‘That’s not the kind of enterprise that’s being performed there’: Eric Mangini says Mac Jones must put his ego apart in New England

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Mangini has publicly spoken about Jones’s perspective a number of occasions this yr.

Mac Jones must put his ego apart in New England, Eric Mangini mentioned. AP Photograph/Adam Starvation

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Patriots quarterback Mac Jones is a subject of dialog following his incident with New York Jets’ cornerback Sauce Gardner Sept. 24.

Former gamers and followers alike are labeling the 24-year-old as a grimy participant. Devin McCourty additionally contributed to the dialogue and mentioned Jones “has to cease” the behaviors that come throughout as soiled.

Former Patriots’ defensive coordinator Eric Mangini gave his ideas on New England’s quarterback, citing previous conditions and Jones’s “low-cost photographs”.

“In New England, we have been all the time making an attempt to get a bonus and we have been going to push and benefit,” Mangini mentioned on The Herd with Colin Cowherd. “Nevertheless it wasn’t going to be about hitting folks in inappropriate locations or chopping folks or taking low-cost photographs. That’s not the kind of enterprise that’s being performed there.”

Jones’s below-the-belt hit on Gardner wasn’t the primary prevalence to spark folks to categorize him as soiled. He kicked Chicago Bears’ security Jaquan Brisker within the “personal components” on Oct. 24, 2022 whereas sliding into the participant. Brisker mentioned it was intentional.

Jones additionally grabbed Carolina Panthers’ defensive finish Brian Burns’s leg in Week 9 in 2021 after Burns strip-sacked the then-rookie. Jones took him down by doing so and Burns ended up struggling an ankle damage.

“You get in step with the way in which they do issues in New England, after which no matter ego you may have, that will get put apart,” Mangini mentioned Friday. “The best participant of all time put apart his ego yr after yr after yr. And also you suppose you’re going to come back in right here along with your little resume, and your little or no success, and try this on this constructing?”

Mangini has known as Jones out for “conceitedness” prior to now. The previous coach informed Trey Wingo of The thirty third Crew in June 2023 that the quarterback had “a bit of conceitedness to the way in which that he approached issues.” Mangini cited Jones reportedly looking for recommendation exterior of the Patriots’ group final season when the participant was struggling below a brand new offense. He introduced that case up once more three weeks into the 2023-24 season.

“After which, when he has the scenario he had final yr, to go exterior of the constructing, which isn’t performed ever, to interrupt that rule, it’s arduous to beat,” Mangini mentioned.

Jones reportedly sought exterior assist amidst the crew’s 2022 offensive struggles. New England head coach Invoice Belichick obtained phrase of his quarterback’s inquiries for help and was sad with him, in response to NFL analyst Chris Simms in Jan. 2023.

Mangini implied Jones’s ego comes from his accomplishments as Alabama’s quarterback. The quarterback noticed success as the varsity’s beginning quarterback on the finish of the 2019 season and in 2020.

“You’ve gotten a sure degree of success, however whenever you take a step again, you suppose it’s all you,” Mangini mentioned. “You don’t notice how fortunate you have been to be drafted there, and the way nicely it suit your ability set, and who you have been taking on for, and that no one cares about what you probably did at Alabama. No person cares about your different success.”