During the ninth organized team activities session, Mac Jones looked more or less like the same player as last week. The New England Patriots rookie quarterback didn’t make any glaring mistakes, but he stayed conservative on the field and deeply engaged with his coaches off it. And that wouldn’t have been an issue if Jarrett Stidham and Brian Hoyer hadn’t had terrific workouts in the absence of Cam Newton, whose hand injury made for more work for the other three quarterbacks.
That injury seemed like a major chance for Jones to get more reps and develop at a faster clip. But that didn’t materialize during Thursday’s session. He got less work than Stidham and Hoyer in competitive 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills. And Jones looked less impressive in those reps.
We did this last week, and readers really seemed to enjoy it. So we’re doing it again. Here’s more information than you could possibly need on Jones’ every move during the ninth OTA session.