US EditionMac Jones returns after 49ers QB appears to hurt his left knee against Rams
Mac Jones returned to play after a hard hit despite already wearing a knee brace for a PCL injury and helped the 49ers maintain a 20-7 lead in the third quarter.
- The quarterback for the 49ers, Mac Jones, seemed to suffer a left knee injury during Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium.
- On a third-and-goal play with the 49ers leading 17-7, Jones was knocked to the ground and injured his knee after a hard tackle by Rams linebacker Byron Young, causing him to stay down briefly while holding the affected area.
- Jones was seen on the sideline with trainers attending to him; he tested his mobility, reviewed video, and spent most of the third quarter on the bench without a formal knee evaluation.
- According to Terry McAulay, the rules expert featured during the Prime Video broadcast, officials missed a roughing the passer call when Young landed his full body weight on Jones during the hit.
- Jones, starting in place of injured Brock Purdy, returned to the game after the incident and threw two touchdown passes, helping the 49ers maintain a 20-7 lead.
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Mac Jones returns after 49ers QB appears to hurt his left knee against Rams
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones was able to return after appearing to hurt his left knee in the third quarter against the Los Angeles Rams.
Mac Jones aggravates knee as 49ers take 20-7 lead
Charean Williams , Facebook Mac Jones has been on the injury report with a knee injury for the past two weeks. He took a hard hit from Jared Verse on a 10-yard pass to Kendrick Bourne in the third quarter. The 49ers quarterback limped all the way down the field and then was in obvious pain on the next play when he pitched the ball to Christian McCaffrey. Four plays later, on third-and-goal, Byron Young knocked Jones to the ground on an incomplet…
Mac Jones injury: Terry McAulay criticizes controversial no-call after hard hit on 49ers QB
by: Nick Schultz 29 minutes ago NickSchultz_7 After taking a hard hit in the third quarter of Thursday’s game, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones stayed on the turf at SoFi Stadium, holding his left knee. On the play, though, Prime Video rules analyst Terry McAulay said the officials should have called roughing the passer. Jones went down after Byron Young laid a huge hit on 3rd and Goal. He eventually jogged off and headed toward the ben…
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