49ers QB Brock Purdy's status again up in air due to tore soreness - ESPN

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — During and immediately after Sunday's loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy said his injured toe felt fine throughout the game.

As time wore on and adrenaline wore off, that wasn't the case. Purdy called coach Kyle Shanahan on Sunday night and told him that the toe was bothering him again. Shanahan said Monday morning that Purdy, who has been recovering from a form of turf toe, will be evaluated more Monday before the team has an idea of the severity of the setback.

But with the 3-1 Niners set to play the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night, Purdy's status for that game is again up in the air.

«Hopefully we'll find out more later today, but any time guys are sore and hurting on a Monday, you usually don't stress too much about it,» Shanahan said. «But anytime you have a Thursday game, it's a totally different element. So, I'm concerned with anybody who's not totally healthy at this moment, but we'll have to get more information on that later today to really have a clue of what to speculate.»

Purdy missed victories against the New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals but returned Sunday against the Jaguars after participating in practice throughout last week. Purdy was limited Wednesday and Thursday but listed as a full participant on Friday when he was cleared to return.

While Mac Jones would have started a third straight game if Purdy had been unable to play, Jones has also been dealing with a knee sprain that limited him in practice last week. Jones was active as Purdy's backup, but Shanahan said during the week that Jones was more limited in practice than Purdy.

Against the Jaguars, Purdy was 22-of-38 for 309 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions