vacationscore.blogg.se

Apple could, and should, get a piece of that action. In fact, with leagues around the world returning behind closed doors, quite the opposite is true. That doesn’t mean people do not want to watch the games. It feels like we have a long way to go before people are going to be heading to stadiums and arenas to see their favorite sports teams live. Such a move always made sense, but even more so now. Last week, it hired an Amazon exec, James DeLorenzo, to lead showing sporting action on Apple TV+. “Once the hay is in the barn, the hay is in the barn, and you just got to go play,” he said, “and I think everyone will be excited, and we’re just going to be ready to play when it happens.Apple looks to be getting ready to launch its move into live sports. Speaking with the media Wednesday, Jones sounded like he was ready for the test. Warner’s advice to Jones for the big night? Just be himself. That’s the next step.”įor the Patriots to have a chance, Bruschi said Jones will need help from the defense and special teams in terms of providing favorable field position. “National television, going against that defense, knowing Brady’s on the other side. “I don’t think we’ll see him flake out and panic … but it’ll be a really big test,” said Haley, who also serves as a SiriusXM NFL analyst. “You’ll see no evidence of him being rattled.”įormer NFL offensive coordinator Todd Haley agreed. “The situation won’t be too big for him,” said Weis, currently an analyst on SiriusXM NFL radio. The one-time Patriots offensive coordinator said Jones was groomed for moments like these, coming from Nick Saban’s program at Alabama. … He sort of had something very similar to everything being just important to him, and I respected that.”Īt this stage in his development, might the moment be too great for him? Will it prove too much too soon? Charlie Weis didn’t think so. Just beating himself up, profanity-laced tirades about being mad at himself, you know, just things like that. “And that is very similar to what Tom was like when he was younger. Those are vitally important things, not to make the same mistake twice,” Bruschi told the Herald. I mean, he beat himself up over little mistakes. “It just seemed like everything was important to him. Patriots Hall of Famer Tedy Bruschi, a longtime ESPN analyst, got a glimpse into the inner Jones while observing several training camp practices. Holding yourself to a high standard is never a bad thing.

He expects to win every time he steps on the field. Knowing Jones and his makeup, however, he just might be. In that respect, he should be able to handle all that goes with being the quarterback opposing Brady in this highly-anticipated showdown, and hold his own.

As a young guy, you have to realize it takes time to develop into who you’re going to be in the NFL.”Īs a first-round pick, Jones is expected to assume the mantle, and evolve into the next franchise quarterback for the Patriots. “It’s easy to get caught up in the legacy of Tom Brady, as opposed to going back and going, ‘Well, look who Tom Brady was his first couple years, as he developed and became Tom Brady,”’ Warner went on. In the Super Bowl, he threw for like 150 yards … it’s easy to look at Tom Brady now, and say, ‘Oh my gosh, I have to live up to that.’ “I think back to Tom Brady when he beat me in the Super Bowl,” said Warner, “and Tom Brady, was very much Mac Jones, or maybe even less than Mac Jones, in terms of what they were asking him to do.

Warner, an NFL Network analyst, says it’s important for Jones to realize he doesn’t have to live up to what Brady has become, rather he should be looking more toward emulating the younger version, the one that calmly took down the heavily-favored Rams with a last-minute drive at the end of the game. That’s when Brady, seeing his first NFL action following his rookie season, faced Warner in that fateful Super Bowl. He suggested the scenario for Jones isn’t much different than the one 19 years ago.

Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, reached by the Herald, actually drew a parallel to the Super Bowl mentioned above. Given how the first three games have transpired for Jones and the Patriots, that outcome doesn’t seem in the realm of possibility, but who knows? If it happened, it would certainly be stunning, and not only renew hope for this season, but beyond for the Patriots.