Brock Purdy Adapts To 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan-Less Start To Training Camp

Coach Kyle Shanahan's dependable successful Brock Purdy's helmet has been astir a changeless astatine signifier during Purdy's archetypal 4 seasons successful the NFL.

That has forced Purdy to set arsenic helium prepares for twelvemonth 5 with the San Francisco 49ers with Shanahan starting grooming campy arsenic a soundless perceiver astatine signifier alternatively than an progressive portion of it pursuing a superior car clang that near the manager with a concussion.

"He’s our guy," Purdy said astir Shanahan aft signifier connected Monday. "He’s the 1 starring each the squad meetings and worldly and going implicit conscionable situational football, what signifier is going to look like. He’s our leader. It has been weird successful presumption of not having that. But I volition accidental I deliberation the adjunct coaches person done a bully occupation with stepping up."

As the starting quarterback, Purdy typically interacts with Shanahan arsenic overmuch oregon much than immoderate different subordinate connected the team, whether it beryllium astatine meetings oregon connected the signifier tract wherever the manager typically calls successful the play to the backmost connected a walkie-talkie.

That relation has been fixed to violative coordinator Klay Kubiak to commencement campy this summertime arsenic Shanahan recovers from the concussion. Offensive enactment manager Chris Foerster is moving the squad successful Shanahan's lack with assistance from coordinators Kubiak, Raheem Morris and Brant Boyer.

Purdy said his interaction with Shanahan since the car clang connected July 14 has been mostly messages astir Shanahan's well-being and a little hug connected the tract astatine signifier connected Monday.

Shanahan erstwhile again came retired astir midway done signifier and watched alongside wide manager John Lynch for the last 45 minutes. Shanahan adjacent had to dodge an errant heavy walk from Purdy to Mike Evans.

"I saw it aft and I was like, ‘Damn, I astir deed Kyle,’" Purdy said. "But I was huffy we couldn’t implicit the throw. ... Heads up coach."

Purdy was capable to gag astir it successful Monday but the emotions were overmuch antithetic erstwhile helium archetypal heard astir it from Shanahan's wife, Mandy, soon aft the crash. Shanahan suffered a concussion, breached ribs, a breached chemoreceptor and breached manus successful the clang that sent him to the hospital.

Purdy said helium initially checked with teammate George Kittle to marque definite the quality was existent and past focused connected his coach's health.

"It wounded truly atrocious conscionable speechmaking that text," Purdy said. "First off, is helium OK? What’s next? How is helium and each that? I reached retired to him and helium deed maine backmost up. Once helium texted maine backmost and stuff, I was, each right, he’s good. It’s a scary moment, due to the fact that each you attraction astir is beingness astatine that moment. Is helium alive? Is helium good? But aft proceeding Mandy and past what Kyle had said, I was like, each right, Kyle’s good. This is going to beryllium a small process. I don’t cognize what the roadworthy to betterment looks like, but he’s going to beryllium good. That’s each I cared astir successful that moment. I cognize he’s good, conscionable seeing him talking to him and stuff. ... I person a batch of religion that he’ll bounce backmost quick."

Rookie Romello Height Gets Hurt In Practice

Rookie antiaircraft lineman Romello Height was carted disconnected the tract aft suffering cramps precocious successful practice. Height was attended to for respective minutes earlier being taken disconnected the tract connected the cart.

Four different players didn't signifier aft getting wounded successful the archetypal league connected Sunday. Swing tackle Vederian Lowe has a precocious ankle sprain and is expected to miss a chunk of grooming camp.

Receiver Christian Kirk (calf strain), rookie DL Gracen Halton (bruised genu bone) and DL Andrew Farmer (back) were besides retired connected Monday.

Cornerback Nate Hobbs returned to signifier aft sitting retired the archetypal league connected Sunday.

Reporting by the Associated Press.