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Mac Jones addresses possibly losing 49ers’ starting QB job to Brock Purdy

Mac Jones addresses possibly losing 49ers’ starting QB job to Brock Purdy

According to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, San Francisco 49ers Week 1 starting quarterback Brock Purdy is expected to return to the lineup when the 49ers play at the Arizona Cardinals (3-6) on Nov. 16.  Shortly after the 49ers fell to 6-4 via a 42-26 home loss to the Los Angeles Rams (7-2) on Sunday, San Francisco fill-in QB1 Mac Jones addressed his uncertain future.  “I’ve never tried to look ahead,” Jones explained about his mindset, per Nick Wagoner of ESPN. “It’s hard not to, but I never want to do that. I want to focus on each week, and I know how challenging the NFL is just having played for a couple of years, and feel like we have a young team that needs leadership right now, and my goal is to lead them and get ready for Arizona.” Jones has thus far gone 5-3 for games that Purdy has missed due to what’s become a lingering toe injury. The initial setback sidelined Purdy in Weeks 2 and 3 before he aggravated the injury in Week 4. After Sunday’s game, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan suggested he wants Purdy “Read More

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