Mac Jones (ankle) practicing again for Patriots
New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones (ankle) is present on Thursday at the portion of practice available to the media.
What It Means:
Jones missed all of Week 4 with an ankle injury, but he returned to a limited practice on Wednesday and appears to be trending in the right direction for Week 5 against the Detroit Lions. Brian Hoyer (concussion) remains sidelined Thursday for a second straight session, so rookie Bailey Zappe will likely make the start on Sunday if Jones suffers a setback.
The Lions have the fourth-worst pass defense and second-worst overall defense in numberFire's advanced team rankings. They are also allowing the most FanDuel points per game to the quarterback position through four weeks, but Jones is only averaging 14.0 FanDuel points per contest and he's 21st out of 30 qualified quarterbacks in Passing Net Expected Points per drop back.
Source:
Mike Reiss, ESPN
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