- Position
- QB
- Number
- #13
- Age
- 26
- Pieces here
- 33
On the record
Called Shots →San Francisco carries EXACTLY TWO quarterbacks on its initial 53-man roster on Sunday, August 30. Three or more quarterbacks on that roster grades this WRONG.
The 49ers win 10 or more of their 17 regular-season games in 2026. The stated line is 9.5; 9 wins or fewer grades this WRONG.
De'Zhaun Stribling finishes with MORE than 550 receiving yards in the 2026 regular season. Exactly 550 or fewer grades this WRONG.
Brock Purdy throws for MORE than 3,600 passing yards in the 2026 regular season. Exactly 3,600 or fewer grades this WRONG.
Brock Purdy totals 28 or more touchdowns (passing plus rushing) in the 2026 regular season. Twenty-seven or fewer grades this WRONG.
The 49ers offense gains MORE than 360 total yards per game across the 2026 regular season (total net yards divided by games played). Exactly 360.0 or fewer grades this WRONG.
The 49ers offense gains MORE than 5.6 yards per play across the 2026 regular season (total net yards divided by offensive plays). Exactly 5.6 or fewer grades this WRONG.
Written about him
Every Under Is A Man Coming Off A Lost Season
Seventeen season lines, one side taken on each: the 49ers over 9.5 wins, Christian McCaffrey over 900 rushing yards and over 12.5 touchdowns, Brock Purdy over 3,600 passing yards and 27 combined touchdowns, and team sacks over 35 after a 20.0-sack 2025. The three unders are Mike Evans at 900 receiving yards, George Kittle at 700 and Nick Bosa at 12 sacks, and each is a bet on a calendar rather than a player. Thirteen of the seventeen file to the Called Shots ledger and grade when the regular season ends. Four do not: the Deebo Samuel and Nick Bosa lines and the two team-defense lines are argued here and not filed, because at an honest price each of the four is closer to a statement than a call.
Christian McCaffrey Took Roughly Seven Team Reps On Sunday
San Francisco practised Sunday morning at 10:15. Christian McCaffrey took team reps for the first time since the tightness, Deommodore Lenoir and De'Zhaun Stribling returned in no-contact jerseys, Romello Height was new to the non-participant list, and Upton Stout intercepted Brock Purdy. Renardo Green's imaging, ordered on Friday, is still unreported three days on.
Seven Takeaways From A 41-17 Win At The Chargers, Starting With The Back This Board Had Written Off
The 49ers beat the Chargers 41-17 at SoFi Stadium on Thursday night. Brock Purdy played one drive and twelve snaps, Jacob Cowing returned a punt 83 yards for a touchdown and caught two of seven targets, and Sincere McCormick ran six times for 53 yards. Austen Pleasants became the third left guard candidate to get hurt, Renardo Green and Nick Martin left with hamstring injuries, and four Called Shots resolved off the game book. Seven takeaways with nine days until the roster is due.
Ten Days To The Cutdown, And The 49ers Expect To Play A Number Of Starters
The roster goes to 53 on August 30, ten days after Thursday's game at the Chargers, and one preseason game follows this one. Twelve players are named here with the jersey numbers to find them by, read off the club's official roster page Thursday morning: the left guard rotation, the vacant tenth offensive line spot, a rookie back Shanahan said will most likely play, and a defensive line that was missing three men on Tuesday.
Nine Takeaways From The 49ers' 19-13 Loss To Tennessee, Starting With The Rookie Who Caught Seven Passes
The 49ers lost their preseason opener 19-13 to Tennessee on Thursday night. Second-round rookie De'Zhaun Stribling caught seven of his eight targets for 63 yards. Kurtis Rourke started at quarterback, completed 12 of 14 passes, and was taken to a hospital with a rib injury that stadium X-rays did not show as a break. Robert Jones started at left guard and Connor Colby started at right guard. Four running backs carried 23 times for 52 yards. Nine takeaways from a game that produced no touchdown passes on 44 attempts.
Left Guard Is An Open Competition Everywhere Except In The Reps
The 49ers held their 10th full training camp practice on Monday. Robert Jones worked with the first-team offensive line at left guard, Connor Colby stayed at second-team right guard, and offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak called the job a competition anyway. Christian McCaffrey was given the day off with tightness, leaving Patrick Taylor Jr., Sincere McCormick and Khalil Herbert as the only healthy running backs, and the club worked out two more. Brock Purdy went 10 of 13. Nick Bosa missed a fourth straight practice.
Brett Toth's Undisclosed Injury Was A Concussion, And This Board Took Him Off The 53
Saturday's notebook: the undisclosed injury this beat has been carrying for three days got a name and cost its owner a place on this site's projected 53, Connor Colby lost most of a one-on-one session two days after losing the first-team reps, the defence intercepted Brock Purdy twice in the red zone, and the head coach took a podium for the first time since his car accident.
The 49ers Worked Out Three Centers On A Day They Did Not Practice
San Francisco worked out Doug Kramer, Joe Michalski and Lecitus Smith on Friday, a walk-through day with no practice and no media, and all three of them are centers. Four of the sixteen offensive linemen on the active roster are hurt and three of those four are inside this site's projected 53. The club has signed a man out of each of its last four reported workout groups, none of them slower than three days, and a take is filed on the fifth. The Bradley-King injury settlement, and two disagreements: one about Toth's injury, one about Brock Purdy's Thursday completion line.
Connor Colby Rotated With The Backups At Both Guard Spots
Robert Jones took the first-team left guard reps for a second straight practice Thursday, and Connor Colby, who had been taking most of them all camp, rotated with the backups at both guard spots. Carver Willis and Brett Toth, the two injured linemen this site cited as the reason Jones was there Wednesday, did not return. Four other players did, and two accounts of the session disagree about how much any of them practiced. Brock Purdy went 11 of 14. Gracen Halton climbs a grade, partly by beating Colby.
The Injury List Picked Wednesday's Left Guard
The 49ers practiced Wednesday with 18 of their active 90 unavailable and the top five receivers they entered camp with all among them. Robert Jones took the first-team left guard reps, per David Lombardi, and Chris Foerster explained it as a plan to move Connor Colby around that the injuries to Carver Willis and Brett Toth cut short. Brock Purdy went 13 of 14. Two more players left during practice. Nobody who filed on the session reported a kick return by anybody, which is inconvenient for a call this site made Wednesday morning.
Paraag Marathe Left, And Seventy-Two Void Seasons Stayed
Twenty-one contracts on the 49ers' 2026 cap sheet carry void years, 72 of them in total. Mike Evans' deal decomposed to the dollar, why the books close $450,000 short, and the reason the executive credited with that architecture had already handed off the job that produces it.
The 49ers Wrote A Kick-Return Bonus Into Deebo Samuel's Contract
Deebo Samuel's one-year deal, itemized: $4.1 million of real money and $2.9 million of incentives that only pay in full with a playoff berth, one of them for a top-ten kick return average. Plus Monday's Day 6 practice, two reporters who disagree about Brock Purdy's completion line, and a roster still sitting exactly on 90.
Pearsall's Knee, Two Quarterback Lines, And A Strip-Sack To Open Team Drills
Nick Wagoner reported swelling in Ricky Pearsall's knee from a PCL injury carried over from last season, with surgery being explored. Jordan James has a fractured rib and Malik Mustapha a hamstring strain. Purdy completed 14 of 18 in team drills, Mac Jones 11 of 15, and Dre Greenlaw opened team drills by stripping Christian McCaffrey.
