SANTA CLARA — Mac Jones quickly has won over the 49ers locker room and his statements after San Francisco’s 16-15 win over the Arizona Cardinals is a great example why.After the game, right guard Dominick Puni shared the safety that occurred with just under 3:30 left in regulation was all on his shoulders. Cardinals defensive tackle Calais Campbell used a quick swim move on the second year guard, and immediately got past Puni and into Jones’ face.Puni was called for holding in the end zone which counts as a safety, giving the Cardinals a two-point 15-13 lead. Jones sees the play differently.“I put it on me for real,” Jones told NBC Sports Bay Area after the game. “It was a quick pass, he wasn’t open, I should have just thrown it away. And the play before that, I looked the wrong way, so we shouldn’t have even been in that situation to begin with, so I don’t put that on him.”This type of leadership from a quarterback who has only been with the team since the beginning of the offseason is why the locker room has flocked to Jones’ side after taking over for Brock Purdy, who suffered a toe injury in Week...
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