Mac Jones guided the San Francisco 49ers to a 23-20 overtime victory against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football , pushing the team to 4-1 on the season. Despite a strong start to his run as a fill-in starter, Jones made it clear there is no quarterback controversy in San Francisco.

After the win, Jones addressed his role in the absence of Brock Purdy , reaffirming that the starting job still belongs to the third-year quarterback.

“I think you know, they brought me here to play as a backup and that’s my job,” Jones said in his postgame press conference. “And Brock’s the starter [of] this team and right now he’s dealing with something. And for him to go out there last week and play when you know you probably wasn’t at full health – like he cares about this team so I’m

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