He didn't outplay Brady against the Bucs. He faced a team with a devastated secondary who played Richard Sherman off the street for the whole game because they had no DBs available and still lost, mostly due to the fact that the team didn't trust him to convert a 4th and 5 and opted to give Nick...
Cool, he was good against the literal worst team in the sport and a team that had probably the longest and most significant injury report I can remember in all my years watching the NFL coming into that game. 10 TDs, 0 INTs against the two worst teams in football in the Jaguars and the Jets and...
I'll push back strongly on the "they ruined him" narrative. The Patriots didn't do all they could to surround Mac with talent and stability at OC, that much is obvious, but he's been a front runner from day one. This idea that he was a poised, unshakeable rookie is so strange to me. In his very...
Lamar Jackson just plays winning football every week. Incredible that so many here were completely against the possibility of the Patriots bringing him in this off-season.
Patriots fans weren't mocking the Jets for ruining Sam Darnold, they were mocking the Jets for having Sam Darnold (who sucked) as their QB. If Mac played for the Jets all this fanbases would talk about is how terrible he is.
He's the quarterback. He's disproportionately important to their offensive success. Of course he gets more of the blame. This is the most basic stuff imaginable. Who got most of the laurels after their win against Buffalo?
You're obsessed with narratives and perception of the player. Just watch...
Everyone wants to scapegoat Mac? Name me ONE SINGLE other member of their absolutely putrid offense that has people writing paragraphs contextualizing criticism directed towards them? Point me to one post in the same vein as yours in response to criticism of the receivers or the OL. Just one...
The one who wasn't actually mistake free at all and whose mistakes put them into early holes in two of those games? That's not good enough. The only reason those performances were painted as good by some is due to low expectations. If you get that level of play consistently, he's still not the guy.
Mac can perform at the level of guys like Minshew and Dobbs, absolutely. That's just not good enough. My argument is, that level of play right now is a baseline for starters. There are what, 3 or 4 dudes performing below that level? There just isn't that big of a risk in moving on. Worst case...
Teams didn't underestimate him. The Patriots recognized that playing with your QB on a leash makes it so you have a hard ceiling in today's NFL, and when they took the training wheels off he couldn't cut it. It's that simple. Mac Jones can't make plays and not turn the ball over at an alarming...
Huh. I would think the more limitations are imposed on practicing, the wider the advantage for the teams that know what to focus on and how to prepare. Everyone is subject to the same rules, why can't Bill make the most of the rules that are in place?
Wilson and Hodson were a combined 2-20, with 16 TDs and 27 INTs, compared to Millen's 17 TDs, 28 INTs, dude. They also took 80 sacks in 22 starts. It absolutely did not get meaningfully worse. Just as it very likely won't if they move on from Mac Jones. Not even Zach Wilson has been...
There isn't a single QB in football doing "a lot worse" than Mac Jones right now. There are guys who are slightly worse, but to not make a move based on the fear of ending up with one of those would be foolish. There are about 4 or 5 guys around Mac's level or production and slightly under, and...
That's what people don't get. They keep believing the NFL is just littered with these awful QBs and that the Patriots could do soooo much worse than Mac Jones. They can't. They can do slightly worse, but that's about it. There are few top tier quarterbacks, but the worst starters at the position...
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