A lot has been made this offseason concerning the future of Mac Jones following back-to-back tumultuous seasons for the New England Patriots quarterback.
Patriots linebacker Matthew Judon revealed throughout an look on 98.5 The Sports activities Hub’s “Felger and Mazz” program that it would not matter to him if Jones, Week 1 backup Bailey Zappe or another person is the membership’s QB1 subsequent season as long as the group would not as soon as once more end with a 4-13 document.
“Actually, I don’t care,” Judon straight stated concerning the state of affairs, as shared by Nick O’Malley of MassLive. “I imply, it sounds horrible. I simply need our offense to attain factors. Our offense to attain factors, maintain drives. Regardless if that’s Mac, Zappe, any person else, I don’t care. I don’t care.”
Former Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick pulled Jones from video games on 4 events this previous fall earlier than Zappe became New England’s full-time starter for the ultimate six contests of a marketing campaign that seemingly could not finish quickly sufficient for all concerned. Logic suggests the Patriots will attempt to get one thing in return for Jones’ providers both forward of the draft or earlier than coaching camp periods get underway, however Zappe may obtain a chance to compete for the beginning job this summer time.
In a mock draft revealed this previous Monday, ESPN’s Matt Miller predicted that the Patriots will use total choose No. 3 of this 12 months’s player-selection course of to accumulate LSU Tigers quarterback Jayden Daniels. On Wednesday, Ryan Wilson of CBS Sports activities additionally linked New England with Daniels.
“I feel each Mac and Zappe have the expertise to do it,” Judon continued through the phase. “They only need to do it. That’s going to be as much as them. So like I stated, the offseason is to get higher and to return again a unique participant. They each can do it and so they each have the talent set to do it. They only need to do.”
Judon’s frustration is comprehensible. In line with ESPN stats, the Patriots ended this previous common season ranked thirtieth within the NFL with a median of 276.2 offensive yards per sport and tied for final with a median of 13.9 factors scored per contest. Maybe getting Jones out of the quarterback room may very well be step one towards New England bettering upon such woeful numbers.