"Yeah, very possible we see another start for Mac Jones, or even more than that," Rapoport said. "My understanding of Brock Purdy's setback, and remember, he was dealing with turf toe—it was two to about five weeks recovery time—he played in that third week, so pretty early on in his recovery, early on in his rehab, and then went out, got tackled in basically sort of the same way, re-aggravated the injury. Then got put back where he was."
That means Jones will likely lead the 49ers against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 12 at Raymond James Stadium.
"They're considering Brock Purdy week-to-week now," Rapoport continued, "and you have to think, a player goes out, aggravates an injury, they already played him once, you think they take maybe a little bit of extra time to make sure that Brock Purdy is healthy. And they do have that luxury because Mac Jones is balling."
Jones has gone 3-0 as a starter with San Francisco and Rapoport notes the quarterback could earn a $400,000 incentive bonus if he wins a fourth start.
"Obviously not his main goal," Rapoport joked, "but you could buy something nice with a $400,000 check, right?"
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