Brock Purdy out for 49ers in week 2

San Francisco 49ers backmost Brock Purdy volition miss the NFL's Week 2 crippled with a genu injury.

The quality was confirmed by 49ers manager Kyle Shanahan. Purdy is expected to miss betwixt 2 and 5 games with the wounded suffered successful the play opener against the Seattle Seahawks. Then helium injured his genu and 1 toe.

Shanahan besides said that wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and near tackle Trent Williams are questionable for the crippled successful New Orleans. It is already known that choky extremity George Kittle volition beryllium retired longer.

Smith-Schuster suffered a enarthrosis wounded successful the 3rd 4th of the archetypal crippled of the play and did not instrumentality to the game. He did not signifier the archetypal 2 days of mentation for the lucifer with the Saints. His presumption for Sunday volition beryllium known lone erstwhile the database of inactive players of each squad is announced, 90 minutes earlier the commencement of the game.

Mac Jones and his role

Instead of Purdy, the erstwhile person of the New England Patriots offense, Mac Jones, volition beryllium the starter astatine quarterback. If Smith-Schuster is incapable to play, the 49ers volition person wide receivers Ricky Pearsall, Kendrick Bourne, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Skyy Moore available.

In summation to imaginable problems successful the receiving corps, the 49ers could beryllium without 1 of the champion near tackle linemen successful the league.

Trent Williams has recovered from a genu wounded suffered successful Seattle capable to signifier connected Friday. If helium is not ready, Spencer Berford volition astir apt beryllium the starter successful that position.

After the triumph implicit the Seahawks, the 49ers play the Saints astatine Caesars Superdome connected Sunday astatine 7 p.m. The squad hopes that the caller starting backmost and the remainder of the squad volition beryllium capable to support a bully rhythm, contempt the lack of cardinal players.

The caller NFL play could beryllium much breathtaking than ever, fixed the galore changes and optimism among fans. Ahead of america are galore prime teams that privation to execute superior results this season.

However, lone 1 tin spell each the mode and amusement that they are the implicit rulers of the NFL.