Dysfunction Is The Only Thing That Trickles.

Mac Jones has made his share of rookie mistakes in year one. He's also taken accountability at the podium. Josh McDaniels isn't concerned about make and doesn't appear to think that Mac is a liability. If Jones who called out the coaching after the Colts loss isn't the liability, than it's the coaches.

McDaniels said about Jones, "He’s doing fine, no concern on that. Each rookie kind of handles that differently. There’s always a stretch during the course of the middle of the season that’s a little bit new to him, because when you count the preseason games, preseason work, starting in July, usually that happens somewhere towards the end of October, middle of November, somewhere in there. But he’s gotten through that. He understands what he needs to do. He does a great job with his regimen, takes care of his body, his preparation. He’s learned how to manage his time and what he needs to allocate it towards, and I think that’s a really important thing for a young player.”

Now Mac had criticized the coaches in a manner of speaking for the team not having a good practice. And Josh has admitted to needing to get players involved. There was pressure on Bill Belichick to do things differently this year and it's been said that covid made Belichick a "players coach." This has been an uncharacteristic year from the coaches.

Jones recently said, "It’s just being consistent, knowing what you’re going to get every day. Coming in at this point in the year, that’s all we’re guaranteed is today. That’s what we can focus on. I think it’s just X’s and O’s and execution that it comes down to.”

I.E. coaching and execution. That's twice he's called out the coaches in two weeks. Before anyone says anything, Mac played under Nick Saban. The Belichick of the college world. He knows what championship coaching looks like. He has room to speak on the subject.

Whatever the excuse given, the coaches have to do a better job. Yes the players have to execute but if after the past two weeks, Mac Jones's experience isn't viewed as a liability, that takes a lot of the blame off of him by default. One doesn't worry about one's failures they're not one's fault and that's what fans can take from McDaniels comments. Dysfunction starts at the top and there is dysfunction with the Patriots coaching staff with two games left in the regular season.