SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brock Purdy is reacting well sufficient to hone Friday for a moment sequential day, but that does not ensure he’ll be therapeutically cleared from the NFL’s concussion convention to play Sunday.
The 49ers (5-2) have the Bengals (3-3) at 1:25 p.m. at Levi’s Stadium, and it’s accepted Purdy’s status ought to be known by Saturday.
As schedule as hone showed up to go, Purdy must still pass tests by an free neurologist and group restorative staff.
In 2012, Alex Smith practiced all through the week after a concussion constrained him from a 49ers’ domestic amusement with the Rams. Specialists hence did not clear him for the taking after Monday night diversion against the Chicago Bears, coming about in Colin Kaepernick’s to begin with career begin. “I attempted to thrust it and went out and practiced and, you know, it fair wasn’t right,” Smith said in November 2012 of his post-concussion indications.
Purdy, since he remains within the convention, is denied from talking with columnists. Sam Darnold, his understudy, is to address the media after hone.
Purdy played all through Monday night’s 22-17 misfortune at Minnesota, at that point experienced concussion-like indications on the flight domestic and, in this way, entered the NFL’s concussion. He advanced sufficient to be on the field for Wednesday’s offense-only work (at that point skipped that day’s official hone), and, on Thursday, he driven quarterbacks through hone in which he was recorded as being constrained.
In the event that Purdy closes his streak of 15 continuous begins (playoffs included), at that point the 49ers would turn to Darnold, who went 21-34 as a starter with the Modern York Planes (2018-20) and the Carolina Pumas (2021-22) some time recently marking a one-year bargain with the 49ers when free organization opened in March.
“Sam may be a proficient, gets it our playbook, gets us in and out of the group, and is productive with the ball,” tight conclusion George Kittle said. “I’ve seen him make a few insane tosses. I keep in mind against the Planes (in 2000), he had this insane rolling out plays, and he was dicing us up late I accept in Sam. He’s attending to able to step into this offense in case he should . And I still feel we have sufficient weapons around that we’re planning to win with anything we have on the field.”
When it comes to Darnold’s capabilities, there’s a groundswell of certainty from both interior the organization and exterior eyewitnesses that he may well be a able fill-in for Purdy, who’s something else settled in as the starter.
Smith, talking Thursday on SiriusXM NFL Radio, said “it would be in uncommon territory” in case Purdy picks up clearance on a brief week of arrangement, seeing how the 49ers played Monday. Smith is among those who feel the 49ers are a incredible spot for Darnold to reboot his career, at whatever point that opportunity emerges.
“Sam’s been in approximately as broken circumstances as you’ll be able be in tobegin a career,” Smith said Thursday on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “Take this from someone … I’ve been through a few brokenness as well. He’s never been in a framework like this, never been with a play caller like Kyle Shanahan. In case there’s a put for him to go out and succeed, it’s here.”
John Lynch, the 49ers’ common supervisor, said Friday on KNBR 680-AM that Darnold is “a incredible fit for what we do.”
“Listen, this fellow can toss it. Still fantastically youthful, within the enormous picture,” Smith included of Darnold, a 26-year-old item of USC. “They’re just fine if he has got to go in and play. That’s the reality of the NFL. The chance your beginning quarterback makes it through 17 diversions is rare.”
Steve Youthful, whereas not totally “absolving” Darnold of battles in Modern York and Carolina, is additionally curious to see how Darnold reacts, on the off chance that required.
“if Sam plays, I think there’s a parcel of certainty that, well, perhaps one diversion isn’t sufficient to show that (victory) or possibly things go haywire, but in the event that he had 10 diversions, I think you’d say, ‘Steve, you’re right.’ And he is getting more offer assistance and he is able of more than I thought,” Youthful said on KNBR 680-AM. “What that ceiling is, I don’t know. But we conversation around enormous, solid folks running around tossing it all over the field; he can be that guy.”
Dan Orlavsky, a previous NFL quarterback and current ESPN examiner, said he does not anticipate the 49ers to skip a beat in case Darnold is stopped in for Purdy. “This youthful man has been weathered. He’s rationally been through it all,” Orlavsky said on ESPN of Darnold. “He is the most skilled quarterback physically that Kyle Shanahan has had in that offense at least since Matt Ryan, so that’s six or seven a long time. Out of all due regard to Brock Purdy, he’s an extremely great player, this offense will be fair fine with Sam Darnold.”
NFL Movies examiner Greg Cosell said he’d be “fascinated” to observe Darnold’s contrasting fashion to Purdy, noticing how Darnold has “always had a small bit of a issue at times in what he sees, playing with the next level of timing and expectation. And we know this offense requests that.”
Hone notes
Cleared out handle Trent Williams (lower leg) has not practiced since his harm Oct. 15 at Cleveland, so Jaylon Moore looks in line to begin a moment straight diversion. Wide recipient Deebo Samuel remains out as the 49ers are giving his shoulder’s hairline break time to recuperate through another week’s bye.
