"Three days before he would engineer a come-from-behind two-minute drive to help the San Francisco 49ers defeat the Arizona Cardinals, quarterback Mac Jones stood at a podium and corrected himself in real time. Asked what he took from his first start as a Niner against the New Orleans Saints the previous week, Jones began his answer by saying he had taken everything he had seen and heard from his coaches and used it to "fix" things."
"'I feel like it sometimes has a negative connotation,' Jones said. 'I think you're just trying to grow and learn and do things better. So that's what I think it is. I don't think anything's broken and when you hear fix, that's what you think. But in football every week it's a new week. The NFL, they don't care if you won last week or lost. It's a fresh slate, fresh canvas and you got to go out there and paint a good picture.'"
Three days before leading a come-from-behind two-minute drive against the Arizona Cardinals, Mac Jones publicly corrected his word choice about "fixing" things. Jones rejected the term "fix," saying it carries a negative connotation and that the goal is to grow, learn and do things better. He emphasized that the NFL treats every week as a fresh slate and a new opportunity to perform. Jones arrived in San Francisco to reset a once-promising career that included an early rise with the Patriots and later struggles as a Jaguars backup. He is in a third act with chances to prove he still has effective football left.
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