Patriots HC Bill Belichick: QB Mac Jones has made ‘dramatic improvement’ in offseason from Victor Barbosa, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com Mac Jones helped lead the New England Patriots back to the postseason during the 2021 campaign after a brief one-year hiatus. The Alabama product was named a Pro Bowler as a rookie and finished the year with a 67.6% completion percentage, 3,801 passing yards and 22 touchdown tosses against 13 interceptions. Still, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick saw areas where Jones could improve over the spring and summer. As training camp opens up, the legendary coach is speaking high praise for the…
Patriots’ Mac Jones says he thought Brian Burns had football on controversial play from Zac Wassink, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com New England Patriots rookie quarterback Mac Jones was involved in one of the most controversial moments of NFL Sunday when he appeared to twist the ankle of Carolina Panthers defensive end Brian Burns late in the first quarter of New England’s 24-6 win: Here’s the video of Mac Jones grabbing Brian Burns ankle (just follow those two and you’ll see it). pic.twitter.com/OKWgBwIN9c — Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) November 7, 2021 Carolina linebacker Haason Reddick blasted Jones for what he called a “dirty play”…
Was Mac Jones teaching Cam Newton the Patriots’ playbook? from Chelena Goldman, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com When it came to the New England Patriots’ preseason battle to be QB1, it appeared early on that Cam Newton had the job on lock. But is it possible rookie quarterback Mac Jones was the one on the fast track to getting the starting job? In an interview this week, former Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich claimed Jones was actually helping Newton learn the team’s offense during the preseason. “From everything that I understand now, Mac was basically helping Cam learn the playbook,” Ninkovich said, via WEEI.com.…