He welcomes the expectations that come with playing in New England. He doesn’t talk like someone who wants a free pass because he’s a rookie. When Jones walked up to the podium for his postgame news conference, he was uninterested in making excuses or pointing fingers. Teammates approached him to offer support, but the Patriots didn’t have nearly enough help for their young quarterback during the course of an ugly loss that dropped them to 1-2 and 0-2 at home. He’d just thrown a third interception, a desperate pass in a game that was out of reach. FOXBORO - As the Saints took the field to kneel the ball and run out the clock on a 28-13 victory over the Patriots, Mac Jones sat on the bench with his head down.
