Eric Mangini: Mac Jones has a protracted highway to regain respect after shedding it with ‘conceitedness’

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones instructed reporters final week that he’s making an attempt to regain the respect of everyone within the Patriots’ group.

It’s an acknowledgement that some respect has been misplaced. Not solely did Jones’s play endure in 2022, he had some on-field outbursts that drew consideration to him. He additionally reportedly went outdoors the group for assist because the offense struggled underneath Matt Patricia and Joe Choose.

Admitting that he has some work to do on profitable over his coaches and teammates is a welcome strategy, stated former Patriots defensive coordinator Eric Mangini.

“I like what he stated. I prefer it quite a bit, as a result of I’ve all the time felt that Mac didn’t respect how good of a state of affairs he got here into,” Mangini stated. “He had Josh McDaniels. He had Mick Lombardi. He had an awesome offensive employees. He had as steady of a company as you might get. He had a staff that performed complementary soccer. He got here from a program that’s related. It was an ideal state of affairs for who he was.”

McDaniels, who was the Patriots’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, left to teach the Las Vegas Raiders. Mangini advised that Jones could have taken McDaniels’s presence without any consideration.

“After which Josh McDaniels leaves, and (Jones) talks about how, ‘I’ve had a number of coordinators, it’s not that large of a deal.’” Mangini stated. “There was slightly conceitedness to the best way that he approached issues, after which he discovered how exhausting it’s to win persistently on this league, how tenuous your place is, and that you just most likely shouldn’t go outdoors of the Patriots group when you don’t like what’s happening.”

Mangini stated Jones’s feedback are a great begin, however it’ll take extra to earn the respect he says he needs.

“Now he’s in a spot the place he’s speaking about regaining the respect of the group, which is nice,” Mangini stated. “However once you are available and there’s excessive expectations and also you’ve been given quite a lot of respect, and also you lose it, it’s an extended highway to get that again. So, it’s optimistic, actually upbeat that that is the strategy he’s taking however that is going to be an extended highway than him simply making an offseason assertion or tweeting out how he needs to get the respect again.”