<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jaguars-news-mac-jones-backup-quarterback');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaguars’ Mac Jones officially win backup quarterback job after CJ Beathard move');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mac-Jones-officially-win-backup-quarterback-job-after-Jacksonvilles-CJ-Beathard-move.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaguars’ Mac Jones officially win backup quarterback job after CJ Beathard move</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-27T11:08:09-07:00">August 27th, 11:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-27T11:08:09-07:00">August 27th, 11:08am</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Jacksonville Jaguars have made all the moves needed to reduce their roster to 53 players, including one that settled <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-trevor-lawrence-backup-competition-gets-stern-doug-pederson-message">Jacksonville’s question about their backup quarterback</a> behind Trevor Lawrence. Mac Jones and C.J. Beathard were battling for the job this summer, and Jones is the only one who has made it through cutdown day. While dealing with a groin injury, Beathard <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1828474116573159778" rel="noopener">was released</a> with an injury settlement on Tuesday.</p><p>After Jacksonville <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-mac-jones-defiant-initial-response-to-stunning-trade-from-patriots">traded to acquire Jones</a> from the New England Patriots, Beathard’s days were numbered. There was no need to carry three quarterbacks on the active roster for a team looking to contend in the AFC South like the Jaguars. With Lawrence and Jones rounding out the quarterback depth chart, Jacksonville can keep extra talent elsewhere. The Jaguars will need whatever firepower they can get – especially to knock off the Houston Texans, the defending divisional champions.</p><h2><b>How did Mac Jones end up with the Jaguars?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mac-Jones-Jaguars-Preseason.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaguars’ Mac Jones officially win backup quarterback job after CJ Beathard move

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jaguars-news-doug-pederson-reminds-mac-jones-not-a-patriot-anymore');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaguars’ Doug Pederson still reminds Mac Jones that he’s not a Patriot anymore');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Jaguars-news-Doug-Pederson-still-reminds-Mac-Jones-that-hes-not-a-Patriot-anymore.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaguars’ Doug Pederson still reminds Mac Jones that he’s not a Patriot anymore</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-24T20:58:07-07:00">August 24th, 8:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-24T21:25:54-07:00">August 24th, 9:25pm</time><address><a>Christopher Smith</a>Christopher Smith is an associate editor covering a variety of sports with a beat focus on the Chicago Sky for ClutchPoints. The Aurora, Illinois native earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Jacksonville Jaguars are on a mission for an improved showing after missing the 2023-24 postseason. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-jacksonville-acquires-mac-jones-in-patriots-trade">Jacksonville added some new contributors</a> during the offseason, including former New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones. Jones seems to be getting accustomed to his new home with the Jaguars, but head coach Doug Pederson made sure to remind him he is no longer in New England.</p><p>Mac Jones has seen a fair amount of action to start the NFL Preseason. During the Jaguars’ first matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs on Aug. 10, Jones went 9-for-11 and threw 98 yards. Then, he amassed amassed 210 yards in a 20-7 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He comes off another promising showing of 113 yards and one TD in a commanding 31-0 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Aug. 23.</p><p>Jones’ performances so far <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/jaguars-doug-pederson-mac-jones-has-played-extremely-well-but-at-times-reverts-to-patriot-ways" rel="noopener">earned this honest take</a> from Doug Pederson amid the QB’s arrival from the Patriots:</p><p>“Mac has played extremely well the last couple of weeks and really has bought into what we do,” Pederson said after Friday’s Falcons win, per NFL.com. “He’ll still revert back to his Patriot ways every now and then and we got to remind him he’s in Jacksonville, but he’s done a good job. He’s done a good job managing and running the offense, getting everybody involved. He sees the field well, throws a good ball, so he’s done a good job.”</p><h2><b>Jaguars look for big jump in 2024</b></h2><p>Mac Jones’ early performances are a positive sign for a Jacksonville team looking to improve during the 2024 season. The Jaguars finished the 2023 season with a 9-8 record, which saw them narrowly miss the playoffs. Jacksonville’s cold stretch toward the end of the season <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-trevor-lawrence-admits-jacksonville-looks-lost-in-ugly-defeat-to-buccaneers">left a bad taste in Trevor Lawrence’s mouth</a>.</p><p>After the Jaguars’ 30-12 loss to the Buccaneers on Dec. 24, Lawrence said his team looked “lost.” The rising star QB was not pleased with the unraveling of his team’s season. Thus, he will enter 2024 with a vengeance.</p><p>Lawrence amassed 4,016 yards and 21 TDs in 2023. One year prior, he threw for a career-high 4,113 yards and 25 TDs. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-doug-pederson-gets-real-jacksonville-future-with-trevor-lawrence">Doug Pederson displayed full confidence in Lawrence</a> during the offseason as the Jaguars’ QB of the future.</p><p>“The decision was easy. We all feel in the building that he’s our guy, and he’s obviously the face of the franchise. He was drafted two years ago, a first-round pick, to be that guy, and we have all the confidence in the world [in him]. We’re just excited and thrilled for he and his family to get this contract behind him as we head into the 24′ season,” Doug Pederson said, via NFL Network.</p><p>It will be exciting to watch Lawrence and the Jaguars continue to grow together as they start a new campaign.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaguars’ Doug Pederson still reminds Mac Jones that he’s not a Patriot anymore

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jaguars-news-doug-pederson-surprising-mac-jones-decision-preseason-opener');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaguars’ Doug Pederson makes surprising Mac Jones decision for preseason opener');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Doug-Pederson-makes-surprising-Mac-Jones-decision-for-preseason-opener-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaguars’ Doug Pederson makes surprising Mac Jones decision for preseason opener</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-08T12:28:18-07:00">August 8th, 12:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-08T12:28:18-07:00">August 8th, 12:28pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jacksonville <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-mac-jones-ultimate-impression-doug-pederson-patriots-trade">Jaguars quarterback Mac Jones</a>‘ climb to the QB1 job just steepened. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-doug-pederson-gets-real-jacksonville-future-with-trevor-lawrence">Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson</a> revealed that the former New England Patriots third-year starting quarterback is <a href="https://x.com/Demetrius82/status/1821523558872256725" rel="noopener">headed to third-string duties</a> for the Jaguars’ preseason opener against the Kansas City Chiefs.</p><p>‘HC Doug Pederson says C.J. Beathard will be the second QB up Saturday against the Chiefs,’ per Demetrius Harvey of the Florida Times-Union. ‘Mac Jones will be third, “For this game,” said coach Pederson.’</p><p>This leaves Trevor Lawrence, the Jags’ second-string quarterback last season, as Jacksonville’s starting quarterback in Saturday’s preseason game against the Chiefs.</p><h2><b>Jaguars impressed with Mac Jones’ competitiveness </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Jacksonville-Jaguars-quarterback-Trevor-Lawrence-Mac-Jones.jpg"><figcaption>Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>All in all, Mac Jones is having fun with his new team. Since his arrival, Jones has been a great addition to the Jaguars’ locker room, which Jacksonville’s head coach Doug Pederson mentioned after practice Wednesday before revealing that those same positive vibes aren’t always on the same<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU6WongyIVE" rel="noopener"> wavelength</a> as Pederson’s or other members of the Jaguars’ coaching staff.</p><p>“He’s going to have a fun time no matter what,” Pederson said, per Jacksonville Jaguars’ YouTube page. “I think that’s just his personality. He’s great in the locker room; great with the guys. Sometimes, he drives us crazy with some of the stuff he does or says. But it’s good. I think it’s really good because when he gets in there, it’s business, and he’s a competitor, and he loves to compete.”</p><p>Pederson was asked for an example of something Jones said or did that drove him crazy.</p><p>“Just some of the things he says [are] out there,” Pederson said. “I can’t really repeat them all. It’s pretty interesting.”</p><p>The Jags’ offensive coordinator, Press Taylor, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exl1ARVTSBk" rel="noopener">agreed</a> with coach Pederson’s assessment of Jones.</p><p>“That’s a good way to describe it,” Taylor said. “What I love about Mac is that Mac loves football. He loves playing football, he loves talking football, which I think I’m very similar in that way, so we have a good rapport in that sense. Mac’s always having a good time, always talking. We talked about that before, so I’ve got no problem talking. We like to chirp back and forth every once in a while. It’s fun being in his headset, being able to talk to him and kind of rib him a little bit that you may not see or hear, and he gives it right back. I think we just have a good time competing and talking football.”</p><p>Jones is beginning a new chapter after a rough time with the Patriots, so it will be interesting to see how he grows in Jacksonville.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaguars’ Doug Pederson makes surprising Mac Jones decision for preseason opener

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bill-belichick-blasted-by-ex-patriots-player-over-mac-jones-debacle');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bill Belichick blasted by ex-Patriots player over Mac Jones debacle');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Patriots-news-Bill-Belichick-put-on-blast-by-ex-New-England-weapon-over-Mac-Jones-debacle.jpg"></figure><h1>Bill Belichick blasted by ex-Patriots player over Mac Jones debacle</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-07T06:40:33-07:00">June 7th, 6:40am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-07T06:40:33-07:00">June 7th, 6:40am</time><address><a>Conor Roche</a>Conor Roche is a sports journalist that has covered Boston sports for a few years and has worked on the Patriots beat since the 2022 season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Mac Jones’ play in his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-patriots-sick-of-prima-donna-mac-jones">final two seasons with the New England Patriots</a> plummeted from where he began as a rookie, causing him to be benched and later traded. But former Patriots running back Damien Harris doesn’t think that Jones is to blame.</p><p>Harris <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxRnmRVDzRs&amp;list=PLq0ahJj_92y4070QiwuAsQrL5gDy8tqOY" rel="noopener">pointed at Bill Belichick</a> for Jones’ struggles in New England that caused him to lose his job as the team’s starting quarterback in an interview on “The Athletic Football Show.”</p><p>“What happened to Mac Jones in New England, was not because of Mac Jones,” Harris said. “What happened in New England to Mac Jones was because of the fact you took away an offensive coordinator who coached him to be a Pro Bowler and almost coached us to winning our division with a rookie quarterback in his first year.”</p><p>Of course, what Harris is referring to is the offensive coordinator situation Jones dealt with during his second season. Belichick didn’t get rid of Josh McDaniels, which the quote from Harris seems to suggest. But he replaced McDaniels with longtime defensive coach Matt Patricia as the offensive play-caller while former special teams coordinator Joe Judge served as the quarterbacks coach.</p><p>Harris, who played for the Patriots from 2019-22 before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-damien-harris-harsh-new-england-tenure">joining the Buffalo Bills last season</a>, believed that was a misfire by Belichick.</p><p>“You just throw them in there and say, ‘Hey, coach this kid up. He’s a first-round pick, but as long as you teach him what I say, everything gonna be fine,’” Harris said. “S— wasn’t fine.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>The offense appeared to be a disaster from the start. During training camp, they implemented a new run scheme that looked discombobulated.</p><p>They played that way during the regular season in 2022, ranking 26th in yards. Jones, meanwhile, regressed to the tune of 2,997 passing yards, 14 passing touchdowns, and 11 interceptions in 14 games.</p><p>Harris said that it felt like they were taking plays from “Madden” that year, adding he and other players on the offense “knew before the first game” that the experiment wasn’t going to work out. Still, Belichick wouldn’t listen to concerns brought up by leaders on the offense, according to Harris.</p><p>“If anybody had anything to say about it, it was [met with] a very, very quick, swift, ‘Shut the f— up,’” Harris said. “‘I know what I’m doing.’ And that’s it.’”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Former <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Patriots</a> RB Damien Harris says Bill Belichick being “stuck in his ways” caused Mac Jones to fail in New England.</p><p>“What happened to Mac Jones in New England, was not because of Mac Jones… (it) was because of the fact you took away an offensive coordinator who coached him… <a href="https://t.co/KyhzGXMLpV">pic.twitter.com/KyhzGXMLpV</a></p><p>— Carlos Talks Pats (@LosTalksPats) <a href="https://twitter.com/LosTalksPats/status/1798788691655315502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>That’s why Harris is placing the blame on Belichick for Jones’ regression in New England.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bill Belichick blasted by ex-Patriots player over Mac Jones debacle

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jaguars-news-mac-jones-ultimate-impression-doug-pederson-patriots-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaguars’ Mac Jones’ ‘ultimate’ impression on Doug Pederson after Patriots trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jaguars-news-Mac-Jones-ultimate-impression-on-Doug-Pederson-after-Patriots-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaguars’ Mac Jones’ ‘ultimate’ impression on Doug Pederson after Patriots trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-28T08:23:49-07:00">May 28th, 8:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-28T08:23:49-07:00">May 28th, 8:23am</time><address><a>Matthew Schmidt</a>Matthew Schmidt has been writing about sports since 2011 and is based in New Jersey. He primarily specializes in NFL these days, but has also extensively covered the NBA and MLB and has written for numerous websites.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Jacksonville Jaguars acquired quarterback Mac Jones <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-jacksonville-acquires-mac-jones-in-patriots-trade">in a trade</a> with the New England Patriots earlier this offseason, and head coach Doug Pederson is liking what he is seeing <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/doug-pederson-on-mac-jones-a-change-of-scenery-is-sometimes-good-for-players" rel="noopener">from Jones thus far</a>.</p><p>“He’s the ultimate pro,” Pederson said, via Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk. “He’s done a great job since he’s been here, spending time studying the offense, getting caught up in the offense. … I liked him coming out of college when looking at quarterbacks back then. We’re excited to have him. It gives us a great room with he and C.J. [Beathard] as kind of competing in that role. And he’s done a nice job.”</p><p>Obviously, Jones will not be starting for the Jaguars. That title belongs to Trevor Lawrence. But, if Jones can carve out a role as a backup quarterback in Jacksonville, it may <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-mac-jones-breaks-silence-on-turning-page-to-jaguars-after-trade">pave the way for him</a> to eventually get a chance to start again somewhere else.</p><p>“I think a change of scenery sometimes is good for players, for coaches,” Pederson said. “For him to get back here around family and friends has been good for him. I think he’s embraced it since he’s been here.”</p><h2><b>Jaguars’ Mac Jones is looking to forget his time with the Patriots</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mac-Jones.jpg"><figcaption>Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Patriots originally selected Jones with the 15th overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft and were hoping that he would be Tom Brady’s successor.</p><p>Early on, Jones looked promising, as he started every game during his rookie campaign and threw for 3,801 yards, 22 touchdowns and 13 interceptions while completing 67.6 percent of his passes and posting a passer rating of 92.5. He actually made the Pro Bowl that year, and most importantly, he led New England to a playoff appearance.</p><p>But then, things unraveled for the University of Alabama product.</p><p>The following season, Jones missed three games due to a sprained ankle and ended up totaling 2,997 yards, 14 touchdowns and 11 picks. He completed 65.2 percent of his throws and registered an 84.8 passer rating in what represented a massive step back for the 25-year-old. The Pats went just 8-9 and missed the playoffs.</p><p>Jones’ spiraling descent continued this past year, as he finished with 2,120 yards, 10 touchdowns and 12 interceptions while completing 64.9 percent of his passes and recording a passer rating of 77 over 11 starts. He was benched in favor of Bailey Zappe and went just 2-9 as a starter.</p><p>It was becoming more and more clear that Jones simply was not the answer for the Patriots, and they proceeded to trade him to the Jaguars for a sixth-round draft pick.</p><p>At this point, we don’t really know if Jones can effectively play quarterback on the NFL level. Right now, the answer is probably no, but some feel that New England may have sabotaged him by not providing him with adequate weapons and placing him behind a terrible offensive line.</p><p>Of course, Jones cannot be absolved of blame, as there really wasn’t much of a silver lining anyone could take away from his disastrous 2023 campaign.</p><p>Perhaps with less pressure on him in Jacksonville, Jones will be able to regain some confidence and use it as a springboard moving forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
37.6	0	0	-

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
37.6	0	0	-

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