The Patriots thought Jones, 25, would take a big step forward this season. Instead, he's playing like one of the worst QBs in the league.
The conversation was brief. There wasn’t a lot that needed to be said. Amid the worst loss of his career in Dallas on Sunday, Bill Belichick toldJones sat on the bench without his helmet. He stared aimlessly toward the field, the look of a shell-shocked quarterback who’d just thrown two terrible interceptions, who’d fumbled on a play that led to atouchdown, who suddenly was being shelved.
But four games into his third season, the Patriots are already being confronted with an uncomfortable reality: Mac Jones doesn’t look like. He may not be able to build on the promise of that first season, at least not here, not with this setup. He may just be the quarterback he played like in 2022.
The idea that Jones was suddenly going to return to being an above-average quarterback once he was freed from the clutches of Patricia just hasn’t come to fruition. Four games into this season, Jones ranks 27th among quarterbacks in yards per pass, 27th in expected points added per play and 27th in completion percentage over expected.
“Yeah, I think we have pretty good talent on offense,” Belichick countered during his WEEI appearance Monday even though the evidence indicates otherwise. “We just haven’t been able to find a consistent groove with it.” For his part, Jones took an optimistic approach after the game, saying one bad game — his worst game — wasn’t going to change him. “I’m going to take the positive route the best I can, and hopefully it brings the best out of me,” the 25-year-old said.But on the first day of October, an uncomfortable reality has begun to set in for the Patriots.
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