FOXBOROUGH -- Sunday wasn't the greatest day at the office for Mac Jones and the Patriots.
They fell to the Saints 28-13 and Jones threw three interceptions -- the first three of his NFL career.
Afterwards, Jones stressed like he has the last three weeks the importance of continuing to get better.
"I think interceptions are a part of the game," the rookie said. "You obviously don't want to throw them, and sometimes they're bang-bang plays and sometimes they're things you can control. I just have to learn from those errors. Everyone did have my back. It seemed they were very supportive. For me, I've worked a lot on just playing the next play, and I felt like I wasn't lingering or thinking about the last play at all and neither was any of our team. Yeah, we can definitely get better there, and I appreciate everyone supporting me, and I've got to get better. So I will."
One of the biggest issues for the offense is red zone efficiency. New England went 0-1 Sunday and is now 2-for-8 on the season.
"In the red zone, I think just improving throwing the ball," Jones said. "I need to just improve that. When I have a chance to, I need to take what they give me, but also take some chances. A lot of the plays, I could have stuck with them instead of changing them or whatever, and I'll get better at that. We'll improve the red zone. We have to improve. We've got to put points on the board. We can't just continue to not do that. We've just got to flip the page on today and learn from it, watch it, and just identify the problem because you just have to fix the problem and try and find ways to make that better."
Jones is aware of the winning tradition in New England and wants it to return as soon as possible.
"I think we're just going to focus on learning from the tape," he said. "I think that's most important. It definitely stinks to lose, but you can learn from it, and it definitely eats away at you when you lose, but you've got to learn and move on. That's what a lot of the older guys were telling me, just keep my head up. Obviously, no one likes to lose here, and the Patriots have done nothing but win for a long time. We've got to get back to that. It just happens through everyday grind, every day work, and not focusing on the results. Play each play. Play each day one day at a time. If we can do that, then I think we'll see progress, and we'll just go from there."
