Mac Jones made his return to the beginning lineup for the New England Patriots on Monday night time, because the Patriots hosted Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football. With the quarterback coming off a excessive ankle sprain, it regarded within the early going that the second-year passer wished to indicate that he was totally again and wholesome, as he carried the ball 3 instances within the early going, for twenty-four yards, making him the Patriots’ main rusher.
On a type of runs, nevertheless, Jones appeared to have a bit additional for Bears rookie security Jaquan Brisker. As Jones slid to the Gillette Stadium turf, with Brisker closing in on him, the quarterback regarded extra like a baserunner sliding into second base onerous to interrupt up a double play than a scrambling QB giving himself up:
Ouch.
Over on the Manningcast, former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning had some ideas of his personal:
Brisker would depart the sport for a number of performs to gather … let’s simply say his ideas. But the rookie security had the final snort shortly after returning to the sport:
Not solely did Brisker snare this one-handed interception of Jones, he may need despatched the quarterback to the sideline in the intervening time. After the interception, Bill Belichick made the decision for rookie backup Bailey Zappe to enter the sport. Almost instantly, the Patriots offense got here to life, with Zappe connecting with Jakobi Meyers for New England’s first landing of the sport:
Then, after the Patriots intercepted Justin Fields on Chicago’s subsequent possession, Zappe related with DeVante Parker on this deep shot alongside the left sideline:
New England completed that drive with a landing run from Rhamondre Stevenson, staking the Patriots to a 14-7 lead.
But the story within the early going is Jones’ onerous slide into Brisker, and the rookie defender’s pitch-perfect response. As ESPN’s Mina Kimes identified, maybe this was one of many guidelines of sports activities enjoying out at Gillette Stadium: