Mac Jones seems to be like a distinct participant ever since leaving the New England Patriots.
And he continued to showcase that in a Jacksonville Jaguars uniform on Saturday night time with one other standout preseason efficiency. He may need secured the backup quarterback job with Jacksonville within the course of, too.
Jones, who the Patriots traded to the Jaguars for a sixth-round decide in March, was the shining star in Jacksonville’s 20-7 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by finishing 16-of-23 passes for 210 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.
“I assumed general Mac performed a stable soccer sport,” Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson instructed reporters, per The Florida Occasions-Union. He was clearly into it. You noticed his depth on the market, made some nice throws. Simply led the crew as anticipated.”
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Jones received the beginning towards the Buccaneers with the Jaguars opting to take a seat franchise quarterback Trevor Lawrence after two days of joint practices with Tampa Bay.
Jones made essentially the most of his taking part in time with just a few highlight-reel performs. The 2021 first-round decide adopted up a blunder when he tripped to result in a sack within the pink zone by tossing a 25-yard landing cross to Parker Washington on third-and-17. Jones had excellent placement on the throw as Washington cut up the safeties in the midst of the sphere.
The night time for Jones was purported to be over after the primary half with the Jaguars handing the offense over to C.J. Beathard to provide him a possibility within the positional battle. However Beathard left the sport on the finish of the third quarter with a groin harm and Jones got here again in.
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Jones put extra distance between him and Beathard for the backup quarterback spot when he tossed one other landing, this time dropping in a 31-yard cross to Brevin Easton for the rating.
One different play from Jones stood out on the night time as the standard cement-footed signal-caller pulled off a powerful juke on 6-foot-4, 269-pound defensive finish Lwal Uguak. Jones completed with six carries for 14 yards.
Patriots followers most likely are questioning the place this was from Jones over the past two seasons with New England when he struggled mightily and received benched a number of instances.
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Jones has now accomplished 25-of-34 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns over two preseason video games.
