Patriots coach Bill Belichick stated quarterback Mac Jones had a “good offseason” and can compete with backups Bailey Zappe and Trace McSorley throughout an interview Tuesday on SiriusXM Radio.
“(Jones) was one of our offseason award winners. First in, last out of the building,” Belichick stated. “Really does a good job of knowing, being on top of everything we’re doing so he can lead from the quarterback position, in terms of play-calling and those types of things.”
Belichick continued along with his reply concerning the group’s quarterbacks room by highlighting Zappe’s progress and the addition of McSorley, who began his profession with the Ravens and Cardinals.
“Zappe’s way ahead of where he was last year, Pat (Kirwan), you talked about that; rookie going into his second year. And it’s been good to work with (Trace) McSorley. He has a little bit of game experience, little bit of NFL experience but is still a young player. So, we’ll see how those guys do when the real football starts, the pads come on, there’s a little bit more pass rush and so forth,” Belichick added.
“But they can all run the offense efficiently, they’re all smart. They all handle what we do so everyone else can operate efficiently. So we’ll give them a chance to compete and see how it goes.”
Through 5 coaching camp practices, Jones has taken all the beginning reps. He’s accomplished 33 of 60 passes and thrown two interceptions throughout aggressive group drills, whereas Zappe has gone 32-of-56 working in opposition to the second-string protection. Zappe threw his first and solely decide in Sunday’s observe at veteran security Jalen Mills.
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