FOXBOROUGH — It was just one word from Mac Jones, at the end of a long answer, at the end of a long press conference following Wednesday’s Patriots practice. But it was a fascinating word choice:
“Again.”
“I’m going to run my race, and hopefully everybody will run right behind me,” Jones said, “and we’ll be able to push this thing along, and learn from everything, and do everything I can to earn the respect of everybody in this building again.”
Earn the respect of everybody in this building again. As in, he had everyone’s respect but lost it along the way.