49ers quarterback Brock Purdy feels ‘regular’ as he works his method again from elbow surgical procedure

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Purdy tore the ligament in his throwing elbow within the NFC title sport loss at Philadelphia on Jan. 29 and underwent surgical procedure in March.

By JOSH DUBOW, Related Press

August 5, 2023 | 9:34 AM

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy is aware of the method of preparing for the season after main elbow surgical procedure within the offseason is a deliberate one with every day offering a brand new check.

He received an surprising one earlier this week when teammate Clelin Ferrell hit his surgically repaired throwing arm as he tried a throw, knocking the ball out and inflicting San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan to “to carry my breath so I didn’t lose my thoughts.”

For Purdy, it was simply one other play on his highway again to being the beginning quarterback.

“I really feel like as a coach, a teammate watching, yeah, they may be scared about that, particularly how issues ended final yr with my arm,” Purdy stated Friday. “However, actually for myself, it’s simply soccer. I wasn’t even fascinated by it. He hit the ball out of my hand and I used to be going via to complete the throw and the ball ended up being on the bottom. It’s soccer. Was I mad at Clelin or something like that? I informed him, ‘Dude, it’s soccer. I get it. We’re in a competing surroundings. Issues occur.’ However for myself, was I scared about it? Was I timid after that? No.”

Purdy tore the ligament in his throwing elbow within the NFC title sport loss at Philadelphia on Jan. 29 and underwent surgical procedure in March. He started throwing in late Could and has been participating in two out of each three practices since coaching camp opened final month.

Purdy stated he doesn’t really feel like he wants extra milestones alongside the comeback like taking his first hit in a sport from an opponent to himself that he has full recovered.

“For me I really feel like regular after I’m on the market, so I really feel like I simply received to get right into a rhythm and play and undergo progressions and simply play quarterback,” he stated. “It’s probably not, ‘Hey, I’ve to get tackled right here simply so I be ok with my arm.’ There’s nothing like that, that goes via my thoughts. So, I simply play soccer, I am going via my reads, and I really feel regular.”

After exhibiting some indicators of rust early in camp as he labored his method again from the surgical procedure, Purdy has seemed sharper in current days.

He received his most in depth work throughout a heavy follow Friday. He related on a deep TD cross to Deebo Samuel in follow Friday and had eight straight completions at one level throughout crew drills. His one large mistake Friday got here when he was pressured by Ferrell and threw a brief cross that was intercepted by Tashaun Gipson.

“I simply have a look at it as a course of,” he stated. “The primary day you are available, you’re not going to be All-Professional and be killing it proper off the get go. It’s like a strategy of the formations, the operation, getting on monitor with guys, the receivers being on time and in rhythm. Then from there you progress. The place we’re at in camp proper now, for me it’s like, yeah, when you have a great day, nice, however I’ve to proceed to attempt to stress myself and get to a different stage. If it’s a nasty day and you want you’d’ve been higher.”

Whereas Purdy received the heaviest load of labor, backups Sam Darnold and Trey Lance cut up time with the second crew, with Brandon Allen getting third-team work.

Darnold and Lance have been sharing time most of camp as the largest query at quarterback for the Niners is who would be the backup to Purdy as soon as the season begins.

It’s an enormous distinction for Lance, who went into his second camp final summer season because the starter earlier than a season-ending ankle damage in Week 2 sidelined him and ultimately opened the door for Purdy to succeed him.

“For me, nothing’s modified the final three years,” Lance stated. “I really feel like I’ve attacked it the identical method. I really feel like I’m in a a lot better spot, myself personally this yr, than I’ve been the previous two years. However mindset-wise, mentally for me, I really feel like if I’m not placing that very same strain on myself in follow, then the sport’s rather a lot more durable.”