There were reports that the New England Patriots quarterback landed in Bill Belichick's proverbial 'doghouse' last season by going outside the organization to seek out new ideas for the offense.
To Curran's point, the Patriots put Jones in a tough spot last season by thrusting Matt Patricia and Joe Judge into key offensive coaching roles, despite neither having prior experience calling offensive plays. While Belichick has plenty of leeway when it comes to personnel decisions, there's no way he'd be able to sell Kraft on trading Jones this offseason, considering the 24-year-old's favorable contract and the situation Belichick himself put Jones in last season.
"I think if Bill walked to Robert Kraft and said, 'I'm thinking about moving on from Mac here; he was really surly,' I think Robert Kraft would say, 'Are you out of your mind? When he's making $ 4 million? He was a good player last year, he's a bad player now and you want to move on from him? Why is that?' And would have to say, 'Well, we did nothing to help him,'" Curran said.
The Patriots do face an important decision with Jones in 2024, when they'll need to decide whether to pick up his fifth-year option for 2025, which could be worth north of $ 30 million. But in 2023, New England should at least see how Jones fares"I think that any speculation that Mac Jones would be trade bait or considered a trade object in 2023 is stupid," Curran added.
"I think the Patriots owe themselves and Mac Jones the opportunity to see what they have in the 15th overall pick."
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