SANTA CLARA — Per 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, quarterback Brock Purdy is a “longshot” to play in the 49ers’ Week 2 game in New Orleans.

And suddenly, that term — longshot — feels terribly apt in describing just about everything surrounding the 2025 San Francisco 49ers.

We made it one whole week before the walls of Levi’s Stadium were caught up in what is a far-too-familiar fire. I suppose that’s progress from last year, when the season went to hell before it even opened, thanks to Brandon Aiyuk’s absurd holdout and Christian McCaffrey’s last-minute scratch going into Week 1. But that’s hardly anything to celebrate.

The Niners used to be the NFC’s team to beat. Now they’re the conference’s most chaotic team.

And no, that’s not a compliment.

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