FOXBORO — In every of the primary six questions Mac Jones answered in his information convention Sunday evening after the Patriots’ Week 1 25-20 loss to the Eagles, the quarterback went out of his approach to blame himself for the outcome.
Jones stated he “didn’t throw any good passes on the first drive” and that the Patriots “couldn’t score early, and we just fell behind because of me, and I put it on myself.” He famous that the Patriots’ protection “gave me the ball twice to win the game, and I couldn’t do it.”
The Patriots acquired all the way down to the Eagles’ 17-yard line whereas trailing 22-14 with 9:32 left within the sport, went for it on fourth-and-3 and couldn’t convert. The Eagles responded with a subject objective, placing the Patriots down 25-14. Jones led the Patriots on a scoring drive however couldn’t make a two-point conversion, slicing the Eagles’ result in 25-20. Jones’ protection gave him two extra alternatives to attain late within the fourth quarter, however the offense turned the ball over on downs twice.
“That hurts; right? You get a chance to win the game twice and can’t do it,” Jones stated. “You just got to learn from it. You only get so many opportunities in the NFL to do that, and I felt like I definitely let the team down.”
Jones stated he felt like he let the offensive line down. He stated he let the protection down. He stated he had extra dangerous performs than good performs.
He was extraordinarily exhausting on himself in a sport wherein he accomplished 35-of-54 passes for 316 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.
“I felt like in the most critical times, I played my worst,” he stated.
The third-year professional had a nasty begin to the sport when he threw a move excessive and huge to receiver Kendrick Bourne, who needed to leap up and modify for the ball. It clanged off his fingertips and into cornerback Darius Slay’s arms for a 70-yard pick-six. The Patriots’ subsequent sequence ended when operating again Ezekiel Elliott misplaced a fumble to the Eagles. Their subsequent three sequence’ had been three-and-outs.
Then Jones did get scorching. The Patriots’ final two drives of the primary half resulted in touchdowns. He led the crew on one other scoring drive late within the fourth quarter however did make expensive errors on the crew’s subsequent two offensive sequence’.
After Patriots security Jabrill Peppers pressured Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts to fumble and cornerback Marcus Jones recovered the ball, Mac Jones was sacked, threw an incomplete move to Kendrick Bourne and took a delay of sport penalty. On fourth-and-17, Jones’ move was wanting the first-down marker and dropped by tight finish Hunter Henry.
The Patriots’ protection pressured a turnover on downs. After driving from Philadelphia’s 47-yard line all the way down to the 19-yard line, Jones took one other sack. Rookie huge receiver Kayshon Boutte couldn’t get each toes in bounds on Jones’ closing passing try of the sport.
“I felt like there was definitely a couple of times when I probably didn’t throw it to the right guy,” Jones stated. “Just have to watch the film, sometimes when you are out there, it’s going fast. Just trying to stay neutral and don’t go up and down, which I tried not to do tonight. Yeah, just have to watch it from a schematic standpoint. I do think I have the ability to make all the throws. It’s not that. It’s just doing it at the right time.”
Jones’ teammates had his again, nevertheless. Running again Ezekiel Elliott stated he although Jones “balled out.”
Henry and tight finish Mike Gesicki each expressed their perception in Jones.
“I’ll just say this about Mac, man. I’ll go to battle with No. 10 any day of the week,” Henry stated. “I love competing with that guy every single day, and I’ll go to war with him wherever it is, man – conditions cold, rainy, beautiful day, a hot day, whatever it is. The dude’s a competitor, and it’s fun to go out there and play with a guy like that.”
“Mac played great all day,” Gesicki stated. “He was locked in and was putting the ball where it had to go. I love having 10 back there as our leader. He was locked in all day from the first down.”
The Patriots’ offensive line performed surprisingly nicely for being down three starters. The crew’s protection made stops when it wanted to most. And Jones had open receivers.
Still, it doesn’t really feel like this loss falls fully on the younger QB.
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