{"id":738975,"date":"2026-02-08T22:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/738975\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T22:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:25:38","slug":"sources-49ers-not-planning-to-trade-qb-mac-jones-this-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/738975\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: 49ers not planning to trade QB Mac Jones this offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite continued speculation, the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"985a261f-296c-c95c-32a5-addc4df75001\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/sf\/san-francisco-49ers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> have no plans to trade quarterback <a data-player-guid=\"1b10c3ae-12ed-7035-5b1e-4512832b6efc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4241464\/mac-jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mac Jones<\/a> this offseason and fully intend to bring him back as <a data-player-guid=\"d2e39a38-732d-5a24-f242-a4f9de87dabe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4361741\/brock-purdy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brock Purdy<\/a>&#8216;s backup, sources told ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Jones is under contract with the 49ers for the 2026 season after signing a two-year contract in free agency last year.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47840040\/49ers-named-rams-opponent-nfl-1st-game-australia\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/r700858_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stepping in for Purdy in eight games this season, Jones kept the 49ers in the playoff mix as they went 5-3 in games he started. He posted a 62.9 QBR (ninth in the NFL) and threw for 13 touchdowns and six interceptions while averaging 268.9 passing yards in his eight starts.<\/p>\n<p>That production came after posting QBRs of 38.4, 37.5 and 36.6 in his three previous seasons split between the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0078f353-fe3e-67ed-a42c-43cca0568e21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/ne\/new-england-patriots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ca6fb778-cbf6-d9a3-3e93-01230335fcab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/jax\/jacksonville-jaguars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A 2021 first-round pick of the Patriots, Jones has thrown for 12,741 yards with 67 touchdowns and 50 interceptions over five seasons.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s Nick Wagoner contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite continued speculation, the San Francisco 49ers have no plans to trade quarterback Mac Jones this offseason and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[7,6,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-738975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116037363048508586","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}