An anonymous NFL general manager is confident the San Francisco 49ers are going to select Alabama quarterback Mac Jones with the third overall pick in the 2021 draft on April 29.
The GM explained to Mike Sando of The Athletic on Wednesday that Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan follows in the footsteps of his father, former NFL head coach Mike Shanahan, in evaluating quarterbacks. He said their time together in Washington leading up to the 2012 draft, when the franchise selected Robert Griffin III at the behest of owner Daniel Snyder but later took Kirk Cousins, is an example.