Star 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy wasn’t in attendance for San Francisco’s thrilling 26-23 overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Week 5 of the 2025 NFL season.

Of course, Purdy has been dealing with a nagging turf toe in his right foot, making him not much of an on-field contributor at the moment.

San Francisco general manager John Lynch still thoroughly explained why Purdy didn’t make the in-state trek down to Inglewood in appearing on KNBR’s “Murph and Markus” on Thursday.

“I understand, yeah, he’s our franchise quarterback, and so you’d expect him to travel,” Lynch told KNBR. “I think, sometimes … our trainers and health and performance staff find that when you travel -- I think people can feel it in their own experiences -- it’s not always necessarily a

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