49ers' disaster in NFC Championship Game leads to new NFL bylaw for 2023 season

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The San Francisco 49ers’ dilemma from the NFC Championship in January has led the NFL to approve a rule change before the 2023 season. 

The 49ers were plagued with quarterback troubles during their NFC Championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles, which quickly turned into a blowout when Brock Purdy tore his UCL and his backup, Josh Johnson, got a concussion. 

Purdy was forced back into the game despite not having the ability to throw the ball, so the Eagles simply teed off on the 49ers’ run game which was a simple defensive call. They waltzed to the Super Bowl, while San Francisco had nothing they could do to put up more of a fight. 

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The NFL logo on the field at Hard Rock Stadium on Dec. 25, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

This season, though, the NFL has a way of alleviating that situation for teams if it happens on game day. A bylaw was approved on Monday, according to multiple reports, that states a team is allowed to have an "emergency" quarterback on game days. 

So, if two active quarterbacks can’t play due to injury or disqualification, the third quarterback can play. 

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"Each club may also designate one emergency third quarterback from its 53-play Active/Inactive List (i.e., elevated players are not eligible for designation) who will be eligible to be activated during the game, if the club’s first two quarterbacks on its game day Active List are not able to participate in the game due to injury or disqualification (activation cannot be a