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Mac Jones ankle video: How one controversial play earned Patriots QB a 'dirty player' label

There have been plenty of ankle-breakers in the NFL, but Mac Jones may have tried to take it a bit literally.

The rookie quarterback has been making Boston back pages for his positive play this year, but in the Patriots' Week 8 showdown with the Panthers, he made headlines for all the wrong reasons when he got caught in a bit of a situation with Panthers pass-rusher Brian Burns.

Enacting his best Kurt Angle impression, Jones seemed to grab Burns by the ankle and twist him to the turf, after a strip-sack by the Panthers pass rusher.