Five answers to Brock Purdy’s comeback as the 49ers’ starting quarterback
SANTA CLARA Brock Purdy s return as the ers starting quarterback comes with questions the greater part of which he answered himself after Thursday s practice It was his first media session in over a month as he sat out a six-game stretch Here are five key insights heading into Sunday s competition between the ers - and the host Arizona Cardinals - On the frustration of missing six straight starts and eight overall since the Week toe injury and Week aggravation Purdy Yeah it s been frustrating obviously Going into Year I demanded to come in and play my best ball so far in my career and was really excited about it We come in play Seattle and win on the road and just feeling really good about the year and then all of a sudden like I m just dealing with the toe thing and it has been frustrating Just the time missed and seeing our club and the opportunity to go and win games put a season together and feel good about it So it s just been frustrating for sure But at the same time this is just the cards that I ve been dealt with and I m not trying to be woe was me kind of thing We still have seven games here to go and put something together and our goals are right in front of us So that s how I m looking at it I m excited about it On if returning in Week after a two-game hiatus was a mistake as he got hurt again in that loss to Jacksonville Purdy No Going into that week I felt good I really did And I thought I was going to be good to go I just unfortunately got caught in a bad position with my toe again and just reaggravated it And so that s sort of just what happened And looking back on it I m a competitor I want to go out and lead and I felt good throughout the week to be able to go out and lead our guys to win and play good quarterback It s just unfortunate that I got caught in that position On how tender that big toe is on his right foot and when it s compromised preponderance Purdy Just more so movement Running and scrambling and all those kind of things You know dropping back and throwing it s been pretty good for a while But to play quarterback in the NFL things happen and to be myself and play like myself I have to move a little bit and I just wasn t able to get there for a while But now I feel really good and I feel ready to go On if surgery was under consideration something Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow endured after his Week turf toe injury Purdy No no I had a turf toe variation if that s what you want to call it but from multiple sources and doctors and everything we looked at it and they revealed there s no need for surgery Related Articles With Christian McCaffrey s workload can ers get more use out of Brian Robinson Jr How to watch the ers vs Cardinals on Sunday ers Brock Purdy on reprising starter s role I ll do whatever it takes to lead this company ers appear vindicated for offseason roster purge ers push forward with Purdy Pearsall return plans as they prepare for Arizona trip On what makes this the right time to return after Mac Jones impressive work going - as his replacement Purdy Absolutely love Mac and what he has done He came in and played extremely well and kept our squad alive and moving and going And so I appreciate him for that and just everything he s brought to our unit But for me it s been How do I feel physically It has nothing to do with I need to get back out there for the political side of things It s been all about how do I feel really good to go out and lead when I do get back And so obviously it took six games sadly on the second side of things after reaggravating it But I want to be smart about this with my career and everything but at the same time I m ready to roll and we ve got seven games ahead of us that I m really excited about
