49ers rule out QB Purdy; Jones to start vs. Saints

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- In mentation for Sunday's crippled against the New Orleans Saints, the San Francisco 49ers person been preparing each week to beryllium without starting backmost Brock Purdy.

On Friday, manager Kyle Shanahan made it official, announcing that Purdy volition not play successful New Orleans with seasoned Mac Jones acceptable to commencement successful his place. Purdy did not signifier astatine each this week arsenic helium deals with near enarthrosis and toed injuries that helium suffered successful past week's triumph against the Seattle Seahawks.

Shanahan has indicated that the toed wounded - which is akin to turf toed - is the bigger interest for Purdy and that it could support Purdy retired for aggregate weeks. Niners wide manager John Lynch told KNBR vigor connected Thursday that Purdy's wounded is considered a "week to week" proposition.

With Purdy unavailable to signifier this week, Jones took each of the reps with the starting discourtesy connected Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. He volition marque his archetypal commencement arsenic a Niner against the Saints aft signing a two-year, $7 cardinal woody successful March.

"Mac's been awesome," Shanahan said. "Our squad truly believes successful him."

Jones, the No. 15 wide prime of the New England Patriots successful the 2021 NFL draft, started 7 games for the Jacksonville Jaguars past season, throwing for 8 touchdowns and 8 interceptions connected his mode to a career-low QBR of 36.6 Those struggles followed a coagulated rookie play (56.9 QBR) and 2 unsmooth years (QBRs of 38.4 and 37.5) for the Patriots that led to his commercialized to Jacksonville.

Upon accomplishment successful San Francisco, Jones made it wide that helium viewed the relation of Purdy's backup arsenic an accidental to reset his vocation successful Shanahan's offense, akin to however Sam Darnold successful 2023.

According to teammates and coaches, Jones had a beardown offseason and grooming campy earlier a mild genu sprain successful the 2nd preseason crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders.

"Mac's been truly awesome since helium walked successful the door, conscionable the mode he's benignant of been unfastened to the coaching and unfastened to learning what we bash present and the mode we manager quarterbacks," violative coordinator Klay Kubiak said. "He bought successful from time 1 and you've seen the growth."

With Purdy retired this week, the 49ers are readying to elevate signifier squad backmost Adrian Martinez to the progressive roster to service arsenic Jones' backup. Martinez entered the NFL arsenic an undrafted escaped cause successful 2023, spending clip with the Detroit Lions and New York Jets implicit the past 2 years.

Martinez has not played successful an NFL crippled but was elevated from the Jets signifier squad to service arsenic a backup against the Read Entire Article