Time to come clean? This NFL QB saddled with dirty rep

Following the game, Burns alleged Jones intended to hurt him, saying, "I feel like he tried to twist it, personally" (h/t: NFL.com).

"After watching the video and looking at whatever happened and him just walking away, everything didn't seem right about it," Burns said. "I'm down there in pain and he just kind of looked at me and walked off like he did his job."

Jones didn't receive a fine or suspension for the incident.

The slide

The NFL allows slides on runs by quarterbacks to prevent injuries, though it seems Jones had different intentions when sliding against the Bears last season.

During a scramble early in the second quarter of a Week 7 game, Jones slid in front of safety Jaquan Brisker. Instead of simply gliding across the turf, however, Jones raised his leg, cleating the defenseless player who stood before him.

"D-lineman don’t like this," Hall of Fame QB Peyton Manning said of the low blow on "ManningCast." "You can’t hit the quarterback, but yet he can kick you right in the jewels. That’s why D-lineman don’t like quarterbacks."

Once again, Jones escaped without league punishment.

The dive

Against the Bengals in Week 16 last season, Jones drew the ire of many across the league after another questionable play.

As Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt ran with an apparent fumble recovery, teammate Eli Apple followed closely behind to block for him. Jones gave up his chase of Pratt and instead threw himself at the legs of Apple.

"I thought it was a dirty play," Apple said after the game. "He's done that before, I've seen it."

Jones was fined $13,367 for the hit and another $10,609 for throwing the ball at Bills lineman A.J. Espenesa several weeks earlier. 

The punch

Jones re-ignited the conversation surrounding his dirty reputation Sunday during the Patriots' 15-10 victory over the Jets. 

After Jones was ruled down on a quarterback sneak, he supposedly asked Gardner for help up. When the cornerback refused to lend a hand, Jones got up and allegedly hit him in the crown jewels.

"I don't even know what to say," Gardner said of the incident. "I do got to ice up. He's trying to stop me from having kids in the future."

Gardner tweeted a video of the alleged punch on X, drawing the support of several active and former players.

On Monday on WEEI in Boston, Jones sidestepped Gardner's accusation. "On that play, nothing was intentional,” he said. 

The QB awaits possible punishment.