FOXBORO — Patriots security Jalen Mills had been conspicuously absent from the locker room since he tweeted every week in the past about his lack of snaps in Week 5 in opposition to the Saints.
Mills tweeted “10 snaps damn” after ESPN’s Mike Reiss posted defensive snap counts from the loss to the Saints.
10 snaps😓 rattling. https://t.co/Yb1rhn09Oy
— Jalen Mills (@greengoblin) October 11, 2023
Mills did seem within the locker room Thursday afternoon.
“Man, I’m really past that, for real,” Mills informed the Herald what he was pondering whereas tweeting that. “Just sad. But that’s over with.”
Mills doubled his snap depend in Sunday’s loss to the Raiders. He let up two catches on three targets for 30 yards on 20 snaps, per PFF.
“Happy,” Mills stated when requested about taking part in extra in Week 6.
“Hope so,” he continued when requested if he believes that can proceed sooner or later. “I’m just here to help the team win football teams, man.”
The NFL commerce deadline is lower than two weeks away. The veteran security stated he’s not occupied with the Oct. 31 deadline.
“Nah, winning’s on my mind,” he stated. “That’s all I want to do. I want to win football games. No trade deadline. That’s up to the coaching staff. That’s up to people in the front office. And that’s up to other teams. But my whole focus right now is winning football games.”
Mills did make it clear that he’s blissful to be again taking part in security. Mills performed cornerback in his first two seasons with the Patriots however moved again to the center of the sector this season. With it has come the discount in taking part in time, nevertheless. Mills performed 468 defensive snaps in 10 video games final season. He’s been on the sector for simply 101 snaps this season.
“It’s something that I did my last year in Philly,” Mills stated about taking part in security. “Then they introduced me over right here, however I needed to transfer again to nook. But I do like taking part in security. …
“Just being able to be aggressive. Being able to do a lot of different things, especially with my skill set. I can play in the slot. I can play nickel. I can play dime. I can play strong safety, I can play free safety. I can blitz. I can play a lot of different coverages. So, I think that’s my biggest thing is my versatility of being able to do all of those things on the back end.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com