Mark Daniels on the fall of Mac Jones

[sb1]

Inside the fall of Mac Jones: How a once-promising Patriots QB unraveled

How his mistakes, roster issues and a broken relationship with Bill Belichick knocked Mac Jones off his promising path.

www.masslive.com

Obvious he was never the guy. Doesn't have the leadership or temperament. "He wanted to be one of the guys".

Pats/BB should have read this when Jones talked to them before the draft.

 

[sb1]

Freelancing and playing outside of BOB's system. That explains a lot.

He was injured in the Colts game too. Had a stinger and it sounds like it was on that int. Huh

 

[Lagaffe_07]

Freelancing and playing outside of BOB's system. That explains a lot.

He was injured in the Colts game too. Huh

Apparently he had an injury. Can’t make that stuff up.

This article feels like a PR move from Mac camp.

 

[sb1]

When Belichick told him that Zappe would start, Jones reacted by watching every NFL game he played in to see where things went wrong. He later admitted his mistakes to those around him and realized that despite players struggling around him, some of his biggest errors were on him for freelancing.

Yeah that's a great way to end your relationship with BB. We've seen it here before.

 

[sb1]

Two defensive players told MassLive that the Patriots offense didn’t look like it was on the same page in practice. Those issues started early in the fall and didn’t necessarily stop when Zappe took over.

Lol. Lol. So not much changed from 2022 after all. Lol. If you want to know a reason why BB was fired... ^^^^

 

[sb1]

Apparently he had an injury. Can’t make that stuff up.

This article feels like a PR move from Mac camp.

Some of it is I think. Daniels does call it out as "Jones supporters say..." like whining about his receivers dropping his best passes. Cmon kid this is the NFL everything won't be roses and unicorns here.

 

[Sicilian]

Yeah that's a great way to end your relationship with BB. We've seen it here before.

If true, it's especially egregious because this entire offensive system is based on structure, and the QB/weapons being on the same page. Having your QB go rogue in that scenario dooms a play from the start. Not to mention this particular QB isn't an athletic phenom, so his ability to just create out of nothing isn't there, and outside of maybe Douglas, the weapons he had weren't the kind of players to excel at a freelance kind of play. No one was being instructed, trained, taught, whatever to be looking for scramble plays.

 

[Ivan]

I don’t know about anyone else here but I have dozens of friends with children with developmental disabilities of various degrees, and this “ corky” **** that Triumph started has gotten really old. Literally no one wants Mac Jones here, but that’s no reason to be this offensive every single day. If you want to insult him go ahead, but there’s no need to copy the dumbest and most offensive poster on this site to do it.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

I’m just happy the Mac Jones era is over

 

[Real fan 02]

Inside the fall of Mac Jones: How a once-promising Patriots QB unraveled

How his mistakes, roster issues and a broken relationship with Bill Belichick knocked Mac Jones off his promising path.

www.masslive.com

Obvious he was never the guy. Doesn't have the leadership or temperament. "He wanted to be one of the guys".

Pats/BB should have read this when Jones talked to them before the draft.

 

[Pape]

"He didn't want to be a leader... wanted to be "one of the guys" "

telling quote right there... Lead or get out of the way...

 

[sb1]

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From Daniels article:

According to a source, the Patriots don’t plan on picking up Jones’ fifth-year option. The quarterback has a clean slate with Mayo and could remain on the roster, but the team won’t hesitate to move him if the right deal comes across their desk.

I wouldn't count on him sticking around.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

I don’t know about anyone else here but I have dozens of friends with children with developmental disabilities of various degrees, and this “ corky” **** that Triumph started has gotten really old. Literally no one wants Mac Jones here, but that’s no reason to be this offensive every single day. If you want to insult him go ahead, but there’s no need to copy the dumbest and most offensive poster on this site to do it.

Honest Question…what’s the “Corky” reference? Guessing it’s pop culture that I’m missing.

 

[Real fan 02]

From Daniels article:


I wouldn't count on him sticking around.

Agreed. The thing is he basically has no value right now.

 

[Pape]

I wouldn't count on him sticking around.

Maybe he can be a reclamation project... Goff is an example that it can happen...

I just hope it doesn't happen here...

 

[Pape]

Honest Question…what’s the “Corky” reference? Guessing it’s pop culture that I’m missing.

I don’t know about anyone else here but I have dozens of friends with children with developmental disabilities of various degrees, and this “ corky” **** that Triumph started has gotten really old. Literally no one wants Mac Jones here, but that’s no reason to be this offensive every single day. If you want to insult him go ahead, but there’s no need to copy the dumbest and most offensive poster on this site to do it.

His middle name is literally McCorkle... Michael McCorkle Jones... pretty sure its a dig on his name, not a reference to any type of mental disease or defect... least, that how it comes across to me...

 

[Lagaffe_07]

Maybe he can be a reclamation project... Goff is an example that it can happen...

I just hope it doesn't happen here...

Goff wasn’t a reclamation project.

 

[sb1]

Maybe he can be a reclamation project... Goff is an example that it can happen...

I just hope it doesn't happen here...

Mayfield too.

 

[TheRainMaker]

“The Patriots believed they upgraded the receiver position by signing JuJu Smith-Schuster, but a chronic knee injury led to the receiver lacking the same burst. The Patriots also discovered he wasn’t as detailed as a route runner compared to Meyers.”

Albert Breer got ripped to shreds by posters when he said Schuster’s knee was going to “blow up”. He looked pretty cooked this season.

 

[sb1]

I don’t know about anyone else here but I have dozens of friends with children with developmental disabilities of various degrees, and this “ corky” **** that Triumph started has gotten really old. Literally no one wants Mac Jones here, but that’s no reason to be this offensive every single day. If you want to insult him go ahead, but there’s no need to copy the dumbest and most offensive poster on this site to do it.

I've never called him Corky for that reason and Triumph is a moron. I've calle him McCorkle and Cork to play off his middle name but that's it.