{"id":757667,"date":"2026-06-24T18:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/757667\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:21:14","slug":"49ers-qb-mac-jones-content-with-current-role-as-backup-my-feet-are-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/757667\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers QB Mac Jones content with current role as backup: ‘My feet are in San Francisco’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jones has reason to relish his current standing in the Bay Area. He occupies a relatively low-pressure job as Brock Purdy<\/a>‘s backup, is valued by Shanahan and the entire 49ers organization — especially after he kept them competitive in Purdy’s absence in 2025 — and is receiving top-tier instruction from one of the most stable organizations in the NFL.<\/p>\n

He isn’t receiving a salary that lands anywhere near starter money, but he did agree to a revised contract in May that added a $300,000 roster bonus, boosting his pay to $3.55 million in 2026 with the potential to earn an additional $2.5 million in incentives.<\/p>\n

If everything goes right, Jones stands to cash in as a valued free agent in 2027, too. In eight starts in 2025, Jones posted a 5-3 record and demonstrated clear capability to lead an NFL offense as its top option, as well as remarkable toughness while playing through minor injury. He’s produced a strong enough resume to attract interest on the open market — if he makes it there.<\/p>\n

Injuries are an unfortunate part of pro football, and as of now, the 49ers hold a strong trade chip in Jones should a team develop a need for a starting-caliber quarterback. Keeping Jones is perfectly fine for the 49ers, too; they’ll have a trusted, low-cost backup behind Purdy who has already proven he can keep the offense going if called upon.<\/p>\n

It helps that Jones is content in San Francisco, the same place in which Sam Darnold<\/a> began his career renaissance by spending a year as a backup in Shanahan’s system before moving onto Minnesota and eventually, Seattle. Jones could follow a similar route.<\/p>\n

There’s no need to rush the process, though. And as Jones sees it, he’s perfectly fine with being patient and living in the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jones has reason to relish his current standing in the Bay Area. He occupies a relatively low-pressure job…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[37242,64,63,6586,44,593,19976,248766,1262,85],"class_list":["post-757667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mac-jones","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}