Embarrassing Stat Shows How Terrible Mac Jones Was On Sunday Before Getting Benched Vs Giants

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Patriots decided to give Mac Jones another shot after benching him in the team’s loss in Germany, but things didn’t work out.

Before Sunday’s game, Belichick announced that Jones would start, and it was due to the fact that the Pats believed he was better suited to play against a tough Giants defense.

Via ESPN

As for starting the game, Belichick hadn’t told Jones and Zappe of his plans throughout the week of practice. His message was that everybody, at every position, needed to be ready.

Sources said practice repetitions during the week had been split about 50-50 between Jones and Zappe, with Jones usually getting the initial nod. The complexity of the Giants’ blitz schemes under coordinator Wink Martindale, and Jones’ aptitude at sorting through them, led some in the locker room to believe that he had the edge during the week.

Jones went on to play an awful first half vs the NY Giants, going 12-of-21 for 89 yards and two interceptions.

Eventually, the Patriots decided to bench Jones after he threw his second interception before the half on a terrible throw.

Jones’ play was so bad that he would have had a better passer rating if he had spiked the ball 21 times in a row.