{"id":8762,"date":"2023-11-12T21:29:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/8762\/patriots-bench-qb-mac-jones\/"},"modified":"2023-11-12T21:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T18:29:14","slug":"patriots-bench-qb-mac-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=8762","title":{"rendered":"Patriots bench QB Mac Jones for final drive in loss to Colts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patriots bench QB Mac Jones for final drive in loss to Colts\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Mike Reiss, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">November 12, 2023, 5:31 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN covering the New England Patriots.  Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.  You can follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>FRANKFURT, Germany \u2014 New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones was removed from Sunday&#8217;s 10-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts at Frankfurt Stadium after throwing an interception in the fourth quarter, coach Bill Belichick turning to backup Bailey Zappe with 1:52 left.<\/p>\n<p>Jones&#8217; benching raises questions about whether he will retain the starting job for the second half of the season.  He had already been scratched from two games earlier in the season \u2013 against the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints \u2013 but the outcome was well controlled in those games.<\/p>\n<p>This was different, as the Patriots took over at their 14-yard line with a chance to score a game-winning score.  Zappe was ultimately intercepted, extinguishing the team&#8217;s comeback hopes.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Patriots-bench-QB-Mac-Jones-for-final-drive-in-loss.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Patriots are 2-8 and have next weekend off.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots were headed for a potential go-ahead touchdown, advancing to the 15-yard line, when Jones was intercepted by safety Julian Blackmon on a throw well short of his intended receiver.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the game, Jones drew the ire of offensive coordinator Bill O&#8217;Brien on the sideline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patriots bench QB Mac Jones for final drive in loss to Colts\u060c Mike Reiss, ESPN editorNovember 12, 2023, 5:31 p.m. Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN covering the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sports Writer of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5336,2175,1002,1372,2121,343,4215,2012],"class_list":["post-8762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-bench","tag-colts","tag-drive","tag-final","tag-jones","tag-loss","tag-mac","tag-patriots"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8764,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762\/revisions\/8764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}