49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has observed portions of the team's early training camp practices, but he has not been running them as he continues to recover from injuries he suffered in a car accident earlier this month.
While Shanahan oversees the entire team, he's best known for running the team's offense and that role has him interacting with quarterback Brock Purdy quite often. Purdy held his first press conference of camp on Monday and shared how it's been going through workouts without having Shanahan in his ear.
"He's our guy. He's the one leading all the team meetings and stuff and going over just situational football, what practice is going to look like," Purdy said, via 49ersWebzone.com. "He's our leader. So, it has been weird in terms of not having that, but I will say the assistant coaches have done a good job with stepping up."
Purdy is in his fifth season and said he understands "what needs to be done and getting guys in and out of the huddle and sort of pushing the tempo" during practices. That's helped things go smoothly over the last few days and it gives Purdy confidence that the team could...