{"id":12270,"date":"2023-12-01T03:25:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T00:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/12270\/purdy-not-dwelling-on-past\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T03:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T00:25:21","slug":"purdy-not-dwelling-on-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=12270","title":{"rendered":"Purdy not dwelling on past ahead of Philly return &#8212; &#8216;It&#8217;s a new year&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Purdy not dwelling on past ahead of Philly return &#8212; &#8216;It&#8217;s a new year&#8217;\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Nick Wagoner, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">November 30, 2023, 10:43 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN.  Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL on ESPN since 2016, after covering the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN.  During his 10 years with the company, Nick led ESPN&#8217;s coverage of the Niners&#8217; 2019 Super Bowl run, the Colin Kaepernick protest, the Rams making Michael Sam the first openly gay player drafted in the NFL, Sam&#8217;s subsequent quest for a spot on the team and the team&#8217;s move and stadium saga.  You can follow Nick via Twitter @nwagoner<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>SANTA CLARA, Calif. \u2013 As he prepares to return to the scene of the elbow injury that led to offseason surgery and lengthy rehabilitation, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy , don&#8217;t think about how far he&#8217;s come since that fateful day in Philadelphia.  .<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Am I going to go in there and get sentimental and say, &#8216;I&#8217;ve come a long way since then?&#8217;  It\u2019s not really like that,\u201d Purdy said.  &#8220;Am I going to go into the game saying I want revenge and all that kind of stuff? It&#8217;s not like that [either].  So, I&#8217;m just going to try to do my job and be the best Brock I can be for this team.  \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Purdy and the Niners will travel to Philadelphia on Friday for the NFC Championship Game rematch against the Eagles.  San Francisco hasn&#8217;t returned to Lincoln Financial Field since Jan. 29, the day the Eagles knocked Purdy out of the game in the first quarter with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and cruised to a 31-7 victory.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purdy-not-dwelling-on-past-ahead-of-Philly-return.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This injury has shaken up the Niners quarterback situation.  Veteran Josh Johnson replaced Purdy but left after suffering a concussion early in the third quarter.  This forced Purdy, who was unable to throw the ball more than a few yards, back into the game.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Purdy had to wait for the swelling in his elbow to go down before undergoing UCL repair with InternalBrace in March in preparation for returning to training camp.  Purdy was cleared to participate in two out of three practices at the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> of camp, but was fully cleared in time to start the season.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Purdy and the Niners return for another big game in Philadelphia, even if it lacks the stakes of that January meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got hurt there and everything, but for me it\u2019s <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"Week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Week<\/a> 13,\u201d Purdy said.  &#8220;We&#8217;re hitting the road in a hostile environment. We&#8217;re late in the season, so obviously every game is important to us. And that&#8217;s where I&#8217;m at with my mindset. It&#8217;s a new year , two new teams, slightly different in different ways. So that&#8217;s how I see it.<\/p>\n<p>Purdy comes into this rematch with a lot more experience than last time.  He has started every game this season and, including the playoffs, has 19 career starts.  During that time, Purdy improved from his rookie position.<\/p>\n<p>Through 11 games, Purdy leads the NFL in QBR (75.6), yards per attempt (9.4) and completion percentage (70.2%) while throwing for 19 touchdowns and six interceptions.  Purdy&#8217;s production has played a vital role in San Francisco&#8217;s 8-3 start and allows the Niners to return to the playoffs and, if they <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> on Sunday, close the gap on the Eagles for the No. 1 seed. 1 of the NFC.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why the 49ers say Purdy will be business as usual in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the first game, the first hit, things like that, they&#8217;re a little vulnerable because of post-traumatic stress,\u201d coach Kyle Shanahan said.  \u201cBut I think once they get over all that, I think it\u2019s mostly over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One thing Purdy and the Niners are aware of this week is a forecast calling for rain Sunday afternoon.  San Francisco has played only one rain game this season, a Week 6 loss to the Cleveland Browns in which Purdy had the worst outing of his career as the rain began and continued. stopped at different points in the match.<\/p>\n<p>If it rains heavily during Sunday&#8217;s game, Purdy said he plans to wear a glove on his throwing hand, something he did at Iowa State but has yet to do in the NFL .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s raining, putting a glove on, I think for me at least it kind of helps,\u201d Purdy said.  &#8220;Obviously a little more grip on the ball etc. If it&#8217;s raining lightly, I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s necessarily a necessity. I feel like I can grip the ball just as well with or without glove in light rain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Purdy wasn&#8217;t the only Niner asked about what happened in January this week.  After that loss, the Niners expressed disappointment at not having had the opportunity to see how they might have fared with a healthy Purdy.  This resulted in something of a war of words with the Eagles as questions persisted into the start of the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>But neither the 49ers nor the Eagles seem very interested in resuming those discussions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou tend to make things a little bigger than they are,\u201d tight end George Kittle said.  &#8220;It&#8217;s a Week 13 game. It&#8217;s against the Philadelphia Eagles. They&#8217;re the No. 1 seed, we&#8217;re fighting for a potential seed. It&#8217;s very important. And I&#8217;m 100 % agree with you. I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s really the case. It was a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a> match.  We have lost.  Get better and find a way to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This refrain from the 49ers locker room is also colored by the possibility that these teams currently occupying the top two playoff positions in the NFC find themselves with another trip to the Super Bowl on the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m pretty sure people have thought about it,\u201d left tackle Trent Williams said.  \u201cAnd I&#8217;m pretty sure if both teams do what we plan to do and what we set out to do, there&#8217;s a good chance we can do it. [meet again]&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdy not dwelling on past ahead of Philly return &#8212; &#8216;It&#8217;s a new year&#8217;\u060c Nick Wagoner, ESPN editorNovember 30, 2023, 10:43 p.m. Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. 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