Former New England Patriots security, three-time Tremendous Bowl champion and present NFL analyst Devin McCourty is the newest noteworthy particular person guilty the membership for a way quarterback Mac Jones regressed over the previous two seasons.
“You’ve gotten three completely different offensive coordinators in three years,” McCourty stated about Jones’ state of affairs throughout a Wednesday look on the WEEI “The Greg Hill Present,” per Mike Kadlick of Audacy. “They’d completely different receivers, and I’d say influence gamers form of every year. All have been form of shifting components.”
Jones flashed promise as a rookie in the course of the 2021 marketing campaign working with then-offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels earlier than he grew to become head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. The signal-caller then struggled final season taking part in below assistants Matt Patricia and Joe Choose, and the offseason hiring of coordinator Invoice O’Brien proved to be no fast repair for Jones.
In whole, Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick pulled Jones from 4 of 11 video games this season earlier than beginning backup Bailey Zappe in Sunday’s 6-0 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers that dropped New England to 2-10. It is believed Zappe will stay atop the depth chart when the Patriots play on the 7-5 Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night time.
“…I’ve no drawback with the blokes that watch and say, ‘Hey, I evaluated this quarterback, his arm power, his mobility,'” McCourty added about Jones in the course of the section. “Like if you wish to provide you with all of these metrics that you just assume makes a quarterback good and also you assume he would not hit these sure standards that you just like in a quarterback, I get that. However I feel. general, should you say, ‘Hey, which facet do you see extra at fault?’ To me, it’s little doubt the group, what’s been put round him, for these straight three years.”
Based on ESPN stats, Jones ended Week 13 ranked twenty seventh out of 29 certified gamers with a 36.5 adjusted QBR on the season. He tossed 10 landing passes and 12 interceptions throughout 11 video games earlier than he was benched seemingly for good.
It is extensively assumed forward of Christmas that each Jones and Belichick could have completely different NFL properties when training-camp practices start subsequent summer season.
