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49ers Quarterback Brock Purdy Will Play Against the Buffalo Bills

Good luck, Brock.
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November 17, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) scores a touchdown against Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Jarran Reed (90) during the first quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images
November 17, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) scores a touchdown against Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Jarran Reed (90) during the first quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images | Kyle Terada-Imagn Images

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BUFFALO -- Good news for the 49ers.

Brock Purdy, who missed last week's loss to the Packers with a shoulder injury, will play tonight against the Buffalo Bills according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Purdy was a full participant during practice on Thursday and Friday according to the team, and he says he feels 100 percent healthy for what it's worth.

Purdy certainly will give the 49ers a better chance to win than backup quarterback Brandon Allen would. But even with Purdy, it's hard to see the 49ers winning this game. They won't have the left side of their offensive line -- Trent Williams and Aaron Banks. Plus they won't have Nick Bosa or Deommodore Lenoir. And they're facing a team that's coming off a bye week.

If the 49ers had given Purdy a lucrative contract extension already, I wonder if he'd play in this game. You don't want to risk the future of the franchise in one game the 49ers probably will lose one way or another.

But the 49ers haven't given Purdy an extension yet. And he's not having a great season. And he now has had two to his throwing arm in three seasons. So he still has much to prove before the 49ers make him one of the highest-paid players in the NFL. And that's a big reason he'll play tonight. To show that he's worth as much or more than Josh Allen, who gets paid $45 million per season.

Good luck, Brock.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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