San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy departed Sunday's NFC Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles with a right elbow injury.
The 49ers said Purdy was "questionable" to return, leaving the 49ers to turn to their fourth quarterback of the season -- 36-year-old Josh Johnson, who has started just nine times since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected him in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
Purdy was injured on the 49ers' sixth play from scrimmage when he was pressured by Philadelphia's Haason Reddick. The ball came out of Purdy's hands for a lost fumble just as Reddick was delivering a blow.