![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/kyle-shanahan-comments-on-brock-purdys-first-session-after-injury-speak-volumes/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_brock-purdy.jpg&description=San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan's update on quarterback Brock Purdy made it clear that the signal-caller is expected to be ready to play by the start of the NFL season San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said quarterback Brock Purdy has had "no arm troubles" as he returns from a UCL injury. The update puts Purdy on track to start Week 1 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Purdy sustained the injury in the NFC championship game and underwent offseason elbow surgery. San Francisco's leadership brass has stated that he will remain the team's first choice under centre if he fully recovers. The second-year pro represents an incredible underdog story, having won the 49ers' starting job last year after they selected him last in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Iowa State. "I think he's done great. He has come back. He's had no arm troubles," Shanahan said. "He's been totally healthy. I think he's getting all his timing back, his rhythm. I was really impressed with him in his two practices." Quarterbacks Trey Lance and Sam Darnold are also at San Francisco's training camp. Shanahan would likely give Lance the nod to start if Purdy misses regular-season action, while Darnold was signed as a free agent to provide depth. Shanahan said Purdy is ahead of schedule in his rehab process, the Iowa State product impressing him with his everyday commitment to training. After working so hard to rise in the depth chart last season, Purdy is ready to do what it takes to hold on to his role. "Yeah, Brock's just so detailed and committed in everything he does, so he didn't miss one day," Shanahan explained. "Every rep that he takes to get better in his health, he is just deliberate in everything he does. How committed he was to doing that, to being here, to going down to Florida, to being in Arizona. "If he was going to have a setback and something went wrong was the only way we felt he wasn't going to be ahead of schedule by what he does." After injuries sidelined Jimmy Garopp){kind=link}
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan’s update on quarterback Brock Purdy made it clear that the signal-caller is expected to be ready to play by the start of the NFL season
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said quarterback Brock Purdy has had “no arm troubles” as he returns from a UCL injury. The update puts Purdy on track to start Week 1 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Purdy sustained the injury in the NFC championship game and underwent offseason elbow surgery. San Francisco’s leadership brass has stated that he will remain the team’s first choice under centre if he fully recovers.
The second-year pro represents an incredible underdog story, having won the 49ers’ starting job last year after they selected him last in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Iowa State.
“I think he’s done great. He has come back. He’s had no arm troubles,” Shanahan said. “He’s been totally healthy. I think he’s getting all his timing back, his rhythm. I was really impressed with him in his two practices.”