Mac Jones is going to find out the hard way that taking cheap shots at defensive players is not going to work out for him in the long run.
The New England Patriots may have gotten away with a little bit more than just a check in the win column on Sunday as a New York Jets star made an accusation against Mac Jones.
Sauce Gardner told reporters after the 15-10 loss that Jones hit him in his “private parts” on one play late in the game, which is why he pushed him to the ground.
On Monday, the second-year cornerback posted footage showing Jones doing just that.
The play started with Jones trying to convert on third down in the fourth quarter when Jets defenders stuffed the middle. The players kept going even after the whistle blew. New York linebacker C.J. Mosley slammed the quarterback to the ground. Gardner said that when Jones got up, the quarterback bumped him and then took a shot at him below the belt.
“He had got tackled,” Gardner said. “He reached his hand up to try to, like, get me to help him up. And I just moved his hand out of the way. Then, when he gets up (and) he just comes up to me like, ‘Good job.’ But while he’s said that, he hit me in my … he me in my private parts. You know what I’m saying?”
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Jones has denied all accusations.
“No,” he said. “I think just trying to get the first down.”
With the victory, New England extended its winning streak against New York to 15 games. Jones was 15-of-29 for 201 yards and he had a touchdown pass.
Jets quarterback Zach Wilson was 18-for-36 for 157 yards in Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots.
