meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Mac Jones’ QB coach explains what went wrong with Patriots

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

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

4.5803 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Tom Curran talks with QB coach Joe Dickinson, who has worked with Mac Jones for 14 years. How did a good player turn so bad? What’s the future for Mac?    6:00-What led to the decline in play from Mac?  14:30-What stood out on Mac’s interceptions last season?  25:30-How much did coaching contribute to his struggles?  28:30-Why didn’t it work better with Bill O’Brien?  36:00-Mac's relationship with Bill Belichick  Watch on YT: https://youtu.be/tIw7v9QQ6Ns

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody?

0:13.0

Welcome to Tom Caron's Patriots Talk Podcast.

0:15.7

We've got a great guest today.

0:16.8

It's Joe Dickinson.

0:18.4

He's a longtime quarterback's coach for Mack Jones, former offensive coordinator at Oklahoma.

0:23.7

He's been around the game for a long, long time at both the college and pro levels.

0:27.7

And he works with high-level quarterbacks, Mack Jones being one of them.

0:31.5

And he's been working with Max since he was 11.

0:34.9

Now, in this conversation, will Joe Dickinson have a dog in this fight? Yes,

0:39.3

he will. But that doesn't mean we don't want to hear his perspective, because we're going to ask

0:43.6

for an objective appraisal. Why? A quarterback who was the offensive rookie of the year runner up

0:52.6

and went to the Pro Bowl as an alternate runner up and went to the Pro Bowl

0:56.2

as an alternate, but he went to the Pro Bowl,

1:00.3

how about 19 months later,

1:02.1

he was unusable for the New England Patriots.

1:04.8

And Joe has some good insight on that,

1:06.5

so we're going to bring him in here right now.

1:08.3

Joe, how you doing?

1:10.2

I'm good, Tom. Thanks for having

1:12.1

me on, man. It's all good. Absolutely. Where are you coming to us from, Rosedale, Oklahoma,

1:16.9

you say? Rosedale, Oklahoma, it's a big city, man. There's a total of 69 people in the area. Yes,

1:24.3

it's very populated. Hey, and it's perfect. It's exactly how I want it.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NBC Sports Boston, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NBC Sports Boston and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.