And so begins another Patriots offseason, far earlier than anyone wanted.
But definitely when they deserved to.
There were just too many failures.
Too many Bizarro World mistakes at critical times.
Those will get you every time.
And unfortunately, the AFC East isn’t the NFC South.
Here, 8-9 will get you eliminated, not a home game in the playoffs.
Such are the fortunes of war.
And this offseason gets underway as they do in good times and in bad.
But it’ll be a comprehensive course of action as it always is.
I don’t see the process being really any different, but we need to have better results.
That’s really the bottom line.
Or is this a position you’re gonna wanna reevaluate this offseason?
BB:Mac has the ability to play quarterback in this league.
So that’s incumbent upon all of us.
We’ll all work together on that.
Again, look for better results.
Help me, how I do love it so.
Nothing goes over my head.
My reflexes are too fast.
I would catch it.
How he doesn’t sound confident in his QB.
How he’s not being supportive.
Casting doubt as to whether he thinks Jones is in his future plans.
Where’s the lie?
But he’s not absolved of all blame for being under .500.
He’s not high on the list of problems by any means.
His coaches couldn’t get plays called in a reasonable amount of time.
It took three months to get the offensive line sorted out and play to a barely acceptable level.
That said, he still should’ve been better than he was.
So don’t even begin to suggest Jones was a victim of circumstances.
The fact remains, he finished the season 11th in interception %, which isn’t terrible.
And 29th in touchdown %, which definitely is.
He had just eight red zone touchdowns on the season, which was 26th in the league.
And none of them were from outside the opponents' 10.
His completion % from inside the 10 was barely over 50%.
But it’s all relevant.
Part of the cold, hard calculus of reviewing everybody’s season and making things better.
Mac has to be better in the confined spaces of the red zone.
Better on 3rd downs.
Better at keeping his composure and leading.
Better at sensing pressure.
And I believe with all my brain that it’s entirely accurate to say he can.
The time to start proving it began today.
