{"id":102324,"date":"2025-10-03T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=102324"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:46:52","slug":"mac-jones-leads-short-handed-san-francisco-49ers-to-thrilling-ot-win-over-los-angeles-rams-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=102324","title":{"rendered":"Mac Jones leads short-handed San Francisco 49ers to thrilling OT win over Los Angeles Rams | CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missing a plethora of key starters, back-up quarterback Mac Jones led the depleted San Francsico 49ers to a thrilling 26-23 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams on\u00a0Thursday Night Football.<\/p>\n

Jones \u2013 starting in place of Brock Purdy who missed the game with a toe injury \u2013 threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns and lead a game-winning, field-goal drive in OT in SoFi Stadium to lift the short-handed Niners over their division rivals.<\/p>\n

It was a gutsy performance by San Francisco as a whole, but in particular from Jones who appeared to be bothered by a knee injury and hobbled to the sidelines on numerous occasions after getting hit by Los Angeles defenders.<\/p>\n

But despite being without most of the 49ers\u2019 receiving core \u2013 Brandon Aiyuk, Rick Pearsall, Jauan Jennings and George Kittle all missed Thursday\u2019s game with injuries \u2013 Jones was able to will San Francisco to an impressive road victory to lift them to 4-1 on the year and earn the praise of his head coach afterwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe played his ass off, man,\u201d 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said of Jones afterwards. \u201cHe was unbelievable in the first half. He got banged up there in the second half and battled through it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe protected the ball and, going against that defense and throwing the ball that many times, not having a turnover and protecting the ball like he did, I can\u2019t say enough good things about Mac.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the injury report was extensive for San Francisco, Thursday\u2019s game couldn\u2019t have started better for the Niners.<\/p>\n

They led 14-0 early in the second quarter after Jones led two long touchdown drives, with the fifth-year QB throwing scoring passes to Jake Tonges and Christian McCaffrey.<\/p>\n

The Rams did rally though and by midway through the fourth quarter, the score was tied at 20-20; Los Angeles would\u2019ve had a one-point lead had the 49ers not blocked Joshua Karty\u2019s extra point on their third touchdown.<\/p>\n

With the scores level, the 49ers drained over five minutes in a drive which ended in a field goal, leaving the Rams just over 40 seconds to respond.<\/p>\n

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LA did so, however, with Karty hitting a 48-yard field goal to take it to overtime. The 49ers made a field goal on their opening drive of OT meaning the Rams needed to make their own to continue the game or score a touchdown to win.<\/p>\n

But just when the team needed it most, the 49ers defense stepped up and forced a turnover on downs to clinch a memorable victory.<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 342 passing yards is the\u00a0second-highest, single-game tally so far in his career, only trailing the 382 he had in Week 12 of the 2022 season for the New England Patriots in a loss against the Minnesota Vikings.<\/p>\n

The victory means that Jones has now gone 3-0 stepping up for Purdy this season, throwing for 905 yards and six touchdowns in that span. But after the game, he wasn\u2019t entertaining questions of a quarterback competition in the Bay Area with Purdy looking set for a spell on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they brought me here to play as a backup and that\u2019s my job,\u201d Jones told reporters. \u201cBrock\u2019s the starter of this team and right now he\u2019s dealing with something. For him to go out there last week and play when he probably wasn\u2019t at full health, like \u2013 he cares about this team.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, I\u2019m just trying to get some wins for him, so it helps us down the line. At the end of the day, that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. I\u2019ve been in his position. I\u2019ve been a starter and you want your backup to go in there and win because, at the end of the season, that could be the hit or miss between a playoff or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the Rams, it was a disappointing loss as they slip to 3-2 in a season in which they aim to have a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n

Quarterback Matthew Stafford threw for 389 yards and three touchdowns, two to Kyren Williams and one to Puka Nacua, but some key mistakes \u2013 including a fumble from Williams on the goal line in the fourth quarter and the blocked extra point \u2013 hampered their chances at a victory.<\/p>\n

The only bright spot for the Rams was the continued excellence of third-year receiver Nacua.<\/p>\n

Nacua, who leads the NFL in total receiving yards by a margin of 186 yards as of Friday, finished Thursday\u2019s game with 10 receptions for 85 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n

With his 10 catches against San Francisco, Nacua becomes the fourth player in NFL history to have seven or more receptions in at least nine consecutive games and now has 52 catches, the most in league history over a player\u2019s first five games in a season,\u00a0per NFL Research.<\/p>\n

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