Branch: 49ers mailbag: What are the best road trips for fans? Breakout star of 2023? (paywall)
“Defensive end Drake Jackson. The 2022 second-round pick has many of the necessary breakout ingredients: Talent, opportunity and a humbling kick-in-the-rear rookie season. Oh, and it’s possible that teams will block him on 42.7% of the snaps because they’ll be occupied with Nick Bosa, Javon Hargrave and Arik Armstead.”
“Purdy won’t be doing anything excessive at first. He will likely be limited as this portion of his rehabilitation begins, and his workload will ramp up in the coming months.