Purdy good to start for Niners after sitting out 2

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The San Francisco 49ers volition invited backmost Brock Purdy backmost to the starting lineup against the Jacksonville Jaguars connected Sunday.

Purdy, who has missed the past 2 games due to the fact that of a toed injury, participated successful signifier each 3 days this week and does not person an wounded designation going into Sunday, clearing the way for him to measurement backmost into his starting relation against the Jaguars.

Coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Friday day that Purdy volition start.

"He looked good," Shanahan said. "He got to bash a batch much than past week and each time helium got a batch better."

For astir of the week, each signs pointed toward Purdy being capable to play against the Jaguars. He was constricted successful signifier Wednesday and Thursday but upgraded to a afloat subordinate connected Friday. Before the Week 3 triumph against the Arizona Cardinals, Purdy was constricted successful signifier but not truly doing overmuch during those sessions.

When Purdy spoke to the media earlier that game, helium was cautious and made it wide that helium would beryllium much of a crippled clip decision. But Purdy struck a decidedly antithetic code connected Thursday, expressing that his toed had made notable advancement from past week and that helium was doing much successful signifier than helium had past week.

"I truly similar wherever I'm astatine with the advancement with it healing up and feeling amended and dropping back, throwing," Purdy said. "It's nary concealed similar it's been 2 and a fractional weeks oregon so. And conscionable overall, my toed is healed up. It's gotten better."

While past week, the Niners considered making Purdy disposable arsenic a backup, they yet decided against it successful portion retired of fearfulness that helium could marque the wounded worse if helium played connected it earlier helium was afloat healthy.

After the Niners saw Purdy travel adjacent to being disposable but past sitting that crippled out, they believed Purdy was connected the close way to return.

"The information that we adjacent considered him to beryllium an exigency feline past week, conscionable talking to him Monday and Tuesday, helium wasn't afloat connected Wednesday oregon Thursday but you could archer helium was going that direction," Shanahan said. "As agelong arsenic helium woke up contiguous feeling good, we benignant of expected it."

Purdy's instrumentality to the starting lineup comes astatine a bully clip fixed that Mac Jones, who replaced Purdy and led the 49ers to victories the past 2 games, is dealing with a near genu injury. Against Arizona, Jones aggravated the genu sprain helium suffered successful the preseason.

And portion Jones was capable to play done that wounded to decorativeness the crippled against the Cardinals, he, too, has been constricted successful signifier this week. Jones is officially listed arsenic questionable against Jacksonville, the squad helium near to motion with the 49ers arsenic a escaped cause successful March.

For his part, Jones said his anticipation is that helium volition beryllium disposable to grip immoderate relation the Niners request of him against the Jaguars.

"I consciousness good," Jones said. "Just similar immoderate different week, you're going done the week, getting acceptable for the crippled plans arsenic a backup oregon a starter. So, I consciousness comfy doing both. I'll beryllium acceptable to play."

Elsewhere connected the wounded report, wide receiver Jauan Jennings' presumption is up successful the aerial again this week. Jennings did not signifier connected Wednesday oregon Thursday but was constricted connected Friday due to the fact that of ankle and enarthrosis injuries. He's listed arsenic questionable.

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