Once Tua Tagovailoa was announced to miss the rest of the regular season, backup quarterback Mac Jones was immediately put under a microscope. And for good reason. Jones, who previously stepped in fro Tagovailoa against Arkansas and showed what he is capable of doing in the passing game.
But as much as fans would like to invoke Jones to be the second coming of A.J. McCarron right from the start, those kinds of weights will still be found to be quite daunting on the shoulders of somebody who is going into his second career start. With Western Carolina arriving on Saturday, there shouldn’t be too much call for panic but the Iron Bowl is now certainly looking to be a much more competitive matchup now more so than two weeks ago.