The connection between the 2-7 New England Patriots and quarterback Mac Jones seemingly has seen higher days.
“One factor that’s actually infuriated folks there — folks within the constructing — is the decision-making,” Sports activities Illustrated NFL insider Albert Breer stated about Jones and the Patriots throughout an NBC Sports activities Boston look, per Zack Cox of NESN. “They’d been bought the good, environment friendly, game-managing quarterback, they usually’re not getting it. The choice-making hasn’t been good. They see him passing up open receivers. They see issues, fairly frankly, that you simply wouldn’t see from a quarterback who has these kinds of qualities. So it’s not simply the physical limitations now. It’s additionally that it doesn’t really feel like he’s actually taken the teaching, and that creates a a lot greater downside.”
Jones reportedly angered head coach Invoice Belichick final season by going exterior the group for teaching because the 25-year-old struggled whereas enjoying below assistants Matt Patricia and Joe Decide. The offseason hiring of Invoice O’Brien because the crew’s offensive coordinator hasn’t but mounted no matter is fallacious with Jones, as ESPN stats present the 2021 first-round draft decide tossed a league-worst 9 interceptions (tied with three others) over the season’s first 9 weeks.
Jones started Wednesday ranked twenty fourth within the NFL amongst certified gamers with a 40.3 adjusted QBR and twenty seventh with an 80.2 passer ranking on the marketing campaign.
“…If that is who Mac Jones is — and we’ve seen a number of the defiance bubble over within the press conferences — if he’s not working the offense because it’s prescribed, effectively then what do you could have? As a result of it’s not like he can put the cape on and be (Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star) Patrick Mahomes or (Buffalo Payments starter) Josh Allen,” Breer continued. “When you don’t have that one a part of it, then what do you could have?”
The New England futures of Jones and Belichick past Week 18 are very a lot up within the air forward of Thanksgiving. As issues stand right this moment, the Patriots will seemingly decline the fifth-year possibility for 2025 connected to Jones’ rookie deal subsequent spring. Such a transfer might end result within the membership buying Jones forward of what could be a contract season for the signal-caller.