Mac Jones has been the center of criticism over the last 24 hours for a play that Panthers linebacker Haason Reddick called "completely dirty." But on Monday, the Patriots quarterback said that he didn't have any intentions to hurt Panthers defensive end Brian Burns.
The rookie echoed Patriots coach Bill Belichick's comments from earlier in the day that he thought Burns had the ball after the defensive end tackled and stripped the ball in the first quarter of the Patriots 24-6 win.
"After I got hit pretty hard, I didn't really know exactly what was going on," Jones told WEEI's "Merloni & Fauria" radio show.