{"id":656843,"date":"2026-01-05T21:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/656843\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:18:12","slug":"49ers-brock-purdy-is-ok-but-injury-picture-muddled-at-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/656843\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers’ Brock Purdy is OK, but injury picture muddled at Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brock Purdy<\/a> is good to go, but the rest of the 49ers\u2019 injury picture is muddled as they prepare for their playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> in the wild-card round.<\/p>\n

Purdy sustained a left shoulder stinger in the middle of a Seattle sandwich sack on his last snap of the game in a 13-3 loss to the Seahawks<\/a>\u00a0Saturday night in the regular-season finale at Levi\u2019s Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrock checked out good,\u201d coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday in a conference call with local writers.<\/p>\n

The 49ers (12-5) visit defending Super Bowl champion and NFC East winner Philadelphia (11-6) Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field (1:30 p.m., Fox).<\/p>\n

The most significant injury was to middle linebacker Tatum Bethune, who had a groin tear and will miss the rest of the season. He\u2019ll be replaced by Eric Kendricks, a veteran who was signed Nov. 26.<\/p>\n

Players who will be evaluated throughout the week include left tackle Trent Williams (hamstring), wide receiver Ricky Pearsall Jr. (knee\/ankle), linebacker Dee Winters (ankle) and Luke Gifford (quad).<\/p>\n

Williams and Pearsall did not play against Seattle. The 49ers are 4-13 since Williams arrived in games he has missed due to injury. Pearsall, who has missed nine games, provides the 49ers with the most separation and downfield ability among the receiving corps.<\/p>\n

Those considered \u201cday to day\u201d are safety Ji\u2019Ayir Brown (ribs), defensive tackle Kalia Davis (knee tendonitis).<\/p>\n

What is \u201cday to day\u201d as opposed to being evaluated throughout the week?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means it\u2019s Monday and there\u2019s a chance they might be good by Wednesday, or a chance they might be good by tomorrow,\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cThe other ones we see as more evaluated throughout the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other developments, the 49ers will open the practice window on wide receiver Jacob Cowing, a second-year receiver and return specialist who has missed all season with a hamstring injury. He will practice Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Shanahan said linebacker Fred Warner is not ready to begin practicing after suffering an ankle dislocation and fracture in October. Warner has said he is hoping to return on a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s too far off right now,\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a possibility, if we get to a championship game, but it\u2019s not something we\u2019re thinking about right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"San<\/p>\n

Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group<\/p>\n

Quarterback Brock Purdy (13) checked out fine physically after being sacked on his final snap and sustaining a left shoulder stinger.<\/p>\n

What happened against Seattle?<\/p>\n

Shanahan said the Seahawks game tape wasn\u2019t much different from what he saw with his own two eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very, very much what we expected to see,\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cWe knew we had a big challenge and we thought we had to play at our best. And we did not play our best. Give credit to them for that. We made too many mistakes, and when you\u2019re in the situation we are, there\u2019s not much room for mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

With missed tackles and being beaten on the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball a problem throughout, Shanahan considered the possibility that playing three games in 13 days prior to the Seattle game took its toll.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, that definitely doesn\u2019t make it any easier,\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cI think that stuff adds up, and it does with injuries and stuff too. But that can\u2019t be our excuse for it. You\u2019ve got to find a way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moving on up?<\/p>\n

The Miami Dolphins have requested interviews with three members of the 49ers\u2019 front office for their vacant general manager position, according to the NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero: assistant general manager R.J. Gillen, V.P. of player personnel Tariq Ahmad and scouting director Josh Williams.<\/p>\n

Miami is coached by former 49ers assistant Mike McDaniel.<\/p>\n

Snap judgments<\/p>\n

A look at who played and how much in the 2025 regular season:<\/p>\n

1,120: Last season right guard Dominick Puni missed one snap all season. This year he missed three. Rebounded to play well after a rough start. Right tackle Colton McKivitz (1,117), left tackle Trent Williams (997)\u00a0 played one snap in Week 17 and sat out Week 18 with a hamstring injury, while center Jake Brendel (950) missed two games.<\/p>\n

1,066: Cornerback Deommodore Lenoir was on the field 98.3 percent of the time with no slot corner responsibilities. Had his moments but was more effective handling both roles in 2024. Lenoir was the only defensive player with more than 1,000 snaps.<\/p>\n

932: Christian McCaffrey played 82.9 percent of the snaps and had 413 touches, meaning he would up with the ball on 44.3 percent of the snaps he was in the game. No back in the NFL was on the field as much or touched the ball more. Trade acquisition Brian Robinson didn\u2019t miss a game but played just 190 snaps.<\/p>\n

795: Wide receiver Jauan Jennings missed two games due to injury and looked to be in pain in the 15 games that he played. Still aught 55 passes for 643 yards and nine touchdowns.<\/p>\n

576: Turf toe limited Brock Purdy to 51.3 percent of the season snaps in nine starts. Mac Jones had 546 snaps and 48.7.<\/p>\n

554: Tight end George Kittle missed six games with hamstring and ankle issues and his snap count was the lowest since 2020 when he had 443.<\/p>\n

449: The combined number of season snaps for LB Fred Warner (330, broken ankle)) and defensive end Nick Bosa (119, torn ACL).<\/p>\n

385: Defensive end Mykel Williams, the No. 11 overall pick in the draft, had his season end after nine games with a torn ACL. He set a mean edge but is still awaiting his first NFL sack.<\/p>\n

The draft class<\/p>\n

A look at the season snap counts of the 2025 draft class: CB Upton Stout 593, DT Alfred Collins 492, G Connor Colby 452, DE Mykel Williams 385, S Marques Sigle 387, DT C.J. West 279, WR Jordan Watkins 25, LB Nick Martin 15, RB Jordan James 3, KR Junior Bergen 0, QB Kurtis Rourke 0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brock Purdy is good to go, but the rest of the 49ers\u2019 injury picture is muddled as they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,2644,20772,7,2812,5215,6,109,54199,1161,252,2624,2623,2983],"class_list":{"0":"post-656843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-brock-purdy","10":"tag-dee-winters","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-kyle-shanahan","13":"tag-mac-jones","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","16":"tag-ricky-pearsall-jr","17":"tag-san-francisco","18":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","19":"tag-sanfrancisco","20":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","21":"tag-trent-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115844580456752343","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}