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Video: Peyton Manning Says The Patriots Denied His Request To Talk To Mac Jones Before The Game

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The Patriots were not about to let Peyton Manning learn any secrets from their prized rookie quarterback Mac Jones prior to Monday nights game vs Buffalo.

Manning was talking about his conversation with Bills quarterback Josh Allen this week with his brother Eli during last night’s Manningcast when Eli asked if he also talked to Mac Jones.

Manning said he tried to talk to Mac Jones, but that Patriots vice president of communications Stacey James denied his request.

“Well, I tried to talk to Mac Jones, and he was very respectful,” Manning said. “He said, ‘Peyton, I want to do it, but can you call our PR director, Stacey? Because he kind of has to oversee all things.’ I said, ‘No problem.’ I called Stacey, very professional, I said, ‘Stacey, I’m talking to Coach Belichick, can I talk to Mac Jones?’ And I gotta tell you, I appreciate how they’re handling Mac Jones. They are trying trying to protect him, give him as few off-the-field distractions as possible, let him concentrate on playing football.”

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Peyton Manning wasn’t too upset because he said the Indianapolis colts handled him the same way when he was a rookie.

“So yes, I did get denied. It was the first quarterback I haven’t talked to, but I appreciate it,” Manning said. “Bill Polian, as a rookie with me with the Colts, did the same thing. He didn’t let the marketing department talk to me, the community relations department talk to me. He said, ‘Hey, it’s all football this first season. Don’t bother him.’ And I think the Patriots are taking that same approach with Mac Jones and it’s paying off, it’s working.”