Brock Purdy went out, then Josh Johnson went down and the 49ers were eliminated in the NFC Championship Game.
In a season defined by quarterback injuries and the 49ers somehow overcoming them, the only thing they hadn’t faced was two quarterback injuries in one game.
It forced head coach Kyle Shanahan to turn his otherwise lethal and complex offense into a run-only attack against a stout Eagles defense, which was able to shut the 49ers down in a“I’ve been a part of [games] with no linemen, you know, that sort of thing, but you lose a quarterback, it’s pretty tough to play football,” 49ers right tackle Mike McGlinchey said. “And that’s what happened today.”
“My arm just felt like it stretched out, just felt like a lot of just shocks all over from my elbow down to my wrist, front and back,” Purdy said. “Just pain, really, all over.” Purdy only threw two more passes after taking back over, throwing short screen passes to McCaffrey and Kittle. He ended the day 4-for-4 passing for 23 yards.
The 49ers had already lost their initial starter Trey Lance in the second game of the season, as the second-year quarterback tore his ACL on a rushing play. Second-stringer Jimmy Garoppolo filled in for Lance beginning in Week 2 and proceeded to start the next 10 games. But he, too, went down with a foot fracture that has kept him out for the last six weeks, creating the lane for Purdy to step in and shine.
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