For Alabama, Jones, 3rd-and-long can become 3rd-and-bomb
FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2020, file photo, Alabama quarterback Mac Jones (10) rolls ut as he looks for a receiver during the first half of the Citrus Bowl NCAA college football game against Michigan in Orlando, Fla. No. 2 Alabama doesn’t look like a team that lost quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and two first-round receivers. Mac Jones still has a selection of some of the SEC’s best playmakers, including Jaylen Waddle. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2020, file photo, Alabama quarterback Mac Jones (10) rolls ut as he looks for a receiver during the first half of the Citrus Bowl NCAA college football game against Michigan in Orlando, Fla. No. 2 Alabama doesn’t look like a team that lost quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and two first-round receivers. Mac Jones still has a selection of some of the SEC’s best playmakers, including Jaylen Waddle. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Sep. 28, 2020 03:01 PM EDT
Alabama quarterback Mac Jones, center, talks with Missouri head coach Eliah Drinkwitz, right, and Drinkwitz's daughters before an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

Alabama quarterback Mac Jones, center, talks with Missouri head coach Eliah Drinkwitz, right, and Drinkwitz's daughters before an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

Sep. 26, 2020 06:49 PM EDT