Welcome to Season 12, Episode 10 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious yet lighthearted, nostalgia-tinted look at the Patriots’ weekly matchup . . .
Maybe it went wrong with Mac Jones much sooner than I’d realized.
Consider this assessment after one of his uninspiring performances. It probably sounds pretty familiar, even repetitive:
“Jones . . . was adequate. But skills that are supposed to be his strengths — accuracy, quick processing, seeing the field — have sometimes been inadequacies this season. He missed an open Rhamondre Stevenson on a deep throw on the second possession, and there were other occasions where he didn’t see open secondary receivers.