49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said he was “excited” to work with Mac Jones.

01 April 2025

“It’s kind of funny to put all that time into him for the draft and wait five years later but having him on our team five years later, we’re excited to get to work with him. I just loved how he played the position, especially in college. He got the ball to the right spot, didn’t take sacks, would hang in there and get hit to distribute the ball to his playmakers,” Shanahan told reporters. We’re pretty sure this is just complimentary coachspeak rather than some deep Brock Purdy Will Be Punished for Holding Out lore, but as Sam Darnold’s 49ers tenure taught us, anybody with a pulse in the 49ers quarterback room is going to get some public love.