NFL analyst predicts Patriots' Mac Jones to have a down year due to key coaching omission
Mac Jones isn't in the best situation heading into the 2022-23 NFL season. The New England Patriots find themselves in an odd position with the season looming. The Patriots haven't named an offensive coordinator for the upcoming season and are expected to have head coach Bill Belichick alongside Matt Patricia and Joe Judge helping out.
ProFootballTalk analyst Chris Simms thinks that Patriots' second-year quarterback Mac Jones will have a down year due to the fact that the Patriots don't have an offensive coordinator.
Simms said:
"Are [Matt Patricia and Joe Judge] going to be able to coach every intricacy in the world like Josh McDaniels could? Absolutely not. There's no way. I mean, that's what made Josh McDaniels special, as I've told you before."
Josh McDaniels was the Patriots' offensive coordinator from 2012 until last season. He left the team this offseason when the Las Vegas Raiders made him their new head coach.
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Mac Jones won Offensive Rookie of the Year last season and was the best quarterback taken in the 2021 NFL draft
Jones had the best season out of all the rookies last year despite the fact that he was taken behind Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, and Justin Fields.
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He was the only rookie to lead his team into the postseason, which contributed to him winning Offensive Rookie of the Year.
He started all 17 games for the Patriots and compiled an impressive 10-7 record. He threw for 3,801 yards, 22 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions, leading all rookie quarterbacks in passing.
With talent in the AFC East catching up, the Patriots will have to be completely set on their coaching situation heading into the season if they want to compete with the likes of the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, and the young, hungry New York Jets.
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