49ers sign QB Mac Jones

Originally posted by Bullrush42:
Some people on here told yall that Mac, at the time of the draft, was better than Trey Lance would ever be.
They were mocked, shunned, banned even. Yet proven right soon after and just made a lot of this board look silly. Especially that New York guy.
it is pretty cool watching him come in and drop sack on everybody

Originally posted by pdc20:
And Schefter said the same thing before the game.
As for Mac Jones. I'm not surprised. He's a solid QB. With Kyle, he can play at the Jimmy G post ACL level and if the Defense is good, the Niners are gonna win games.
I think he looked really good in this game. He was aggressive but not too aggressive. He was accurate for the most part. I think he's the best back up the Niners had since the 2022 season when Garoppolo and then Purdy were the back up.
Now the problem with Mac is the same it was with Jimmy post ACL. Everything has to be almost perfect for the offense to work. He can't scramble and avoid pressure. That's the difference with Purdy.
But that's why Mac is a back up and he's still so much better than Brandon Allen for example. How the hell Allen was number 2 by the way.

Not saying Mac is better than Jimmy but he made some reads and throws Jimmy never did.

Originally posted by Monsterniner:
You guys are so homers of some players that you can't even enjoy a win on the road only because "your" guy wasn't playing and you start to get defensive about everything.

I guess that if Mac plays the rest of the way and we win the Super Bowl with him you won't enjoy it.

Grow up!!!!!

Mac Jones was pretty solid for almost the entire game. Relax.

But Purdy IMO would've lit up the Saints, he's had more time with the offense and is more decisive hence his experience in the offense.

With that said, I feel more confident in Mac Jones and resting Purdy longer.

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Originally posted by Scoots:

Originally posted by Bullrush42:
Some people on here told yall that Mac, at the time of the draft, was better than Trey Lance would ever be.
They were mocked, shunned, banned even. Yet proven right soon after and just made a lot of this board look silly. Especially that New York guy.
it is pretty cool watching him come in and drop sack on everybody

Riiiiiight ... Mac Jones would have been worth that pick.

No QB outside a top tier elite QB would be worth that pick. If we would have stayed pat at our original pick i think Mac would have been a decent pick for us. I still prefer Purdy so i guess it worked out regardless.

But Bullrush42 is right. I too thought Lance had a higher ceiling but i also thought Mac would be fine in this offense. Most posters thought Mac was noddle arm trash and they were very vocal about it. They were kinda silent on him his rookie year when he played well but after that they got vocal again. Looking back at the end of Belichick's regime with the Patriots there is no wonder why Mac Jones failed in NE. Imagine coming into your 2nd year and Matt Patricia gets hired to be your OC.

Kyle is going to be known as the QB whisperer. He can take an avg talented QB and make them into a legit starter. His next project needs to be someone with some athletic skills and a rocket arm.

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I got Whiplash from this guy.... Preferred him in the draft, watched almost every game his rookie season, then watched him turn into a moody distraction. I truly could not stand watching the guy any more.......then poof.....he gets here he is happy, the team appears to have rallied around him...and most importantly...he is somewhat effective.

I think what Mac has really shown me is how good Brock's pocket awareness is.... Mac was straight up an NFL QB yesterday, you can only really point to his pocket awareness as his weakness.

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by Monsterniner:
You guys are so homers of some players that you can't even enjoy a win on the road only because "your" guy wasn't playing and you start to get defensive about everything.

I guess that if Mac plays the rest of the way and we win the Super Bowl with him you won't enjoy it.

Grow up!!!!!

Mac Jones was pretty solid for almost the entire game. Relax.

But Purdy IMO would've lit up the Saints, he's had more time with the offense and is more decisive hence his experience in the offense.

With that said, I feel more confident in Mac Jones and resting Purdy longer.

It was interesting to watch cause there were quite a few times where I was like "damn Purdy usually makes that throw" or "damn Purdy would of escaped" etc

I agree that Brock would have probably had a very good - great game. Mac did a solid job though. Tons for him to improve on but he had a solid day, great building block.

outside of that strip sack, which he held the ball for a long time, he didn't make negative plays - which was nice. I was most concerned about him making mistakes. Which he only made one that I can think of. Some of his ball placement was off but that's sorta expected.

I can see this dude leaving after this year. There is always a team desperate enough

Originally posted by Bullrush42:
Some people on here told yall that Mac, at the time of the draft, was better than Trey Lance would ever be.
They were mocked, shunned, banned even. Yet proven right soon after and just made a lot of this board look silly. Especially that New York guy.
it is pretty cool watching him come in and drop sack on everybody

HA want a dumb comment. Jones is on his 3 team and 5 yrs! Trying to find a gotcha moment over one game is pretty weak sauce.

So what if he loses next week and tosses a couple INTs does that mean he's blows again? So far he's proven he's a good backup in the NFL and was not remotely close to burning 3 1sts on.

Gotta love the internet and the over dramatic instant ups and downs of all of it

What a great game from this dude. Glad I decided to watch it live!

Having a really solid backup is such a blessing.

Happy the 49ers got him when they did.

Originally posted by miked1978:
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No QB outside a top tier elite QB would be worth that pick. If we would have stayed pat at our original pick i think Mac would have been a decent pick for us. I still prefer Purdy so i guess it worked out regardless.

But Bullrush42 is right. I too thought Lance had a higher ceiling but i also thought Mac would be fine in this offense. Most posters thought Mac was noddle arm trash and they were very vocal about it. They were kinda silent on him his rookie year when he played well but after that they got vocal again. Looking back at the end of Belichick's regime with the Patriots there is no wonder why Mac Jones failed in NE. Imagine coming into your 2nd year and Matt Patricia gets hired to be your OC.

Kyle is going to be known as the QB whisperer. He can take an avg talented QB and make them into a legit starter. His next project needs to be someone with some athletic skills and a rocket arm.

__PRESENT

Drafting Mac at 12 would have been replacing Jimmy with Jimmy level play.

I think Kyle has shown he can take avg skilled QBs with some sort of football nuance and get the most out of them…which is great BUT the goal should always be trying to get that Mahomes/allen level QB that can take a team over the top. He thought he might have something in Lance but it never materialized over a short sample. Brock made him a movable and here we are.

Mac made some plays and helped the team win, love it for your backup.

I think Jones played better than most fans expected. He showed he's at least capable and the team won't collapse under him. Let's see how he looks against the Cards this week. A little more of a test. He'll have another week working with the 1st team and the receivers.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I think Jones played better than most fans expected. He showed he's at least capable and the team won't collapse under him. Let's see how he looks against the Cards this week. A little more of a test. He'll have another week working with the 1st team and the receivers.

I think the OL played better than I thought they would as well. He had some time in the pocket to make it all go.

I really needed that long Ricky TD for fantasy lol

Saints are worse than I thought.

Originally posted by Patton:

Originally posted by pdc20:
And Schefter said the same thing before the game.
As for Mac Jones. I'm not surprised. He's a solid QB. With Kyle, he can play at the Jimmy G post ACL level and if the Defense is good, the Niners are gonna win games.
I think he looked really good in this game. He was aggressive but not too aggressive. He was accurate for the most part. I think he's the best back up the Niners had since the 2022 season when Garoppolo and then Purdy were the back up.
Now the problem with Mac is the same it was with Jimmy post ACL. Everything has to be almost perfect for the offense to work. He can't scramble and avoid pressure. That's the difference with Purdy.
But that's why Mac is a back up and he's still so much better than Brandon Allen for example. How the hell Allen was number 2 by the way.

Not saying Mac is better than Jimmy but he made some reads and throws Jimmy never did.

Outside of maybe 5 guys I really believe the talent level for most QBs in ther NFL is pretty close. Subtle differences but for the most part it's not huge. Most ofthe difference is between the ears. What makes the difference is the HC, the scheme and the talent around them. Jones was okay at times with NE but they didn't have anywhere near the coaching or talent of even a depleted 49er roster. Darnold looked way better with the Vikings after spendng a year with the 49ers. Alex Smith struggled for years in SF with coaching changes until Harbaugh got here. Then he did well under Reid in KC.

As I said there are some differences between players but often times it takes a good coach or a good supporting cast to allow a QB to flourish. Even the very best like Allen and Jackson need good game plans and at least some talent. The biggest reason so many QBs drafted in the first round fail is they get picked by bad teams that never get the right players or the right OC around them.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by Patton:

Originally posted by pdc20:
And Schefter said the same thing before the game.
As for Mac Jones. I'm not surprised. He's a solid QB. With Kyle, he can play at the Jimmy G post ACL level and if the Defense is good, the Niners are gonna win games.
I think he looked really good in this game. He was aggressive but not too aggressive. He was accurate for the most part. I think he's the best back up the Niners had since the 2022 season when Garoppolo and then Purdy were the back up.
Now the problem with Mac is the same it was with Jimmy post ACL. Everything has to be almost perfect for the offense to work. He can't scramble and avoid pressure. That's the difference with Purdy.
But that's why Mac is a back up and he's still so much better than Brandon Allen for example. How the hell Allen was number 2 by the way.

Not saying Mac is better than Jimmy but he made some reads and throws Jimmy never did.

Outside of maybe 5 guys I really believe the talent level for most QBs in ther NFL is pretty close. Subtle differences but for the most paret it's not huge. What makes the difference is the HC, the scheme and the talent around them. Jones was okay at times with NE but they didn't have anywhere near the talent of even a depleted 49er roster. Darn;d looked way better with ther Vikings after spendng a year wiht the 49ers. Alex Smith struggled for years in SF with coaching changes until Harbaugh got here. Then he did well under Reid in KC.

As I said there are some differences between players but often times it takes a good coach or a good supporting cast to allow a QB to flourish. Even the very best like Allen and Jackson need good game plans and at least some talent. The biggest reason so many QBs drafted in the first round fail is they get picked by bad teams that never get the right players around them.

We've seen countless players go from "star" to "bum" by changing coach/scheme and the reverse. For some reason people don't understand it in general but they REALLY don't understand it with QBs.

That said ... there are "star" attributes that, if they are not there, are not there ... and no coach is likely to find them. But when it comes to the NFL even the scrubs were stars somewhere or they wouldn't be in the NFL.

I'm just happy that the 49ers have a backup quarterback that doesn't make me think "well if the kicker makes like four field goals and the defense holds the other team to ten points, the 49ers can still win!"