49ers launch Week 10 practices for Rams without Ricky Pearsall but with Brock Purdy, Bryce Huff

SANTA CLARA Brock Purdy is practicing for an eventual return as the ers quarterback How eventual No neon sign is indicating a comeback for this Sunday s home tilt against the Los Angeles Rams But Purdy will get more first-team reps this week than during his month-plus hiatus Plan on pushing it each week coach Kyle Shanahan declared before Wednesday s practice Purdy has not played since aggravating his right big toe in a Sept loss to Jacksonville He s been limited in practice the past three weeks and although he was questionable to play last event Shanahan commented he really wasn t close to suiting up Purdy for an urgency backup role behind Mac Jones and No Adrian Martinez With both Jones and Purdy having proven themselves in the ers offense Shanahan seems undeterred about a second-half playoff push As long as you have a quarterback playing at a high level I don t worry too much about chemistry Shanahan mentioned Former ers quarterback Steve Young believes Purdy is just not healthy enough to return At selected point Brock I would suspect would say Enough I m playing I ve got to believe those conversations have happened Young narrated KNBR -AM I feel if Brock could somehow play he would force the issue I would I d force it publicly I d force it privately I d make it happen I know Brock and I suspect he can t make it happen because he s not healthy enough Jones is - as Purdy s replacement with last Sunday s - win at the New York Giants serving as Jones second-most efficient event of his career in terms of a passer rating Jones completed all of his first-half passes and finished -of- for yards with two touchdowns no interceptions and a lost fumble on a first-half sack Shanahan continued to quell any quarterback disagreement chatter by noting on Monday that This is Brock s crew A day earlier however Shanahan noted that with this turf toe it s maybe something that ostensibly won t fully go away all year regardless of when he comes back STRENGTH CENTER Wide receiver Ricky Pearsall knee will remain out of practice since injuring a posterior cruciate ligament against the Jaguars No setback just taking longer to go than we thought Shanahan noted Defensive end Bryce Huff is returning to practice after missing the past two games with a hamstring strain from late in their win over Atlanta Huff with a team-high four sacks has been particularly missed in a ers pass rush that ranks last in the NFL at sacks per match Defensive end Mykel Williams sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament late last championship the same injury that took out fellow opening-day starter Nick Bosa in Week Also limited Wednesday are linebackers Dee Winters and Tatum Bethune as well as center Jake Brendel Guard Ben Bartch will be a full participant and could return to left guard but Shanahan commented he was impressed by Spencer Burford s debut there last challenge EXCHANGE DEADLINE AFTERMATH The ers idled on Tuesday s final day to make a business but only after dealing a week earlier for defensive lineman Keion White and a seventh-round pick in exchange for a sixth-rounder to New England Excited we made one we felt real good about last week Shanahan commented We looked into a ton of them but the asking price was too much Prior to the season the ers dealt Day draft picks for Huff conditional fifth-round pick running back Brian Robinson sixth-round and wide receiver Skyy Moore and seventh-rounder for sixth-rounder D-LINEMAN ADDED The ers did add a defensive lineman in Andrew Farmer II to their practice squad replacing linebacker Stone Blanton Farmer s had stints with the Chargers and the Broncos but his only NFL experience was eight games no sacks with the Chargers He had sacks in games at Lane College in - BETHUNE S BIG STATS Tatum Bethune leads the NFL in tackles with since Week when he replaced an injured Fred Warner as the ers middle linebacker I ve been living the dream having fun making the most of of my opportunity and also just trying to find solutions for this band to continue to get wins and play at a high standard Bethune announced Tuesday on NFL Configuration two days after making tackles in the win over the Giants Those were the ers the bulk tackles in a contest in a decade since Michael Wilhoite s at the Giants HOF COACHING NODS George Seifert who coached the ers to their majority up-to-date Super Bowl wins in the and seasons is among nine semifinalists in the Pro Football Hall of Fame s Coaches category that includes first-time nominee Bill Belichick the New England Patriots six-time champion Other semifinalists are former ers offensive coordinators Mike Holmgren and Mike Shanahan father of the current ers coach as well as Tom Coughlin Chuck Knox Buddy Parker Dan Reeves and Marty Schottenheimer Related Articles ers George Seifert Mike Shanahan advance along with Belichick in HOF bid Inman things about NFL contract deadline s impact on ers Super Bowl LX ers sat out NFL deal deadline Fans will eventually thank them ers stand pat at NFL arrangement deadline with - 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