Mac Jones Press Conference 6/9

PRESS CONFERENCE
June 9, 2022

Q: You strum a good air guitar. Nicely done.

Q: How would you describe where your comfort level is with the new set up coaching-wise?

Jones: Yeah, I think we have a great group of coaches that obviously have a lot of experience not only on offense, but defense, special teams, all of that. They’ve seen a lot of football and the most important thing is just being on the same page, speaking the same lingo, between the players, the coaches, and we’ve done a good job of that. It’s obviously a learning experience, we’re trying to grow together and move in the right direction. I definitely think we made pretty good strides there in the past couple weeks and you can’t be done with OTA’s and let that fall off. You have to carry that through the season, that’s the most important part and we understand that for Training Camp. We just got to get better every day and keep communicating and keep talking.

Q: In terms of streamlining the offense this offseason, are you getting the sense that they are simplifying the offense so guys can play faster and smarter?

Jones: Yeah, I think the idea for every offense is to have an identity and to be able to play fast, play quicker, put stress on the defense is important for any offense. We want to be able to do that consistently and we want to be able to do whatever we want to do at any given time, whether that’s a run, pass, play action, short, medium, or long. We’re trying to be able to have a little bit of variety and just grow together with the young guys and the old guys. We have guys that have been in this system for many years and then we have some younger guys, like myself, who have kind of seen both sides, so there’s finding a good balance and growing together as a unit is the most important part. You know, at the end of the day, football is football, and offensive football there’s only so much you can do. You can’t recreate the wheel with every different system. I think, you either…