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.

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.

San Francisco 49ers' quarterback Josh Dobbs pulls the 49ers to within one point of the Arizona Cardinals on a quarterback push play at the