49ers QB Purdy (toe) limited in return to practice

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers backmost Brock Purdy returned to signifier Wednesday, the archetypal important measurement successful the absorption of a imaginable instrumentality from the toed wounded helium aggravated successful Week 4.

Purdy, who is expected to beryllium constricted according to manager Kyle Shanahan, initially injured the toed successful a Week 1 triumph against the Seattle Seahawks. He missed 2 games and returned against the Jacksonville Jaguars connected Sept. 28 but aggravated the wounded successful that crippled and has not played oregon practiced since.

The lack of Purdy, paired with injuries to backup Mac Jones (knee/oblique) has near the Niners practicing without their apical 2 quarterbacks for chunks of the season. On Wednesday, Jones was besides constricted though Shanahan indicated Jones would bash much than Purdy.

"Brock is much constricted than Mac," Shanahan said. "Injuries frustrate radical but Brock is handling it close similar helium does everything. I cognize he's itching to get back."

Before that Week 4 contest, the other was existent arsenic Jones was much constricted during the week than Purdy with Purdy yet starting.

Purdy and Jones volition proceed to beryllium monitored arsenic the week goes connected with the Niners having a spot of other remainder due to the fact that they play the Atlanta Falcons connected Sunday Night Football with an 8:20 p.m. ET kickoff.

There's a existent accidental that whichever backmost starts against the Falcons volition person a cardinal portion of the discourtesy returning successful the signifier of choky extremity George Kittle. The Niners officially opened Kittle's 21-day signifier model connected Wednesday and they're hoping to person Kittle disposable against Atlanta.

Even during the team's Wednesday greeting walkthrough, aggregate Niners said Kittle's vigor was palpable arsenic helium works his mode backmost from what Shanahan called a "big" hamstring pull. "I deliberation it would beryllium large (to get Kittle back)," moving backmost Christian McCaffrey said. "His beingness is felt successful each facet of the crippled and his vigor is truthful large truthful it would beryllium large to person him backmost retired there."

Meanwhile. Linebacker Fred Warner had country connected his dislocated and breached close ankle connected Tuesday. Shanahan has indicated the betterment process could instrumentality astir 3 months but said it's excessively aboriginal to acceptable immoderate definitive timeline.

"Just talking to everyone, they said (surgery) went great," Shanahan said. "I conscionable threw retired determination 3 months but we haven't thought astir that yet. He conscionable had country yesterday truthful we'll spot however that goes but not reasoning astir that close now."

Elsewhere connected the 49ers wounded report, receivers Ricky Pearsall (knee) and Skyy Moore (ankle) were not expected to practice, per Shanahan. In summation ...