Coming out of their bye week, the San Francisco 49ers are hoping to turn their fortunes around and get back in the win column.
The 49ers have dropped three consecutive games and no longer find themselves a shoo-in to win the NFC West.
San Francisco goes on the road to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars who have found their groove after a slow start to the 2023 NFL season.
Offensively, the 49ers have had issues as they’ve been without Deebo Samuel but the wideout is finally set to return.
However, Kyle Shanahan has to figure out whether or not the team’s offense has been slower because they’ve been without Samuel or if Brock Purdy’s finally hitting a wall after a strong start to his career.
Nick Wright argues that if Purdy struggles again, then there will be some more questions about how they handled Trey Lance via First Things First.
“If the 49ers lose & Brock Purdy plays poorly, there’ll be a real discussion about should they bench Purdy — and that’d be foolish. We know Sam Darnold can’t play. The discussion we should have is what a debacle the Trey Lance situation was,” Wright said.
"If the 49ers lose & Brock Purdy plays poorly, there'll be a real discussion about should they bench Purdy — and that'd be foolish. We know Sam Darnold can't play. The discussion we should have is what a debacle the Trey Lance situation was."
— @getnickwright explains: pic.twitter.com/sWBLtabjan
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) November 10, 2023
San Francisco traded Lance to the Dallas Cowboys before the start of the season after they named Sam Darnold as the backup quarterback.
The 49ers have pigeonholed themselves into either Purdy or Darnold as their quarterbacks, so to Wright’s point it’ll raise questions as to whether or not they would’ve been better off keeping Lance.
The former third-overall pick didn’t get much of a chance to prove he was worth keeping due to injuries, but now San Francisco needs to prove they made the right choice.
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