The Texans lost to the Seattle Seahawks 27-19 on Monday night even though Anderson scored the first touchdown of his NFL career. Anderson had a strip-sack of quarterback Sam Darnold and recovered the fumble in the end zone.

Let's imagine an alternate reality in which Kyle Shanahan had stuck to his gut and drafted Mac Jones instead of Trey Lance four years ago. In this alternate rea

49ers' Mac Jones could have more incentives on the way the longer he plays, up to $550k originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The San Francisco 49ers are 5-2 in the year, and sit in a three-way tie atop the NFC West.

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

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

The San Francisco 49ers will be without two key offensive starters once again as they take on an excellent Houston Texans defense in Week 8.

With starter Brock Purdy slowly working his way back from the right big toe injury that's kept him out since Week 4, the 49ers will again turn to backup Mac Jones on Sunday against the Texans. Ricky Pearsall also is out.

Brock Purdy has been ruled out again this week. Purdy was a limited participant in practice this week, but the 49ers ruled him out with a toe injury for the fourth straight game. Purdy missed two other games earlier in the year and Mac Jones has helped the Niners to a 4-1 record in his five starts.