San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will miss the team’s regular-season finale against the Arizona Cardinals with the right elbow injury he suffered in Monday night’s game, coach Kyle Shanahan said Wednesday. As Shanahan said a day earlier, the injury is not considered serious and he should be fine entering the offseason.

Joshua Dobbs spent the 2024 season in a backup role, seeing mop-up action in one game. With starter Brock Purdy out, Dobbs got the call for San Francisco in the season finale against Arizona in what amounted to an audition for next season.

There wasn’t much to be gleaned from a 47-24 loss to Arizona except that free agent Josh Dobbs could be a viable backup for Brock Purdy.