To be fair to Bill, I've asked him to do the right thing and hold Mac accountable, the same way he held Demario Douglas accountable for losing the football, for Boutte not knowing to drag his second foot on the sideline, for Rhamondre and Damien Harris not knowing how to pass block. Be consistent and hold people accountable.
Never ever in the past would he accept this level of incompetence and recklessness with the football. The old Bill didn't care if his players had fun, or frankly give a rat's azz about their feelings on the football field at all. That's why things that typically never happened are happening now. Special teams errors, jumping offsides, missed blocks, penalties, turnovers.
Mac Jones leads the entire NFL in turnovers.
If BB feels so strongly and emotionally connected to Mac that he can't bench him for terrible play... then the problem is Bill Belichick.
If we see Mac again this week, Bill has truly lost his fastball and it's time for him to be put out to pasture. - signed supposedly the biggest BB homer in the history of Patriot football forum
I'll argue your signature - I can't stand BB's press conferences, but I consider him the best coach I've ever seen and always defend him.
Or maybe that should be "defended," as in past tense.
Biggest problem right now is Mac. Biggest problem forever is that BB won't let rookies make rookie mistakes. No matter who the Patriots draft at, say, WR, BB's will go with higher FLOOR vets.
Boutte, Thornton, and Douglas should see all kinds of action the rest of the year. Mafi, Sow, and even Andrews should get lots of looks.
Marcus Jones should be out there as soon as he's healthy, and if he can't crack the secondary ahead of Wade (who seems to be playing pretty well) and/or Bryant, along iwth the other regulars, then maybe it's time for Marcus to think Offense is his ticket.
They need a big and fast youth movement to figure out exactly what they need going forward (besides a QB - Mac ain't it - still waiting for someone to explain to me why none of his teammates made a move to defend him in that Jets scuffle).
Play the kids. Play them until they're exhausted, then play them some more. And take notes.
And get ready to off-load whenever you can. I'd include Trent Brown in that list, despite what PFF says. He could bring some serious draft capital to a tackle-needy team looking to make a run.
Youth movement. Speed movement on Offense. Violence movement on the DL (that's what I love most about the Eagles and Saints' DLs...they play like monsters).
PS. As an aside, I saw a meme of a foursome of Eagle's fans in their Jerseys for Jason Kelce, Fletcher Cox, Jaylen Hurts, and D'Andre Swift standing side-by-side in that order.
Give it a minute, you'll get there...