((HT: Boston Herald/Fargen))Former New England Patriots star defensive back Tebucky Jones ((pictured, thanks Ted Fitzgerald/Boston Herald)) has filed a lawsuit claiming team doctors and other parties failed to diagnose his career-ending 2006 preseason knee injury, effectively ruining his pro career, the Herald has learned.Jones, 34, claims that Dr. Thomas J. Gill IV, head physician for the Patriots and also the Red Sox [team stats] medical director, and Dr. Bertram Zarins, another Patriots physician, did not inform him he suffered a severe tear to his knee ligament against the Washington Redskins on Aug. 26, 2006, at Gillette Stadium.According to his suit, filed Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court, Jones claims that “the failure to diagnose his injuries led to his wrongful release by the New England Patriots and consequential loss of income.”In an interview on Friday with the Herald, Jones said he was more sad than angry about the case, largely because he so trusted and admired the ...
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