49ers

• Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson writes that the market for 49ers QB Mac Jones will depend on the teams that would be a good fit for his specific skillset, actually ending up with a quarterback need this offseason.
• Robinson adds that an NFC West exec pointed out to him that Jones’ best fit might actually be as the backup in San Francisco, as evidenced by how he stepped in and helped the 49ers not miss too much of a beat this year.
• This executive added if Jones were to get another stint in the lineup between now and when his contract expires next year, he could be set to test unrestricted free agency with a hot market, which would be a better outcome for him than a trade. It would also give the 49ers the benefit of keeping Jones as an insurance policy for another year.
• Dianna Russini of The Athletic named 49ers DC Robert Saleh as an assistant coach who could garner “serious looks” in the upcoming coaching cycle.
• 49ers LB Eric Kendricks was asked why he decided to sign with San Francisco after having his choice of teams: “This team was special. Even with all the adversity they faced, they seem to just fight. And it was inspiring to watch.” (Nick Wagoner)
• 49ers WR Jauan Jennings was fined $12,172 for striking/kicking/tripping/kneeing.

Rams

Rams HC Sean McVay was impressed with how the team bounced back from a loss against Carolina the previous week and dominated the Cardinals on Sunday.

“I thought the guys did a great job,” McVay said, via PFT. “This is a mentally tough group. This is a resilient group. You have to earn it. I thought they had a great week of preparation. I thought even just the maturity of — even some of the stuff where I wasn’t around a little bit, just because of what I was dealing with — just the way they handle it. These are grown men and they do such a great job. This is a player-led team. I can’t say enough about what a great job our coaches do [and] I don’t mean that to be minimizing them at all, but we have a lot of really great leaders in that locker room. I think they take the ownership, initiative of what we want to be about and how you ultimately want to be able to respond, not react, when we do have some of those setbacks. This is exactly in alignment with what we wanted and now we have to continue to build on it.”

McVay added that his absence on Friday had to do with an illness that went around his household.

“Just wanted to be smart [and] not give ourselves a chance of giving it to anybody else because of how contagious this can be,” McVay said. “*Hopefully I didn’t by passing out game balls, trying to do the fist bump as much as you can. You realize...