Mac Jones says he’s heard the same question over and over: will he eventually leave San Francisco to chase a starting job somewhere else? For now, though, the 49ers quarterback says he’s staying put, and he sounds genuinely comfortable with that call.
Jones made his case on The Rich Eisen Show, where he pointed to the people around him and the fit he’s found in San Francisco. “I think this is my No. 1 question that I’ve been asked,” Jones said during an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show.
“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. 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. … 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.”
In Los Angeles, Sean McVay left the door open just enough to suggest the Rams could still add another quarterback behind first-round pick Ty Simpson, even if that idea hasn’t been a major topic inside the building yet.
“That’s not something that we’ve really talked about as of right now,” McVay said, via ESPN’s Sarah Barshop. “I would never rule it out, but not right now, that hasn’t been something that we’ve talked about.”
And in Seattle, Sam Darnold looked back on his Super Bowl outing with a blunt assessment. On Bussin’ With The Boys, the Seahawks quarterback said he was frustrated by how many throws he missed, even with the win in hand.
“I didn’t play great in the Super Bowl,” Darnold said on Bussin’ With The Boys. “I missed way too many throws.
We still won, our defense balled out, and I didn’t turn the ball over, which helped. But dude, to win the Super Bowl that way, I was kinda bummed.
I want to score like 40 points, you know what I mean? I want to go out there and ball out, and it’s just, dang, I didn’t play my best football in the Super Bowl?
That sucks.”
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