San Francisco 49ers Give New Timeline For Brock Purdy Return

The San Francisco 49ers are waiting for Brock Purdy to heal

The San Franchise 49ers are waiting on Brock Purdy to heal this offseason before the team decides who the full-time starting quarterback will be. 49ers general manager John Lynch recently said Purdy deserves to be the Week 1 starter. However, a new timeline given for Purdy’s rehab calls Week 1 into question for a Purdy start.

According to Kevin Patra with the NFL, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said at the League Annual Meeting that Purdy might be out for six to eight months:

“He won’t be able to do anything on the field, for who knows? It could go anywhere from six months to eight months,” Shanahan said. “So, it’s all open like that, and we’ll have a better idea … at three months out of surgery, they have a better idea of whether it’s going to be six months or eight months. … That’s all I know, and I’m pretty good with that. We’ll see at three months if he’ll be ready for camp, or if not, then perhaps we say it’s gonna go slow. It might be Week 1 and, at the latest, Week 4. It’s just all estimations, and we’ll see what happens.”

The 49ers watched as Jimmy Garoppolo signed with the Las Vegas Raiders this offseason. With Purdy still needing to mend, former first-round quarterback Trey Lance could be getting a chance to earn his number-one spot in September.