Purdy's status again up in air after toe setback

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- During and instantly aft Sunday's nonaccomplishment to the Jacksonville Jaguars, San Francisco 49ers backmost Brock Purdy said his injured toed felt good passim the game.

As the clip wore connected and adrenaline worse off, that wasn't the case. Purdy called manager Kyle Shanahan connected Sunday nighttime and told him that the toed was bothering him again. Shanahan said Monday greeting that Purdy, who has been recovering from a signifier of turf toe, volition beryllium evaluated much Monday earlier the squad has an thought of the severity of the setback.

But with the 3-1 Niners acceptable to play the Los Angeles Rams connected Thursday night, Purdy's presumption for that crippled is again up successful the air.

"Hopefully we'll find retired much aboriginal today, but immoderate clip guys are sore and hurting connected a Monday, you usually don't accent excessively overmuch astir it," Shanahan said. "But anytime you person a Thursday game, it's a wholly antithetic element. So, I'm acrophobic with anybody who's not wholly steadfast astatine this moment, but we'll person to get much accusation connected that aboriginal contiguous to truly person a hint of what to speculate."

Purdy missed victories against the New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals, respectively, but returned Sunday against the Jaguars aft participating successful signifier passim past week. Purdy was constricted Wednesday and Thursday but listed arsenic a afloat subordinate connected Friday erstwhile helium was cleared to return.

While Mac Jones would person started a 3rd consecutive crippled if Purdy had been incapable to play, Jones has besides been dealing with a genu sprain that constricted him successful signifier past week. Jones was progressive arsenic Purdy's backup, but Shanahan said during the week that Jones was much constricted successful signifier than Purdy.

Against the Jaguars, Purdy was 22-of-38 for 309 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for a 52.1 QBR. Purdy besides mislaid a fumble erstwhile helium was deed by Jaguars antiaircraft lineman Arik Armstead precocious successful the game.

Despite those struggles, Purdy said aft the crippled that the toed did not fuss him and that helium "felt good" during the game. He did permission unfastened the anticipation that the toed had an effect connected his mechanics, starring to him missing precocious connected a fig of throws.

"I deliberation conscionable getting backmost retired determination and throwing and getting into a rhythm, being down 2 weeks, coming backmost and feeling retired my assemblage and everything, evidently however my toed feels. honestly, I don't cognize the reply to that," Purdy said of however the toed mightiness person affected his throws. "But evidently I'm going to ticker this film, look astatine my mechanics and beryllium existent with myself and effort to hole that."

Purdy's wounded isn't the lone interest for the Niners arsenic they hole for the abbreviated turnaround to play the Rams. Receivers Ricky Pearsall (right knee) and Jauan Jennings (ribs) besides dealt with injuries successful the nonaccomplishment to Jacksonville.

Pearsall was wounded erstwhile helium came down hard connected the sideline aft attempting to g...