Eddy Piñeiro one of five 49ers who have thrived in `next man up’ season

Eddy Piñeiro one of five 49ers who have thrived in `next man up’ season

SANTA CLARA — The book on the 49ers going into the 2025 season? Stars and scrubs, as one columnist put it. Made sense too. If there ever was a team dependent on their big-name players coming through in hopes of erasing the memory of a 6-11 season it was the 49ers. Disaster struck, as it so often has with the 49ers. Brock Purdy, their $265 million starting quarterback, has missed three games with turf toe and there are probably more to come. Nick…