Going in opposition to the Raiders within the first of two joint practices Tuesday, the Patriots offense as soon as once more was disjointed.
After follow, Patriots quarterback Mac Jones tried to elucidate why.
During his weekly session on WEEI’s “Merloni, Fauria & Mego,” Jones stated the unit continues to be making an attempt to determine its id.
“I think we have really good players, really good skill players I can spread the ball around to. But every system’s different, right?” he stated. “So it’s kind of getting a feel for what you want to do, what your m.o. is as an offense. The big thing right now is figuring that out.”
On Tuesday, Jones went 14-for-26 with an interception in crew drills. He completed follow by working a profitable 2 -minute drill, however it was an general slog for the offense. The Patriots’ beginning unit managed one optimistic run in seven makes an attempt.
With their first regular-season recreation lower than three weeks away, time is working out for Jones and Co. to determine an id. Asked if he was keen to simply accept failure throughout a coaching camp follow, Jones didn’t assume that utilized.
“Failure is putting a label on something that’s a process. We’re just trying to focus on the process, and not the result. Failure would be considered a result,” he stated. “We’re just trying to work through it all. … We don’t need to overcomplicate it. It’s a simple game if you make it a simple game. We’re all trying to get there, which doesn’t happen overnight.”
Jones, nonetheless, didn’t essentially imagine shifting on from the outdated system and studying and adapting to a “new” offense needs to be so crippling.
“To me, I’ve always prided myself on being a smart quarterback. I like to just operate whatever offense we have,” he stated. “There’s a lot of different changes, but at the same time, we have really good coaches who are providing insight that we might not have had before from a defensive perspective.”
Jones additionally wouldn’t say having three coaches – Bill Belichick, Matt Patricia and Joe Judge – working the offense as a substitute of 1 offensive coordinator was an issue. But did he favor one coach, over three?
“It always goes back to the players and listening to the coaches, and doing the scheme correctly. We have to do better at that,” Jones stated. It doesn’t matter if it’s one individual in your helmet, otherwise you’re listening to totally different individuals. I get pleasure from getting coached typically. Sometimes on the follow discipline, I get actually aggressive. And I need it to go higher. But it’s extra concerning the course of, simply watching the movie, and getting higher with nonetheless a younger offense.
“Sometimes you have to realize, that’s what we are right now.”
Jones was additionally requested about veteran wideout Kendrick Bourne, who has struggled so far in coaching camp. Over the previous two weeks, Bourne has the fewest catches in crew drills of any ability participant on the roster. He additionally wasn’t obtainable for Friday’s preseason recreation in opposition to Carolina. Jones didn’t sound anxious about his second-leading receiver from final yr.
“I love Kendrick. He’s working hard. Like I said, the plays will come. We talked about it,” he stated. “Even last year, during camp, he was trying to learn everything and find his role. He didn’t get as much balls, then the season came, and he got a lot of throws.”
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