Could fixing Patriots' offense include Belichick benching Mac Jones? - ESPN - New England Patriots Blog- ESPN

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots’ offense is in crisis and coach Bill Belichick is assessing if Mac Jones is the quarterback to lead them out of it.

The Patriots have scored three points in their past two games, their fewest over a two-game span since 1992.

They have had 34 consecutive offensive drives without a touchdown, their longest streak under Belichick.

They also have gone 10 straight quarters without scoring any kind of touchdown, also their longest streak under Belichick.

In the aftermath of Sunday’s 34-0 home loss to the New Orleans Saints, Belichick was asked if Jones was still his top choice and said: “Yeah, there were a lot of problems. It certainly wasn’t all him.”

Belichick also said he planned to “start over.”

Then, after taking a night to sleep on it, he added Monday morning that personnel changes across the roster are in play.

“We need to make some improvements on where we are, so we will see what all that entails,” he said in his day-after-game video conference. “We haven’t gone into it yet, but we will.”

One play from Sunday illustrates why Jones’ hold on the starting job is shaky.

After self-destructing the week before in a 38-3 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, Jones spent all week stressing that turnovers must be eliminated and decision-making needs to be sharper. Then, he made the same type of mistake Sunday against the Saints by throwing the ball while being pressured — it resulted in a turnover.

It was the Patriots’ sixth offensive snap of the game, Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu returned it 27 yards for a touchdown and put a team that was already in a fragile state further in a hole.

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