Lol, I literally just transcribed all of this earlier this morning as I wasn't sure if anyone would see it for this morning's entry:
Patriots news and notes for Friday June 23, 2023.
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But here's the text for anyone who can't watch the video:
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ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit appeared
on The Pat McAfee Show on Thursday and talked about a variety of topics, with Herbstreit having an extremely positive outlook on the upcoming New England Patriots season.
During the segment, Herbstreit told McAfee he believes that Bill Belichick's football team will be among the most improved teams offensively, coming off of what was obviously a frustrating year.
"Let me just say this. I'm not going to say they're going to be the most improved offense, and he'll be the most improved quarterback in the league, but he's going to be in the top three," said Herbstreit of Jones. "Without a doubt, the Patriots are going to one of the top three improved offenses."
Herbstreit then went on to praise Jones, who he believes absolutely has a promising future ahead of him. He also expressed frustration in what he watched the young quarterback go through last year, and believes that any of his critics have no idea what they're talking about given what Jones had to deal with in 2022.
"I'm 1000% behind Mac Jones," said Herbstreit. "Of all the younger quarterbacks that have not had an opportunity to kind of prove their consistency and what they can offer, I'm just telling you right now, I sit here in whatever month we're in, June, I'm telling you right now that Mac Jones is going to be a Pro Bowl-caliber quarterback in the very near future whether it's this year or in the next couple years. He's that good."
"I did a thing for the draft in 2021 when I sat down with Trevor [Lawrence], and Justin Fields and Mac and a few other guys that went out that year, there were like five of them in the first round, and he was by far the most impressive guy when it came to ... he was coming out of [Steve Sarkisian]'s offense at Alabama at the time, that 2020 National Championship team where they blew Ohio State out. I would say that everybody talks about [Joe] Burrow in '19 at LSU, I would say '20 with Mac, because when you talk to him about the offense, he was honestly the most impressive quarterback I've ever spoken to in college at what he sees and how his brain processes and how it fires."
"So give me a break on what they were doing offensively last year. I mean, he had no chance. Not only did he not have weapons around him, but what they were doing schematically, he had no chance. So to blame him, is a bunch of bulls**t. So you get Billy O'Brien, who is as good an offensive mind as there is to come in there and work with Mac Jones, I'm telling you right now, you're going to see a drastic change in what he's doing as a quarterback and what the Patriots are going to be able to do on that side of the football."
"That's just my feelings. We'll see what is when the season starts. But get ready for a much improved Patriots season this year."
