The buzz around the 49ers is that Brock Purdy, recovering from turf toe, could be back sooner than expected.

No need to rush.

Mac Jones proved in a 26-21 road win over the New Orleans Saints Sunday that the most important position in professional sports is in good hands.

The job belongs to Purdy, but coach Kyle Shanahan can be secure in the knowledge that if the $265 million man needs more time, Jones gives him his best backup option in his seven years as a head coach.

Based on the way Shanahan called the game against New Orleans, it’s something he fully realized going in.

Shanahan placed the game in Jones’ hands from the outset. Any thought the 49ers would go ultra-run-heavy to help negate their injury issues was mistaken. Despite leading throughout, they passed the ball 39 times and

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