San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has been ruled out for his team’s Week 8 matchup against the Houston Texans amid his recovery from turf toe.
Mac Jones will make his sixth start of the season and will earn another $100,000 in incentives if he leads the 49ers to a win, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. He has earned $400,000 in incentives since taking over for Purdy.
The 49ers are set to kick off against the Texans this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
Purdy has been limited by a lingering turf toe injury to just two games this season.
The quarterback initially suffered a toe injury alongside a left shoulder injury during a Week 1 win at the Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 7.
After sitting out two games, Purdy returned on Sept. 28 to start a Week 4 loss to the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars.
Although he finished out the loss, head coach Kyle Shanahan said Purdy reported toe soreness afterward.
Shanahan later confirmed that Purdy had “reaggravated” his toe injury, and that he was considered “week to week” heading into Week 6.
Purdy has since been listed as a limited participant in the last two weeks of 49ers practices, although David Lombardi of the San Francisco Standard reported Thursday the Niners were “pleased” with his progress.
The Niners have turned to Jones in Purdy’s absence. Jones has led the 49ers to a 4-1 record without Purdy, although he was most recently held to just 152 passing yards with no touchdown and an interception as Christian McCaffrey powered the team to a Week 7 win over the visiting Atlanta Falcons.
Getting Purdy back under center could allow Shanahan to turn his focus on the passing game and take some of the pressure off McCaffrey, who is coming off an injury-riddled 2024 campaign.
But with Purdy unable to play against the Texans, the 49ers are likely to once more saddle McCaffrey with a heavy workload in Houston.
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