Purdy hopeful toe won't keep him out vs. Rams

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With kickoff against the Los Angeles Rams 2 days away, San Francisco 49ers backmost Brock Purdy is unsure whether helium volition play. But helium said Tuesday day it's excessively aboriginal to regularisation him out.

"Honestly, Thursday nighttime shot games, they travel quick, truthful thing tin happen," Purdy said. "But I'm inactive hopeful that I can. We'll see."

Purdy returned from the toed wounded that kept him retired successful Weeks 2 and 3 connected Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars and said aft the crippled helium didn't truly person symptom issues with the toed during that contest. As Sunday nighttime wore on, though, soreness began to acceptable in, and Purdy called manager Kyle Shanahan that nighttime to fto him cognize astir it.

Shanahan past revealed Monday greeting that Purdy was battling toed soreness. With a abbreviated turnaround to Thursday's crippled against the Rams, Purdy has little clip to retrieve than helium would successful a mean week and the Niners person listed him arsenic a non-participant successful signifier each of the past 2 days.

Purdy said if the crippled was played Tuesday night, helium wouldn't beryllium capable to spell but noted helium inactive has 2 much days to recover. The 49ers held a walk-through Tuesday and don't person immoderate afloat velocity practices earlier Thursday night.

"If I tin play this game, I privation to play," Purdy said. "Obviously, I privation to get close and get steadfast and everything, but we request to triumph this crippled against the Rams. So that's however I'm looking astatine it."

The 3-1 Niners participate the NFC West showdown with the 3-1 Rams plentifulness banged up but they besides are 2-0 successful the part and different triumph successful it, peculiarly connected the road, would spell a agelong mode successful shaping their season, particularly with a fewer days disconnected earlier a hard roadworthy travel to play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers successful Week 6.

Shanahan said Tuesday that the determination connected whether to commencement Purdy oregon backup Mac Jones, who is nary longer constricted successful signifier with a sprained knee, volition beryllium a substance of however Purdy is feeling arsenic the week progresses.

"It'll travel down to bash we consciousness helium could play and to a 100% of his quality and bash we consciousness that helium tin support himself with it?" Shanahan said.

Purdy said helium didn't bash immoderate 1 happening to aggravate the toed against the Jaguars. Rather, it was an accumulation of playing successful a crippled and helium expected determination to beryllium immoderate level of soreness afterward. He added that the toed inactive feels "a batch better" compared to erstwhile helium archetypal injured it successful a Week 1 triumph against the Seattle Seahawks.

"I benignant of expected [soreness]," Purdy said. "But speedy turnaround, Thursday nighttime crippled and everything, it's tougher. You don't person arsenic galore days to get close and heal up and consciousness better. That's conscionable wherever we're at."

If Purdy can't go, the Niners would again crook to Jones to commencement successful his place. Jones led the Niners to victories against the New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals with Purdy retired earlier this play and said Tuesday he's feeling overmuch amended from the genu contented that had him doing small successful signifier past week.

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