Mac Jones takes the blame for Bill Belichick yelling at him during joint practice: ‘It was my fault’

Last season, the New England Patriots’ offense took a large step backward. After rating fifteenth in yards and 6th in issues during Mac Jones’ rookie season, New England plummeted to twenty sixth and seventeenth, respectively, in 2022. In phrases of potency, the Pats had been arguably even worse: They ranked twenty fifth in issues in line with power, twenty fourth in Football Outsiders’ DVOA, and twenty fifth in Tru Media’s model of EPA (anticipated issues added) in line with play.

At the heart of all of it was a disastrous season from Jones himself. His of entirety charge dropped, as did his moderate yards in line with strive and landing charge. Meanwhile, his sack charge spiked, as did his charge of doubtless interceptable throws, in line with Tru Media.

The hope is this season’s exchange from Matt Patricia to Bill O’Brien at offensive coordinator will opposite that development. But there would possibly nonetheless be some bumps in the highway alongside the method. Apparently, one such bump got here up at a joint follow with the Green Bay Packers this week, and it ended in Bill Belichick laying into Jones for it. 

Jones, despite the fact that, took the blame. “So, we scored on the two-minute drive with a field goal, and then we just wanted to try a situation again. We just kind of redid the situation, I guess. That was fun, I guess, but it was my fault,” Jones stated, per CLNS. “I think it was just a miscommunication between all of us. But it was fine. It was a good learning experience. It’s too hard to explain in football terms to the media and stuff, but it was kind of a nuance, because we kind of repeated a situation we just did, you know what I’m saying? So that’s what we need, though, so both teams can get the situation, try and practice it and then do it again to get it right.”

The Pats nonetheless have a couple of extra weeks to get issues proper earlier than they tackle the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 1, however they have got a hard agenda to start out the season, with video games in opposition to the Dolphins, Jets, and Cowboys following that contest. If they will get issues again on target, they’re going to have to take action in opposition to an overly prime degree of festival.