{"id":117205,"date":"2025-11-06T00:17:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=117205"},"modified":"2025-11-06T00:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:19:52","slug":"49ers-practice-decision-spells-good-news-for-qb-brock-purdy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=117205","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 PRACTICE UPDATE: 49ers\u2019 move to ramp up Brock Purdy\u2019s workload is a major step forward \u2014 fans are buzzing as signs point to their QB1 being fully ready for the next showdown."},"content":{"rendered":"<article>The San Francisco 49ers have been without franchise quarterback Brock Purdy for seven of their first nine games to open up the 2025 NFL season.Purdy is dealing with a nagging turf toe injury he suffered during the 49ers&#8217; season-opening win over the Seattle Seahawks. He returned to the field in Week 4, but suffered an injury setback during a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n<p>Backup quarterback Mac Jones has been solid in Purdy&#8217;s absence, leading the 49ers to a 5-2 record as the team&#8217;s starting QB. In this past Sunday&#8217;s Week 9 win over the New York Giants, the veteran signal caller completed 19 of his 24 pass attempts for 235 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>While Jones is playing well, head coach Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers have made it very clear that Purdy will be the team&#8217;s starting quarterback when he&#8217;s healthy enough to play.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"10999966\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2238023668.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=75&amp;webp=1\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 1536px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2238023668.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=75&amp;webp=1 640w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2238023668.jpg?w=750&amp;quality=75&amp;webp=1 750w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2238023668.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=75&amp;webp=1 1000w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2238023668.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=75&amp;webp=1 1200w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2238023668.jpg?w=1360&amp;quality=75&amp;webp=1 1360w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2238023668.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=75&amp;webp=1 1600w\" alt=\"49ers practice decision spells good news for QB Brock Purdy\" width=\"7705\" height=\"5139\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Football:<\/strong> Colts Get Major Sauce Gardner Injury News 1 Day After Blockbuster Trade<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Shanahan said the team plans to get Purdy more first-team reps throughout practice this week \u2014 increasing the number of reps compared to his limited participation in Week 9.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shanahan said the plan this week is to give Purdy more first-team repetitions than he had last week,&#8221; 49ers insider Matt Barrows of The Athletic reported.<\/p>\n<p>Purdy was officially listed as &#8220;limited&#8221; in Wednesday&#8217;s practice.<\/p>\n<p>Loading twitter content&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Football:<\/strong> 49ers End Speculation With Firm QB Decision Between Brock Purdy, Mac Jones<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers will face off against the Los Angeles Rams in an NFC West matchup on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>If Purdy is still unable to take the field in Week 10, the 49ers are confident that Jones can continue his solid play at the quarterback position.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is Brock&#8217;s team and if Brock&#8217;s good to go and everything and can play like Brock, there&#8217;s no decision to be made,&#8221; Shanahan said on Tuesday. &#8220;It&#8217;s just nice as we go through this with Brock with the uncertainty of the toe, it is cool to have someone playing as good as Mac is.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s game will kickoff at 4:25 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco 49ers announced a practice decision regarding quarterback Brock Purdy as the team prepares for Week 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":117206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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