What we learned as turnovers, offensive struggles lead to 49ers’ loss to Jaguars

Some reinforcements arrived, but in the wake of another devastating injury, the banged-up 49ers had to scratch and claw for the fourth consecutive week. The result, however, was different. Wide receivers Jauan Jennings and Ricky Pearsall were active, as was Demarcus Robinson, fresh off a three-game suspension. But most importantly, quarterback Brock Purdy (22 of 38 passes, 309 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT, 1 fumble) returned from his two-game absence.San Francisco’s offense, though, couldn’t do much of anything against Jacksonville’s defense in the first half. The 49ers scored just six points in the first half on two field goals from Eddy Piñeiro, but two costly turnovers, a fumble from tight end Luke Farrell and a tipped interception from Purdy, stalled two potential scoring drives. San Francisco scored its first touchdown of the game in the third quarter on an 8-yard shovel pass from Purdy to running back Christian McCaffrey to cap an eight-play, 61-yard drive and trim the Jaguars’ lead to 17-14 after a successful 2-point conversion, but then another interception from Purdy on San Francisco’s next drive gave Jacksonville plus field position,...