'Clear favorite' emerges to start at QB for 49ers?

[{"selector":"#anim-d24122df-93e2-49f0-944e-d26285a63a3f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2ede1c9d-c314-47db-982e-5e2d582cc022","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-120%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] 49ers had a successful run in 2022 with Jimmy G and Brock Purdy leading the team.

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[{"selector":"#anim-a2c69975-f6fd-4215-bc24-e252f92f8008","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6f71f18d-aef1-4f2a-b5eb-0c94bf8a3c66","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-120%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] VKyle Shanahan aims to avoid a repeat of the quarterback shortage

[{"selector":"#anim-e74bb420-fa51-47ec-970c-ccc8eb6b848b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4b14ed94-aad3-49b4-a7af-309cf6c6b492","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-120%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The 49ers are working out Jack Coan, who played for the XFL's San Antonio Brahmas in 2023.

[{"selector":"#anim-2d87842f-9132-4213-9718-525a03df634f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-76e5414d-c30e-40d3-bec7-a8288dd6f132","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-120%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Coan was previously a member of the Colts in 2022 but was waived before the season.

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