Yahoo Finance Landry Jones' miserable XFL day ends with painful knee injury
Former Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones, currently playing for the XFL’s Dallas Renegades, has had bad days in his career before. But this might be a new level.
The 30-year-old passer had a disastrous start to Sunday’s game against the Houston Roughnecks, throwing three interceptions in his team’s first three drives.
The first was particularly brutal, throwing right at a safety lying in wait.
He can hit. He can catch. @hitman_brown does it all 😤
📺 @FS1 pic.twitter.com/0MkLbreRzw— Houston Roughnecks (@XFLRoughnecks) March 1, 2020
The next was a tipped ball on a pass to a receiver who was not what you would call open.
No, you're not seeing double. That's another pick by the Roughnecks defense 🤘
📺 @FS1 pic.twitter.com/bRkVJY5DXj— Houston Roughnecks (@XFLRoughnecks) March 1, 2020
The final interception was followed by a very NSFW declaration from Roughnecks cornerback Deatrick Nichols: “Get Landry Jones the f--- outta here.”
That wasn’t the last of Jones’ turnovers, as he also fumbled the ball two drives later, giving him four turnovers in a single half of football. Incredibly, the Renegades still managed to stay in the game, and only trailed 21-20 at the start of the fourth quarter.
However, Jones’ day would end midway through the fourth quarter as he rolled his knee on a quarterback sneak. The quarterback was clearly in pain as he walked off, with his team trailing 27-20.
QB Landry Jones has left the Houston Showdown game with a Knee Injury 😞
Clearly was in pain the whole time #XFL #DallasRenegades #HoustonRoughnecks pic.twitter.com/pjwoVDKAZJ— Pickswise (@Pickswise) March 1, 2020
Renegades back-up Philip Nelson came in for Jones, but a fumble at the goal line ended the Renegades’ hopes of upsetting the undefeated Roughnecks.
Renegades head coach Bob Stoops said after the game that Jones had a knee brace that might have minimized the damage, though the team will have Jones undergo an MRI on Monday to confirm.
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