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

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones advised reporters final week that he’s attempting to regain the respect of all people 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 successful over his coaches and teammates is a welcome strategy, stated former Patriots defensive coordinator Eric Mangini.

“I like what he stated. I prefer it rather a lot, as a result of I’ve all the time felt that Mac didn’t admire how good of a state of affairs he got here into,” Mangini stated. “He had Josh McDaniels. He had Mick Lombardi. He had an amazing offensive employees. He had as secure of a corporation as you might get. He had a crew that performed complementary soccer. He got here from a program that’s comparable. It was an ideal state of affairs for who he was.”

McDaniels, who was the Patriots’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, left to educate the Las Vegas Raiders. Mangini instructed that Jones might have taken McDaniels’s presence as a right.

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

Mangini stated Jones’s feedback are begin, however it should 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 sweet,” Mangini stated. “However whenever you are available and there’s excessive expectations and also you’ve been given plenty 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.”