Mac Jones was benched during a disastrous loss in Dallas, but Patriots players are still backing him publicly.
“I’m very confident in Mac,” defensive lineman Deatrich Wise Jr. said. “Listen, Mac is a worker. He is a competitor. He tries to make players. Sometimes when you try to make plays, it doesn’t always go your way. But he’s been here three years, and he’s made some great plays in his career.
“This game is one of those games that just happened,” Wise continued. “We’re still behind him, and we’ll be behind him tomorrow, and the day after that.