Loaded guns with large capacity feeding devices casually being transported by a Patriots player will not draw a, “Well, he’s just a kid…” reaction from Kraft, Belichick or the league, as Tom E. Curran writes.
Clearly, the message that every player is representing the Patriots as a whole, including ownership either wasn’t delivered strongly enough or didn’t penetrate a single bit in Jones’ case.
The fact Jones came to the team with off-field baggage that dropped him to the fourth round coupled with a late-season suspension by the team last year could mean he’s not getting a mulligan.“Thank you, but I’m going to focus on my job,” Jones said. “And I’m going to control what I can control. going forward, I’m looking to be the best teammate I can be and help the Patriots out any way that I can.
Pressed about the arrest, Jones added: “I learned from it, I’m looking forward to moving forward. I’m not really worried about the past, working on my present right now, what I have going on. Control what I can control.”The on-field ramifications for the Patriots – who closed minicamp with a team paintball outing on Wednesday – are going to be significant if Jones is suspended and/or released by the team.
He’s a good player. He and rookie Christian Gonzalez figured to be the starting outside corners for what projects to be a very good defense. The Patriots have depth in the secondary but they are short on length and moving on from Jones would likely move Jonathan Jones outside and away from slot corner where he excels. Losing Jack Jones hurts on the field. And it hurts off the field as well.
After last year’s 8-9 season, badly needed positive momentum from March through June. But the clean slate the team professed it would be working on has already been cluttered by the Jones arrest, left tackle Trent Brown showing up late then barely taking part in the mandatory minicamp and a holdout by defensive tackle Lawrence Guy. The holdout isn’t a seismic development. But it doesn’t auger well when one of the team’s truly good guys is pissed enough to hold out.
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