There Is Reason To Believe In The Hype of The Patriots Offense

By: Steve Atkinson

The Patriots offense looks more functional and better. From the practices I’ve seen Bill O’Brien has control and he as the buy in of the players. Mac Jones looks comfortable, loose, and vibing with his receivers. After every practice rep Mac is seen standing next to Bil O’Brien while Zappe stiff as a board doesn’t. Every day the offense has gotten better from scheming plays to changing this up and red zone drills. Training camp hadn’t even started and I said the offense is miles ahead of where it was last year this time.

Patriots Offense Is More Functional

Mac Jones is consistently with the starters offensively. Only Thursday was the day Mac was with the starting offensive line and backup receivers. Zappe was with the backup offensive line and starting receivers. Jones did better with the backup receivers than Zappe did. Jones found Tre Nixon and Jones did also better in the red zone with the starting receivers than Zappe did with the backups.

JuJu-Smith Schuster has spoken  about starting quarterback Mac Jones leadership.

“The guy [Mac Jones] is super intelligent, and his work ethic is the best,” Smith-Schuster said with an agreeable nod. “I’ve seen a lot of guys working, coming into the office early, leaving late, and he’s one of those guys. The communication between me and him, he speaks up, he sees what he sees and talks about it, and that’s what’s great about us.”

JuJu Sees The Offense Has Improved From Last Year When He Was With The Chiefs

Bill O’Brien is the main reason the offense is more functional than last year. That is one of the reasons JuJu is now a Patriot.

“When they got Bill O’Brien, it was kind of like a no-brainer just because I know how this system is and how it works. To bring O’Brien in and Mike [Gesicki] and all these key pieces, it was kind of like wow,” said Smith-Schuster. “He’s a smart OC. I love his coaching style. He’s one of those dudes you want to play hard for because he’s doing his best to put us all in the right spot.”

Last year when Joe Judge would yell something the position coach would have to go back to the player and correct it. This is why last year shouldn’t count when it comes to Mac’s development because Belichick is the one to blame.

Mac Jones Has Become A Leader For The Offense

Bill O’Brien spoke Friday about how he loves coaching Mac he works extremely hard. He also was asked if Mac was the number one quarterback here was the answer.

Question: Is there a specific hierarchy in the quarterback room? Do you view Mac as your No. 1 or are we kind of at square one where everyone is competing for that job?

OC Bill O’Brien: pic.twitter.com/GdRiWvRRyp

— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) August 4, 2023

Everyone Likes The Patriots Offense Under Bill O’Brien

In other words, yes Mac is the starter but if I come right out and say that Belichick will have my head. Now Felger and Mazz with the radio heads will eat it up and say “see O’Brien didn’t name Mac the starter.” But really it looks bad on Belichick if he were to admit “Yeah I was wrong Mac is our quarterback I failed him last year.” Instead, Bill doesn’t take ownership and O’Brien has to tip toe on the answer to please Bill. This was Mac’s answer on it being a quarterback competition.

“I think every year you have to have the mindset that you’re competing, not only against yourself, you’re competing against the teams you’re about to play, which is really important for me,” Jones said. “Understanding that it’s the NFL, and every week you’re going to go against a great quarterback.

So that’s my biggest concern and just trying to lead the team every day and bring everybody along. You know, I’ve been fortunate to be in a lot of quarterback rooms that are really good. So, just trying to learn from everybody, obviously learn from Coach [Bill] O’Brien, and Evan [Rothstein] and Coach Belichick. At the end of the day, it’s all about improving each day. When you go out there on Sunday, you want your guys to be confident in you, and that’s what I’m trying to instill in them right now.”

Bill Belichick, Bill O’Brien, Mac Jones, Bailey Zappe, Robert Kraft, and fans now that Jones is the starting quarterback. It’s Belichick’s ego getting in the way which is the reason for him not mentioning that Jones is the starter publicly.

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