Jones looked in command all night, finishing 33 of 49 for 342 yards and two touchdowns. With Brock Purdy sidelined by injuries since the Week 1 win over the\u00a0Seattle Seahawks, Jones has stepped in flawlessly, accounting for three of San\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Francisco\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0four wins this season.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Purdy\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0return in Week 4 against the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars\u00a0resulted in the\u00a0<\/span>team\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0only loss, fueling talk of a potential quarterback controversy for the 49ers. Nonetheless,\u00a0NFL\u00a0analyst Brian Baldinger sent a clear message to San Francisco on what they should do with their quarterback situation.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI<\/span>f\u00a0<\/span>he\u2019s<\/span>\u00a095% why put [Brock Purdy] out there?<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Baldinger said during an appearance on 95.7 The Game on October 7<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>Until\u00a0<\/span>you\u2019re<\/span>\u00a0absolutely certain\u00a0<\/span>he\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0100% and if Mac [Jones] wins a fourth game against a very good Tampa team, then I would definitely leave him in at this point<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although there are conversations over whether the\u00a049ers\u00a0have a quarterback controversy, sports media host Jim Rome\u00a0<\/span>doesn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0believe\u00a0<\/span>that\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0the case. Moreover, he states that San Francisco\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0in a fortunate situation with their signal-callers.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>I<\/span>t\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0the opposite of a quarterback controversy,<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Rome said on the October 3 edition of<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>The Jim Rome Show<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>(\u2026)\u00a0This\u00a0is not the way I see it. You know what that is?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n That\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0not a quarterback controversy. What that is, is the opposite.\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0a great quarterback situation.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cW<\/span>hat they have is a cheap, quality backup who they believe in,\u00a0<\/span>who\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0a great fit for the system,\u00a0<\/span>who\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0already won three games in a row. And he competes his ass off,\u00a0<\/span>he\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0tough as hell, and his teammates respond to him. They love him, and they are Brock. So how is this a problem? It seems like the opposite of a problem to me<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n After the 49ers defeated the\u00a0Rams, a reporter asked Jones during his postgame press conference if he envisions himself as the\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n team\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0starting quarterback\u00a0<\/span>going forward<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cT<\/span>hey brought me here to play as a backup,<\/span>\u201c\u00a0<\/span>Jones said (h\/t\u00a0<\/span>KNBR<\/span>).<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>That\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0my job. Brock is the starter of this team. Right now\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n he\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0dealing with something, and for him to go out there last week and play, when you know he probably\u00a0<\/span>wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0at full health, he cares about this team.<\/span>\u201c\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jones stressed that he still views Brock Purdy as the starting quarterback while he serves as the backup and offered additional insight into how he plans to approach the\u00a0<\/span>49ers\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0season moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>I<\/span>\u2019ve<\/span>\u00a0been in [<\/span>Purdy\u2019s<\/span>] position,\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019ve<\/span>\u00a0been 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,<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c\u00a0<\/span>Jones added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It will be interesting to see how this\u00a0<\/span>entire<\/span>\u00a0scenario plays out if Jones leads the 49ers to another victory in Week 6 against the\u00a0Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 49ers Get Clear Message on Brock Purdy, Mac Jones Situation Mac Jones notched his third victory since joining the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers, leading the team to a 26-23… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/span><\/p>\n
Do the 49ers Have a QB Controversy?<\/h2>\n
Does Mac Jones Want to Be the 49ers<\/span>\u2018\u00a0<\/span>Starting QB?<\/span><\/h2>\n