49ers QB Brock Purdy Has 1-Word Answer About His Injury After Loss

Brock Purdy did not play well, especially in the second half Sunday. But the San Francisco 49ers quarterback isn’t ready to blame his injuries for his uncharacteristically bad game.

Purdy simply said “no” when asked if injuries affected him during his three-turnover performance in San Francisco’s 26-21 home loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

Purdy was returning after missing the past two games due to toe and shoulder ailments and still threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns. Veteran journeyman Mac Jones started in his place and went 2-0 with a 66.3 completion percentage and 4-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio.

The loss was San Francisco’s first of the season and dropped it into a first-place tie with the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks atop the NFC West.

Purdy’s Injuries Weren’t A Factor, Per Kyle Shanahan

Purdy confirmed what Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan thought, which was his ailments were not an excuse for the quarterback’s sloppy play.

“You can ask him; I don’t think so,” Shanahan said when asked if Purdy’s toe injury had an effect. “We all got to do better. He had some good plays today, but we all got to do better.”

Shanahan seemed frustrated with the Niners offense, which is a continuation of a trend that goes as far back as the 2024 season. The Niners are 22nd in the NFL in points per game (20.0), and Purdy is just 2-6 in his past eight starts at Levi’s Stadium while averaging 23.3 points per game and 13 turnovers in that span, including four Sunday against the ball-hawking Jaguars defense.

“I saw some inconsistency with our whole offense,” Shanahan said. “We moved the ball but really killed ourself with four different turnovers.”

Still, Shanahan noted the Niners offense had a chance to win the game after Cam Little’s missed 47-yard field goal, but Purdy was sacked by former 49ers defensive end Arik Armstead and lost a fumble — his first lost fumble of the year and sixth of his career.

“He’s got to do a better job of protecting the ball there,” Shanahan said.

Purdy ‘Really Not Sure’ If High Throws Were Due To Toe Injury

Purdy may have said the injuries didn’t affect him, and he also said he did receive any painkilling injections to numb his toe. But when asked his toe ailment had an impact on leaving throws high — like on his miss in the first half on Devin Lloyd’s interception — he opened the door to that while also citing rust as a factor.

“I’m not really sure,” Purdy said when asked if the toe injury had an impact. “Just getting back out there and throwing and getting into a rhythm, being down two weeks, coming back and feeling out my body. I don’t know the answer to [if the injury affected his mechanics].”

Still, Purdy said he would learn from his second three-turnover game and the first since Oct. 29, 2023 against the Cincinnati Bengals. He also noted his frustration about the game-sealing fumble — his first lost fumble since Dec. 4, 2024.

“For us to turn the ball over throughout the game and have a chance to win the game at the end,” Purdy said. “Our defense just played their butt off and gave us a chance. We had an opp to take a shot, and the ball goes on the ground. I was mad about everything.”

Browns Star Myles Garrett Sends 3-Word Message on Loss to Lions

Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett could demand a trade, again.

Losing is disappointing.

That is the short but telling answer that Cleveland Browns All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett gave to start his media availability on Sunday evening after his team was upended 34-10 by the Detroit Lions in week four. Garrett and the Browns now drop to 1-3 after the loss.

Cleveland hung around until the fourth quarter, keeping the Lions lead to just 10 points as they entered the home stretch, but the Lions were able to sneak across two touchdowns while the Browns offense fell flat to finish the game.

Although defense wasn’t Cleveland’s ultimate downfall as they limited Detroit’s potent run game relatively well, the 34 allowed points didn’t give them much of a chance to upset the Lions.

“We didn’t do well enough,” Garrett said of the defensive unit. “We pride ourselves on being better than we showed, and we are.”

Garrett himself was uncharacteristically quiet, registering just two tackles without any real impact plays. He did deliver two hits on Lions’ QB Jared Goff, but his difficulties breaking through were a big reason for the Browns’ defensive shortcomings on Sunday.

“There’s always more you can do,” Garrett said. “Find a way to be effective and productive. Today you can’t point a finger at anyone. You’ve just got to focus on yourself and how you can execute better.”

Browns’ Offense Remains Too Stagnant To Have Success

The Joe Flacco experience in Cleveland may be close to running it’s course as the Browns drop to 1-3 after Sunday’s loss to the Lions. Flacco was brought in as a veteran who head coach Kevin Stefanski thought could deliver responsible high-floor, low-ceiling play as rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders sat under him to learn, but Flacco’s play so far has left a lot to be desired.

The 40-year-old has completed well under 60 percent of his pass attempts, while he has a poor TD-INT ratio at 2-to-6. Among starters across the NFL, Flacco’s QBR of 60.3 is the worst in the league by a wide margin.

Obviously this isn’t a team that’s pushing for a playoff spot this season and you don’t want to thrust a rookie QB into a bad situation, but Flacco just flat out isn’t working for the Browns offense. It may be time for Stefanski to look down the depth chart and think about moving on from Flacco at this juncture in the season.

Browns’ Schedule Not Getting Easier

After taking on four teams who project to make the playoffs to start the season, Cleveland won’t get an breaks coming up. The Browns will take on Minnesota and Pittsburgh the next two weeks and still have games against Baltimore, Buffalo, San Francisco, Chicago and New England remaining.

According to Sharp Football Analysis, the Browns have the second most difficult schedule in the NFL this season, with the only team ahead of them being the New York Giants. For a team that is already off to a 1-3 start, it feels like Cleveland may have to push hard to even eclipse four wins.

Something’s got to change and soon if Cleveland wants to have any chance of salvaging this season.

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