ESPN Analyst ‘Highly Concerned’ About Mac Jones

The New England Patriots have a great quarterback at center. Well, one ESPN analyst is really concerned about Mac Jones.

The Alabama prospect led the Patriots to a seven-game winning streak last season. He will probably try to do better than that.

Who will help him unleash his full potential? Josh McDaniels is no longer part of the Patriots. The Patriots won’t have an offensive and defensive coordinator this season. That’s exactly what Dan Orlovsky talked about it on an episode of ESPN’s “Get Up!” and some fans may agree with him on this one.

“For me, this is probably the most concerning thing that I have in the whole NFL right now,” Orlovsky said. “There are a lot of things that are incredibly important to a young quarterback, a second-year quarterback. One of, if not the most, important is to have that same voice in your ear on a consistent basis.”

Patriots aren’t concerned about Mac Jones

McDaniels left the Patriots to be a head coach for the Las Vegas Raiders. His departure may affect the Patriots and their offensive line.

“(The offensive coordinator is) that guy that you’re talking football to on a daily basis to help your development,” Orlovsky said. “A guy that can sit there and tell you what’s real and what’s not. A guy that can sit there and tell you how they’re seeing the game, what’s going on, the feel of that, the development, the growth — all that stuff.”

Enter Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, and Josh Allen. These players became stars in their second seasons in the NFL. Well, they worked with consistent mentors. Jones will work on his passing game with a different person this season.

“Like, these guys have had these offensive-minded guys that’ve been around the NFL in that kind of role, and there’s been a consistency of that,” Orlovsky said. “That’s no mistake that those guys took those jumps. And now we have Mac Jones, and think about this: Mac Jones gets Matt Patricia, who is a, I guess, failed defensive mind in the NFL, and he gets Joe Judge who is a failed special teams mind. That is massive, a massive issue to me.”