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The Cowboys are as healthy as they can possibly be heading into the wild-card playoff game against the Packers on Sunday.
Only one player carries a designation.
The team added backup quarterback Cooper Rush to their practice report Friday and list him as questionable with an illness. He did not practice.
Rush has played 69 snaps in mop-up duty this season.
Trey Lance is the team’s third quarterback.
Cornerback Stephon Gilmore (shoulder) had a limited practice for a second consecutive day. He is expected to play with a harness to protect his dislocated shoulder.
Left guard Tyler Smith (foot) will return after missing Week 18. He had a full practice Friday.
Defensive end Dorance Armstrong (ankle), defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins (ankle) and safety Malik Hooker (ankle) also are good to go.
SANTA CLARA — Forty-five minutes before kickoff, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy jogged over to the sideline to greet some of the closest people in his life.
He took a quick break from warmups before the team’s Week 15 win over the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium to hug family members and kiss his fiancée, Jenna.
The game had special significance, as it was Purdy’s first appearance as a professional in Arizona, where he grew up less than an hour’s drive away.
The moment captured on social media went viral, in large part because it appeared to show two distinct sides of Purdy.