Monday on a conference call with Bay Area reporters. He said the injury was a result of a hit that Purdy took during the game but it did not affect his performance. As of now, it is unclear whether Purdy will practice on Wednesday.

On Sunday, Purdy rushed 5 times for 40 yards, plus he scored a diving touchdown. So he could have injured his shoulder on any one of those plays. In addition, he got sacked twice and hit four times.

Still, the fact that Purdy wasn't in tremendous pain after the game as to be a good sign. Clearly, the soreness and pain intensified after he went home and slept on it, which is to be expected. But if he can practice on Wednesday, he almost certainly will play in Green Bay on Sunday.

Even if Purdy can't practice at all this week, he still would give the 49ers a better chance to beat the Packers than backup quarterback Brandon Allen, who can't move nearly as well as Purdy. Purdy's scrambles have been the 49ers' best offensive plays all season. Allen doesn't provide that element to the 49ers offense.

If Purdy can't play, they 49ers could choose to start third-string quarterback Joshua Dobbs, who at least could scramble.

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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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