One other week of Patriots quarterback drama begins.
Bill Belichick was asked Monday if Mac Jones, who was benched for a fourth time this season in Sunday’s loss to the Giants, would start against the Chargers this upcoming week.
“We’ll take a take a look at this week,” Belichick said on WEEI’s “Greg Hill Show.”
Belichick publicly dragged out the choice last week, telling reporters he wouldn’t make the decision until Sunday.
After the sport, though, Belichick said he actually decided “sometime throughout the week.”
That might appear to return as a surprise to Patriots tight end Hunter Henry, who said the team didn’t know until Sunday morning that Jones would start.
“Mac took plenty of reps in practice. It wasn’t an enormous surprise,” Belichick said of Henry’s comments.
Regardless of when the choice was made to start out Jones, it completely backfired in a 10-7 loss to the Giants.
Jones was benched at halftime after throwing two interceptions and the Giants leading, 7-0.
Bailey Zappe led the Patriots to a touchdown on his first drive, however the team didn’t rating again. The loss was sealed on a last-second missed field goal by rookie kicker Chad Ryland.
“It’s frustrating and it’s very frustrating as an ex-Patriot,” former tight end Rob Gronkowski said throughout the Fox halftime show.
“It’s one in every of the primary time this 12 months I’ve watched an entire half of a Patriots game and it’s as bad as what the fans have been saying. Mac Jones must have thrown 4 picks already … A variety of opportunities the Latest York Giants secondary missed out on a pick as well. It’s been rough.”
The loss dropped the Patriots to 2-9 and, in an indication of how desperate they’re, Belichick didn’t dismiss the opportunity of adding one other quarterback.
The Patriots released Will Grier, who had been on their practice squad, last week.
“Yeah, I don’t really see that right away,” Belichick told reporters, in line with the Boston Herald.
“But I mean, I wouldn’t rule anything out. Anything that might help our team. We’ve brought in players — at any position that — you never know what’s going to occur. If I feel there’s any person — our pro scouting department thinks there’s any person that might help us, we’d definitely hearken to it and check out it at any position. It’s probably not in regards to the quarterback position. It could possibly be any position. I don’t know. No one that involves mind but we’ll see.”
Because the Patriots proceed to spiral, they now own the third pick within the 2024 NFL Draft and are set as much as potentially draft a franchise quarterback like Caleb Williams or Drake Maye.
