How rookie QB Kurtis Rourke could determine Mac Jones’ future with 49ers

The 49ers will get a three-week look at rookie quarterback Kurtis Rourke.And what they see from the seventh-round 2025 NFL Draft pick could influence their offseason decision-making.Rourke is one of only three quarterbacks in the building after the 49ers on Tuesday released Adrian Martinez from the practice squad.Martinez served as the backup to Mac Jones during the eight games in which Brock Purdy was sidelined with a toe injury. Martinez took one kneel-down snap to end the 49ers’ 34-24 victory over the New York Giants on Oct. 2.The 49ers liked Rourke enough to select him in the seventh round of the 2025 draft, even with the knowledge that knee surgery likely would wipe out any chance of him getting on the field in his first NFL season.Now, after getting medically cleared to return to action, Rourke’s practice window was opened this week. And at the end of 21 days, the 49ers must decide whether to keep him on the non-football injury list for the remainder of the 2025 NFL season or activate him to the 53-man roster.Moving Rourke to the practice squad is not likely to be an option because the 49ers would first have to waive him. That likely is not a chance the 49ers...