So, when it comes to talking around Mac… Now that people are finally coming to the realization that Jones is just not very good. It seems many in this sub and Boston media say:
" Well Bill Belichick drafted Mac Jones!"
My question for the people that say this is… OK, well what QB should he have taken?
People seem to be oblivious to the fact that getting A franchise quarterback is hard… Many of you have no clue who the fuck Tommy Hodson is, but there have been many times when we had shit QB play pre Drew Bledsoe.
Some franchises will go decades with out ever finding a good QB. (Cleveland Browns).
This fan base needs some patience… People want to get rid of the greatest coach of all time because we have had a downturn in QB play. Get a fucking clue.
The arm strength thing with Mac is way overblown, especially this season when his mechanics have been terrible.
When Mac has good mechanics is arm strength is fine. He’s not Herbert, but he can make the throws. He’s certainly rifled enough passes.
His arm strength looks especially bad this year because he’s falling back and throwing off his back foot all the time. But that’s a mechanics issue, not a strength issue.
Okay, but part of the value of plus arm strength is not always needing good mechanics to generate velocity.
Sure. But that’s never been who Mac is. You can’t expect it of him.
But you see how that’s a problem? It eliminates so many throws from his arsenal.
I don’t agree.
BoB has talked a lot about wanting to “play in the structure” of the offense.
You can’t game plan around school yard shit and it represents a much smaller percentage of throws than people realize.