FOXBORO, Mass. — Cam Newton’s extended absence from New England Patriots practice this week will put pressure on others — namely rookie quarterback Mac Jones — to step up.
That’s the message veteran safety and longtime co-captain Devin McCourty conveyed after Monday’s practice, without mentioning Jones by name.
“I think for us, it’s just, it is what it is,” McCourty said. “It’s football. We’re used to guys being in and out with injuries and different things like that. So I know it’s cliché, and we’ve said it around here for years, but it’s next man up. It’s everybody doing what they’ve got to do, handling what they have control over, and just going about it that way.