The 2023 season started with a fair amount of optimism for the Patriots. There was hope that Mac Jones would turn a corner and look like a franchise quarterback.
Well, four weeks in, many fans and pundits once again are ready to run Jones out of town.
That’s not necessarily fair, as Bill Belichick, not Jones, deserves most of the blame for the current state of the Patriots. But the reactions are understandable after Jones put on a career-worst performance and was benched in Sunday’s disastrous road loss to the Dallas Cowboys.