The San Francisco 49ers spent all offseason trying to forget the dissonance of 2024, a year derailed by a cruel cascade of injuries to stars like Christian McCaffrey, Brandon Aiyuk, and Trent Williams. Yet, here they are again, the music stopping abruptly on Wednesday as Head Coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed the dreaded diagnosis: the maestro, Brock Purdy , is likely out for Week 2 and possibly beyond.

The diagnosis? A double-whammy of a left shoulder issue and a toe injury that Shanahan described as “sort of like turf toe,” suffered on a second-quarter sideline tackle. In an instant, the euphoria of a hard-fought season-opening win in Seattle was overshadowed by a grim reality. As NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport noted, “That was not a very happy Kyle Shanahan, once again, stand

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