There could possibly be one other 49ers star down for the rely this season.
Quarterback Brock Purdy is about to bear testing Tuesday after exiting the 49ers’ 40-34 loss to the Lions on “Monday Night Football” following an damage to his proper elbow late within the fourth quarter.
“I got hit on the backside and basically just my arm was on fire kind of thing,” Purdy mentioned postgame, in keeping with ESPN. “I tried throwing a couple on the sideline and I couldn’t at that point.”
The third-year quarterback, who’s roughly two years faraway from a UCL tear sustained in San Francisco’s NFC Championship loss to Philadelphia, quelled fears it could possibly be an analogous damage.
“We did some tests with UCL stuff, and I’m good in that regard,” mentioned Purdy, who went 27-for-35 for 377 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.
“But we’ve just got to go get imaging on it tomorrow and see the whole thing.”
Purdy, 25, was additionally sacked twice in Monday’s loss. He was introduced down by Lions security Brian Department with lower than two minutes remaining within the second half earlier than making his strategy to the sideline.
Backup quarterback Joshua Dobbs relieved Purdy for the sport’s closing moments.
Medical personnel instructed head coach Kyle Shanahan they consider Purdy’s damage has to do with “some nerve stuff.”
“I know everyone when they hear about Brock’s elbow and stuff, just like me, you think of the elbow injury from a couple of years ago,” Shanahan mentioned, per ESPN.
“But just talking to the doctors, he just got hit in the right spot. When you get hit there, your nerves go and you can’t feel much, but hopefully it will be all right.”
Purdy’s standing for Sunday’s meaningless regular-season finale in opposition to the Cardinals is unclear.
It’s been an injury-plagued run for the 49ers, who reached Tremendous Bowl 2024 in February earlier than dropping in extra time to the Chiefs.
Past Purdy, who additionally missed a sport in November attributable to a shoulder damage, San Francisco performed a lot of the season with out star working again Christian McCaffrey.
The reigning Offensive Participant of the 12 months handled calf bother in preseason and was later positioned on injured reserve in September as he grappled with Achilles tendinitis.
McCaffrey was positioned on injured reserve once more this month after struggling a sprained PCL in a Week 13 loss to the Payments.
The 49ers additionally misplaced large receiver Brandon Aiyuk for the yr after he sustained a torn ACL and MCL in October.
San Francisco enters its closing sport of the season at 6-10.
