Mac Jones on What It Takes to Win in the NFL | 49ers

Mac Jones on What It Takes to Win in the NFL | 49ers

When you look at the the Giants defense, what kind of stands out to you about what they do? Um, yeah, they’re really good. I think the front’s obviously a really good front. They got a lot of guys up there and um play a lot of different coverages. So, definitely going to be a challenge. Um, and yeah, we got to be ready to go. Feel a sense of urgency in practice this week. Kyle talked about how, you know, you wanted everybody to come in with a chip on their shoulder. Yeah. Yeah, I heard about that. I think that’s important. Um, I think everybody has their own chip on their shoulder for different reasons, but as a team for sure. Um, and we got to be ready to practice today. Obviously, we’re doing media before practice, so we still have one practice today and one practice tomorrow and then Saturday. So, take it one day at a time, but yesterday was good and just got to do that again today. Does it feel like you guys have a five and three record or does it feel like a losing record? I mean, you kind of try to gauge Nice. No, I know what you’re saying. But I do want to know. Yeah. Yeah. When it comes to the five and three, like you guys aren’t winning this season, but then it kind of seems as if Yeah, for sure. I know what you’re saying. Um, yeah, I learned that um maybe the hard way just early on in my career. I would be frustrated if we didn’t win by like a lot of points or whatever. Um, and I realized that winning in the NFL is so hard and um it’s not like college when you’re going to win by like 40, 50 points or whatever. Um, and every game typically comes down to the last quarter or a couple drives. Um, so we’ve been in that position like I talked about earlier. Um, and that’s my goal as a quarterback is be ready in those moments because quarters one through three are obviously important, but really the fourth quarter is where it’s all one. So, um, that’s the NFL. I’ve learned that. I’ve watched it, studied it. So, I’m really just glad where we’re at, but also you can’t be complacent at all. Um, this is a big week for us. It’s one of those, you know, you look at your record, you win and you’re in a good spot and you lose and you’re not in a good of a spot. So, we know that, um, you’re trying to win every week. So, um, definitely feel like we can do it and guess got to go out there and execute. You overlap with coach table at Alabama. Yeah. Your first year. What was he like as a coach? Oh, he was awesome. Learn from him that first year there. Yeah, he was the best. I think we spent a lot of time together just I was third string and freshman and he was installing a new offense, so I didn’t really know much. So he was trying to see if, you know, I could learn the offense that he wanted to install. And he did just such a good job of like innovating for the player that was in. So like when Jaylen played, he had, you know, quarterback runs and things like that. And then when Tua played, he had a lot of RPOS’s and over the middle passing. So I learned as a young player like how how good he was at like building his plan for uh for the offense at the time and learned a lot about coverages and footwork and and all that stuff. So, we uh obviously still talk and stuff and he he’s a great coach and um got a lot of respect for him. Your overlap with Keon in New England, I believe. What can you what can you tell us about him? What kind of player he is? What kind of guy is? Yeah, he’s quiet. Um but he he uh he he’s the man like when you talk to him and get to know him, just a really down to earth guy. And um I remember when he was coming out from Georgia Tech, I’m friends with coach Kei, the head coach there, and he was like, “You guys got a great player and he’s really quiet, so like just try and get him used to the guys and stuff.” And and he did that and I think he’s just a great player that maybe the scheme didn’t fit him or whatever that may be. And I know he’s excited for a fresh start and um I think he’s going to be really good in the system. He’s a strong guy and I’m just looking forward to watching him grow. I’m sure right now he’s just trying to learn everybody’s names and learn where to walk and stuff. So, uh, definitely figuring it out, but he’s a great dude. Got Jordan Watkins on the field for the first time and Yeah. and he drops the first one and then do you go to him right away and talk him up? Yeah. I think people always look at that. It’s like first game, whatever. Like, it doesn’t really matter to me. He’s done a good job in practice. Um, as a rookie, I remember my first game, too. Like, you’re going to have your jitters and you might not be exactly where you want to be. and he’s trying to, you know, play catch-up a little bit, but he has all the skills and he’s lining up right now in practice and doing the right stuff. So, that’s all I care about. And I told him like, it’s your first one, right? So, don’t worry about, you know, your first game in general, whether it was really good or really bad. Like, just keep working and you’ll get more comfortable. And I really like his speed and what he did in college. And some of those things are showing up in practice. So, I’m definitely really excited about him. The team had a slow start in Houston. Not to make excuses, but it was 10 a.m. body start game. Got another one coming up this week. What do those feel like? uh from perspective of West Coast team and how do you start faster? Yeah. Um it’s obviously my first experience this year doing that. Um and just talking to people and we have different things that we use and I feel like really you just got to get the right amount of sleep for your time slot. Um and get up and get ready to play. It’s not like you can’t overthink it or underthink it, but um at the end of the day you get your nine 10 11 hours of sleep and then um obviously you travel early and I try not to get adjusted to the time. might just stay on my own clock here. Um, but yeah, it’s it’s a challenge and I think every team has to deal with it whether you’re going east to west or west to east. So, um, definitely want to be ready to play. Hours of sleep before sometimes. Yeah, usually I I sleep a lot, which is hard when you’re traveling, but um, if I can, I I definitely put my head on that pillow and try and get nine or 10 or 11. One of the story lines back this week was was the turf that’s at Metife because this team when they were back there about five years ago, there were a lot of injuries. you played on it. Do you have concerns about it and just memories of Giant State playing at Metife? Yeah, I’ve played against both teams there. Um, but I don’t know. I don’t really think about it. I think it’s turf and the field’s 100 100 yards long and 53 and a third wide. So, I don’t really think about it like that. But definitely every playing service is different and I learned early in my career, you want to get out there early and test your cleats and figure out do you want to wear this this pair or that pair based on the surface. So that’s all you can do and um I mean I played on it multiple times and didn’t have any issues. So um I think it’s a cool stadium and they got a good fan base. You were listed on the injury report yesterday with knee knee double knee. Oh, nice. Bilateral. Sick. Jawan might have you beat I he was listed for most of the year with three different injuries. Oh nice. That’s cool. Obviously as you got to know Jawan you know his ability to play through, you know, some significant stuff. I see a lot of guys are doing similar stuff on that for sure. What is he showing you? Oh, he’s really tough. I I really like Jawan. Um I think obviously we’re working through some things right now in terms of just trying to get him started in the games and um but he comes out and works every day and he doesn’t complain. Like we were talking about some of the plays in the game that, you know, maybe I missed him or he didn’t catch it or whatever, but it doesn’t matter. Like we’re on the same page. He’s running fast. I’m trying to get him the ball and we’re working together during practice. So, he’s done a great job rehabbing his injuries and I think he’s definitely getting better like all of us are each week. Um, and I’ve just really love the way he works and um I think a lot of people look up to him in a way like he’s he’s played a lot of football. Um, and for him to be out there, you know, even when he doesn’t have to be out there, maybe it shows a lot about his character. So, looking forward to just getting that chemistry going and you know, we haven’t had a lot of reps together to be honest either. So, just working on that and I’m really excited for him. I know what he can do and I’ve seen him make really good plays in this offense. Cool. Thank you, [Music]

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San Francisco 49ers QB Mac Jones opened up about staying ready, discussed how he learns from past struggles, and shared how he is keeping the team focused as they gear up for their matchup against the New York Giants.

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