Overview

• An 87-yard first-quarter punt return put New England ahead 7-6 and started a run of 42 unanswered points.
• He later ripped a 61-yard return to the Carolina 14, setting up a short-field touchdown for Antonio Gibson.
• Jones finished with three returns for 167 yards, surpassing Mike Haynes’ 1976 mark for the most by a Patriot in a game.
• Head coach Mike Vrabel called the phase a necessary "weapon," while quarterback Drake Maye lauded Jones as the best at it.
• The 2022 first-team All-Pro tied Julian Edelman for the most 60-plus-yard punt returns in team history and joined Gunner Olszewski as the only Patriots since the merger with multiple 60-yard returns in one game.