The “Checkdown Charlie” chants are already coming for Patriots rookie quarterback Mac Jones two games into his NFL career.
Never mind the fact he helped shepherd New England to victory Sunday against the Jets with a largely clean game while his counterpart, Zach Wilson, threw three of his first five passes to Patriots defenders. Never mind also that Jones had a strong NFL debut against a hellacious amount of pressure from Miami in Week 1.
No, the Patriots’ lack of explosive-play production under Jones’s watch two games into his career tells everyone everything they need to know.