Brock Purdy has seized control of the 49ers’ starting role, winning all seven games since Garoppolo’s first-series exit against Miami.
Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was ruled out for a seventh straight game Friday, but he was spotted leaving, where he was cleared to return this week for conditioning and “to walk a bit,” Shanahan said. Garoppolo wore an orthopedic boot on that left foot as he left the locker room after practice.
He did not go on the injured-reserve list after fracturing his foot Dec. 4, and the 49ers have hoped he could recover in time to serve as Brock Purdy’s backup for potentially the NFC Championship Game next weekend or the Super Bowl on Feb. 12, if they advance.“I’d be surprised, but it depends on how this whole weekend goes. But it’s an outside chance,” Shanahan said. As for potential Super Bowl availability, Shanahan said he thinks there would be “a better chance” then, without vowing a spot in that Feb. 12 championship game. Purdy has seized control of the 49ers’ starting role, winning all seven games since Garoppolo’s first-series exit against Miami. That has convinced the 49ers’ brass that Purdy will be their starter entering next season, according to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Mike Silver, citing “two people with knowledge of the organization’s plan.” The 49ers have not publicly declared Purdy the starter for next season, nor would they amid a playoff run, but the rookie phenom has done nothing to make anyone think otherwise. Reflecting on Purdy’s relief role against Miami and his first start against Tampa Bay, Shanahan said Friday: “We all quickly forgot he was a rookie.” “I felt that during the Miami game,” Shanahan added. “It was a game with a lot at stake, we were playing a real good team, he came in real early and we were under a lot of duress, the way their defense was playing. He didn’t play at all like a rookie that game. “I remember getting home that night, and all of us being down about losing Jimmy, but we got in there with Brock, and as I was going to bed, it kind of hit me that, ‘He didn’t play like a third-stringer today.’ ” Lance, meanwhile, is recovering from Dec. 30, follow-up surgery on his right ankle and is expected to participate in offseason workouts. He was walking in the locker room Friday with his right foot is an orthopedic boot.
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