Brown was not on the scene on Tuesday as Belichick was lavishing Jones with all kinds of praise, offering that the kid has “made tremendous strides,” has “a tremendous work ethic,” is “working extremely hard,” and so on.īrown, having been apprised of these comments, said, “I don’t know, maybe he’s getting a little soft in his old age.”Īnd then there’s veteran receiver Kendrick Bourne, who is beginning his second campaign in New England after four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. “He commands the locker room.”īrown watched last year as Jones was in learning-by-doing mode as a starting rookie quarterback. “I think he feels more comfortable and he understands that this is his team,” Brown added. “It definitely spreads to the entire team. “He definitely brings a lot of swagger to the table, and we love it,” left tackle Trent Brown said. Now just to be clear, nobody’s saying Mac Jones is showing swagger. Oh, and when asked about Pats coach Bill Belichick’s newly assembled coaching staff that includes the return to Foxboro of coaches Matt Patricia and Joe Judge (albeit it with vague titles), Jones ladled out all kinds of diplomatic niceties before arriving here: “At the end of the day, the players play, and the coaches coach.” But take that quote into the film room and break it down - that’s what football people do, right? - and there’s a lot of self-confidence going on.Īnd in competing against himself, Mac Jones needs to “get the guys around me better.” You’re here in this together, and that’s the whole point.”Īs a big bowl of quote porridge, there’s not much in the way of stop-the-presses stuff there. “It’s Year 2,” he continued, “but at the same time, it’s still football and that’s the important part to realize. I just have to go out there and kind of do what I’ve always done in fall camp and just compete, and compete against myself, get the guys around me better.” There’s guys on our team that have played for 15 years, there’s guys that are rookies, so I’m not a rookie anymore. Consider Jones’ response when asked what it feels like to be a second-year quarterback.
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