SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has cleared the concussion protocol, the team announced Saturday afternoon.
Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday that if Purdy passed the final step of the protocol, as the team hoped, he would «definitely» start against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. «To me that wasn't a decision because how he's been throughout this week,» Shanahan said. «And now that's why he's going to have a chance.» Purdy appeared to suffer a concussion midway through the fourth quarter Monday night when he took helmet-to-helmet contact from Minnesota Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks on a quarterback sneak.
Purdy finished the game seemingly without issue, although he had a pair of passes intercepted in the closing moments, which helped seal Minnesota's win.
He began feeling concussion symptoms on the team's flight home from Minnesota late Monday evening and subsequently entered the protocol.