Mac Jones Had An Incredibly Selfless Gesture For Backup Qb At End Of 49ers Win

Quarterback Mac Jones—battered and bloodied—led nan 49ers to a 34–24 triumph complete nan Giants connected Sunday afternoon, and successful nan process pulled disconnected an incredibly selfless gesture.

With nan crippled wrapped up and San Francisco’s discourtesy successful triumph formation, Jones came retired of nan crippled for backup backmost Adrian Martinez, who took a knee and closed things out. In turn, it was besides Martinez's first threat of his NFL career.

The champion part? After nan game, it was revealed that nan substitution was Jones's doing, not nan 49ers' coaches.

“Yeah, Kyle [Shanahan] already took his headset disconnected and I’m like, ‘C’mon! C’mon Adrian!’,” explained Jones. "So I conscionable subbed myself out, snuck to nan sideline. But I was happy, I deliberation Adrian was gonna spell successful either way. They wanted him to get successful location ... Once we were taking a knee, I decidedly wanted Adrian to beryllium there."

Martinez has served arsenic San Francisco’s backup for Jones while he takes complete for starter Brock Purdy, who’s been dealing pinch a turf toed injury.

“He’s been awesome, to beryllium honest," Jones said of Martinez. "He’s a bully friend of mine, conscionable gotten to cognize him. He’s been a awesome sound successful that room on pinch Brock and [Kurtis] Rourke arsenic well.”

A really cool infinitesimal for Martinez, and possibly an moreover cooler move by Jones.

With their triumph complete New York, nan 49ers now beryllium astatine 6-3 to statesman nan 2025 season. They’ll return connected nan NFC West-leading Rams adjacent Sunday astatine 4:25 p.m. ET, pinch Purdy’s position still up successful nan air.

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