Whether it's fair or not, Mac Jones continues to be compared to Tom Brady, even after his first NFL start.
Former Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis joined The Greg Hill Show Friday morning to compare Brady at the beginning of his career to what Jones is doing now.
“There was a different strategy when Tommy started playing because we were loaded on defense. So the way we played at that time, at least when Tommy first started the year, was very conservative," Weis said. "We were dinking and dunking, everyone was saying, ‘The guy can’t throw the ball down the field’ because we weren’t throwing the ball down the field. Obviously, the Patriots now are doing a lot more of exposing Mac to everything than we did to Tommy at the start of the year.
"Now, by the end of the year the guy is running two-minute to win the Super Bowl. Obviously, we went a long way from when he first went in there. Mac/the Patriots are ahead of the curve as far as all the stuff they are doing with him already in games where probably it took us half the season before we got there with Tommy.”
Weis believes the Patriots will continue to add more to Jones' plate.
“I think the philosophy there has always been find out what they can do and do that, and then expand from there," he said. "I think Josh [McDaniels] and the rest of the staff — Josh, Bill [Belichick] and everyone else — is starting to feel comfortable. ‘OK, these things we know he’s comfortable with. Now we can grow from there.’”
Jones and the Patriots will take on the Jets this Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
