{"id":401268,"date":"2025-09-27T14:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/401268\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T14:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:53:07","slug":"brock-purdy-mac-jones-still-limited-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/401268\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Purdy, Mac Jones still limited in practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Francisco 49ers<\/a> may be cruising toward starting a third different quarterback in four weeks of the 2025 NFL season.<\/p>\n

Starting QB Brock Purdy and backup QB Mac Jones were both limited again in Thursday’s practice after being limited in Wednesday’s session. Purdy is working through a toe injury<\/a> he suffered in Week 1, while Jones is dealing with a knee injury from training camp that he aggravated in Week 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If neither player is able to suit up in Sunday’s game, practice squad QB Adrian Martinez would be the team’s starting signal caller<\/a> with a backup to-be-determined. Martinez, the 2024 United Football League MVP, hasn’t played in a regular season game since joining the NFL as an undrafted rookie with the Detroit Lions in 2023. He was Jones’s backup in Weeks 2 and 3 after being elevated from the practice squad.<\/p>\n

While the limited sessions for both QBs aren’t a great sign, it certainly isn’t the worst news.<\/p>\n

Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Wednesday said Martinez would get some of the first-team reps with Purdy and Jones. He was mum on Purdy’s status for Sunday, but he did say the QB is making progress.<\/p>\n

“Good. He’s better today than he was on Sunday and hopefully that will keep continuing,\u201d Shanahan said.<\/p>\n

As for Jones, he told reporters after Sunday’s game he wasn’t too concerned about the knee being a long-term issue.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, so I had a little injury that I just reaggravated and I’m good,” Jones said after Sunday’s game. ” I took the brace off because I wasn’t moving around very well and then put it back on after that. But yeah, I felt like it affected my play a little bit, which I was disappointed about. I could have just been tougher. It was affecting my reads and everything. So anyways, finished the game out and just going to do treatment and I should be good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other reason for optimism is that the 49ers haven’t added another QB, which is a sign that they’re confident in at least one of Purdy or Jones being ready for Week 4. Still, it’s worth keeping a close eye on considering the potential issues that could be posed for the 49ers offense if they have a first-time starter facing the Jaguars at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Here is the full practice participation report from Thursday:<\/p>\n

Did not participateWR Jauan Jennings (ankle, shoulder)WR Jordan Watkins (calf)DT CJ West (thumb)Limited participationDE Yetur Gross-Matos (knee)WR Ricky Pearsall (knee)OL Connor Colby (groin)CB Renardo Green (neck)QB Mac Jones (knee)CB Deommodore Lenoir (illness)QB Brock Purdy (shoulder, toe)Full participationRB Christian McCaffrey (not injury related – resting player)LT Trent Williams (not injury related – resting player)DT Kalia Davis (ankle)DE Mykel Williams (wrist)<\/p>\n

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