Quarterback · San Francisco 49ers

Mac Jones

No. 10 · 6th season

Eight starts and a quiet case that the league noticed

Mac Jones spent last season as a backup — until he wasn't. Eight times the San Francisco 49ers handed him the game, and eight times he gave them a reason to feel okay about that.

Jones came into the year with something to prove. His time in New England had ended with more questions than answers, and a reputation that needed some untangling. San Francisco was a chance to reset in a system built around smart, quick decisions — which happens to be what Jones does best.

He made enough of those decisions that people around the league took notice. The word from those close to the situation: had he hit the open market after last year, he'd have had teams calling. That's not a small thing for a quarterback whose next chapter had felt uncertain.

Nobody handed him a starting job this offseason. But he's no longer a question mark — he's a known quantity, and a decent one. That changes the math for what comes next.

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