As long as it\u2019s still a topic of discussion, we\u2019ll talk about the potential outcome of the San Francisco 49ers trading for Mac Jones.<\/p>\n
The more you think it through and look at the NFL landscape, the less likely it feels that a trade will happen. But the NFL is a fickle beast, and if any team knows how injuries can arise out of nowhere, it\u2019s the Niners.<\/p>\n
ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano had a true-or-false section<\/a> where they went back and forth debating whether J.J. McCarthy would be the only quarterback traded ahead of the deadline.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what was said when the discussion turned to Jones:<\/p>\n And the big one is probably Mac Jones<\/a>. The 49ers have said they aren\u2019t interested in dealing him, and I believe it would take a lot to change their minds. But if someone gets desperate enough, who knows?<\/p>\n Fowler: It would take real draft capital — perhaps a Day 2 pick — to get in the door on Jones. Brock Purdy<\/a> is playing at an MVP level<\/a>, but he also sat out seven games last season, with Jones filling in admirably. San Francisco could be there at the end if its aging roster holds up, so it makes little sense to deal Jones right now.<\/p>\n For a team to part ways with a second- or third-round pick in this draft would mean they think they have a legitimate shot at making the playoffs this year.<\/p>\n Brushing aside the 49ers\u2019 injuries<\/p>\n When asked which team\u2019s injury issues were most concerning, the answer was the 49ers, but with an asterisk: \u201cThe easy answer is the 49ers, but they\u2019re 3-0 and deal with this every year, so I don\u2019t think it\u2019s them.\u201d<\/p>\n Fowler added, \u201cIf San Francisco can survive the season with its core players remotely healthy, there\u2019s no reason why it can\u2019t be in the thick of the playoff race in January.\u201d<\/p>\n Let\u2019s establish the core players: Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle, Trent Williams, Mike Evans, Nick Bosa, and Fred Warner.<\/p>\n Williams, Evans, and Bosa are hurt. Williams is unlikely to miss a game, but he didn\u2019t finish Week 3. I think it\u2019s safe to say that the core players are already banged up and impacting how the 49ers can field a team. It hasn\u2019t reflected on the scoreboard, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s taking its toll.<\/p>\n The Nick Bosa effect was on full display in Week 3. The Rams ran 57 plays. The Dolphins ran 56. The Cardinals ran 81. Of course, Romello Height, James Thompson Jr., and CJ West weren\u2019t playing, but Bosa, in the most literal sense, has single-handedly ended drives and gotten the defense off the field.<\/p>\n The loss of Evans will be felt against the upper-echelon defenses, like Denver and Seattle. Purdy threw the ball to Evans on half his routes against the Cardinals. That\u2019s Brock\u2019s go-to target this season, and the results speak for themselves.<\/p>\n Kyle Shanahan is a mastermind and will scheme players open, but at some point, your dudes have to be better than theirs. That\u2019s who Evans is and why you sign him. To win on third down and in key situations against the Seahawks and Broncos of the world.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll see how the offense handles the loss of Evans, even if it\u2019s for a game or two, but it shouldn\u2019t be minimized because \u201cthey deal with this every year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As long as it\u2019s still a topic of discussion, we\u2019ll talk about the potential outcome of the San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,358867,85],"class_list":["post-911333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers-rumors","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911333","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=911333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}