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It didn’t take long for Jack Jones to land with a new club in the NFL. A day after the New England Patriots waived the second-year cornerback, he was claimed by the Las Vegas Raiders, according to CBS Sports HQ Senior NFL Insider Josina Anderson.
The Raiders have been a landing spot for several ex-Patriots in recent years, but there was a school of thought that this pipeline would dry up in the aftermath of Las Vegas firing both head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler, who both came from Foxborough. While that will likely be the case in general, Jones does look to be the exception because of his relationship with interim head coach Antonio Pierce.
This arrival is a reunion for the two as Pierce coached Jones in high school at Long Beach Poly and in college at Arizona State, so there is plenty of familiarity with this new regime and the young corner.
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Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/raiders-claim-jack-jones-off-waivers-former-patriots-cornerback-headed-to-las-vegas/
Author : Tyler Sullivan
Publish date : 2023-11-14 21:40:13
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