Mac Jones and Dwanye Johnson

by StevenSD | 3 years ago | 0 Comments

Since being brought in as the Patriots new head coach, Dwanye Johnson has remained tight lipped on how he was going to approach the Quarterback position moving into the sesason. Johnson has always valued a passer who is poised in the pocket and can deliver a dart to any part of the field. He has recently been expressing his doubts and concerns that rookie Mac Jones is that guy.

While it's tough to judge a player off of only 2 games, Mac Jones' performances so far in those games is giving Johnson some evidence for his doubts.  "Look, I'm working with what was given to me," Johnson said in his post game interview after a loss to the Jets in Week 2. Jones has thrown for 4 interceptions and 0 touchdowns. When in the redzone and given the opportunity to score Jones has cost his team points by throwing interceptions or losing the ball on a fumble. When needing to push the ball down the field, Jones has not been able to get the ball to his receivers fast enough to prevent breaks up or the safeties from flying in to intercept the ball. "We are really limited in what we can do right now, we are exploring every option to improve." Jonshon sighed as he left the podium.

Only time will tell how the Patriots plan to improve at QB, rumors have it that Johnson is shopping the trade block looking at potential fits for his offense. As the season goes on and nothing is done, the potential for Johnson to pull the trigger at QB early in the next draft will grow. Dwanye has made it clear that he's not going to completely change how his offense works and should be ran to suit Jones' play style - it's going to be up to Jones to grow as a player and prove that this could be his team to lead along side head coach Johnson.