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Brock Purdy’s focus headed into his biggest regular-season start as a pro is on the Eagles and their stout defense instead of on the disappointment of his previous trip to Philadelphia that ended in a significant elbow injury.
Purdy and the 49ers return to Philadelphia on Sunday (4:25 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports App) for the first time since last season’s NFC title game, when the injury Purdy suffered on his first drive of the game derailed San Francisco’s Super Bowl hopes and led to major surgery and an offseason of rehabilitation.
“Am I going to go in there and get all sentimental about, ‘Man, I’ve come a long way since,'” Purdy said Thursday. “It’s not really like that. We have a goal in mind and I’m trying to be the best version of myself every week. So, am I going to go into the game saying I want revenge and all this kind of stuff? It’s not like that. I’m just going to try to go do my job.”
No matter what happens when the 49ers (8-3) visit the Eagles (10-1) on Sunday in a matchup of the teams in position to be the top two seeds in the NFC playoffs, it won’t change the outcome of the bigger game played last January.
San Francisco came into that game on a 12-game winning streak and with a strong belief that Purdy and the offense could have enough success against the Philadelphia defense to carry the Niners to the Super Bowl.
That all changed on the opening drive when Haason Reddick hit Purdy so hard that Purdy tore a ligament in his throwing elbow. Backup Josh Johnson came in but struggled before leaving with a concussion early in the third quarter.
That forced the Niners to play most of the second half with Purdy at quarterback and unable to throw the ball more than a few yards, leading to a 31-7 win for the Eagles.
“We felt good about our game plan and stuff,” Purdy said. “Things obviously just didn’t go our way in terms of keeping the quarterback healthy, so it’s hard to say exactly what we were going to do and all that kind of stuff. But once Josh…
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Publish date : 2023-12-01 00:36:47
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