Is Brock Purdy playing tonight? 49ers' QB injury update for Week 5 Thursday Night Football

Billy Heyen

Is Brock Purdy playing tonight? 49ers' QB injury update for Week 5 Thursday Night Football image

The San Francisco 49ers are operating on a short week for Week 5.

They play on Thursday Night Football against the Los Angeles Rams, and injuries won't help their cause.

There's little time to recover from their Week 4 loss to Jacksonville, both from a gameplan standpoint and also from a health standpoint.

And on the 49ers' injury report, it really shows.

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Is Brock Purdy playing tonight?

Brock Purdy isn't playing tonight.

He was ruled out Wednesday due to his toe injury.

Purdy missed Weeks 2 and 3 with his Week 1 ailment, then returned in Week 4, but he felt discomfort in the loss to the Jaguars and so is being held out.

Mac Jones will start again for Purdy.

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49ers injury report

The 49ers also ruled out four other players in addition to Purdy when they released Wednesday's injury report.

Wide receivers Jauan Jennings, Ricky Pearsall and Jordan Watkins are all out.

Defensive end Robert Beal Jr. has also been ruled out.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle