Like the rest of his teammates, defensive tackle Chris Jones watched his starting quarterback, Alex Smith, go down after a blow to the head in the first quarter of the Chiefs’ win over Indianapolis on Sunday.
And like the rest of his teammates, Jones — a loquacious 6-foot-6, 308-pound rookie — was very comfortable with Smith’s replacement.
“It’s cool, we got Nicky back there,” Jones said while on the bench following Smith’s injury. “Nick Foles gonna air it out. He cold-blooded.”
Fellow defensive tackle Rakeem Nunez-Roches, who was sitting to Jones’ right, agreed.
“Let’s go Foles,” Nunez-Roches replied.