SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy cleared yet one more vital impediment on his highway to beginning within the workforce’s Sept. 10 season opener in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Purdy will now have the ability to take part in three practices in a row and not using a built-in off-day, coach Kyle Shanahan introduced throughout his convention name Monday. It is one other necessary step in Purdy’s restoration from offseason elbow surgical procedure.
Purdy didn’t play in San Francisco’s loss to the Las Vegas Raiders in Sunday’s preseason opener, however Shanahan has stated Purdy might play in some unspecified time in the future in one of many remaining two preseason contests. The Niners host the Denver Broncos on Saturday night.
Each time Purdy does play, it will likely be his first dwell recreation reps since tearing the ulnar collateral ligament in his proper elbow in a Jan. 29 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles within the NFC Championship Sport.
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After a slight delay for swelling within the elbow to subside, Purdy underwent a process to repair the tear on March 10. From there, Purdy has been carefully monitored as he is labored his means again to full pace. He started a prescribed throwing program in late Might, and his medical workers and the Niners cleared him to return to apply on July 25.
On the time, normal supervisor John Lynch stated Purdy would have the ability to apply with out limitations however that the second-year quarterback could be following a plan that requires him to apply solely two out of each three days. Shanahan stated the hope was Purdy would have the ability to lose the requisite off-day after two weeks. This week is only some days previous that benchmark.
All through camp, Purdy has taken all of the reps with the beginning offense on the times he has practiced. Because the league conferences in March, Lynch and Shanahan have been adamant that Purdy would be the starter as long as he is wholesome. Purdy seems to nonetheless be on observe to just do that, noting final week that his arm feels good.
“When it comes to my arm and all the things, yeah, my arm feels nice,” Purdy stated. “Simply nonetheless constructing back-to-back days and attempting to realize all of the power that I can again from the rehab means of issues and I really feel actually assured.”
In different Niners harm information, tight finish George Kittle (adductor) is just not anticipated to return this week, however Shanahan stated the workforce is hoping he’ll be again subsequent week. San Francisco is, nonetheless, anticipating to get defensive ends Drake Jackson and Robert Beal Jr., defensive sort out Kalia Davis, linebacker Dre Greenlaw, receiver Danny Grey and working again Elijah Mitchell again to apply this week.
Security George Odum (shoulder), linebacker Oren Burks (knee) and receiver Ray-Ray McCloud (wrist) aren’t anticipated to return within the preseason, although Shanahan stated the hope is that Odum and Burks will likely be prepared for Week 1 and McCloud has insisted he should not be dominated out both.
“I feel Ray-Ray’s could be the one which probably will not work out that means,” Shanahan stated. “The opposite two we’ve bought extra hope than Ray-Ray, however as Ray-Ray retains telling me, do not depend him out.”
