MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The scoreboard flashing overhead was bad enough for the tired, sweaty and disappointed group of Patriots that trudged off the Hard Rock Stadium field Sunday afternoon.
The walk quarterback Mac Jones took a few minutes later has the potential to be far worse.
A bad day that started with a season-opening 20-7 loss to the division rival Dolphins took a turn toward possible disaster when Jones headed straight for an X-ray after the game. Shortly after the game finished, still in football pants and the white shirt he wears under his jersey, Jones was seen walking gingerly through the bowels of the stadium, accompanied by a team doctor.