Overview
- Head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Thursday that Purdy will start at the Cardinals, calling the choice straightforward and based on Purdy’s health rather than Mac Jones’ recent form.
- Purdy completed a monitored ramp-up with multiple aggressive practices, said he feels healthy, and shared that doctors determined no surgery is necessary for his toe.
- Mac Jones went 5-3 as the fill-in, completing roughly 70% of his passes for 2,151 yards with 13 touchdowns and six interceptions, and now returns to the No. 2 role.
- Wide receiver Ricky Pearsall will also return, and the offense regains a deep-throw pairing that went 4-of-6 on passes of 20-plus yards in their two games together after a 3-for-16 stretch without them.
- San Francisco enters Week 11 at 6-4 in a tight playoff race, while Arizona will start Jacoby Brissett and is without top receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. following an appendectomy.