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Why ESPN analyst and usual Mac Jones defender Dan Orlovsky believes it’s time for Patriots to bench QB

Mac Jones’s time in Foxborough likely hit its nadir in the Patriots’ 10-7 loss to the Giants when he was benched for the fourth time this season after throwing two first-half interceptions. Things have now gotten so bad for Jones that arguably one of his biggest defenders in the media has seen enough.

ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky believes it’s time for Bailey Zappe to start at quarterback for the Patriots.

“I don’t think I’d be in disagreement with [Zappe starting],” Orlovsky said on WEEI’s “Jones and Mego” on Wednesday. “I believe it’s time to sit Mac Jones, because of everything that has gone down.