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Kyle Shanahan: Brock Purdy “totally fine” after blow to head that didn’t result in concussion evaluation

Published Oct 30, 2023 at 5:40 PM
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If 49er quarterback Brock Purdy had suffered a second concussion on Sunday, six days after suffering an initial one, the NFL would have had a mess on its hands. But you don't have a concussion if you don't get checked for one.Purdy struck his head on the ground in Sunday's loss to the Bengals. For some reason, Purdy was not checked for a concussion.On Monday, Shanahan acknowledged a "scare" for Purdy, "but just talking to him after the game and talking to him today, he has been totally fine."Shanahan said he didn't notice the hit when it happened, because he has other things to do. For whatever reason, the people charged with noticing such incidents did not."I don't get the TV copy in the game, so I don't see how they hit from where I'm at, so we don't see that at all," Shanahan said. "But I'm always assuming that there's people spotting that stuff and spot checkers and that everyone's going to do that when they see it. So that's not something that I'm looking for during the game. I'm usually watching defense and I am looking at my call sheet getting ready for the next down."After Shanahan saw the hit, he suggested that Purdy be checked for a concussion, right?"I didn't ask,"...

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