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Mac Jones on Patriots QB competition: 'We're all in this together'

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton didn't practice Thursday due to a right hand injury, and first-round draft pick Mac Jones mostly worked behind Jarrett Stidham and veteran Brian Hoyer as he prepares for a possible training-camp competition in late July.

"I'm the rookie so I'm just learning from them. We're all in this together. There's competition but people want to have a misconstrued word there like it is a bad competition or unhealthy," Jones said. "We're all close. We're all going to get better together.