With out straight saying so, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan hinted on Wednesday that Week 1 beginning quarterback Brock Purdy may stay sidelined resulting from a lingering toe damage for Sunday’s sport between the 5-3 49ers and 2-6 New York Giants at MetLife Stadium.
Backup Mac Jones has gone 4-2 because the 49ers’ short-term QB1, however 49ers basic supervisor John Lynch wasn’t ready to call Jones the starter for the Giants sport throughout a Thursday look on San Francisco Bay Space sports activities radio station KNBR.
What 49ers are “trusting” concerning Brock Purdy’s eventual return
“We’ll see,” Lynch mentioned about his membership’s unsure quarterback scenario, per David Bonilla of 49ers WebZone. “Mac’s carried out such an ideal job and continues to take action. Brock, as I discussed, continues to progress. Kyle spoke of it yesterday. Loads of this, at this level, goes to be on trusting Brock and the place he is at — and he continues to really feel higher. He continues to ramp up what he is doing out on the sphere, and that was the case yesterday, and we’ll see by the tip of this week, we’ll all make an excellent resolution on who that man’s going to be.”
Throughout Wednesday’s media availability, Shanahan referenced how Purdy’s toe beforehand felt “fairly good” after the signal-caller missed Weeks 2 and three of the season because of the preliminary damage. Nonetheless, Purdy reinjured the toe in his return to motion on Sept. 28 and hasn’t performed since.
“I didn’t give him a deadline,” Shanahan mentioned about Purdy’s availability for the Giants sport. “It’s not as black and white as you guys need it to be.”
How Mac Jones has performed instead of Brock Purdy
Pro Football Reference stats present that Jones ranks fifteenth within the NFL amongst certified gamers with a 59.0 adjusted QBR, twenty first with an 89.0 passer score and third with a median of 266.2 passing yards per sport. He accomplished 19-of-32 passes for 193 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in San Francisco’s shocking 26-15 loss on the Houston Texans this previous Sunday.
In whole, Jones has tossed eight landing passes and 5 interceptions over six contests.
Earlier this week, tight finish George Kittle acknowledged that the 49ers want the “face of the franchise and the man who’s gained a whole lot of video games” again within the lineup as quickly as doable. That is all properly and good, however it seems that the Niners are ready to be with out Purdy for a seventh sport this season.
