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Yeah it makes no sense. In college, he could throw a very accurate deep ball despite not having a rocket arm. His WR were often wide open but he was still pinpoint. It's one of the metrics that I personally over index on when evaluating rookie QBs. But it's like he forgot how to do it. I have never seen this level of decline on any other top prospect in the last decade.
I can explain what happened. Jones had better receivers to work with at Alabama, as well as a line that he frequently had a lot of time to get comfortable to get the ball out. That gave him the illusion of having good footwork, mechanics, decision-making, confidence, and accuracy. As time progressed and things deteriorated in NE, he's become much more indecisive, he's not fully aware of where his linemen are, and his positioning in the pocket usually has been off. Because of that, his footwork, mechanics, arm angle, and release have been poor. It's hard to be accurate when you are not fully aligned with your throw, sometimes turning while throwing, and he's gotten into a ton of trouble trying to throw under pressure off his back foot.
He's made some terrible plays this year. He tries too hard and that gets him in trouble. NE as a whole stinks.
Yes, but he’s also a big part of why they stink. lol
The 2 Miami guys on the NE roster, Gesicki and Parker, had some of the worst separation metrics in the NFL while with the Dolphins. Fitzpatrick, but not Tua, had good success throwing Parker open in 2019. Blame the GM for signing Parker and Gesicki.
It's just a poor fit for him in New England. He's trying to be a play maker when that's not his lane, he's a game manager who excels when he has legit play makers around him. Also seems to be seeing ghosts and turtles easily under pressure. Needs a change of scenery, it's not happening for him here.
Maybe as an assistant coach. But as a QB?
I believe Jones was finishing up a workout and showed up in his workout clothes before he got cleaned up. Other reporters have said Mac has continued to work out at a similar time at the stadium since the season was over and that he really didn't do anything out of the ordinary or inflammatory (with regards to the introductory press conference).
It's bizarre from Mac considering he cleared out his locker completely by that point.
Why?
Do we know for sure that all the other players completely cleared their lockers out too? I just found it interesting that that was mentioned specifically as it pertains to Mac as if it's out of the ordinary. Maybe I (and the media) am looking too far into it. I don't work for them so I couldn't tell you what their policy is.
I think we have reached a moment in time where the Boston media has waited a long time to jump over all things NE and to try to stir the pot some while relishing their demise. There are guys in the clubhouse and on staff that will leak stuff that contradicts someone else's leaks, so for now I just take everything with a grain of salt. There's also a lot of finger-pointing going on in terms of why things dropped off like a lead balloon. Coaches are insinuating that it was other coaches that caused problems. Some players are suggesting it was coaches or other players. Bottom line, BB lost the locker room, and there are a lot of unease and lot of unhappy campers. Media reports and interpretations of things that have gone on have led to different conclusions.
day 3 pick is pretty broad as that encompass anywhere from a 4th to a 7th, so worth a lower pick for a backup but neither are starting qb's, that part of their career is over. At least for Jones, most likely for Pickett but maybe give him one more year before can say definitely.
Like a 5th rounder. I think Mac isn't in all that different a spot as Baker Mayfield was going into this year. He's salvageable, for the right offense in my opinion. I actually still think Pickett deserves more time. It really sucks he only got 1 game (due to injury, which he's had issues with) after Canada (the worst OC in the NFL) got fired. I personally think he'd have been better than Rudolph, but that's just a feeling about the play calling after Canada's firing.
he's prob worth a 5th, that's worth a halfway decent backup but chances of him being a starter i think are very low.
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Probably not the take-away here. lol
It may be because he stinks?
No doubt joking aide, Lawrence is better, but Lawrence is still overrated IMO.
Still not a bad gamble on the cheap for Jax. Hes in a better offense, that’s for sure.
Jones wore out his welcome. It's been rumored that the coaches and players alike didn't really love his attitude, temperament, and demeanor.
