Before joining YES, Jones was the New York Giants beat reporter and a National Football League (NFL) columnist for The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, New Jersey.

[citation needed] On January 24, 2012, it was reported that Jones decided not to renew her contract with YES in order to pursue other opportunities.

[3] Jones' replacement at YES was announced in March 2012 with the signing of fellow Pennsylvania native, Meredith Marakovits.

[5] On April 12, 2012, it was reported Jones had been signed as a full-time, New York-based on-air contributor at the NFL Network.

While covering a Washington Redskins practice on November 15, 2018, Jones suffered an aortic dissection; she was taken to the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Falls Church, Virginia, where she received surgery to fix the condition.