Also, the early reports were far from encouraging. Beat writers and analysts pointed out that their offense struggled vastly in training camp, and preseason didn’t do a lot to ease those concerns.

But even though people question Bill Belichick’s decision not to name an Offensive Coordinator and share play-calling duties between several staff members, Joe Judge isn’t concerned about the team at all:

NFL News: Pats Aren’t Worried About Offensive Struggles

“I’m not a big guy to take one small clip of something and over magnify it,” Judge told Boston.com. “I say all the time, the NFL is a league of extremes. It’s one week, what’s the storyline. We’ve got a week in between the games, in this instance we have two weeks in between the games. So it’s what’s the storyline that’s going to run? You can’t chase that. You can’t chase the narratives. You’ve got to show up every day.”

“There may be an adjustment here or there, just based on how we match up with something,” Judge said. “But preseason games are really much more about getting out there and letting players play. It’s not really scheme heavy, it’s not about game-planning against the opponent. We had competitive practices last week against the Raiders. That’s a great opportunity to go out there and try new things, to work some things you’ve got in the playbook and see how they develop.”

Of course, Judge’s words should be taken with a grain of salt, as he led the New York Giants to one of the worst offenses in NFL history last season. Still, the Pats have never taken preseason all that seriously.

So, will Mac Jones take a step forward in year two? Will Belichick eventually cave in and just name an Offensive Coordinator like everybody else? Will the Pats finally suck? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

It’s the end of yetanother disappointing season for the 24-year-old, whose improvement on the turnover aspect has not been enough to help the Giants get better results, and therefore, improve his personal record in the league.

With his fourth and final year of his rookie contract drawing nearer, there’s growing speculation in New York regarding Jones’ future. Giants head coach Joe Judge, however, suggested he’ll continue counting on him.

Giants news: Joe Judge addresses the QB situation, encourages Daniel Jones

“He worked really hard in the offseason, made a lot of gains,” Judge told the media, as quoted by USA Today’s Giants Wire. “Saw a lot of progress throughout different parts of the season with him. You want to get Daniel on the field. It’s a quarterback-driven league and obviously Daniel’s our quarterback.

“I’ve seen enough growth from Daniel to tell us that he’s a guy we want to go ahead and play with. In terms of the business aspect of it and different things, I’ll let different departments of this organization handle that stuff.”

Daniel Jones also spoke on his future at theGiants

“I’ve spoken to [coach] Joe [Judge] and we’ve had conversations about [being the starter next year],” Jones said, as quoted by ESPN. “Like I said, there are things I need to improve on. There are things he expects me to improve on moving forward. I understand that and obviously take that very seriously. That is kind of my approach.”

Jones life at the NFL hasn’t been easy so far. The first two years in the league were particularly harsh for the young quarterback, who had 23 turnovers in 12 starts in his rookie season and 16 in 14starts the following year. In 2021, Jones reduced his turnovers to 10 in 11 startsbefore his season-ending injury.

While that has drawn doubts on his talent, it looks like Judge is still a believer of his potential. But the coach himself has mentioned the business aspect, and considering a new GM could be in New York next year, the decision may not be entirely up to him.