Why isn't Brock Purdy playing today? Mac Jones' 'horrendous' interception has fans begging for his return

Brock Purdy is not playing in the San Francisco 49ers' Sunday game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Mac Jones is expected to start.

Updated on: Oct 13, 2025, 03:20:05 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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Brock Purdy is not a part of the Sunday NFL game between San Francisco 49ers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 49ers' QB was instead replaced by Mac Jones, who made his fourth start of the 2025 campaign.

A wrong interception by Mac Jones had 49ers fans wondering when Brock Purdy would return. (AP)

However, Jones made a ‘horrendous’ interception in the game, making fans wonder when Purdy will be back in action.

“A miscommunication between Kendrick Bourne and Mac Jones and the Buccaneers get the interception,” a person wrote on X. Another added, “Mac Jones picked off! Buccaneers take over in the redzone with momentum swinging their way.”

Why isn't Brock Purdy playing?

Purdy is out with a toe injury. 49ers, when announcing Purdy would be out for the Sunday game, said “Quarterback Brock Purdy remains sidelined as he continues to recover from a toe injury. The team wants to ensure Purdy is fully back on track before returning to play.”

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With Purdy being ruled out for Week 6, this marked the fourth time in six games that the 49ers started without their QB. However, ESPN's Adam Schefter shared some positive news, saying on X that Purdy could be back in time for the game against Atlanta Falcons.

“There is 'a chance' that San Francisco’s regular starting QB, Brock Purdy can return for next week’s game vs. the Falcons,” he had said ahead of the game. Purdy's injury came in Week 1 during the game against Seattle Seahawks. However, he managed to return to action in Week 4, but this seemed to aggravate the issue, leading him to miss back-to-back games.

While Jones is facing a lot of flak for the error today, he's actually filled in quite nicely for Purdy. He's completed 66.7 percent of his passes for 905 yards, has six scores and just one interception in 2025, as per stats ahead of today's game.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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