Patriots' Bill Belichick again pulls Mac Jones in big loss - ESPN

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones was pulled from a blowout loss for the second week in a row, but coach Bill Belichick said after Sunday's 34-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints that Jones is still No. 1 on the depth chart.

«Yeah,» Belichick answered. «There were a lot of problems. It certainly wasn't all on him.»

Belichick removed Jones from Sunday's game with 13:03 remaining in the fourth quarter, citing the score as the reason. The Patriots were trailing 31-0 at the time of the switch.

Last week, Jones was pulled by Belichick with 3:41 left in the third quarter against the Dallas Cowboys, with the team trailing 31-3. Belichick later said he didn't see any point of leaving Jones in the game and that Jones was still the starter.

Jones' hold on the starting job figures to be a hot-button topic again this week after he finished 12 of 22 for 110 yards with two interceptions against the Saints.

It was the largest home shutout in Patriots history, according to ESPN Stats & Information, and it's the first time that a Belichick-coached Patriots team has given up 34 points or more in back-to-back games.

Worst losses of Bill Belichick's head coaching career (including postseason):

The Patriots haven't scored a touchdown in their last 34 offensive possessions, which is the longest active streak in the NFL, followed by the New York Giants (25).

«As an offense, we have to rethink things and really just focus on what we can control, and that's scoring more points,» Jones said.

This marks the first time that a Belichick-coached team has scored three or fewer points in back-to-back games, and Belichick said he intends to «start all over and get back on a better track than we're on right now.»

Jones' first