San Francisco could’ve very well just lost yesterday with somebody else under center, but they decided to rush Brock Purdy back from being in concussion protocol to stop their losing streak and they lost anyway and he seemingly got hurt again.
For the first 10 games of Brock Purdy’s career, he couldn’t lose. Now he can’t win and he is not healthy.
Purdy, who suffered a head injury last Monday night, cleared the protocol just in time to play on Sunday. in that game, one play showed his head snapping backward and slamming to the turf below as he grabbed his helmet in pain afterward.
Dr. Chris Nowinski, a vocal advocate for concussion safety, blasted the 49ers when responding to that video.
“The way Brock Purdy grabbed his head here, I strongly suspect he felt something,” Nowinski wrote. “Because it was the end of the game & they have a bye week, everyone will pretend nothing happened. It was a terrible idea to play him six days after a concussion.”
Nowinski was vocal online as he cautioned the team to not play Purdy last week. He called head coach Kyle Shanahan “insane” to let Purdy play after what happened to Tua Tagovailoa last year.
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“I hope it’s gamesmanship so the Bengals prep for both QB’s & not ignorance of the fact that no one fully recovers from a concussion in six days,” Nowinski said. “Why put Purdy at risk for a life-altering second concussion in a week? They have a bye week the next week. Rest him!”
“Even if he’s cleared, you should never play a young star QB six days after a concussion,” Nowinski declared. “Determining when it’s safe to return after a brain injury is still more of an art than a science. If he takes another big hit…”
Purdy has lost three games in a row and turned the ball over six times in that span.
The 49ers have undoubtedly missed Samuel and left tackle Trent Williams, who also hasn’t played in the past two games because of an ankle injury.
The 49ers have a Week 9 bye and then things do not any better when they have to face the surging Jacksonville Jaguars on Nov. 12th.
