Mac Jones appreciation thread

[upstater1]

0 TD’s, 3 INT’s, 2 Fumbles yesterday… where did all those guys who insisted not trading up for Justin Fields was a mistake go?

Josh Allen had 3 games like that his rookie year.

 

[Ian]

Saw this on Twitter and thought this was a cool video comparing the two throws yesterday, which was obviously a great job by Jones:

 

[Wozzy]

Way too early to judge any of these QB’s. I love the way Mac has played so far, but he still has to show he can stay on the field, deal with losing his key skill players, play well when DC’s take away his strengths, and handle all the adversity that goes with playing QB in the NFL. Same goes for every young QB. These tests, as well as the fact that Brady was still playing like a top QB was why I was so opposed to trading Brady and keeping Garrapolo. I liked Garrapolo, but he hadn’t passed those tests, although it’s admittedly difficult to pass some of them when the starter never goes down. We will have a much better sense of where they all stand by the end of the 2022 season.

Mac was the most ready to play out of college along with Lawrence. Mac has already shown his toughness, he got hit so hard his soul left his body and he giggled.

Fields is a one look and run QB, a long term project who may never develop. Lance is another developmental QB, Shanahan is undoubtedly annoyed he didn’t stick to his guns and draft Mac.

 

[Kasmir]

beat him in what?

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

For older fans... how was Bledsoe his rookie season? Is Mac as a rookie better than rookie Bledsoe or no?

 

[oldrover]

For older fans... how was Bledsoe his rookie season? Is Mac as a rookie better than rookie Bledsoe or no?

I believe so. It was a different game back then, but Bledsoe was kind of a chucker. He just wanted to throw. Also, he seemed far less a student of the game, and far less a corrector of his own mistakes. Ten years into his career, he was making the same mistakes he had always made.

Don't get me wrong; I appreciate what Bledsoe did. But there's a reason BB was cool with trading him within the division.

 

[RobertWeathers]

For older fans... how was Bledsoe his rookie season? Is Mac as a rookie better than rookie Bledsoe or no?

I remember thinking Drew had some decent games and some bad ones. I was optimistic Drew was going to have a very good NFL career.

What I know for a fact is Mac is already a better game manager and more accurate than Drew ever was.

 

[Kasmir]

For older fans... how was Bledsoe his rookie season? Is Mac as a rookie better than rookie Bledsoe or no?

 

[sb1]

For older fans... how was Bledsoe his rookie season? Is Mac as a rookie better than rookie Bledsoe or no?

I'd say no. IMO

Some highlights.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Did they really? To me, it looked pretty similar to what they have done from the beginning of the year. He had the one long ball to Bourne which was beautiful but that was pretty much it. The big difference in this game was the Jets couldn’t stop the screen game. They had like 3 screens that went for 25+ yds. In previous games thoses screen would have been caught for less than 5 yds or the receiver would be caught in the backfield. I don’t criticize Mac play, he was good but the difference wasn’t necessarily him but the better general execution by the offense in my opinion. Run game was outstanding, OL played very well.

that’s Mac throwing chart:

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If feel like my mind plays tricks on me. It sure seemed like he hit more downfield throws yesterday.

 

[Ivan]

Mac was the most ready to play out of college along with Lawrence. Mac has already shown his toughness, he got hit so hard his soul left his body and he giggled.

Fields is a one look and run QB, a long term project who may never develop. Lance is another developmental QB, Shanahan is undoubtedly annoyed he didn’t stick to his guns and draft Mac.

I don’t necessarily disagree with any of this, but I still believe it takes a couple of years to truly evaluate a young reason. I also agree that Jones is a tough player, but you can be as tough as they come and still get broken by the NFL pounding. Andrew Luck was a tough player but he ended up broken from the beating he took, Garrapolo on the other hand simply isn’t a tough player, if he’s sore he sits.

 

[masterbouncer]

I'd say no. IMO

Some highlights.

I'd say you can put a nice highlight reel of Mac after 7 games as well

based on the stats I think Mac is on a better year if he continues to improve his game every week

Bledsoe 93':

13GP /12 GS
49,9% comp
2.494 yards
15 TD /15 INT

 

[Deus Irae]

If feel like my mind plays tricks on me. It sure seemed like he hit more downfield throws yesterday.

Posting this for the passing chart, not the article:

Mac Jones’ performance against the Jets was slightly deceiving

 

[SHOWTIME15]

I'd say no. IMO

Some highlights.

Bledsoe had 2500 yards passing, 50% completions, 15 TDs, 15 INTs his rookie year. I know it was a different era, but Mac is going to blow away those stats.

 

[sb1]

I'd say you can put a nice highlight reel of Mac after 7 games as well

based on the stats I think Mac is on a better year if he continues to improve his game every week

Bledsoe 93':

13GP /12 GS
49,9% comp
2.494 yards
15 TD /15 INT

Totally different era. No way Mac would be completing 70% of his passes when QB's could get hit like they did back then, receivers could get defended like they were and so on.

I think 93 Bledsoe was better relatively speaking. He had a rocket for an arm and could win games with his arm. Hard to see Mac making those throws in those highlights with consistency right now. Mac is only as good as the team around him right now. He is definitely more cerebral than Drew was but so are most defenses he faces today vs back then.

 

[jimnance]

Typical elitist Deuch.

So is that the German spelling?

 

[zydecochris]

Mac was the most ready to play out of college along with Lawrence. Mac has already shown his toughness, he got hit so hard his soul left his body and he giggled.

Fields is a one look and run QB, a long term project who may never develop. Lance is another developmental QB, Shanahan is undoubtedly annoyed he didn’t stick to his guns and draft Mac.

I've been pleasantly surprised by Mac's toughness and ability to avoid injury so far while being pounded.

It isn't that he wasn't tough at Alabama, but the Alabama OL definitely protected him way better, plus, he had a great running game at Alabama also. I thought he might need a NFL strength and conditioning program for a year before being physically ready to take the pounding that a NFL QB does (the way that Tom Brady admitted was the case with him), but so far so good with Mac, knock on wood.

 

[zydecochris]

I don’t necessarily disagree with any of this, but I still believe it takes a couple of years to truly evaluate a young reason. I also agree that Jones is a tough player, but you can be as tough as they come and still get broken by the NFL pounding. Andrew Luck was a tough player but he ended up broken from the beating he took, Garrapolo on the other hand simply isn’t a tough player, if he’s sore he sits.

Agree that Garoppolo lacks toughness. I also agree that Andrew Luck was a tough player but ended up broken due to the beating he took, but Luck really sought out contact, he often tried to bull over defenders to pick up a few extra yards, and it cost him. The only other QB that sought out contact like Luck was Cam Newton, he used to simply run over LBs both in college and early in his NFL career. It of course ended up breaking him physically just like Luck.

Jones is taking a beating because of poor OL play and the normal tendency to bring the house against rookie QBs, but he isn't the type to try to run over LBs, I think he realizes that an extra yard here or there isn't worth losing the rest of the season.

 

[libra957]

I appreciate his development, but that needs to translate into a playoff appearance by season end.I also wanna start seeing signature win out of this team.

 

[Kontradiction]

Just caught up with this thread.

Mac might be the best to ever lace them up.