Mac Jones’ 2025 season kept the 49ers afloat amid adversity and boosted his stock as a potential starting candidate elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of now, he remains in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That hasn’t stopped the trade rumor mill from churning, though. With quarterback remaining a premium position that is never quite fully stocked across the NFL, Jones’ name will continue to own a prominent place in the market, even if the 49ers haven’t made him available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think this is my No. 1 question that I’ve been asked,” Jones, who went 5-3 in eight starts last season,\u00a0said\u00a0during an appearance on\u00a0The Rich Eisen Show<\/em>. “Look, I love (49ers general manger) John (Lynch), I love (49ers coach) Kyle (Shanahan), the York family. It’s the best organization I feel like that I’ve played for in terms of just top-to-bottom greatness, so far, and I don’t like leaving good people. I hope they enjoy having me there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I’m excited for this year, to be honest. A lot of that was offseason talk. Anything’s possible, right? I mean, the trade deadline’s not until a little bit through the season. But I try not to keep up with it. I really just want to keep getting better. \u2026 I played decent last year. I think I can play a lot better, which is what I’m striving to do this summer — improve on my technique and see if that helps me and elevates me to get a big deal or something in the future. I always say be where your feet are. My feet are in San Francisco, and I like it a lot.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jones has reason to relish his current standing in the Bay Area. He occupies a relatively low-pressure job as\u00a0Brock Purdy’s backup, is valued by Shanahan and the entire 49ers organization — especially after he kept them competitive in Purdy’s absence in 2025 — and is receiving top-tier instruction from one of the most stable organizations in the NFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He isn’t receiving a salary that lands anywhere near starter money, but he did agree to a revised contract in May that added a $300,000 roster bonus, boosting his pay to $3.55 million in 2026 with the potential to earn an additional $2.5 million in incentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If everything goes right, Jones stands to cash in as a valued free agent in 2027, too. In eight starts in 2025, Jones posted a 5-3 record and demonstrated clear capability to lead an NFL offense as its top option, as well as remarkable toughness while playing through minor injury. He’s produced a strong enough resume to attract interest on the open market — if he makes it there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Injuries are an unfortunate part of pro football, and, as of now, the 49ers hold a strong trade chip in Jones should a team develop a need for a starting-caliber quarterback. Keeping Jones is perfectly fine for the 49ers, too. They’ll have a trusted, low-cost backup behind Purdy who has already proven he can keep the offense going if called upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It helps that Jones is content in San Francisco, the same place in which\u00a0Sam Darnold\u00a0began his career renaissance by spending a year as a backup in Shanahan’s system before moving onto Minnesota and eventually, Seattle. Jones could follow a similar route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s no need to rush the process, though. And as Jones sees it, he’s perfectly fine with being patient and living in the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mac Jones’ 2025 season kept the 49ers afloat amid adversity and boosted his stock as a potential starting candidate elsewhere. As of now, he remains in San Francisco. That hasn’t stopped the trade rumor mill from churning, though. With quarterback remaining a premium position that is never quite fully stocked across the NFL, Jones’ name […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418258,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418257\/revisions\/418258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}