Darius Slay and Javon Hargrave Jog Mac Jones' Memory
Video came out of Mac Jones talking some Pro Bowl shit to Darius Slay about torching the Eagles back in training camp:
#Patriots QB Mac Jones to #Eagles CB Darius Slay: “Hey bro, remember when I torched y’all at Training Camp?” 😂😂@MacJones_10 @bigplay24slay pic.twitter.com/lHqRDV9Uzy
— Justin Ramos (@NEPinsider) February 10, 2022
You knew Slay wasn’t going to sit back and just let some rookie happen:
Man he was throwing picks left an right!!! We literally drop like 3 a day!! 😂😂😂 https://t.co/fTnMn5NvL1
— Darius Slay (@bigplay24slay) February 10, 2022
Another Pro Bowler, Javon Hargrave, who you can see in the original video, even got in on the fun:
Don’t forget the sacks lol https://t.co/ltyNBFfbT9
— Javon Hargrave (@Jay_MostWanted) February 10, 2022
The joke when the Eagles started off 2-5 was that at least the Birds were “joint practice champs.” The always-pragmatic Eagles beats couldn’t help themselves from describing the dominance they saw against the Jets and the Patriots. I mean Jalen Reagor was making insane, one-handed grabs:
The appetizer.@jalenreagor | #EaglesCamp pic.twitter.com/YGdaCugbdv
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) August 17, 2021
So did Mac Jones actually have a day against the Eagles in training camp? I could easily cherry pick tweets from Eagles beats, but that isn’t any fun. Instead we’ll use Patriots guys and from what I found it wasn’t anything to talk shit about:
Neither Patriot quarterback was impressive for long stretches vs. Eagles. Couple plays here and there but mostly C- Cam Newton got more of the work and was with the 1s. He threw a hellacious pick in 11 on 11 at back of the end zone from about the 5. Jones scuffled plenty as well
— Tom E. Curran (@tomecurran) August 16, 2021
Practice ends with Mac Jones finding N’Keal Harry for a TD on a nice throw and catch down the left sideline. But overall, seemed like a challenging day for Jones, Cam Newton and the overall passing game. Newton’s end-zone INT ended arguably his best stretch of work.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) August 16, 2021
According to NESN, who charted the two practices, this was Mac’s statline against mostly the Eagle’s backups:
“Our charting of those Eagles joint practices had Jones going 13 of 22 in 11-on-11 drills and 15 of 17 with one interception in 7-on-7s over two days. The rookie QB had a few shaky periods but also excelled at times, following up his lone INT with 10 consecutive completions.”
Average day. Not spectacular, but also not bad for a rookie QB going through his first training camp. Let’s call it a tie. Love the shit talking from Mac Jones, though. Can’t teach that confidence.