It was the nastiest of games for the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots on Monday night, featuring absurd winds and wet weather.
That led to Bill Belichick giving rookie Mac Jones the chance to throw just three — THREE — passes in the 14-10 win in Buffalo. But what was Jones’ secret to keep from freezing out there while handing the ball off a bajillion times?
There was talk that he had taken a page out of the Tom Brady playbook, donning a wetsuit to wear under his uniform. But it turns out, sadly, he didn’t do it. Here’s the quote via Patriots.com:
On if he wore a SCUBA suit in the last game:
MJ: No. I just had my normal dress on. I’ve been listening to Brian [Hoyer]’s advice and all that. You have to get what you have to get on and go out there and play. You want to be warm. Like I said, it’s a learning experience. At the end of the day, none of that stuff matters. You’ve just got to go out and play what you’re comfortable in.
Where did this originate? Here you go:
Mac Jones is wearing a SCUBA suit under his uniform. Tom Brady always wore one in cold weather, he passed the idea on to Brian Hoyer (who wears a SCUBA suit in cold weather), and Hoyer passed this on to Mac…
Part of the reason why it’s important to have a veteran in the room. pic.twitter.com/xNq5Ryx7bi
— Rich 🎅hrnberger (@ohrnberger) December 7, 2021
Looks like Mac Jones is wearing a scuba suit pic.twitter.com/gTys4tB2N4
— Mark Daniels (@MarkDanielsPJ) December 7, 2021
But this was really a thing with Brady! We wrote about it in 2017:
Tom Brady will be wearing this under his uniform. The QB told our @MikeReiss he wore it all week at practice and will today #patriots #jets pic.twitter.com/liRVgyhmN5
— Dianna Russini (@diannaESPN) December 31, 2017
Wild that this is a thing, and super-cool it’s being passed down through the generations, even if Jones didn’t wear one this time.
