NFL news, injury updates: Brock Purdy leaves 49ers practice, Jets fire GM Joe Douglas

An unexpected turn of events occurred at 49ers practice on Thursday.

Quarterback Brock Purdy, who was listed on the team's injury report with a right shoulder issue, came out for practice. But after a few throws on a back field, Purdy had to stop and a trainer attended to his shoulder, as SI.com's Grant Cohn explained.

Purdy then attempted to warm up with soft throws while San Francisco's other three quarterbacks went through drills with QB coach Brian Griese. After approximately five minutes, Purdy stopped and then went back to the locker room.

The quarterback was hit on his shoulder during last week's game versus the Seahawks. He finished the game, though did not make any throws over 10 yards. There was no indication afterward that Purdy was hurt.

If Purdy can't play on Sunday, Brandon Allen will likely start at quarterback for San Francisco.

Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander hasn't officially been listed as out for Week 12's matchup with the 49ers, but he's not going to play as he recovers from a torn PCL.

Alexander played only 10 snaps last week versus the Bears before having to come out of the game.

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"No, I don't live my life like that," Adams told Up and Adams on Wednesday. "You'll drive yourself crazy. Hindsight's always 20-20. So you can sit here and look at it right now and say, 'Oh, I could've maybe stayed there, would've been more comfortable, wouldn't have had to move and all that stuff.' But for me, it's about going with my gut in my life, and that's how I make my decisions. I live with them. We'll roll the dice and see what happens. It's not really a gamble even in this situation. It's more of making ... it's almost like an inference. It's calculated based on growing up, playing with ... we're talking about playing with Aaron Rodgers here, too.

"This isn't like taking some crazy gamble going somewhere with some rookie that's unproven. Neither of us have played as good as we're capable of playing, but when you're rolling the dice, you'd hope that it's favoring you more. You got trick dice. It still might not work, but we're trying and doing everything we can and still going."

This list will be cut down to 15 finalists later this year. The 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class will be announced at "NFL Honors" in February.

Giants defensive lineman said on Tuesday that Daniel Jones is "the best quarterback on the team" during a Campbell's Soup "Chunky Sacks Hunger" charity event.

Defending his "best friend," Lawrence, who the Giants selected 11 picks after Jones in the 2019 draft, said that while head coach Brian Daboll's decision to go to Tommy DeVito under center for this week's game against the Buccaneers was "hard," he didn't agree with it.

"It's tough for that to happen. I can't control it," Lawrence said. "They made the decision based off their evaluations and their thoughts and feelings. … That's my boy. As a player, you got to keep playing. As a human and as a brother, I feel for him. .. I'm sure it's hard. He's the QB1. To me, the best quarterback on the team. But they see things differently. I guess that's all that matters."

When asked after their 34-27 loss to the Chargers about the team's struggled finishing games, Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase passed on answering and said to ask coach Zac Taylor.

"Ask Zac," Chase said on Sunday. "Ask the coaches. That's not my job. I play football on the field. I don't call plays for us."

On Tuesday, Taylor was asked about Chase's comments and said he didn't have a problem with his star receiver.

The NFL suspended Cardinals practice squad linebacker Markus Bailey for six games on Tuesday for violating its banned substances policy.

Bailey said he didn't take anything knowingly, but that he's "accepting the suspension now so that I can put this behind me."

Bailey will be eligible to return for the final game of the regular season. He's played in just 16 snaps on special teams in one game this season with the Cardinals, and has otherwise been on the practice squad.

Another loss at home Monday night sent an already spiraling Dallas Cowboys season into further disarray.

But with the playoffs all but mathematically out of reach, owner and general manager Jerry Jones isn't yet ready to find out what the Cowboys have in backup quarterback Trey Lance.

Jones was asked about the Cowboys' quarterback situation in his weekly radio appearance Tuesday morning. He's not ready to move on from Cooper Rush, who's started the last two weeks in place of injured starter Dak Prescott.

For more and what Jones had to say, read here.

Some roster moves of note from around the NFL on Tuesday:

It's official for Gabriel Davis. The Jacksonville Jaguars receiver suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee during Sunday's loss to the Detroit Lions. He'll reportedly require surgery. On Tuesday, the Jaguars placed him on injured reserve. His season is over.

The Texans wrapped up Week 11 with a huge win over the Cowboys, who have now lost five straight and still haven't won at home this season.

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The Chiefs continue to bolster their wide receiving corps following injuries to Rashee Rice and Juju Smith-Schuster. Kansas City is signing former Patriots wideout Tyquan Thornton to its practice squad.

Thornton, 24, was waived by New England on Saturday. He was the team's second-round pick (No. 50 overall) in the 2022 NFL Draft after drawing attention at the scouting combine for running a 4.28 40-yard dash.

This season, Thornton caught four passes for 47 yards. For his career, he's tallied 39 receptions for 385 yards and two touchdowns in three years with the Patriots.

Nico Collins led the NFL in receiving when he suffered a hamstring injury in Week 5. On Monday, he'll return to the Houston Texans lineup against the Dallas Cowboys after missing five straight weeks.

The Texans removed Collins from injured reserve ahead of last week's game against the Lions, but did not activate him for the game. They then removed his injury status on Saturday ahead of Monday's game.

Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, Collins will play Monday night without any minutes or snap restrictions.

The Chicago Bears lost in heartbreaking fashion on Sunday as the Green Bay Packers blocked an attempt at a game-winning field goal as time expired at Soldier Field.

On Monday, head coach Matt Eberflus told reporters that the Bears believe the Packers committed a penalty on the block and are filing a complaint with the NFL. Eberflus also defended his decision to attempt the kick from 46 yards rather than use remaining time on the game clock to try to make it a shorter attempt.

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Young has gone 31-for-51 for 297 passing yards, two touchdowns and one interceptions in Carolina's past two games, both victories.

"We are making a quarterback switch from Daniel Jones to Tommy DeVito," Daboll said Monday. "After evaluating and watching a lot of tape, that's the reason we are going with Tommy. Drew Lock will be the backup. This was a necessary move for us and I'm looking forward to working with Tommy."

DeVito, who has not played this season, appeared in nine games last season, throwing for 1,101 yards, eight touchdowns and three interceptions.