Is Bill Belichick losing his locker room?
Some Patriots players aren’t happy with how their coach handled the quarterback controversy between Mac Jones and backup Bailey Zappe, according to Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard.
“That Belichick declined to endorse Mac Jones as the starting QB in 2023 likely won’t play well in the locker room,” Bedard wrote of the second-year quarterback, who the Patriots selected in the first round of the 2021 draft. “The players understand that Jones and the offense were put in terrible positions by Belichick this season.
“Hopefully he takes more accountability for that in private because that’s how you lose players, and many were disillusioned from the start about the changes.