****** First exhibition game postgame thread ******

[libra957]

I think Mac can beat Newton for the job.

 

[jdlboot14]

I turned on Skip and Shannon this morning (I guess it’s because I hate myself ?), and the first subject they discuss is how weak Mac Jones arm looked last night. Skip saying something to the effect, “Mac’s arm looked much weaker than in college”, I immediately shut it off.

I don’t care what people say. He’s got a good arm, not a great arm. Certainly not weak. He played with a lot of poise, excellent knowledge of the offense, stood strong in the face of the rush and took punishment after delivering the ball. This is one of the toughest offenses to learn in the NFL, and he had command of that offense. Mac is gonna prove A LOT of people wrong.

I'd rather have an accurate arm than a wild cannon like Cam. Brady proved that football IQ supersedes physical superiority at the QB position. Mac has it.
*As my new avatar reflects

 

[RobertWeathers]

I turned on Skip and Shannon this morning (I guess it’s because I hate myself ?), and the first subject they discuss is how weak Mac Jones arm looked last night. Skip saying something to the effect, “Mac’s arm looked much weaker than in college”, I immediately shut it off.

I don’t care what people say. He’s got a good arm, not a great arm. Certainly not weak. He played with a lot of poise, excellent knowledge of the offense, stood strong in the face of the rush and took punishment after delivering the ball. This is one of the toughest offenses to learn in the NFL, and he had command of that offense. Mac is gonna prove A LOT of people wrong.

WTF game were they watching. His arm is fine.

It'll get stronger as he puts on a bit more muscle on and continues to fine tune his mechanics.

Idiots.

 

[Rob0729]

I turned on Skip and Shannon this morning (I guess it’s because I hate myself ?), and the first subject they discuss is how weak Mac Jones arm looked last night. Skip saying something to the effect, “Mac’s arm looked much weaker than in college”, I immediately shut it off.

I don’t care what people say. He’s got a good arm, not a great arm. Certainly not weak. He played with a lot of poise, excellent knowledge of the offense, stood strong in the face of the rush and took punishment after delivering the ball. This is one of the toughest offenses to learn in the NFL, and he had command of that offense. Mac is gonna prove A LOT of people wrong.

The arm strength thing is overrated anyway. The Pats are not a down the field type of offense. Even with Brady, they were mostly a short and intermediate passing attack. Other than 2007, the Pats were never the type of team that passed a ton down the field. Brady was always surgical by marching the team down the field with a thousand paper cuts rather than going directly for the throat.

In other offenses, arm strength is more of an issue. But not in the Patriots' offense.

 

[XLIX]

Ron Rivera has historically had pretty good defenses, so this was a good first test both from a player standpoint and a coaching one. Vanilla schemes I'm sure, but well-coached talent is still tough to play against.

I know they don't exactly scheme it up for the preseason, but the Patriots seemed to be the aggressive ones on defense. Judon was impressive for all of the 5 plays he played. Saw extra rushers creating pressure on the QB several times, including a sequence where the d-line ran stunts on a several consecutive plays.

Disclaimer: I wasn't exactly glued to the TV like I am for a regular season game, so the above observation is based on the plays I caught from the corner of my eye.

 

[jdlboot14]

The arm strength thing is overrated anyway. The Pats are not a down the field type of offense. Even with Brady, they were mostly a short and intermediate passing attack. Other than 2007, the Pats were never the type of team that passed a ton down the field. Brady was always surgically by marching the team down the field with a thousand paper cuts rather than going directly for the throat.

In other offenses, arm strength is more of an issue. But not in the Patriots' offense.

Not to mention that Mac's pass to Wilkerson in the EZ was PER-FECT! That is a top-level NFL throw. If Rogers or Brady threw that ball in a playoff game, all the talking heads would be raving about their excellence. Not to mention the placement of the deep fade to Gunner - under duress! Most young guys would chuck it out of bounds, or loft it up for a INT.

 

[jimnance]

No-offseason, new, advanced system, bare TE, WR room ..

Cam did only throw for 8 TD last season, but exactly, stats without context .. you want to lay waste to Cam because of 8 TD last season, look at the context .. the offense outside of QB was trash

Bounce passes are good in hoops.
Not so much in football

 

[XLIX]

I turned on Skip and Shannon this morning (I guess it’s because I hate myself ?), and the first subject they discuss is how weak Mac Jones arm looked last night. Skip saying something to the effect, “Mac’s arm looked much weaker than in college”, I immediately shut it off.

Skip Bayless is the textbook example of how it is better to have people talk about what a moron you are than not talk about you at all. He is a man who has made an entire career off of (deliberately) saying the dumbest things imaginable, then laughing all the way to the bank when people get riled up and talk about the latest dumb thing he said.

The above comment regarding Jones' arm strength is an excellent example.

 

[VectorPrime]

Lmao Cam doesn’t know what Macs name is.

 

[Sicilian]

WTF game were they watching. His arm is fine.

It'll get stronger as he puts on a bit more muscle on and continues to fine tune his mechanics.

Idiots.

Perhaps they wanted him to completely overthrow Wilkerson instead of dropping it in the bucket where a receiver could possibly catch it? Or maybe they thought the problem on the overthrow to Gunner was just he didn't try to drive it straight through the back of the defender?

I don't care about who can chuck the ball 70 yards on a hail mary. Show me touch on the deep balls, and Mac did some of that last night (not perfect, but pretty good for his first live NFL action).

 

[reflexblue]

I turned on Skip and Shannon this morning (I guess it’s because I hate myself ?), and the first subject they discuss is how weak Mac Jones arm looked last night. Skip saying something to the effect, “Mac’s arm looked much weaker than in college”, I immediately shut it off.

I don’t care what people say. He’s got a good arm, not a great arm. Certainly not weak. He played with a lot of poise, excellent knowledge of the offense, stood strong in the face of the rush and took punishment after delivering the ball. This is one of the toughest offenses to learn in the NFL, and he had command of that offense. Mac is gonna prove A LOT of people wrong.

You must hate yourself for listening to that trash. From what i remember i see Jones and Brady having similar arm strength. Brady increased his after he got into the league. Last night mac threw the ball 40 yrds, thats strong enough as it is, how many times is a qb asked to throw a ball 60-70 yrds? rarely

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

Mac only had 38 more passing yards than Cam but had 9 more completions .. that is not good

He would have had another 40 or so yards on the TD drop and the completion that BB did not want to challenge. That would have been 15-19 125 yards for 2 Quarters work. Remember he is a Rookie and will have some struggles but he is looking solid coming out of the gates which I have not seen from a Patriot's rookie QB with the complicated Offense

 

[scott99]

Lmao Cam doesn’t know what Macs name is.

Yeah I was laughing at the McLinnon comment. Everyone knows Mac is short for McDonald’s. Seriously, everyone knows it’s McCorkle, where the hell did he get McLinnon from ?

 

[scott99]

Perhaps they wanted him to completely overthrow Wilkerson instead of dropping it in the bucket where a receiver could possibly catch it? Or maybe they thought the problem on the overthrow to Gunner was just he didn't try to drive it straight through the back of the defender?

I don't care about who can chuck the ball 70 yards on a hail mary. Show me touch on the deep balls, and Mac did some of that last night (not perfect, but pretty good for his first live NFL action).

I thought the pass to Wilkerson was absolutely perfect. 50% Blame to Wilkerson, I thought he should’ve caught it, 50% blame on the non call, which should’ve been an interference call on that play, the defender did grab Wilkerson’s right arm.

The Gunner play, Gunner did seem to stumble a little going after it. Thinking if it were a bigger receiver, that’s a catch.

 

[RobertWeathers]

N'Keal Harry

36 snaps
1 Target
1 catch
4 yards

 

[Triumph]

Lmao Cam doesn’t know what Macs name is.

He does.

Benchwarmer and coffee fetcher.

 

[Triumph]

N'Keal Harry

36 snaps
1 Target
1 catch
4 yards

100% catch rate works for me.

 

[RobertWeathers]

100% catch rate works for me.

..it's everything else that doesn't for me.

 

[scott99]

You must hate yourself for listening to that trash. From what i remember i see Jones and Brady having similar arm strength. Brady increased his after he got into the league.

On a side note, Stephen A Smith said he was VERY impressed by Mac, and thinks he will be better than Cam for the Pats (he never seemed to be a Cam fan). Even his sidekick (a famous Brady hater, won’t say his name) said Mac was “good to very good” last night. Interesting how the media interpreted Mac’s performance last night. Most I’ve seen were impressed by his performance.

 

[Triumph]

Mac Jones jerseys are selling like hot cakes.

Buy now before its too late with the impending Delta virus shortages on the horizon and not to mention inflation.