We all know Mac Jones is not performing good this season and is currently a bottom 10 QB. However how much of Mac Jones’s performance can be attributed to himself and how much can go into coaching? Mac Jones has been in the league for 3 years and has had 3 different quarterback coaches which is literally a different qb coach a year since being in the league. Not only that he has different offensive coordinators from Josh McDaniels his first year to Matt Patricia who literally has zero experience in the job. On top of that the Patriots roster is just not that good in general with injuries making things worse.
I am not trying to defend Mac Jones and say that he is absolved of all blame. He has shown difficulties reading differences and decision making, but I am wondering how much of his performance can be attributed other factors. When Josh McDaniels was the OC, Mac Jones looked decent and went to the Pro Bowl so I do still think that he has potential.
I’d say about 75%. He’s not physically gifted: a weak arm by NFL standards and he’s never been a running threat. His biggest asset was supposed to be cerebral. He was supposed to be able to quickly read defenses and make good decisions, even if that good decision was throwing the ball away. So the QB with a noodle arm that can’t run whose strength is from the neck up, is toast from the neck up.
Before we get into the different coaches, keep in mind that with all 3 it’s been the same system. On top of that, two out of those three have proven track records for being good OCs. If Mac is broken because of the coaching carousel he’s to fragile for the NFL to begin with.