![]() ![]() ![]() Purdy will undergo an MRI on Monday to determine what happened to his right forearm, which swelled up and still pained him when he met the media after the game. Unlike last year’s defeat in Los Angeles that came down to a fourth-quarter collapse, this one looked doomed from the start and will cast quite a dark cloud for the offseason. Their defense was off-kilter, allowing four touchdown runs and stacking up penalties in the unfriendly confines of Lincoln Financial Field.Īlas, the 49ers lost in the NFC Championship Game for a second straight season. The 49ers didn’t just run out of quarterbacks. We felt, down two scores, we could run and generate enough on offense and maybe get a turnover.” “That opening drive, we lost our last quarterback,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. It was so bad that when backup quarterback Josh Johnson exited with a concussion shortly after halftime, Purdy had to re-enter the game, but he was in too much pain to attempt more than two short passes in a fruitless comeback. PHILADELPHIA – This 49ers’ season was bound to go down in franchise lore for its shuffling of injured quarterbacks and that harrowing theme defined Sunday’s closing act in the NFC Championship Game.īrock Purdy, the once-unbeaten rookie phenom, injured his throwing elbow on the 49ers’ opening possession of what became a 31-7 disaster, the third-most lopsided defeat in 49ers playoff history.
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