{"id":54438,"date":"2025-05-11T08:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T08:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54438"},"modified":"2025-05-11T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T11:37:09","slug":"kubiak-believes-49ers-jones-still-is-a-starting-caliber-qb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54438","title":{"rendered":"Kubiak believes 49ers&#8217; Jones still is a starting-caliber QB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will be more than one starting-caliber quarterback in San Francisco throughout the 2025 NFL season.<\/p>\n<p>This offseason, the 49ers signed former first-round pick Mac Jones to serve as backup to quarterback Brock Purdy.<\/p>\n<p>If Jones, who was speculated to be selected by San Francisco in the 2021 NFL Draft, had to fill in for Purdy, 49ers offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak is convinced the 26-year-old has all the tools to execute the job like any starter in the league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing back to college, we obviously studied Mac coming out, and we thought very highly of him and his skillset as a thrower and the things he did in college,&#8221; Kubiak told reporters Thursday at 49ers rookie minicamp.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then, obviously, as a rookie, what he did in the NFL was very impressive. Mac\u2019s a really good thrower. He stands in the pocket, he&#8217;s a strong guy and he&#8217;s really smart. And so he\u2019s got a lot of traits that we like for a starting quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones spent last season as a backup to Jacksonville Jaguars\u2019 Trevor Lawrence but struggled when Lawrence was out, registering eight touchdown passes, eight interceptions, and a passer rating of 80.5 in 10 total 2024 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, it was enough for the 49ers brass to make Jones the backup to Purdy.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>San Francisco 49ers<\/h3>\n<p>Find the latest San Francisco 49ers news, highlights, analysis and more with NBC Sports Bay Area and California.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHis career has kind of gone up and down a little bit the past couple years, but we saw the same things in Jacksonville that we loved about him as a college prospect, and that really excites us,\u201d Kubiak added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he&#8217;s doing a great job. And I think Mac\u2019s capable of being a starter in this league. And so he&#8217;s going to help us if he needs to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although everything seems to indicate Purdy will sign a long-term contract extension with San Francisco, Jones\u2019 skill set grants them the kind of insurance any team hopes for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download and follow the 49ers Talk Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak believes 49ers QB Mac Jones still has starting-caliber potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":54439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,1232],"class_list":["post-54438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-brock-purdy","tag-mac-jones"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kubiak believes 49ers&#039; 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