Niners’ Mac Jones beats odds, lets it fly in OT win over Rams

Inglewood, California – In the hours preceding the match on Thursday evening against the Rams of Los Angeles, the 49ers coach of San Francisco, Kyle Shanahan, approached the quarter -back Mac Jones and told him that the short -term Niners were more than outsiders against their competitors.

“I don’t really pay attention to this,” said Jones, laughing. “Kyle came to me, and he was upset. [extreme underdogs] or whatever. And I say to myself: ‘I don’t really know what it means, [but] Like, yes, let’s kill them. He was upset about it. I said to myself: “Yeah, I am also upset.” “”

Jones said that he does not pay much attention to social media and has little knowledge of the inner functioning of the creation of dimensions, but Shanahan’s motivation scheme seemed to work while the Niners’ rescue quarter delivered one of his best professional performances and that the 49ers won a 26-23 victory despite many stars.

The Niners entered the match like 8.5 -point outsiders, according to ESPN Bet, and Thursday evening’s victory was their first pure and simple victory with such an important rating since 2011 against the Eagles of Philadelphia, when they were 9.5 points outsiders. So far, it was the largest upheaval of the 2025 season, going beyond the Browns of Cleveland against Green Bay packers in week 3 as 7.5 points outsiders.

San Francisco improved at 4-1 on the season and 3-0 in the NFC West despite the quarter-Arrière missing Brock Purdy, the three Top-Trois Wideouts Brandon Aiyuk (knee), Ricky Pearsall (knee) and Jauan Jennings (Ribs / Ankle) and the tight star George Kittle. In addition, the defensive star Nick Bosa was released for the season with a torn right ACL.

To open the game, Jones launched a collection of tight receptors and ends that had gathered Zero Catches for the 49ers in 2024, with Kendrick Bourne and Demarcus Robinson from the receiver and Luke Farrell obtaining the tight head sign.

Jones fought through a strolled left knee and a cramp forever to finish 33 out of 49 for 342 yards with two touchdown and no interception for a 100.9 smuggler note.

“He played his ass,” said Shanahan. “He was incredible in the first half. He made a little hit in the second half, and fought, and protected the ball. Go against this defense and throw the ball several times and not have turnover and protect it as he did, I can’t say good things about Mac.”

With a few additional days to rest before a trip of week 6 to play the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay, the Niners do not yet know how long they will need Jones to start. The team tried Purdy on Wednesday, and although he said that his toe was still much better than it was after the initial injury of week 1, Shanahan said there was no final calendar on the return of Purdy.

“Everything we told you last week is true,” said Shanahan. “He just reacted it, and it’s weekday week. We don’t know how it will heal, and I hope it will be better tomorrow, and we will continue to pass throughout the week.”

Jones and the paved group of the passenger sensors opened the game with a pair of touched journeys while he hit the flip flops and the ball carrier Christian McCaffrey to put San Francisco in an advance of 14-0.

For most of the night, Jones was on the point. He only had two target throws among his 49 attempts, a brand of 4% which is the lowest in the start since week 12 of 2022 as a member of the New England Patriots. Jones even managed the Rams Passee rush, going 6 out of 9 for 53 yards and first four stockings when they are in a hurry.

Many of his throws were in Bourne, which the team signed before week 2 against New Orleans. After a match against Jacksonville in which he had three drops, Bourne had another drop in keys on Thursday evening and also had problems correctly queuing properly, but he expired for errors by establishing careers in career with 10 receptions for 142 yards, including eight captures for the first tests.

“KB has brought so much energy, so much juice to this team, and we love it and appreciate it so much,” said Kyle Juszczyk. “The guys who played with him previously knew, but I think that everyone who did not see him right away. He certainly helped to trigger this team.”

As in the other three victories of San Francisco this season, the team also obtained key contributions from the defensive members of its draft class in 2025. The defensive platform of the second round, Alfred Collins, forced and recovered an escape from the goal line of San Francisco at the end of the fourth quarter to prevent a winning potential of the match, and recruit security In the latest tackle of Rams, Kyren Williams to stop him short of fourth and 1 and 1.

“”[General manager] John Lynch will probably celebrate on this plane tonight, “said secondary Fred Warner.” Our young guys really coming and play big for us. I mean all these games so far … and they haven’t just started. “”