How does Mac Jones turn the page and where are the Patriots two years from now?

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

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Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran welcomes in Andrew Callahan to dive deep into what went wrong for Mac Jones on Sunday vs. the Cowboys and if the problems we’ve seen over the past three seasons with him are fixable or not. Then, the two look into their crystal balls and discuss what has to happen for Mac, Bill Belichick or neither to be with the team in 2025. 3:10- Curran and Callahan discuss what is going on with Mac and if Sunday’s performance was an aberration 6:15- How much of this is on the quarterback and how much is on how Belichick has built this offense the past three years? 13:15- -Why those still suffering from ‘Zappe fever’ shouldn’t be looking at Sunday as an opportunity for a victory lap 18:21- Is it still only a matter of time before Bill O’Brien and the offense figure things out, or is this a lost cause? 23:23- Looking into the crystal ball: what has to happen over the next two years for Mac, Belichick, or neither to still be in New England in 2025? Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1xCIaG0xsHQ Presented by FanDuel Sportsbook

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0:00.0	Tom Curran's Patriots Talk podcast is presented by Fan Dual Sportsbook. Make Every Moment More.
0:14.9	All right, what's up? Welcome in, everybody. It's been a very busy week of Mac Jones, Bill Belichick, Patriots takes.
0:23.4	And I guess the operative word is indignation right now.
0:27.4	It's a lot for Mac.
0:28.5	There's some for Bill.
0:30.2	But really, there's an all around sense after this Dallas game for a one and three Patriots team of,
0:36.6	you got to be joking with this thought we
0:40.1	were past this who are you guys here's RG3 on ESPN laying blame with Bill for me this comes down
0:52.2	to coaching in year two real Belichick messed up his young quarterback.
0:57.4	When you give him a defensive coordinator and a special teams coordinator as his offensive coordinator,
1:01.9	and now he's on his third coordinator in three years in the NFL,
1:06.3	that is, to me, the epitome of a coaching malpractice.
1:10.7	And Bill Belichick is one of the greatest coaches we've ever seen.
1:12.8	He's arguably the greatest coach of all time NFL history.
1:15.8	But he really overthought this and it's hurt Mac Jones permanently, in my opinion.
1:22.6	Meanwhile, here's Mike Lombardi, GM Shuffle, great podcast.
1:26.3	He obviously is a former Patriots exec,
1:29.8	a Bill Belichick confidant, consulieri, probably one of the most important and closest
1:35.6	guys to Bill during his entire NFL career in a lot of ways, together in Cleveland,
1:41.9	together here in New England. Here's Mike kind of saying, well,
1:46.6	it's kind of Mac. It's done a bait and switch with his performance.
1:53.2	What bothers me the most is the fact that I thought he was going to be very good decision-making.
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