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Danny Jaillet

You’ll never guess rookie WR Tyquan Thornton’s new nickname

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones has a new nickname for teammate Tyquan Thornton. Jones is reluctant to reveal the actual nickname, but he did give clues.

Thornton is still healing from an injury he suffered during the course of the preseason. Nevertheless, it seems as though he is gelling with his teammates and is a big part of the locker room.

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Jones revealed that the nickname comes from an animated movie, during his weekly appearance on WEEI’s “Merloni, Fauria, and Mego.” However, he did not reveal too much else. If anything, this leaves the nickname open for interpretation, given the large amount of animated movies.

“He has a nickname. You’ll never guess it,” Jones said, per Keagan Stiefel of NESN.com. “You’ll have to ask him.”

It would be fair to guess that it has something to do with Thornton’s speed. In that case, Lighting McQueen from the animated movie Cars would be an intriguing guess. McQueen always wanted to show off his speed, something that Thornton certainly has.

Whatever the nickname is, we may truly never know the answer. Maybe one day we will be lucky enough to find out.

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