{"id":6571,"date":"2024-09-10T21:02:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T21:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=6571"},"modified":"2024-09-10T21:02:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T21:02:23","slug":"49ers-hc-kyle-shanahan-was-forced-to-cover-up-his-tracks-after-rb-jordan-mason-ratted-the-team-out-for-breaking-major-nfl-rule-ahead-of-mnf-win-vs-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=6571","title":{"rendered":"49ers HC Kyle Shanahan Was Forced To Cover Up His Tracks After RB Jordan Mason Ratted The Team Out For Breaking Major NFL Rule Ahead Of MNF Win vs. Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was Jordan Mason, of all people, who carried the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>\u00a0to victory over the New York Jets in Week 1. However, once he spoke in an interview, he made everyone focus on something else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"pw-med-background\">\n<div>\n<p>The San Francisco 49ers took down the New York Jets on\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/monday-night-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monday Night Football<\/a>, with backup running back Jordan Mason drawing his first career start after it was announced that Christian McCaffrey was too injured to play.<\/p>\n<p>After his incredible performance, ESPN asked Mason when he found out he would be starting in place of the inactive McCaffrey.<\/p>\n<p>Things changed drastically when he said, \u201cFriday, Friday night, something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey\u2019s inactivity on Monday night was a surprise, as he was officially listed as questionable on San Francisco\u2019s final injury report.<\/p>\n<p>However, just about everyone had him playing until it was announced at the last minute.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<p>49ers head coach\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/kyle-shanahan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Shanahan<\/a>\u00a0was not in agreement with what Jordan Mason stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>During his interview, he tried to throw water on the fire by telling reporters that he never told Mason he would start. Shanahan said he told his backup running back he \u201chad to be ready a bunch\u201d and that he knew he would have to play \u201ca lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/49ers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#49ers<\/a> HC Kyle Shanahan says he didn\u2019t tell Jordan Mason on Friday that Mason would be starting tonight <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E6EkXB8rh6\">https:\/\/t.co\/E6EkXB8rh6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S0dXr7iT8N\">pic.twitter.com\/S0dXr7iT8N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Coachspeak Index (@CoachspeakIndex) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachspeakIndex\/status\/1833349709114540421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the confusion, Jordan Mason, the undrafted third-year player out of Georgia Tech, had a career game in the 49ers\u2019 win over the Jets, rushing for 147 yards and one touchdown in the interim starting role.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-jordan-mason-gets-upset-after-being-asked-about-starting-a-second-time\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jordan Mason Gets Upset After Being Asked About Starting A Second Time<\/h2>\n<p>The 49ers caught the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0world by surprise when star running back Christian McCaffrey was ruled out with an injury some 90 minutes before their \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d game against the Jets.<\/p>\n<p>His absence surprised everyone, but backup running back Jordan Mason was ready to step up.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Mason told ESPN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisa Salters<\/a>\u00a0that he knew he\u2019d be starting the game as early as Friday.<\/p>\n<p>That could get the 49ers in big trouble since they only announced that Christian McCaffrey wouldn\u2019t play 90 minutes before kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>In his press conference after his initial interview, Mason admitted to reporters that he was \u201cmad\u201d about the line of questioning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jordan Mason was upset during the postgame press conference<\/p>\n<p>After the game he told reporters that he was told he was going to start on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Shanahan was asked about this and said that this wasn\u2019t true.<\/p>\n<p>This was Mason after all of that: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UA4yAuMzQp\">https:\/\/t.co\/UA4yAuMzQp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zsApKlYOIv\">pic.twitter.com\/zsApKlYOIv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Krueger (@kevinkruegs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinkruegs\/status\/1833354097397010830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It was Jordan Mason, of all people, who carried the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers\u00a0to victory over the New York Jets in Week 1. 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