New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones took to social media to react after Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick and staff proprietor Robert Kraft confirmed on Thursday they mutually agreed to half methods.
“Coach Belichick has made such a huge impact on my life,” Jones wrote in an Instagram submit. “I grew up dreaming of enjoying within the NFL and that dream grew even stronger after I watched Coach Belichick and the Patriots win the Tremendous Bowl in my hometown. My dream to play within the NFL got here true after I was drafted to the Patriots group and I’m grateful to have performed for and realized from such a legendary coach. Coach Belichick has impacted me and so many different gamers in immeasurable methods. I want Coach Belichick and his household continued success sooner or later.”
Belichick and the Patriots made Jones a first-round draft choose in 2021, and the signal-caller earned a Professional Bowl nod as a rookie earlier than his relationship with Belichick reportedly changed after Jones sought teaching assist from outdoors the group throughout the 2022 marketing campaign. Belichick then pulled Jones from video games on 4 events this season, and the 25-year-old didn’t play again after Week 12.
It was reported Thursday that Jones’ decline following 2021 performed an element in Robert Kraft and staff president Jonathan Kraft deciding that the Patriots wanted to go in a distinct route. A number of shops confirmed Friday that New England is promoting linebackers coach Jerod Mayo to Belichick’s outdated function.
A plethora of analysts consider the Patriots will use the No. 3 pick within the 2024 draft to accumulate Jones’ substitute. Belichick, in the meantime, is broadly expected to function a head coach elsewhere later this 12 months, so maybe he and Jones might work collectively once more sooner or later down the highway.
