Brock Purdy’s UCL tear in the NFC championship game complicated the 49ers’ offseason QB plan. Now his late-February elbow surgery has been delayed until at least early March while doctors wait for inflammation to subside. This throws a new wrench into San Francisco’s plan that might force them to alter course.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan indicated in his end-of-season press conference that the team was comfortable going into the season with Purdy and Trey Lance as the top two QBs, and that a third veteran QB wouldn’t be a high-profile player.
