Jones ‘glad’ to be on 49ers now after 2021 draft-night surprise

SANTA CLARA — Mac Jones has been with the 49ers for less than three months, but he first was connected to the organization more than four years ago"You go where you go in the draft, right?" Jones said on Wednesday in his first public comments since signing a two-year, $9 million contract with the 49ers in the offseason. "You don't have a lot of choices. But I'm excited to be here now."Jones was the player most associated with the 49ers leading up to the 2021 NFL Draft.The 49ers made the trade up to No. 3 a month before the draft. For most of that time, the widely held belief is that the 49ers would select Jones after the expected choices of Trevor Lawrence to the Jacksonville Jaguars and Zach Wilson to the New York Jets.And while Jones might have been the player 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was leaning toward during most of the process, when it was time to make a selection, the 49ers went with Trey Lance.Jones joked that he and Shanahan later got into a "huge fight." While that draft-night surprise with the 49ers might have been a disappointment for Jones, he and Shanahan later connected and put the situation behind them."We're cool," Jones said. "Kyle and I texted a little...