Overview
- Kyle Shanahan said the choice between Brock Purdy and Mac Jones is “not a hard decision,” reiterating that Purdy starts when fully healthy.
- Purdy has begun an intensified ramp-up and needs to complete three aggressive practices without setbacks to be cleared for Sunday at Arizona.
- General manager John Lynch told KNBR, “This is Brock’s team,” noting the club will start him if this week’s work shows full readiness.
- Mac Jones is 5–3 filling in with 2,151 passing yards, 13 touchdowns and six interceptions, boosting the team’s playoff position but not supplanting a healthy Purdy.
- Arizona will start Jacoby Brissett and will be without Marvin Harrison Jr. after an appendectomy, while a Purdy return could reopen deeper shots the 49ers have lacked.