The latest Brock Purdy injury update should make 49ers fans excited
San Francisco 49ers GM John Lynch gave everyone the Brock Purdy update they needed.
As the NFL powers towards what will be a summer full of workouts and the inevitable fall full of training camp practices, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch joined KNBR Thursday morning and gave an injury update about quarterback sensation Brock Purdy.
"First of all, he's here," Lynch said on the Murph & Mac show. "He's working hard each and every day, and our staff has done a really nice job working with his surgeon and his [physical therapy] guy down in Arizona. So we had to get that all kind of coordinated so that Brock felt comfortable being up here, and we got that accomplished. So Brock's here working with his teammates. They're in phase two."
For context, Purdy took over as the 49ers' starting quarterback after Trey Lance went down in Week 2 with a season-ending ankle injury. Not long after, Jimmy Garoppolo went down with a broken foot. Purdy, the last overall pick in the 2022 draft, led the Niners to eight consecutive wins before suffering his elbow injury against the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship.
The original timeline for Purdy's injury had him out until late August or early September. However, it appears that Purdy is already getting ready to start throwing again soon.
"He's not out there throwing yet," Lynch continued. "That's going to happen around week 12 (12 weeks after surgery), [which] is kind of the next inflection point. But he's doing really good, doing everything that he can do. As you know, that's just Brock's personality, and it's great to see him out here every day."
Though Purdy is trending in the right direction, the Niners are still expecting one of Sam Darnold or Lance to be the starter come Week 1 should Purdy remain unavailable.
"I just got a report from the trainers," Lynch said. "So week 12, that's where he can actually go out, start lobbing a football. And according to the surgeon, you start getting a little better read on exactly where he's at right about then."
So much of Purdy's situation is about how his body responds to the gradual ramping-up process. The best-case scenario is he is ready to go when the team needs him. But if he faces a setback, missing a substantial amount of time in the 2023 season is a real possibility.
Listen to the full conversation below:
