San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan revealed on Wednesday that quarterback Brock Purdy is a “lengthy shot” to play of their Week 2 street matchup on the New Orleans Saints this Sunday as a result of a number of accidents and will doubtlessly miss extra time afterwards.
Purdy sustained each a shoulder and toe accidents in the course of the group’s Week 1 victory over the Seattle Seahawks this previous weekend and didn’t observe on Wednesday. The Professional Bowl QB went 26-35 for 277 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions within the season opener, firing a four-yard strike to tight finish Jake Tonges for the go-ahead rating with 1:34 remaining within the recreation.
This harm is one more blow to the 49ers’ offense, who’ve been besieged by accidents to star gamers since final season. Simply this week, the group needed to place All-Professional tight finish George Kittle on injured reserve as a result of a hamstring harm and now they are going to be with out their beginning QB for a minimum of this week.
Purdy was a top-10 quarterback in common draft place heading into the season, so this harm will affect a number of fantasy managers throughout a number of platforms. His numbers in 2024 dipped from the 12 months prior when he led the 49ers to a Tremendous Bowl look, however he nonetheless completed as a top-15 fantasy QB with 3,864 passing yards, 323 speeding yards, and 25 complete touchdowns on the season.
In his absence, backup quarterback Mac Jones will step in because the starter and can get his first style of motion after signing a two-year contract with the group this offseason. The previous first-round choose is available on waiver wires as he’s rostered in lower than 1% of fantasy leagues. Nevertheless, I think about Purdy managers already produce other viable backup choices in place and so they can at all times flip to different QB waiver wire choices like Michael Penix Jr. or Geno Smith in the event that they’re in a jam.
With each Purdy and George Kittle down for the week, I count on Shanahan and firm to maintain issues easy by leaning on Christian McCaffrey to hold the offense. I’d additionally count on a superb bulk of Jones’ targets to be lobbed in the direction of the course of Ricky Pearsall after his breakout efficiency in Week 1.
