New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones might not have a lot worth on the commerce market this offseason, however Corridor of Famer Steve Younger defined throughout an look on 98.5 The Sports activities Hub’s “Felger and Mazz” program why he nonetheless believes the 2021 first-round draft decide can discover success within the NFL.
“I’ve plenty of confidence in Mac, even though lots of people in Boston are in all probability achieved with Mac,” Younger mentioned, as shared by Lauren Campbell of MassLive. “I believe Mac, if he can get the correct assist and the innovation and the safety, I actually imagine in Mac, I nonetheless do.”
Earlier within the week, present Las Vegas Raiders extensive receiver and former Patriot Jakobi Meyers mentioned that he wished New England put Jones “in a greater place to win” after the 25-year-old earned a Professional Bowl nod as a rookie. Particularly, quite a few analysts have criticized former Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick for forcing Jones to play below assistant coaches Matt Patricia and Joe Decide throughout the 2022 marketing campaign.
Jones seemingly nonetheless hasn’t recovered from all that went wrong two seasons in the past.
Young, in the meantime, is conversant in being thought of a signal-caller who cannot win on the highest stage. In whole, he posted a 3-16 report with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers throughout the 1985-86 seasons earlier than that membership moved on from a person who would grow to be a San Francisco 49ers legend.
“I’m not towards that Mac could be in an area now the place he can’t put it again collectively,” Younger added about Jones. “There’s one thing about how he dealt with that season … I bear in mind we had a Monday evening sport that 12 months, and I caught him for a second, and I simply mentioned, ‘I’m so sorry. As a result of as a quarterback who was in Tampa Bay and went 2-14, like, I’ve been the place you might be and I’m so sorry. And I hope which you can get to an area the place this adjustments.'”
Jones reportedly “has a clear slate with” new Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo, however Chris Mason of MassLive famous in a mailbag revealed on Friday that “the very best factor for all events would in all probability be a commerce” assuming New England will use the No. 3 general decide of this 12 months’s draft to accumulate Jones’ substitute.