Unbeaten in three games this season as the 49ers ' starting quarterback, Mac Jones has earned the respect of San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan, and his former college coach, Nick Saban, couldn't be more proud of his accomplishments.

This is what Saban expected to see out of Jones when the Patriots took him at No. 15 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft , but he was never put in position to succeed, according to Saban.

"I'm so happy for Mac," Saban recently said on " The Pat McAfee Show . " "I think Mac was one of those guys who was in bad situations in New England relative to coaching and all that type of stuff, and who was the offensive coordinator, and how did he get developed when he came into the league. He hasn't been in great circumstances. I think, right now, he is in a

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