FOXBORO — After 72 hours of doubt and concern over the well being of Mac Jones’ again, a area may lastly calm down Wednesday.
Jones mentioned he’s good to go.
“Yeah,” the quarterback replied when requested if he expects to play Sunday at Pittsburgh. “I’m good.”
The again spasms Jones suffered on the finish of final Sunday’s loss at Miami, which led to preliminary X-Rays on the stadium and additional testing in Foxboro, weren’t sufficient to sideline him Wednesday. The Patriots listed Jones as a full participant on their apply report. Jones mentioned he’s been following a standard remedy plan, which appears to have yielded fast outcomes.
“(My back) feels good,” he mentioned. “Everything feels good.”
Jones ought to want all of his power towards a Steelers protection that compelled 5 turnovers in Cincinnati final weekend. Pittsburgh escaped with a 23-20 win largely due to its protection, which began the sport with a pick-six. That interception belonged to security Minkah Fitzpatrick, a former teammate of Jones’ at Alabama.
Jones had excessive reward for Fitzpatrick, who will certainly be trying to seize on the quarterback’s errors Sunday.
“Minkah, he was the epitome of a great football player and person,” Jones mentioned. “I looked up to him a lot.”
Last weekend, Jones received sacked twice and intercepted as soon as. He completed 21-of-30 for 213 yards and a landing. It was unclear if or how the again spasms affected his efficiency. Jones was clobbered on a fourth-quarter roughing the passer penalty, however later related with Kendrick Bourne on a 41-yard move, the crew’s longest achieve of the day.
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