New Britain Loyalists quarterback Macintosh Jones is accepted to have experienced a high lower leg sprain Sunday during the end phases of the 37-26 misfortune to the Baltimore Ravens, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The second-year quarterback will go through a X-ray on Monday to affirm the conclusion and decide its seriousness, the source said.
Jones had bounced off the field without putting weight to his left side leg and went straightforwardly to the storage space. Beginning tests uncovered that the injury wasn’t whatever would end his season, per a source.
In his postgame news gathering, mentor Bill Belichick said he didn’t have a report on Jones’ condition. Jones was not made accessible for his postgame news meeting yet is planned to address correspondents Monday.
The injury happened on Jones’ last pass endeavor of the day, a capture late in the final quarter, when he was hit by Ravens guarded lineman Calais Campbell and promptly got for his left lower leg.
The 6-foot-8, 307-pound Campbell left his feet as he hit Jones and afterward arrived on him. Jones’ left leg twisted and Campbell arrived on the lower part of it.
Jones went after his left lower leg, got up and bounced to the Nationalists’ sideline. While harmed players by and large enter the popup tent on the sideline, Jones rather went directly to the storage space.
Campbell made sense of what he witnessed on the play.
“The game’s on the line, final quarter. They made two or three plays to sort of move the ball, and it’s simply a full-court, pass-rush mindset,” Campbell said. “I assume I was simply attempting to get strain on him, hit him, make him self-conscious and make him toss a capture. What’s more, I believe that was only a decent football play. I prefer not to see him get injured. That is the most terrible piece of this game. You never need to see folks get injured. I want to believe that he’s Not a problem.”
Jones completed 22-of-32 for 302 yards, without any scores and three capture attempts. He added five scrambles for 31 yards and one score.
The Loyalists (1-2) visit the Green Cove Packers on Sunday.
“I know whether he has something he can proceed to play with, he will play with it,” security and long-lasting chief Devin McCourty said. “We’ll need to see what it is and go from that point collectively. We’ll keep on mobilizing around him.”
Added linebacker Matthew Judon: “We don’t have the foggiest idea what occurred, we’ll find before long. However, I’m riding with [No.] 10. Ideally he’s alright.”
Veteran Brian Hoyer is the Nationalists’ top reinforcement, with tenderfoot Bailey Zappe the No. 3 choice.
Focus David Andrews, one of the group’s skippers, was asked the amount of certainty the Loyalists possess in Hoyer assuming he is pushed right into it.
“Tons. Brian’s been here quite a while,” Andrews said. “I have a great deal of regard for how he comes in and functions consistently and gets ready like he will play.”
