The San Francisco 49ers will play the Arizona Cardinals in Week 11 as they seek a bounce-back win following last week’s embarrassing defeat. The starting quarterback will be Brock Purdy, leaving Mac Jones on the sideline.
Shanahan delivered a range of news on KNBR, including confirmation that the 49ers have Purdy ready to play and will use him against the Cardinals. He also confirmed when Rickey Pearsall will be available to play. For now, Jones will remain the QB2.
“Kyle Shanahan on KNBR said that he thought of activating Brock Purdy last week, but this week’s two main practices — ft. no pain in Purdy’s toe — have fully convinced the 49ers to bring back QB1: ‘No point in messing around. It’s time to go,’” wrote David Lombardi, reporting Shanahan’s comments.
Purdy revealed what happened against Jacksonville
Everyone remembers that Purdy was made available ‘too soon’ ahead of schedule for the game against Jacksonville, where his injury unfortunately recurred. However, he revealed that he felt fine leading up to the game, but the opposing defense was responsible for his injury returning.
“No. Going into that week I felt good. I really did. I thought I was going to be good to go. I just unfortunately got caught in a bad position with my toe again and it just reaggravated it,” Purdy said in a recent press conference.
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Mac Jones available if needed
Jones will obviously be watching closely to see how Purdy feels during the game against the Cardinals. Jones has done an exceptional job as a starter so far (5-3-0, 2,151 yards, 13 TDs, 6 INTs), and analysts hold him in high regard, as highlighted by Greg Cosell.
“Right now the 49ers offense is very condensed, which I think makes Mac Jones’ numbers a little deceptive. He’s played very, very well for what he is… The longest pass play was 22 yards. There’s no real verticality to their pass game,” Cosell stated.
