{"id":614590,"date":"2026-02-25T07:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/614590\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T07:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:16:19","slug":"nfl-world-reacts-to-49ers-losing-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/614590\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL world reacts to 49ers losing quarterback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco 49ers made it back to the playoffs this season, but ultimately, injuries made things too difficult to overcome, and the Niners fell to the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>One of the injuries the Niners had to deal with during the regular season was to quarterback Brock Purdy. Luckily, backup Mac Jones stepped up and kept San Francisco afloat until Purdy could rejoin the team.<\/p>\n<p>Many expected Jones to end up on a team where he\u2019d have the opportunity to start by the start of next season, but 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan previously said that he expects Jones to remain on San Francisco\u2019s roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs any player on our team, including myself and John [Lynch], you always listen to people and trade offers, but we\u2019re also not into getting rid of good players,\u201d Shanahan said at his end-of-season press conference. \u201cSo, I\u2019d be very surprised if Mac wasn\u2019t around us next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Jason Harmon of the Athletic is reporting that the buzz around Jones is strong this offseason.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cSource with inside knowledge shared Mac Jones is definitely on the Vikings radar, but there are a number of other teams interested,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JasonHarmonNFL\/status\/2016846969025507348?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-ml-dynamic=\"true\" data-ml-dynamic-type=\"sl\" data-orig-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JasonHarmonNFL\/status\/2016846969025507348?s=20\" data-ml-id=\"0\" data-ml=\"true\" data-xid=\"fr1771971790894acj\" data-skimlinks-tracking=\"xid:fr1771971790894acj\">Harmon reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">People reacted to the 49ers potentially losing their backup quarterback this offseason on social media.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cI hope it\u2019s just smoke. Mac Jones doesn\u2019t do it for me. A product of the Shanahan system. Opposite of what KO wants to run,\u201d one Vikings fan wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cIf we sign Mac Jones or Anthony Richardson, I\u2019m moving to Germany and becoming a rugby fan,\u201d another fan added.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">It\u2019ll be interesting to see who Jones is suiting up for by the time opening week arrives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers made it back to the playoffs this season, but ultimately, injuries made things too&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":614591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,81038,8812,1317,1315,1316,9005,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-614590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-mac-jones","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116130047372606359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}