Reports: Mac Jones Goes Behind Bill Belichick’s Back To Fix Offense

According to reports, Mac Jones tried to take matters into his own hands to turn around the Patriots’ faltering offense.

Chris Simms, an analyst for NBC Sports and Pro Football Talk, claims that Jones went looking for answers behind Bill Belichick’s back.

Mac Jones Goes Behind Bill Belichick’s Back To Fix Offense

According to former NFL quarterback and current football pundit Chris Simms, the Patriot’s offense was so bad this year that Mac Jones started reaching out to others outside of the Patriots’ organisation for assistance.

Simms claimed during an appearance on “NBC’s Pro Football Talk Live” that the circumstance made Jones angry and that Jones was openly discussing it throughout the season.

“He was telling people he wasn’t happy,” Simms said. “He was calling people about, ‘Hey, can you help us with ideas and do stuff like that?’”

Simms claimed that when Bill Belichick learned about the situation, he was not pleased with Jones.

According to what I understand, Belichick learned about all of these things, Simms added. He learned that Mac was communicating with others and that Belichick was the subject of some back-channel chats. I believe that’s where things started to turn personal.

According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, Belichick spoke to the second-year quarterback about the decisions.

As you might expect, Belichick also informed Mac Jones about it, which is why it stopped, according to Florio.

On Monday, reporters questioned Belichick about whether he intended to keep Jones as the starting quarterback for New England in 2023. He didn’t exactly respond with enthusiasm.

Mac can play quarterback in this league, according to Belichick. “We all need to work together to discover the best approach for our football team to be more effective, quarterback is clearly a significant position.”

Jones’s stats suffered greatly in 2022 as a result of this season, when he was sacked a career-high 34 times. The only quarterbacks with a worse QBR than Jones this season out of the 31 quarterbacks reported by ESPN were Baker Mayfield, Carson Wentz, and Davis mills.

Jones missed the following three games as a result of a high-ankle sprain he also sustained during New England’s Week 3 loss to Baltimore. The quarterback dilemma started at that point when rookie Bailey Zappe led the Patriots to a 2-0 record in Jones’ absence. With just one interception throughout that time, Zappe completed 73 per cent of his passes for 596 yards and four touchdowns.

After being benched by Belichick, Jones was replaced by Zappe when he came back on Oct. 24. Zappe was a former first-round pick out of Alabama. Despite Jones regaining the starting job, New England finished the season with a 5-5 record.

The Patriots still had a chance to squeak into the postseason with a Week 18 win over the Bills, but Buffalo returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and defeated New England, 35-23.

 

 

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