49ers’ Brock Purdy will miss Week 18. The tough question for San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was what to do with quarterback Brock Purdy in a Week 18 game against the Rams, which means next to nothing to the 49ers’ playoff hopes. On the other hand, he wants Purdy to maintain the pace that has made him one of the favorites for the NFL MVP award. On the other hand, he wants Purdy to stay healthy and rested before the 49ers’ divisional playoff game in two and a half weeks. Finally, Shanahan made the final call he announced Wednesday. “Brock Purdy is definitely the one guy I know I’m not going to play,” Shanahan said in his press conference on Wednesday. That cleared Brock Purdy for Week 18 and ended his 2023 regular season.
The decision hurt Purdy’s personal best in several statistical categories, including yards. He had 4,280 yards, second in the NFL, but is tied for fifth with the week off, with Patrick Mahomes, Dak Prescott and Jared Goff poised to pass him.
He is also second in the NFL with 31 tackles and will likely slide down that list as well. Jordan Love of the Packers has 30 passing yards and three QBs would need three touchdowns to tie Purdy.
Of course, that wasn’t much of a concern for Shanahan, who said he doesn’t have many options because NFL rules limit the number of players he can rest — a team must dress 48 players and two practice facilities. players On the 53-man roster, that means five players can rest and two players can make practice squads.
The 49ers have six players with probable injuries, leaving Shanahan with one available rest spot. “One, you can just rest seven guys if nobody got hurt if you get two practice squads. At the moment we have at least six injured. “I just know for sure we can rest one, so I went with our starting quarterback,” Shanahan said. Brock Purdy, of course, is that starting quarterback. He added that the plan was to play backup Sam Darnold during Week 18. He did not intend for third baseman Brandon Allen to get any reps. Definitive 49ers training plan for Brock Purdy The trick for Shanahan and the 49ers is to be as sure as possible that Purdy is ready for the playoff finale.
That won’t be an easy task when he’s gone, first in Week 18 and then in the wild-card playoffs. One way to do this is to keep your exercise schedule as normal as possible. It’s part of Purdy’s plan. “Brock Purdy, we’re taking this as a normal weekend,” Shanahan said. “So it’s a regular Wednesday for this time of year, which means we’re doing everything at half speed. We’re not doing anything full speed on Wednesdays this year.
Brock is doing half reps with them. Sam is taking the other one. I want our team to tackle this week as the fall of Brock as the first game of the game. Now I want them both to repeat it. “I want Brock to get a job this week. That’s why I’d like us to be prepared if that unfortunately happens. On Thursday when everything is in full swing, probably give most of them to Sam. We’ll talk about it later today.. On Friday, we will return to death.”
