Nearly everyone associated with the San Francisco 49ers has to be happy and thankful quarterback Brock Purdy is back in the starting lineup after missing all but Weeks 1 and 4 with a painful turf-toe injury.
Nearly everyone.
While Purdy's status as a franchise starter is cemented, if for no other reason than his five-year, $265 million extension signed last offseason, not everyone is necessarily a beneficiary over the two weeks since he's gotten back on the field.
Especially wide receiver Kendrick Bourne.
Bourne, who spent 2017 through 2020 with the Niners before departing on a free-agent deal with the New England Patriots in 2021, signed back with San Francisco early in the season amid major wide receiver shortages.