Chicago Bears left tackle Braxton Jones faced the ultimate test of his development last Sunday against Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, and the second-year player thought he did “an all right job” into the third quarter.
In the end, though, Jones said he needed to do more to stop the Browns star.
On the Bears’ final drive after the Browns pulled ahead 20-17 with 32 seconds to play, Garrett got around Jones quickly on back-to-back plays to pressure quarterback Justin Fields.
The two plays resulted in Fields incompletions, and that set up the final Hail Mary pass that the Browns intercepted to seal the win.
“In that fourth quarter, the game is on the line, if we score in that situation we’re going to win the game,” Jones said.
“He’s going to do as much as he can to affect that, and he did do that in that last drive.
I just think I have to have better sets, be more square. I can see all of the things (on film) I messed up on, but in the moment, out in the fire, I definitely could have done a better job.”
Chicago Bears left tackle Braxton Jones faced the ultimate test of his development last Sunday against Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, and the second-year player thought he did “an all right job” into the third quarter.
In the end, though, Jones said he needed to do more to stop the Browns star.
On the Bears’ final drive after the Browns pulled ahead 20-17 with 32 seconds to play, Garrett got around Jones quickly on back-to-back plays to pressure quarterback Justin Fields.
The two plays resulted in Fields incompletions, and that set up the final Hail Mary pass that the Browns intercepted to seal the win.
“In that fourth quarter, the game is on the line, if we score in that situation we’re going to win the game,” Jones said. “He’s going to do as much as he can to affect that, and he did do that in that last drive. I just think I have to have better sets, be more square. I can see all of the things (on film) I messed up on, but in the moment, out in the fire, I definitely could have done a better job.”
Garrett, a two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl selection, has given plenty of other offensive tackles a hard time this season while racking up 13 sacks and 26 quarterback hits.
In a game against the Tennessee Titans, he had 3 1/2 sacks and five quarterback hits.
Garrett didn’t get a sack or quarterback hit Sunday while moving around on the line some so he was not always facing Jones.
But NFL Next Gen Stats said he totaled seven pressures, including six in fewer than 2.5 seconds.
Pro Football Focus had Jones as giving up eight pressures.
“I’ve never seen somebody bend the edge so quick,” Jones said. “Even when I’ve had bad sets — I’ve done it against other players before — it’s never been that quick.
And he just does everything so quick and efficient. He has no wasted movement.
When he gets to a tackle spot, he presses your spot quickly, and that’s what makes you have to make decisions. … He’s just a different player.”
