New England Patriots cornerback Marcus Jones wants to get more involved offensively to the point where he reached out to offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt for an opportunity. That led to him getting his first opportunity of the season in last week's game against

FOXBOROUGH - Apparently, Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt didn’t get the intel on all of Marcus Jones’ talents. He wasn’t aware Jones moonlighted a bit on offense, and was effective in that role. Perhaps Van Pelt got bored watching clips of the Patriots offense from two years ago, and didn’t notice Jones being used.

Patriots cornerback Marcus Jones used a very direct method to get the ear of offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt about taking snaps on offense.