“Jacoby does his job, takes it one day at a time, prepares when he wasn’t the starter, prepares to be the starter,” Gannon said. “He knows his role can change, and now he’s going to prepare the same way.”

Murray would be eligible to return in Week 14 against the Los Angeles Rams (Dec. 7).

The decision to put Murray on IR came together Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Gannon said. It was a collective decision between the team and Murray, along with his representatives.

In the end, Gannon said, it was the best thing to do for Murray and for the team.

“He’s not fully healthy, ready to go yet, so that makes the most sense,” Gannon said. “Obviously that’s a change, but we just felt. looking at it right now, that’s the best thing for him and us.

“He’s fully committed. Right now, what he’s going to concentrate on is getting healthy. He’s not healthy enough to play. He needs to get healthy so he can get back to playing football.”

After weeks of uncertainty about whether Murray would or wouldn’t be healthy enough to play, Gannon said the decision to put Murray on injured reserve was based on the information the team currently has.

Gannon said it was “very fair” to say that Murray’s foot injury was a situation tougher for him to return from than other quarterbacks who don’t rely on their legs to make plays as much as Murray does.

“Obviously, for him, it prevents him from being fully healthy to go play, and him, as the person that he is and the player that he is, yes,” Gannon said. “And you could look at other things, like this injury for other people might not, but he’s played through some things that other positions, if they have those, they can’t play with those because of what they’re asked to do.”

Gannon said that Murray took the news “as good as you can take it” and added that the quarterback is in a good place to focus on his rehab.

Tom Brady says his dog is a clone.

The six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback and current Fox Sports broadcaster said Tuesday in a statement from a company he is an investor in that his dog, Junie, is a clone of his late dog, Lua.

Brady made the announcement on the same day that Colossal Biosciences, a venture capital-backed biotech start-up, made an acquisition of another animal cloning firm, Viagen Pets and Equine.

Colossal, which aims to “fix” extinction, among other goals, is said to be valued at $10 billion — and this is its first major acquisition.

“I love my animals,” Brady said in a statement released by the company. “They mean the world to me and my family. A few years ago, I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family’s elderly dog before she passed.”

The dog is a pit bull mix. Lua was adopted by Brady and his former wife, Giselle Bundchen. The couple divorced in 2022. Lua died in December 2023.

Colossal uses genetic engineering and cloning with a goal of reviving extinct species.

In late 2024, Colossal said it used cloning and gene editing to birth three dire wolf pups. The dire wolf was previously extinct. Several groups, including the International Union for Conservation of Nature, disputed the claim.

Okonkwo and Dr. Nicholas Theodore, also known for his work in spinal trauma, have reviewed Samuel’s most recent medical scans.

Samuel has 176 tackles and six interceptions in 50 career games (47 starts) since being drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers in the second round of the 2021 draft.

Information from ESPN’s Kris Rhim was used in this report.