Mac Jones Week 5 Outlook - 49ers at Rams

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 2nd 2025, 1:05pm EDT

Mac Jones will draw the start for the 49ers this week. In his two starts this season, he has finished as the QB9 and QB15 in weekly scoring. This week, he'll have to make due without Jauan Jennings, Ricky Pearsall, and George Kittle, who are all out this week. Among 38 qualifying passers, he ranks 21st in yards per attempt, 14th in passer rating, 11th in CPOE, 32nd in highly accurate throw rate, and 21st in catchable target rate. Jones has the ninth-fastest time to throw, which should serve him well this week to attempt to neutralize a Rams' pass rush that ranks fifth in pressure rate. Los Angeles is 18th in yards per attempt allowed while giving up the 14th-lowest passer rating, the 12th-lowest CPOE, and the eighth-lowest success rate per dropback. Jones isn't someone I would count on outside of deep Superflex leagues this week.