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Despite being without starting quarterback Brock Purdy for eight of their first 10 games, the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers are two games above .500 (6-4) and on the bubble in the NFC playoff picture.<\/p>\n
Purdy played in San Francisco\u2019s season-opening win over the\u00a0Seattle Seahawks, sat out two weeks with a turf toe injury, returned for the team\u2019s Week 4 loss to the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars, and he\u2019s been sidelined ever since after reaggravating the injury.<\/p>\n
In his absence,\u00a0Mac Jones\u00a0\u2014 the player 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan reportedly wanted to draft back in 2021 when the team traded three first-round picks to move up to the No. 3 overall pick, where they ultimately took\u00a0Trey Lance\u00a0\u2014 has played at the Pro Bowl-level he did when he was a rookie with the\u00a0New England Patriots.<\/p>\n
But with just seven more games left in the regular season, and Purdy likely having to shake off some rust once he returns, some have wondered if San Francisco would be better served riding it out with Jones instead of rolling the dice with Purdy.<\/p>\n
Getty<\/span>San Francisco 49ers QB Mac Jones<\/p>\n The 49ers lost 42-26 to the\u00a0Los Angeles Rams in Week 10, dropping to third place in the NFC West behind the Rams and Seahawks, who are both tied at the top with 7-2 records, but Jones wasn\u2019t to blame.<\/p>\n In fact, Jones threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns \u2014 his third 300-yard game of the year, tied with\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers\u00a0QB Justin Herbert for the most in the NFL this season \u2014 but San Francisco committed seven penalties and the defense surrendered 401 yards to\u00a0Matthew Stafford\u00a0and company.<\/p>\n Before Sunday\u2019s loss, the \u201cFox\u00a0NFL\u00a0Sunday\u201d crew asked future Hall of Fame QB\u00a0Tom Brady\u00a0if he believes the 49ers should stick with Jones, who ranks sixth in the NFL in completion percentage (69.6) and 11th in passing yards (2,151), over Purdy, and his response didn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n \u201cGee, I wonder why you asked me this question?\u201d\u00a0Brady joked. \u201cYeah, listen, you\u2019ve got to go with the hot hand. Yes, you stay with him.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 I\u2019ve got to believe that\u2019s why I\u2019m still sitting here today because (the Patriots) went with the hot hand about 25 years ago. What do you guys expect me to say?\u201d<\/p>\n Getty<\/span>Former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady<\/p>\n There are very few people more uniquely qualified to speak on the 49ers\u2019 brewing QB problem than Brady himself.<\/p>\n The 48-year-old was in the exact same situation back in 2001 with the Patriots after taking over for Drew Bledsoe, who was injured in Week 2 against the\u00a0New York Jets.<\/p>\n Brady led New England to an 11-5 record and a win over the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI that year.<\/p>\n Bledsoe landed with the\u00a0Buffalo Bills the following season. Brady won five more Super Bowls and four Super Bowl MVP awards with the Patriots. His Patriots resume also includes 14 Pro Bowls, five All-Pro selections, three league MVPs, and two Offensive Player of the Year awards.<\/p>\n We got injury updates on Frank Nazar and Jason Dickinson yesterday. Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs might be missing their best player when they come to town.<\/p>\n The Chicago Blackhawks are back at the United Center tonight as they host the Eastern Conference-leading New Jersey Devils. Check back in this afternoon for a complete game preview and again late tonight for postgame analysis. Until then, here are some fresh Morning Chirps to hold you over.<\/p>\n Auston Matthews went to the Leafs dressing room after taking this hit from Zadorov\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/MxVL6cyPNH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite being without starting quarterback Brock Purdy for eight of their first 10 games, the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers are two games above .500 (6-4) and on the bubble in the NFC playoff picture….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t