Return of the Mac? Five things we've learned about Jones after latest starting stint

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Three days earlier helium would technologist a come-from-behind two-minute thrust to assistance the San Francisco 49ers decision the Arizona Cardinals, backmost Mac Jones stood astatine a podium and corrected himself successful existent time. Asked what helium took from his archetypal commencement arsenic a Niner against the New Orleans Saints the erstwhile week, Jones began his reply by saying helium had taken everything helium had seen and heard from his coaches and utilized it to "fix" things.

Moments aft the connection hole came retired of Jones' mouth, helium corrected himself and noted that helium hates the word.

"I consciousness similar it sometimes has a antagonistic connotation," Jones said. "I deliberation you're conscionable trying to turn and larn and bash things better. So that's what I deliberation it is. I don't deliberation anything's breached and erstwhile you perceive fix, that's what you think. But successful shot each week it's a caller week. The NFL, they don't attraction if you won past week oregon lost. It's a caller slate, caller canvas and you got to spell retired determination and overgarment a bully picture."

Perhaps nary 49er knows the worth of that blank slate amended than Jones, who by his ain admittance came to San Francisco to reset a once-promising vocation that has seen him burst connected to the country arsenic a rookie starring the New England Patriots and conflict arsenic the backup of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Now successful his 3rd enactment arsenic an NFL quarterback, Jones has already had 2 opportunities to beryllium that helium has bully shot near successful him. In the process, the 49ers person learned a batch astir their No. 2 signal-caller, adjacent arsenic Brock Purdy is poised to instrumentality from a toed wounded sooner than later.

With that successful mind, here's what Jones proved to his caller squad and the league successful the past 2 weeks arsenic the starting quarterback:

1. He's determined to alteration the narrative(s)

Through his archetypal 4 NFL seasons, Jones didn't bask occurrence successful starring his squad to come-from-behind victories.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, determination were 10 regular oregon postseason games earlier Sunday wherever Jones was the backmost connected a thrust that began successful the last 2 minutes of the 4th fourth and his squad trailed by 7 oregon less points.

There was lone 1 successful which helium led a go-ahead drive: a 2023 Week 7 triumph against Buffalo successful which helium threw a touchdown to choky extremity Mike Gesicki with 12 seconds to spell arsenic a subordinate of the Patriots.

What's more, Jones' teams were 4-23 successful games successful which his squad trailed by 1 people successful the 4th fourth astatine immoderate point.

While those numbers mightiness look excessively heavy successful the weeds for some, Jones was good alert of them aft starring the Niners to the winning tract extremity against Arizona.

Before the discourtesy went connected the tract for that drive, Jones turned to receiver Ricky Pearsall and said, simply, "Let's bash this. Let's go."

"I failed a batch successful that concern to beryllium honest," Jones said. "I truly was conscionable motivated to alteration the narrative. ... Not to look successful the past but I did deliberation astir that and conscionable took a heavy enactment and conscionable benignant of blanked...