Brock Purdy hurt his surgically repaired throwing elbow late in a loss to the Detroit Lions, the latest blow in an injury-plagued season for the San Francisco 49ers.

With less than two minutes left in the game and San Francisco trailing 40-28, quarterback Brock Purdy was sacked by Lions safety Brian Branch and landed hard on his throwing arm. He was immediately pulled from the game in favor of backup Josh Dobbs.

The 49ers used the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft to bring in Purdy, a four-year starter at Iowa State. He's gone 23-13 as a starter at the NFL level and led the 49ers to two NFC Championship Games and one Super Bowl, where they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs.

The sight of quarterback Brock Purdy sustaining an injury late in the San Francisco 49ers' loss to the Detroit Lions was the last thing fans wanted to

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The 49ers will wrap up a massively disappointing season without a number of starters when they face the Cardinals in Week 18.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters Thursday that Purdy will not play Week 18 against the Arizona Cardinals. Purdy suffered a right elbow contusion with nerve inflammation in San Francisco's 40-34 loss to the Detroit Lions on "Monday Night Football."