The San Francisco 49ers suffered a huge blow to their campaign after it was revealed that star quarterback Brock Purdy will be sidelined for an extended period after reaggravating his turf toe injury.
It was confirmed by 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan to NFL insider Ian Rapoport when asked about Purdy's status prior to their game against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on “Thursday Night Football.”
“He reaggravated it. He's week to week. Don’t know how it will heal,” said Shanahan, as quoted by Rapoport. Expand Tweet
The 25-year-old Purdy suffered the turf toe injury in Week 1 against the Seattle Seahawks. He returned in Week 4 versus the Jacksonville Jaguars, but that's when the terrible setback happened. They also lost the game, 26-21.
Purdy went 22-of-38 for 309 yards, two tou