{"id":406368,"date":"2022-09-15T13:41:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=406368"},"modified":"2022-09-15T13:41:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:41:21","slug":"mac-jones-back-injury-updates-how-and-when-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mac-jones-back-injury-updates-how-and-when-it-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Jones Back Injury Updates: How And when It Happened?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Week 1&#8217;s loss to the Dolphins, Patriots quarterback Mac Jones experienced back spasms, but all indications point to his availability in Week 2. According to Chad Graff, Jones is working out on Wednesday, and head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Belichick\">Bill Belichick<\/a> expressed hope that Jones would be able to participate in a full practice.<\/p>\n<p>Jones is expected to be eligible to play in Pittsburgh on Sunday, even if he ends up being limited.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Patriots<\/a> QB Mac Jones is believed to have been suffering from back spasms, sources say. X-Rays were negative, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomPelissero<\/a>, and there is a chance Jones plays this week. Overall, a very positive outcome. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/794yYPBBpT\">pic.twitter.com\/794yYPBBpT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1569392099434299392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While nursing a back injury, Patriots quarterback Mac Jones missed the post-game news conference after playing every snap of Sunday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<h2>Updates<\/h2>\n<p>The NFL Network reports that the results of the X-rays were negative. There is a chance Jones may play in Sunday&#8217;s Week 2 matchup against the Steelers, according to sources who spoke to the network on Monday. It is thought that Jones experienced back spasms during the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scans on Patriots\u2019 QB Mac Jones\u2019 back came back \u201cnormal\u201d, per source. The injury is not thought to be serious but the team will monitor and gauge how Jones is feeling this week before Sunday\u2019s game vs. Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1569393885117562880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI want to be ready to play against Pittsburgh. I feel good,\u201d<\/em> Jones said. <em>\u201cI wasn\u2019t feeling too hot after the game. I definitely feel a lot better&#8230; I just kept playing, tried to work through it. It\u2019s football. You\u2019re going to get hit. I\u2019ve been hit harder before, I\u2019ll probably get hit harder in the future.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>When Did The Injury happen?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Jones claims that the injury happened as a result of a roughing the passer call in the fourth quarter. On Sunday, he participated in every offensive action for the Patriots. Throughout the game, he took three hits and two sacks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mac Jones trying to get everyone in order and then gets sawed in half like a magician&#39;s assistant <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ie97RCrqVj\">pic.twitter.com\/ie97RCrqVj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nate_Tice\/status\/1570245246285651968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, Jones&#8217; situation will need to be monitored. The Patriots will need to exercise caution with their second-year quarterback since back ailments frequently persist and are readily aggravated.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots will have to choose between a veteran and a rookie to replace Jones if he must miss any time.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Is The Backup for Mac Jones?<\/h2>\n<p>The current backup quarterback for New England is Brian Hoyer. The veteran is in his fourth season with the Patriots, where he started his professional career in 2009.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mac Jones (back) is practicing today. <\/p>\n<p>Adrian Phillips also here after leaving Sunday\u2019s game with a ribs injury. <\/p>\n<p>Full 53-man roster present. Only P-squadders Cameron McGrone and LaBryan Ray missing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MSiSocp3wZ\">pic.twitter.com\/MSiSocp3wZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zack Cox (@zm_cox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zm_cox\/status\/1570093117050699776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If Jones is forced to miss time, Hoyer will probably get the first chance to replace him. During his career, he has made 39 starts and has a record of 16\u201323.<\/p>\n<p>Hoyer last made a start in lieu of Cam Newton in 2020. In a defeat against the Chiefs, he completed 15 of 24 passes for 130 yards and one interception.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_9XhnM-b8io\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES &#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/its-now-my-turn-so-lets-get-started-wife-gisele-bundchen-on-bradys-return-to-nfl\/\"><strong>It\u2019s now my turn, so let\u2019s get started. 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Jones is expected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":397973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,48],"tags":[41,3061,529,2819],"class_list":["post-406368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots","category-nfl","tag-mac-jones","tag-mac-jones-injury","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}