Over the course of their struggle-ridden start to the 2023 season, Patriots quarterback Mac Jones has continued to hammer home the fact that ‘it’s going to get better’.
Through five weeks, it hasn’t. New England’s offense is 32nd (out of 32) in points per game scored, tied for 31st in turnovers, and is 28th in yards per play.
jones and mego: mac jones joins the show following the Patriots 34-0 loss to the saints
In his weekly appearance on WEEI’s Jones and Mego, the quarterback was asked why the media, the fans, and the organization should believe that things will get better moving forward:
“The biggest things is trying to figure out the root cause to each of the issues,” Jones said. “That’s playing better as a team, that’s playing better for me as the quarterback. We just didn’t have the answers to the test yesterday. You just gotta move forward in this league. That’s what it is. You can’t look back, you’ve got to move forward. I’m not happy with anything. Nobody is, and it starts with me as the quarterback.”
The signal caller later continued: “Like I said, you just want to find the route cause of why it’s not happening, and then from there you have to problem solve. Figure out ‘hey, what can we do better, what can I do better?’. Obviously it’s been a trend for a few years around here and it just has to be an improvement. That will really help us get off to a better start in the games.”
In the fourth quarter of New England’s 34-0 loss to the Saints on Sunday, and for the second consecutive week, Jones was benched for backup quarterback Bailey Zappe.
“We were off today,” Jones said when asked if he’s been told if he is the starter for the Patriots this week. “So, obviously I’m going to focus on watching all the tape I can and really just looking forward to trying to come up with a game plan of what I can do better. That’s what I do every week and I’ve done that every week since I’ve been in the NFL. I know we haven’t done great on offense and there’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding everything, but at the end of the day I have to go out there and focus on what I can control.”
Jones also spoke on how he stays focused mentally, the FOX Sports report on Sunday about not being able to ‘make garbage taste good’, and more on Monday’s edition of Jones and Mego. You can listen to the full interview here.
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