San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones had nothing but praise for running back Christian McCaffrey after a big win on "Sunday Night Football."

His contract includes a clause that pays Jones $400,000 if San Francisco wins four games in which he plays at least 25 percent of the 49ers’ offensive snaps. Jones has taken every offensive snap in his five games.

We conducted a statistical analysis to determine whether Mac Jones has had a better career so far than Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields.

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Atlanta Falcons defensive end Zach Harrison bends off the edge and drops San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones for a 2-yard loss following a sack.

Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season is already upon us and the Sunday slate will wrap up with the Atlanta Falcons heading west to visit the San Francisco 49ers at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.

“It means he most likely will [start],” head coach Kyle Shanahan said Thursday via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “We’ll see how Brock does tomorrow. But yeah, Mac’s much better than he was last week, and Brock is doing better than he did last week.”

Jones is 3-1 as a fill-in starter for San Francisco, has had 142 receiving yards in each of his last two games.